[Chapter-delegates] ITU - WG on Internet Public Policy Issues
Veni Markovski
veni at veni.com
Tue Jan 28 12:08:36 PST 2014
Hi.
See attached the contribution from Bulgaria, sent to the Ministry in a
timely manner. I am sending you just the English part of it, there was a
letter in Bulgarian, too. Hope that other chapters have managed to help
their own governments, as well.
best,
veni
On 12/23/13 02:38, Władysław Majewski wrote:
> Just FYI: Polish Ministry of Administration and Digitalizion started
> public consultation on December, 11th:
> https://mac.gov.pl/dzialania/grupa-robocza-itu-zbiera-informacje-o-polityce-w-sprawie-internetu-w-krajach-czlonkowskich-onz/
>
>
> Additionally on December, 19th they send an invitation to ISOC Polska
> and 10 other IT-related organizations (including Industry Chambers and
> two of our close allies: Modern Poland Fundation and Panoptykon
> Fundation).
>
> Consultation period ends January, 20th.
>
> My first personal reaction was... mixed. Should we legitimize ITU
> efforts to gain a reports about progress in areas which have nothing
> to do with ITU mission and real activities?
>
> Nevertheless it is a chance to include something important into
> Government's report. So probably the best way is to provide an input
> about what the real problems are, what was done about them, how was it
> done and by whom. In wider perspective Civil Society, including
> Internet Society, IETF, IGF participants, Privacy advocates did a lot.
> Governments and their umbrellas - not that much.
>
>
>
>
> 2013/12/23 Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com <mailto:veni at veni.com>>
>
> Dear all,
>
> The Bulgarian ministry of telecom has just started a public
> comment period on the questionnaire we discussed with Sally:
>
> http://www.mtitc.government.bg/page.php?category=106&id=6917
>
> They accept comments on 3 questions - the original from the ITU
> (we listed below earlier), plus two more:
>
> 2) What is the ITU role to encourage governments in their work on
> Internet-related public policy?
> 3) Which international organizations/forums are best for getting
> governmental support on those issues, related to Internet public
> policy?
>
> Anyone can participate, deadline: January 14. Let me know, if you
> have comments. ISOC-Bulgaria will be sending some, so feel free to
> forward anything you feel appropriate.
>
> veni.
>
>
>
> On 11/27/13 11:22, Sally Wentworth wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> In all the list traffic over recent days, I wanted to underscore
>> Veni's excellent note below regarding the ITU Council Working
>> Group on international Internet public policy issues. This is a
>> good opportunity for Chapters to work with their national
>> governments to help shape gov't input to the group. As many of
>> you did in the run-up to WCIT, this is also a chance to encourage
>> your government to have an open and inclusive process for
>> addressing this activity as well as in their preparations for
>> upcoming ITU Conferences like the World Telecom Development
>> Conference and the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. These events
>> seem like they are a long way off but, as you can see from Veni's
>> note, the work is already underway to prepare.
>>
>> Veni's message spells out the details quite well so please read
>> that carefully. As you'll see, the ITU Group is considering a
>> number of very important Internet issues.
>>
>> As you reach out to policymakers in your country, you may also
>> wish to share your experiences with other chapters so we can all
>> learn from one another about your experience and what is
>> happening at the local level.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Sally
>>
>>
>> Sally Wentworth
>> Senior Director, Strategic Public Policy
>> Internet Society
>> +1 703 439 2146 <tel:%2B1%20703%20439%202146>
>> wentworth at isoc.org <mailto:wentworth at isoc.org>
>> www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org>
>>
>> On Nov 16, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com
>> <mailto:veni at veni.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> After my initial reaction, and positive feedback I am getting
>>> from you, I decided it's a good time to share something we have
>>> prepared couple of days ago, which fits perfect in Lynn's
>>> informative message:
>>>
>>>
>>> ISOC-Bulgaria has been following the developments around
>>> Internet governance on the global arena since 2001, when we
>>> started participate in the WSIS process. Our representatives
>>> supported the efforts of the Bulgarian government to make sure
>>> the Internet is developed in an open, bottom-up, and transparent
>>> way.
>>> Last week in Geneva (November 11-12) at the ITU there was a
>>> meeting of the ITU Council Working Group
>>> <http://www.itu.int/council/groups/CWG-internet/index.html> on
>>> international Internet-related public policy issues. The group
>>> finished its discussions with a question that the ITU will send
>>> to all member states (note – that means to governments!), and
>>> the text accepted by the group is:
>>>
>>> “Recognizing the scope of work of ITU on international
>>> Internet-related public policy matters, represented by the list
>>> of topics in Council Resolution 1305 Annex 1 which was
>>> established in accordance with decisions of ITU membership at
>>> the Plenipotentiary Conference, the Council Working Group on
>>> International Internet Related Public Policy invites Member
>>> States to provide their position on following question:
>>>
>>> Q1. What actions have been undertaken or to be undertaken by
>>> governments in relations to each of the international
>>> Internet-related public policy issues identified in Annex 1 to
>>> Resolution 1305 (adopted by Council 2009 at the seventh Plenary
>>> Meeting)?”
