[Advisors] finding a new way to engage with CIRA
michael gurstein
gurstein at gmail.com
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:08:39 +0200
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I also had given vague thoughts of tossing my hat in the ring but as I'm out
of the country a lot of the time these days it didn't seem feasible.
However, re: the role for CIRA. One thing to point Kevin towards would be a
workshop that I've been involved in which will be presented at the Internet
Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan November 6-9, 2012.
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2012/>
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2012/ -- we are hoping that it will be
accessible in real time online (I'm not sure whether I'll actually be able
to attend as I don't have any travel funding at this point).
(The workshop will be exploring precisely the question you are asking
Marita,which is what role can/should the national mechanism for Internet
Governance (e.g. CIRA) play in national policy development. The idea for
the workshop came out of the experience several of those participating
(including myself) had in being hosted at a meeting in Brazil by the
Brazilian equivalent of CIRA (CGI http://www.cgi.br ) which has a very
active role in overall policy development (and Internet research) in Brazil.
They take a "neutral" position overall but advocate quite strongly (and
successfully) for measures to increase digital inclusion. There are other
examples of national Internent governance organizations taking significant
pro-active positions in selected policy spheres (eg. .NZ also for digital
inclusion, and .uk/Nominet for child protection on the net).
M
Title of Workshop: National IG Mechanisms - Looking at Some Key Design
Issues
Description
Such is the unique nature of the Internet that its governance often calls
for institutional innovations. The proposed workshop will look at a range of
national level IG mechanisms across the world. While the discussion will
refer to good models and practices in different countries, it will not be
organized around simple show-casing of different national IG mechanisms. The
discussion will centre around key contexts, requirements, challenges and
possibilities. It will be directed towards examining key institutional
design issues, functions and outcomes with regard to national level IG
mechanisms with the purpose to help countries make appropriate decisions in
their specific contexts.
Some of these are;
. How should the national commons of Internet resources be
managed?
. What kinds of mechanisms are appropriate for technical
matters, what for those that are partly technical and partly social, and
what for larger public policy matters, requiring more political responses?
. Should there be a common single mechanism to address all the
above kinds of issues, or different ones? How to coordinate different
mechanisms, and different parts of the national governance machinery dealing
with different aspects or kinds of IG issues?
. How to ensure meaningful participation of all stakeholders in
a manner that focuses on public interest?
. How can the surplus from domain name registration fees etc
collected by national IG agencies be employed for public interest purposes,
especially, for taking up Internet related research.
Panelists
Carlos Afonso, Insituto NUPEF, Board Member, Brazilian Steering Commitee
Emily Taylor, Independent Consultant, Formerly with NOMINET, UK
Alice Munya, Chairperson, Kenya Internet Steering Committee
Victor Tishchenko, Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of
Sciences,
Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore
Moderator, Michael Gurstein, Centre for Community Informatics Research,
Development and Training, Canada
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class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>I also had given vague thoughts of tossing my hat in the ring but =
as I'm out of the country a lot of the time these days it didn't seem =
feasible…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>However, re: the role for CIRA… One thing to point Kevin =
towards would be a workshop that I've been involved in which will be =
presented at the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan November =
6-9, 2012. <a href=3D"http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2012/"><span =
style=3D'color:windowtext'>http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2012/</span></=
a></span><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'> </span><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>-- we are hoping that it will be accessible in real time online =
(I'm not sure whether I'll actually be able to attend as I don't have =
any travel funding at this point).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>(The workshop will be exploring precisely the question you are =
asking Marita,which is what role can/should the national mechanism for =
Internet Governance (e.g. CIRA) play in national policy =
development. The idea for the workshop came out of the experience =
several of those participating (including myself) had in being hosted at =
a meeting in Brazil by the Brazilian equivalent of CIRA (CGI <a =
href=3D"http://www.cgi.br">http://www.cgi.br</a> ) which has a very =
active role in overall policy development (and Internet research) in =
Brazil… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>They take a "neutral" position overall but advocate =
quite strongly (and successfully) for measures to increase digital =
inclusion. There are other examples of national Internent governance =
organizations taking significant pro-active positions in selected policy =
spheres (eg. .NZ also for digital inclusion, and .uk/Nominet for child =
protection on the net).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Title of Workshop: National IG Mechanisms – Looking at Some =
Key Design Issues<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><i><u><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Description<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Such is the unique nature of the Internet that its governance =
often calls for institutional innovations. The proposed workshop will =
look at a range of national level IG mechanisms across the world. While =
the discussion will refer to good models and practices in different =
countries, it will not be organized around simple show-casing of =
different national IG mechanisms. The discussion will centre around key =
contexts, requirements, challenges and possibilities. It will be =
directed towards examining key institutional design issues, functions =
and outcomes with regard to national level IG mechanisms with the =
purpose to help countries make appropriate decisions in their specific =
contexts. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Some of these are; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>• =
How should the national commons of Internet resources be =
managed?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>• =
What kinds of mechanisms are appropriate for technical =
matters, what for those that are partly technical and partly social, and =
what for larger public policy matters, requiring more political =
responses? <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>• =
Should there be a common single mechanism to address all =
the above kinds of issues, or different ones? How to coordinate =
different mechanisms, and different parts of the national governance =
machinery dealing with different aspects or kinds of IG issues? =
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>• =
How to ensure meaningful participation of all stakeholders =
in a manner that focuses on public interest?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>• =
How can the surplus from domain name registration fees etc =
collected by national IG agencies be employed for public interest =
purposes, especially, for taking up Internet related =
research.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Panelists<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Carlos Afonso, Insituto NUPEF, Board Member, Brazilian Steering =
Commitee<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Emily Taylor, Independent Consultant, Formerly with NOMINET, =
UK<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Alice Munya, Chairperson, Kenya Internet Steering =
Committee<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Victor Tishchenko, Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy =
of Sciences,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society, =
Bangalore<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:window=
text'>Moderator, Michael Gurstein, Centre for Community Informatics =
Research, Development and Training, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p =
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