[Icann-see] Pre-EuroDIG SEE round table - organizational aspects

[Aida Mahmutovic]

Hi Sorina,
Thank you for putting together this email.
I was planing to write you all today as well.
So first, I would like to confirm my participation at the commitee and
organisation.
I would also propose maybe one/two skype meetings until January meeting.

Other that that, please send us your feedbacks and spread the word for
persons who wanna be potentially involved.
I will send you later contacts from Croatia and Slovenia who would like to
participade in EuroDIG roundtable and EuroDIG itself in June.

Kind regards,
Aida
On Dec 8, 2014 1:17 PM, "Sorina Teleanu" <sorina.teleanu at cdep.ro> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would first like to thank those who have responded to my previous email
> about next steps in planning the pre-EuroDIG SEE round table.
>
> Based on a discussion Aida, Lia and I had last week with Sandra and Lee
> (from EuroDIG's organizing team), I am writing to inform you about some
> organizational aspects we need to clarify as soon as possible and to kindly
> ask for your input.
>
> 1. Organizing committee
>
> As discussed before and, as recommended by the EuroDIG team, in order to
> keep the planning process moving forward, we would need to set up a small
> "organizing committee" (any other name can be chosen for this group) of 3-5
> persons. The role of this committee would be to keep track of the
> discussions, to maintain communication with the EuroDIG team and to
> practically engage in and somehow run the preparatory process for the SEE
> round table. The preparatory process will, of course, be based on input
> from the entire group (everyone in this mailing list), which would act as a
> sort of a steering committee.
>
> This organizing committee (or at least a part of it) will need to be
> present in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 26-27 January 2015, for the EuroDIG planning
> meeting:
> http://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/planning-meeting/http://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/planning-meeting/
>
> EuroDIG will be able to cover the travel and accommodation costs for 3-5
> members of this group (this is to be decided on the basis of the costs
> involved), but, in order to be able to do so, they need to know the names
> and the travel details of these members by beginning next week, the latest.
>
> With this time limitation in mind, I would like to propose the following
> process:
> 1. Those interested in volunteering to be part of this "organizing
> committee" express their interest via this mailing list by Thursday, 11
> December, noon GMT (please also indicated your availability to travel to
> Sofia for the planning meeting on 26-27 January). I think so far we have
> Aida and Siranush who have already volunteered, but I would like to ask
> both of them to confirm this. And I would also like to put my name down for
> this committee.
> 2. Based on the expressions of interest, we make a decision on the
> composition of the committee, keeping in mind that it would have to be
> diverse in terms of both countries and stakeholder groups represented.
> 3. On 15 December the latest, we inform EuroDIG about the composition of
> the committee. Travel and accommodation arrangements will then have to be
> made by 19 December.
>
> Any comment and suggestion on this process is more than welcomed.
>
> And a reminder: we also need to nominate a contact person to be listed on
> the EuroDIG's team page: http://www.eurodig.org/about/team/
>
> 2. Funding participants for EuroDIG
>
> EuroDIG will be able to fund a number of participants from the SEE region
> to attend the round table and the EuroDIG itself.
>
> As there will be limited funds available, funding criteria will need to be
> developed and then made public, together with a call for applications. We
> have been asked to work on developing at least a draft set of funding
> criteria until the planning meeting in January.
>
> I think this could be one of the first tasks of the "organizing
> committee", once formed: to coordinate the elaboration of such funding
> criteria. But, meanwhile, any comment on this issue is welcomed.
>
> 3. Themes for the round table
>
> Before the planning meeting in January, we need to have a general idea on
> the theme of the SEE round table and the topics that could be discussed.
>
> As the EuroDIG call for proposals is due on 31 December, we would have
> some time in the beginning of January to look through the proposed themes
> (and identify those relevant for the region), as well as through the ideas
> that have been suggested among our group in our previous discussions (see
> my previous email, also copied below), and try to think of an initial
> outline for this round table.
>
> Meanwhile, I would like to remind and encourage everyone to submit
> proposals either via this list or directly through the EuroDIG's form:
> http://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/http://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/
>
>
> I think this would be all for now. Sandra, Aida, Lia, if I have missed
> anything, please intervene.
>
> Thank you all and I am looking forward to your inputs on the issues above.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sorina
>
>
> ---
>
>
> Sorina Teleanu
> Parliamentary assistant
> Chamber of Deputies
> Parliament of Romania
> 2-4 Izvor Street, Bucharest, Romania
> Tel: +40 21 414 1842
> E-mail: sorina.teleanu at cdep.ro
> Website: www.cdep.ro
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> De la: Sorina Teleanu
> Trimis: 22 noiembrie 2014 17:40
> Către: icann-see at rnids.rs
> Subiect: Pre-EuroDIG South Eastern European Round Table
>
> Dear all,
>
> As you have seen in the EuroDIG newsletter circulated by Sandra, EuroDIG
> has re-confirmed the plans for a SEE round table the day before EuroDIG
> 2015. As the time is running quickly, I think we need to kick-start the
> discussions on the preparations for this event.
>
> First, many thanks to Sandra and Wolf for their responses and suggestions
> in reply to my previous email and to Dusan for setting up this mailing list.
>
> Base on these latests exchanges, I think there are few things we should