>>>
>>> Annex 1 gives the following issues:
>>> - Multilingualization of the Internet Including
>>> Internationalized (multilingual) Domain Names
>>> - International Internet Connectivity
>>> - International public policy issues pertaining to the Internet
>>> and the management of Internet resources, including domain names
>>> and addresses
>>> - The security, safety, continuity, sustainability, and
>>> robustness of the Internet
>>> - Combating Cybercrime
>>> - Dealing effectively with spam
>>> - Issues pertaining to the use and misuse of the Internet
>>> - Availability, affordability, reliability, and quality of
>>> service, especially in the developing world
>>> - Contributing to capacity building for Internet governance in
>>> developing countries
>>> - Developmental aspects of the Internet
>>> - Respect for privacy and the protection of personal information
>>> and data
>>> - Protecting children and young people from abuse and exploitation)
>>>
>>>
>>> ISOC-Bulgaria urges all ISOC chapters around the world, but also
>>> Internet Service Providers, Regional Internet Registries,
>>> Internet-related companies and organizations that are involved
>>> in any of the 12 issues, to reach out to their governments, and
>>> help them explain to the ITU what actions are being undertaken
>>> in their respected countries or territories.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Why is it important? *
>>>
>>> For several reasons.
>>>
>>> There are views at the ITU that the organization should “take
>>> care” of the Internet. Different countries understand it
>>> differently. The ITU itself has been talking about “establishing
>>> international control over the Internet using the monitoring and
>>> supervisory capabilities of the ITU”.
>>>
>>> Some countries believe that governments play too small role in
>>> the Internet coordination on a world scale, and believe that
>>> they should take care of all the 12 issues listed above.
>>>
>>> Some countries say that there should be regulation of Internet
>>> content, access to the Net, and some request web sites to be
>>> registered with the government, and content providers to be
>>> responsible for published content. Others claim that this is
>>> impossible to achieve because of the nature of the Internet.
>>> Some believe that the current Internet is not well designed and
>>> built, and there should be a new internet developed, by
>>> governments, which will be more secure, and without spam,
>>> harmful content, etc.
>>>
>>> There are, in general, two views of development of the Internet.
>>> The President of Estonia covered both views
>>> <http://www.president.ee/en/official-duties/speeches/7589-the-president-of-estonia-at-the-international-conference-of-cyber-conflict-8-june-2012/>
>>> in his speech at a conference last year in Tallinn.
>>> ISOC – Bulgaria dealt with these issues back in 1999, when it
>>> filed a case <http://isoc.bg/kpd> against the government at the
>>> Supreme Administrative Court, and reached an out-of-court
>>> agreement to get rid of any licenses or registrations about
>>> ISPs, content, or any Internet-related business.
>>>
>>> We would like to see Bulgaria’s leading role on the ITU
>>> question, and we are hopeful that other countries will also step
>>> in, and will share their positive experience in the Internet
>>> pubic policy that they have accepted within their national
>>> territories. Bulgaria, by the way, did that in an official
>>> information document
>>> <http://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/>, submitted to
>>> the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2010.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Veni
>>>
>>> http://www.isoc.bg <http://www.isoc.bg/>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/15/13 23:19, Lynn St.Amour wrote:
>>>> Dear Chapter leaders,
>>>>
>>>> Please find the second of what is planned to be regular updates
>>>> on key Internet governance activities. Future updates will
>>>> be shorter. The background included here is to help layout
>>>> today’s overall environment.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically
>>> subscribed
>>> to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet
>>> Society
>>> Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org
>>
>
> --
>
> Best,
> Veni Markovski
> http://www.veni.com
> https://www.facebook.com/venimarkovski
> https://twitter.com/veni
>
> The opinions expressed above are those of the
> author, not of any organizations, associated
> with or related to him in any given way.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically
> subscribed
> to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet
> Society
> Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org
>
>
>
>
> --
> W Majewski
--
Best,
Veni Markovski
http://www.veni.com
https://www.facebook.com/venimarkovski
https://twitter.com/veni
The opinions expressed above are those of the
author, not of any organizations, associated
with or related to him in any given way.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/chapter-delegates/attachments/20140128/e0092a2b/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: isoc-statement-on MTIT questionnaire 2014 january - ENG only.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 200765 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/chapter-delegates/attachments/20140128/e0092a2b/attachment.pdf>
More information about the Chapter-delegates
mailing list