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ICANN AtLargeand

Internet Governance @WSIS

AP* Retreat/APNG CampSingapore, July 2006

Izumi Aizu

ICANN ALACInstitute for HyperNetwork Society

July 2006 ICANN AtLarge and Internet Governance @ WSIS

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Report on ICANN At- Large

AtLarge Advisory Committee (ALAC)convey voices of individual Internet users

Three-tier structure; 5 regionsALAC (AtLarge Advisory Committee)

10 by Board – to be replaced by RALO5 by NomCom

ALS (AtLarge Structures): local/issue based, certified by ALAC

RALO (Regional AtLarge Organization) by ALSs – MoU with ICANN

Changing situation around ICANNWSIS pressure – more international, multi-stakeholderGAC Task Force (for “enhanced cooperation”Need further reform? – YES.


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ALAC getting organizedOwn website: www.icannalac.orgOwn wiki:

Self-review ongoing

Challenges High “volunteer” costs Are we doing the right thing? Changing “political” situation How to sustain? Too complex structure?


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ALS in Asia/Pacific/AustraliaCertified as ALS

Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter (Dec 2005) (hk)Internet Users Society - Niue (Jul 2005) (nu)Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) (Jul 2005) (fj)Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) (Mar 2005) (au) Internet Users Network (Japan) (Jun 2004) (jp)Internet Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)- India (Feb 2004) (in)ISOC Taiwan Chapter (PDF) (Jan 2004) (tw)At Large @ China (Jan 2004) (cn)National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association

(Jan 2004) (tw)Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) (Oct 2003) (jo/Arab)

Pending Applications: ALAC to Vote soonInternetNZ (May 2006) (nz) Aotearoa Māori Internet Organisation (Apr 2006) (nz)Hong Kong Internet Forum (HKIF) (Mar 2006) (hk)


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RALO formation in progress

APRALO: defining Operating Principles To enter MoU with ICANN soon? Next Meeting at APNIC in September

EURALO May 2006: Frankfurt Meeting:

“The Spirit of Frankfurt”First EURALO preparatory meeting

Drafting a RALO roadmap, with milestones for the bylaws and the MoU into 2007.


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RALO Meetings @ Marrakech

RALOs are on the way!Latin America CaribbeanAsia PacificAfrica

RALO Workshop Chances: strengthen bottom-up structure of

ICANN.Challenges: geography, languages,

bureaucracy….


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Policy Issues

Ongoing:WHOISIDN Introduction of new gTLDs

New:US MoU/NTIADomain Name Tasting

Issues Report requestResearch projects on Users’ Opinions


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ALAC comments on MOU/NTIAThe At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) of ICANN, mandated by ICANN bylaws to convey the interests of global individual users, respectfully submits the following comments regarding the transition of the technical coordination and management of the Internet domain name and addressing system.

ALAC is a global entity comprised of fifteen appointed members, three from each of five geographic regions: Africa, Asia/Pacific/Australia, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean Islands and North America. In addition, there are more than 40 organizations already accredited as "At-Large Structures (ALS)," which will eventually form Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) that will function as a bottom-up mechanism to support and engage in the ICANN policy process. As such, ALAC would like to emphasize the critical importance of openness, inclusion, transparency, and equal opportunity for all stakeholders of the world to share in the affairs of the global Internet identifier systems that ICANN is tasked to coordinate.

As the MoU between the US Government and ICANN expires in September this year, ALAC wishes to underline the unique opportunity the occasion offers to realize the original goals that led to the formation of ICANN. These include, inter alia, acknowledgement of the international nature of ICANN, support of the multi-stakeholder bottom-up approach to the management of ICANN, and the provision of viable and stable channels for the involvement of individual Internet users in the ICANN policy formation process. Measures must be implemented to ensure non-discriminatory availability of ICANN/IANA services as well as the opportunity for the involvement of global individual users in the ICANN process.


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In its role as the voice of the individual Internet users, ALAC firmly believes that the current multi-stakeholder framework at ICANN should be further strengthened to allow more proactive involvement of end-users. The process to full participation of individual users through the ALAC/RALO (Regional At-Large Organization) mechanism is being undertaken at this moment. There is, however, a lack of incentives for the participants, especially a lack of direct involvement at the decision-making levels of ICANN. Therefore, we think that ICANN should find ways to implement adequate representation of individual users at the decision-making levels of ICANN so that a real multi-stakeholder framework is achieved.

In addition, we believe that no government should have a pre-eminent role in DNS management and exercise power over database changes and root-server data. We suggest that an institutional form should be found so that ICANN does not lie under the authority of any single national legislation. We also strongly advocate transparency and openness in the process of making any structural change in the ICANN framework for the coming transition.

