Estimados, Para aquellos interesados en conocer qué sucedió en la reunión que tuvo lugar la semana pasada en Londres sobre el Panel de ICANN (High Level Panel meeting), sobre el cual se ha decidido ahora que se llamará “Panel on global Internet cooperation and governance mechanisms”, pueden encontrar la información que ha compartido Vladimir Radunovic en otras listas de discusión, ya que él ha participado en dicho panel en calidad de observador. Debajo se encuentra el correo que estoy reenviando. Saludos cordiales, Fatima ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vladimir Radunovic <vladar@diplomacy.edu> Date: 2013/12/16 Subject: Snapshots from ICANN HL Panel in London Re: [governance] [bestbits] press release about meeting of the high level panel To: "governance@lists.igcaucus.org" <governance@lists.igcaucus.org> Cc: Best Bits <bestbits@lists.bestbits.net> Dear colleagues, here are few lines on my impressions of what happened at the High Level Panel meeting in London on Friday. I hope it will help us better understand the intentions and potentials of this (dynamically evolving and self-reshaping) initiative. I was there in status of an observer, representing Diplo who was invited among others by ICANN to provide its expertise and assist the drafting of report by the HL panel. The Panel event was under Chatham House rule, so I will try to bring as many details as possible while still respecting this rule. The views below are my personal, as I saw the discussions and the process. Besides the impressions below, I (and several others) have been extensively tweeting with #InternetPanel (read here<https://twitter.com/search?had_popular=true&q=InternetPanel>) so you can get a pretty good snapshot of key points in discussion through that. Formal Press Release has been published and is available here<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-on-global-internet-cooperation-and-governance-mechanisms-convenes-in-london-235789861.html>– it brings more or less all the basic info on topics and participants of the meeting as well as the future timeline. *HL Group and experts* Panel includes 21 members listed in the Press Release; additionally, a final one (Anriette from APC) has been accepted during the meeting in London to reflect loud civil society requests. Panel is dominated by tech and corporate sector, with few yet high level representatives of governments; only now there is a panel member from civil society organisation. It was my impression that initially the entire HL Panel was composed based on “names” rather than on representation of stakeholders; yet it appears that it was acknowledged at the end that the absence of civil society organisations can hurt the process. On the other hand, civil society experts dominate the expert group who is supposed to assist with drafting the final report – as the agenda in press release shows. As an observer (replacing Jovan who was invited as expert but was not able to join in London), I did not have chance to formally raise civil society concerns expressed on this list and elsewhere, but other experts were involved in formal discussion. I hope Anriette’s formal presence in future will extend this direct opportunity. At London meeting there were most of Panel members, the experts, dozen of observers assisting Panel members or as guests, and some ICANN staff – total about 50 people, invited by ICANN. These are likely the people that will gather also in the next phases of the work. I suppose there will be no further changes in composition of the panel. I also got the impression the following two meetings will not be opened for observers rather than those invited directly or related to panel members, nor there will be greater transparency during the meetings; instead, it seems public consultations (primarily on 1Net) will be the public inputs into the work of the panel. *Task* The Panel has decided to be titled “Panel on global Internet cooperation and governance mechanisms”. Their goal is to prepare a blueprint document – a report – as described in press release. The focus of London discussions was on mapping the ecosystem and needs, discussing the “desirable properties” of future system, and agreeing on next steps. While there were interesting discussions, my impression was that there were very few new aspects on the table yet. It is my hope that the panel (and especially the experts who do have extensive knowledge of already-discussed issues in and various fora in previous years) will reflect to valuable outputs of previous IGF and other meetings rather than reinventing the wheel. It was confirmed that the summary of discussion points will be posted to 1Net.org soon asking for community reflections. The final draft of the report should be ready during second HL meeting in US end February; then it should be formally submitted as contribution to Sao Paolo meeting and Freedom Online conference in Tallinn in April, and offered for public consultations towards the next draft (not sure if only through 1Net, but probably will not be limited to that). It is supposed the draft report will find its place in the Sao Paolo meeting as well. The outputs of this and public discussions will be fed into the final report to be wrapped up during the third meeting in Dubai in early May. It should then be fed into various processes incl. ICANN meeting in London in June, IGF in September, etc. It is important to mention that the relevance and legitimacy of IGF was mentioned several times in discussions, and I had a feeling that the panel and experts are aware that this process should contribute to (and possibly strengthen) the IGF rather than undermine it. *Other components* My impression was that there was distancing by ICANN and the HL panel from the Sao Paolo meeting. Brazil meeting was mentioned only once at the end as a place where the report may be discussed – and was mentioned as only one such opportunity. There was no feeling that Sao Paolo conference is part of this initiative. At the same time the news was spread that Brazilian president Rousseff met French President Holland and that France might support Sao Paolo meeting (I found no direct confirmation for this in news yet however – pointers welcomed if anyone has). On the other hand 1Net was mentioned several times as the place in which public contributions on the draft report should be provided. It was of course only the reference to 1Net with regards to the HL Panel work, but it is possible that 1Net was envisaged with a broader goal; there was no further info however on how 1Net will proceed, nor on its Steering Committees or further steps. *Timeline* The timeline of meetings was presented in the press release as well. Yet let me combine it here with the updated info on other relevant 2014 events mentioned and not mentioned in London: 22-25 January, Davos: Side-meeting of the HL Panel during WEF annual meeting 27-28 February, US: 2nd HL meeting 31 March, Dubai (rather than Sharm): ITU WTDC 23-24 April, Sao Paolo: Brazil conference 28-29 April, Tallinn: Freedom Online Conference 3-4 May, Dubai: 3rd (final) HL meeting I hope this shed bit more light on what this whole new initiative will be about. It is slightly clearer to me now, though I still have lots of questions about 1Net. It is my belief that we should try to, whatever the initial idea behind 1Net was (and also the HL Panel), explore its potentials to strengthen the IGF and improve communications among professional (and stakeholder) silos. Best! Vlada PS Sorry for a rather long email.. I decided to be detailed in this case, and mention as much as possible. -- *Fatima Cambronero* Abogada-Argentina Phone: +54 9351 5282 668 Twitter: @facambronero Skype: fatima.cambronero *Join the LACRALO/ICANN discussions:* https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-es *Join the Diplo Internet Governance Community discussions:* http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/ *Join to the Internet Society (ISOC): *http://www.internetsociety.org/