> start considering/discussing about. I am listing them below, together with
> a summary of our previous discussions,  and kindly invite all of you to
> share your thoughts.
>
> 1. Objective of the event and expected results
>
> Q: What do we want to achieve with this event? Capacity-building/awareness
> raising etc?
>
> Previous discussions:
> - “There is lack of awareness among policy and decision makers of the
> importance of digital policy and Internet governance. New Policy guidelines
> of the European Commission outline digital policy as one of the top
> priorities of Europe in future (see a blog). While they will realise it
> sooner or later, we need to help it happen sooner and focus on building
> capacities of the governments and institutions to deal with new issues in a
> meaningful way (security with freedoms, data protection and privacy with
> security, open market with net neutrality, etc).”
> - “Initially, explaining the benefits of multistakeholder approach for
> national IG; then, building multistakeholder policy-making mechanisms (like
> CGI.br) in SEE countries; also increasing cooperation among the SEE states
> on IG issues (cybersecurity may be a first good step for cooperation).”
> - Address the lack of understanding of the Internet as an ecosystem
> (Internet and IG regarded as a technical and judicial issue) and the need
> for basic education on IG;
>
>
> 2. Identifying the key needs/issues/possible themes
>
> Q: What should be the theme(s) of the event? What issues do we want to
> discuss?
>
> Previous discussions:
> - the need for capacity building, and responding to a perceived lack of
> information on IG issues;
> - recognizing what are Internet governance issues in the first place;
> - learn more about what is ICANN; what are registries / registrars;
> - security & privacy;
> - the multi-stakeholder model - what is community-driven policy? How does
> it work?
> - digital divide;
> - IDNs;
> - content localisation;
> - cybercrime;
> - censorship/interference with content.
>
> 3. Format and duration of the event
>
> This is closely related to point 2 above and the number of issues we
> choose to discuss.
>
> Q: How to frame the discussions? What format should the event have? Do we
> aim to have a half day event or a full day event?
>
>
> Based on our previous discussions, and having in mind that we all admit
> there is not much awareness in SEE about IG, in general, my initial
> thoughts would be the following:
>
> We could use this event to: promote understanding about IG/IG issues;
> raise awareness and interest to participate in regional and international
> IG debates; explain the importance of developing multistakeholder IG models
> at national level.
>
> With such "objectives" is mind, I would see this event unfold in two
> sessions, under a general theme along these lines "Multistakeholder
> Internet governance: from the global debates to the SEE realities". The
> first session would be a more general one, in which to first explain the
> notions of IG, multistakeholder model, existing IG fora and institutions
> and then have an open discussion on why and how stakeholders in SEE should
> be more involved in IG debates and why and how to develop national
> multistakeholder mechanisms for IG. For the second session, we could choose
> one or two IG issues that are relevant from our region and have a
> discussion on how these issues are currently addressed within the region
> and how they could/should be further addressed within a multistakeholder
> framework, based on existing best practices and sharing experiences (for
> example: digital divide, development of local content,  management of
> ccTLDs etc.).
>
> As I have said, these are just some initial, general thoughts that I am
> sharing as a starting point for discussion. Please add in your suggestions
> and let's start building this event.  I understood that the Bulgarian host
> of EuroDIG 2015 will also come up with some ideas soon.
>
> ---
>
> While I know this email is already long, there are few more things I would
> like to mention:
>
> a. Do not forget about the EuroDIG's call for proposal:
> http://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/call-for-proposals/?no_cache=1 . I
> think it is also important for all of us to contribute to the EuroDIG call,
> as the input submitted will shape the agenda of the next year’s EuroDIG.
> Thinking about what Wolf mentioned in one of his previous emails, it would
> be good to have the SEE voice heard not only during the pre-event, but also
> within the EuroDIG itself.
>
> b. We also need to think about how to get people from the region to
> actually attend the pre-EuroDIG event. First, we need to spread the word
> about this event and try to bring as many people as possible to Sofia. What
> resources can we use for this? Suggestions?
> Second, EuroDIG is making efforts to attract funding for supporting travel
> for participants, but they also need our help. Does anyone have any
> idea/suggestion about who to approach to help with such funding? Maybe
> national ccTLD registries can help out sponsoring few participants from
> their countries; in addition to .mk, .rs, .bg and .ro, whose representative
> I understand are already on this list, can we reach out to other ccTLDs
> from the region?
>
> c. Regarding organizational aspects: Should we set up a small group of
> volunteers to take forward this process, keep track of our discussions, and
> maintain communication with the EuroDIG team?
> Also, Sandra has informed me that a EuroDIG mailing list will be provided
> later for us to move the discussions on this specific event there. And that
> we would need to indicate a contact person to be included in the EuroDIG
> team's page: http://www.eurodig.org/about/team/
>
> Thank you all for your patience in reading this far and I am looking
> forward to hearing from you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sorina
>
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>
>
> Sorina Teleanu
> Parliamentary assistant
> Chamber of Deputies
> Parliament of Romania
> 2-4 Izvor Street, Bucharest, Romania
> Tel: +40 21 414 1842
> E-mail: sorina.teleanu at cdep.ro
> Website: www.cdep.ro
>
>
>
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