Thank you Bruna

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 8:48 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
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> Sharing the NetMundial announcement here:
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> https://cgi.br/noticia/notas/netmundial-10-global-challenges-for-the-governance-of-the-digital-world/
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> We are in a moment in which the international community is discussing,
> in several spaces (Global Digital Compact, Summit of the Future,
> WSIS+20, Unesco, OECD, etc), and from different perspectives, the
> challenges for the future of a world in which the Internet and its
> applications deeply transform social, economic, cultural, informational
> and political relations.
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> In this context, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br),
> after discussing with several international partners during the IGF in
> Kyoto and ICANN in Hamburg, presents the proposal to hold, in 2024, a
> multistakeholder event – outside of institutional arenas – to convene
> the international community and contribute to ongoing debates.
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> There is a common understanding that a NETmundial+10 could enable a
> relevant space to recall the agreed principles of 2014 and update the
> global discussions on Internet governance and the digital ecosystem in a
> broader way.
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> The leadership of Brazil could work as a catalyst for the process, as it
> was back there in 2014, especially bearing in mind the recognition of
> the country as an important Global South leader in this field, and in
> the moment in which Brazil will be in charge of the G20 presidency.
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> A NETmundial+10 could contribute to reinforce important principles and
> update the debate over Internet governance core issues, in a general
> way, for the digital agenda, among which the role of
> multistakeholderism, its collaboration with multilateral decision
> arenas, the democratization of digital economy, the overcome of digital
> divides, and the construction of the “information society” centered on
> people and development.
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> It would also be an opportunity to advance its ideas towards the future,
> indicating new challenges and shaping a common agenda of strategic
> debates for the upcoming period. It would also be a guide for
> international, regional and local governance, reinforcing the importance
> of not fragmenting the spaces for debating Internet and digital
> challenges as if they were separate agendas.
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> The event will promote an environment that could enable diverse
> countries and stakeholders to advance in this multistakeholder dialogue
> about the Internet and the digital ecosystem.
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> THEMATIC SCOPE
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> Among the potential developments and results to be pursued, we can
> mention, at least:
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> 1. Review, renew and consolidate NETmundial agreements about the
> Internet governance principles, as well as updating a common strategic
> agenda;
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> 2. Debate the role of multistakeholder participation in Internet
> Governance and on national and international spaces, in collaboration
> with multilateral decision arenas.
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> 3. A review of the Declaration of São Paulo and the Roadmap proposed in
> 2014, considering the deep transformations that the digital ecosystem
> has been through, which highlight the social, cultural, and economic
> relevance of the Internet and its applications as tools for promoting
> development and citizenship.
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> The NETmundial+10 would be held in the first semester of 2024, with a
> tentative date in the first week of May, in São Paulo.
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> To shape the event, CGI.br is working in coordination with a global,
> multistakeholder network of partners, and will soon release more
> information on the organization of NETmundial+10.
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> Best,
> Bruna
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