[Icann-see] Redir.: Pre-EuroDIG SEE round table - organizational aspects - proposals for an executive committee and a steering committee

[Iliya Bazlyankov]

Dear Sorina,

Thank you for this email and the preparation.

I confirm I will take part at the executive committee, representing the 
local EuroDIG 2015 host and the private sector.

I also would like to propose two new members for the steering committee:

Hristo Hristov - Bulgaria - government
Anelia Dimova - Bulgaria - government

Best regards,
Iliya

На 2014-12-15 10:56, Sorina Teleanu написа:
> Dear all,
> 
> I would like to thank all those who have shown interest in
> contributing to the preparatory process for the pre-EuroDIG SEE round
> table. Below is a list of volunteers (in alphabetical order) - it
> includes those who have replied to the mailing list or to me only and
> those Sandra and I have reached to (i.e. Iliya and Dusan, whom we have
> contacted due to an initial lack of volunteers from the private sector
> and technical community from the region):
> 
> 1. Haykaz Baghyan - Armenia - civil society
> 2. Iliya Bazlyankov (or someone else from his team) - Bulgaria -
> private sector (host of EuroDIG 2015)
> 3. Andrea Beccalli - Italy - technical community (ICANN)
> 4. Lianna Galstyan - Armenia - civil society
> 5. Lea Kaspar - Croatia - civil society
> 6. Aida Mahmutovic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - civil society
> 7. Oksana Prykhodko - Ukraine - civil society
> 8. Dusan Stojicevic - Serbia - technical community
> 9. Sorina Teleanu - Romania - government
> 10. Oleksandr Tsaruk - Ukraine - government
> 
> As you can see, the number of volunteers is quite large compared to
> the initial plan of having an organizing committee formed of 3-5
> members. Based on the discussions I had with some of you during the
> past days, I would like to propose the creation of two separate
> committees - an executive committee and a steering committee:
> 
> a. Transform the initial "organizing committee" into an "executive
> committee", to be composed of five members and to have a diverse
> representation, in terms of both countries and stakeholder groups.
> This committee would be to tasked with taking forward the planning
> process, in practical terms: keep track of discussions, summarize such
> discussions and propose next steps, contact potential panellists,
> maintain communication with the EuroDIG Secretariat etc. The work of
> the executive committee would be guided by a steering committee.
> 
> Based on the expressions of interest and on the fact that some of you
> showed a lot of flexibility (thank you for this), my proposal for this
> "executive committee" would be:
> 1. Iliya Bazlyankov (or someone else from his team) - Bulgaria -
> private sector (host of EuroDIG 2015)
> 2. Lianna Galstyan - Armenia - civil society
> 3. Aida Mahmutovic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - civil society
> 4. Dusan Stojicevic - Serbia - technical community
> 5. Sorina Teleanu - Romania - government
> 
> This would be a multistakeholder committee, with representatives from
> four stakeholder groups. The reason for proposing two civil society
> representatives is related to the fact that this was the group with
> the largest number of volunteers.
> 
> b. Form a larger steering committee, which would provide input into
> the planning process and will guide the work of the executive
> committee.
> This committee would include:
> 1. Haykaz Baghyan - Armenia - civil society
> 2. Andrea Beccalli - Italy - technical community (ICANN)
> 3. Lea Kaspar - Croatia - civil society
> 4. Oksana Prykhodko - Ukraine - civil society
> 5. Oleksandr Tsaruk - Ukraine - government
> + anyone else (already on this mailing list or joining the process
> later) who would want to join.
> 
> As all the above is a proposal, I would like to kindly ask for your
> comments: agreement with the proposal, suggested alternatives, etc.
> 
> As I have mentioned before, the executive committee (or at least a
> part of it) is expected to travel to Sofia, on 26-27 January, for the
> EuroDIG planning meeting. While the EuroDIG Secretariat can help with
> travel support (most probably for three members), the travel
> arrangement would have to be done by the end of this week. Therefore,
> I would highly appreciate comments  from you all on the above proposal
> as soon as possible.
> 
> Thank you all, once again!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Sorina
> 
> ________________________________
> De la: Sorina Teleanu
> Trimis: 8 decembrie 2014 14:17
> Către: icann-see at rnids.rs
> Subiect: Pre-EuroDIG SEE round table - organizational aspects
> 
> 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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