Respectfully submitted,

Annette MuehlbergChairAt-Large Advisory CommitteeInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers


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“Internet Governance” became central debate at WSIS

What is “Internet Governance”?1.Governance of Internet infrastructure2.Governance of Social activities over Internet3.Governance of Information Society

Why it became so hot?Facing new challenges with changing realitiesUneven frameworkInadequate current systems

From governments to civil society


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Governance must fit with local/regional reality

Internet development status is so diverse: Asia Pacific ranges from Japan/Korea to Afghanistan, East Timor, Bhutan, Iraq…

“Internet Community” – collaboration between Technologists, private sector (Entrepreneurs & Netizens) and government is the key

In developing countries, government support is essential for Internet deployment; they are often supported by Netizens


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WSIS Debate on IGWSIS 1 – Geneva

Internet resource management framework: ICANN/USG questioned

WGIG by UN SG40 members, multi-stakeholder groupFinal Report presented 4 models


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WGIG 4 models for global public policy oversight

“No single government should have pre-emptive role”

1. GIC

2. GAC

3. IIC

4. GIPC


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WSIS 2 – Tunis compromised reached:

All countries have equal rolesInternet Governance Forum (IGF) to be convened by UN SG

“Enhanced Cooperation” processVery ambiguous, government process?

Strong Recognition of Multi-stakeholder approach


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Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Oct 30 - Nov2 in Athens

“Internet Governance for Development” Development is the main theme

Sub themes: Openness Security Diversity Access

Plenary and WorkshopsICANN/DNS will NOT be discussed


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IGF for any effective influence?

Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group appointed

Gov: 19, Biz: 10, CS: 7, ICANN/ISOC: 9From AP:

Pankaj Agrawala (in), Abdullah M Daftardar (sa), Valerie D’Costa (sg), Khan, Masood (pk) Abdullah Kafi (bd), Masanobu Katoh (jp), Colin Oliver (au), Adam Peake (jp/uk), Charles Sha'ban (jo), Yang Xiaokun (cn)

Just talk and talk?2007 – Brazil, 2008 – India


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It’s your choice, it’s your turn!From: Adam Peake <[email protected]>Subject: Camp participants and the Internet Governance Forum

Hi, I would like to know if there's interest among camp participants in Internet policy issues? But only members under the age of 30!

I was recently asked to join a group of advisors helping convene the "Internet Governance Forum" (IGF), <http://www.intgovforum.org/>, one of the follow-up activities to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS.) Important to note that Internet Governance is defined broadly and means policy issues effecting the development and use of the Internet. We are considering 4 main themes: Openness, Security, Diversity, and Access.

IGF will be a forum for ongoing dialogue and discussion, but will also hold a first annual meeting in Athens, 30 October to 2 November 2006. Part of the role of the advisory group is to be a kind of program committee.

The closing session in Athens will be on "the way forward", a future oriented session on Internet Governance issues. The task of organizing this session has been given to Youth -- "youth" is a defined group in UN summits, etc, and for IGF purposes we will define youth as people under 30.

I would like to know if any APNG Camp members (under 30 years) are interested in getting involved in organizing this session. I would be pleased to put individuals in touch with the advisory group member coordinating this work.

Thanks,Adam


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A Proposal to implement a New Governance Model for UNS

All Stakeholders share policy formation, implementation and evaluation process on “equal” basis

Government, Private Sector, Civil Society, from both developed and developing parts

Historical rationale:Information society to empower citizens into

“netizens”Globalization: free flow of people, goods, money,

information, and ideas


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Six Reasons Why Netizens should be involved:

1.Governance requires: Consent of the Governed2.Decisions affect end-users directly:

Spam, virus, crimes, copyright, P2P3.Netizen is the main actor of Information society4.Innovation by Netizens: WWW, Browsers, Yahoo,

ICQ, Alibaba, Sofu, Rakuten, i-mode, Daum, PC-ban, Yam, using freedom at the edge of the Net

5.Need for responsible activities6.For appropriate Checks and Balances

To counter interests of business and bureaucrats


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Roles of the Civil SocietyEvaluation from real users standpoints: Do we really

need and want ‘em?Keep commercial interests within tolerable levelWatch-dog, not bound by commercial or political

interestsStand with Human values:

Freedom, justice Language, art, humanitarian ideas Ethics and morals Ideals, fraternity, creativity


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Governance as global challenge for UNS

No one has the answerGlobal Net posing trans-national challenges: hard to

solve by conventional “nation” based approachCurrent International, inter-governmental bodies are

not designed to deal with trans-national/global issues effectively

They are made for “Industrial Age” Slow, constrained by borders, not flexible

Need to establish new governance model: “a light multi-stakeholder forum” (WGIG/WSIS)


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Thank you and see you online

Izumi Aizu<[email protected]>

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