Special Session

Governance or Ungovernance
- A Strategy Workshop for Internet Activists -

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• Are you confused about all the complicated and overlapping institutions that claim to be working on Internet governance?
• Are you unsure about how activists concerned with local censorship and surveillance fit into these global structures?
• Are you wondering how the IGF, ICANN, IETF, the ITU, the CSTD, Netmundial are relevant to your collective engagements?

If these are questions you are asking yourself and you would like to think together with other people asking similar questions, then please join us at our strategy workshop for Internet activists! In preparation for the Internet Ungovernance Forum, the half-day workshop will provide an an opportunity for activists working towards a free, secure and open Internet to get to know Internet governance processes and to explore strategies for collective action. While topics abound, the focus of this workshop will be on matters of surveillance, privacy, the securitization of the Internet, and censorship. Together with invited guests, we plan to spend an afternoon developing strategies to address these problems through national and transnational Internet governance institutions, and/or through organizing outside of these structures. The participants will be expected to report important outcomes of the workshop at the final session of the Internet Ungovernance Forum.

The workshop will consist of three parts:

• A mapping and diagnosis of existing internet governance processes that may be relevant to activists. This will include an overview of current shifts in internet governance and exploration of immediate points of intervention.
• A discussion of levels of governance, especially the relative merits of participating in local, national, or transnational institutions. We will work through strategies available to activists to address the selected topics through transnational and national institutions that make up the current internet governance landscape.
• A discussion of initiatives and topics that the activists are currently involved in, and a mapping of their potential strategies for collective action within or outside of the internet governance structures.

Format:

The workshop will consist of three discussion sessions structured and moderated by invited guests with experience in internet activism or in internet governance structures.

Participation:

This workshop is for activists that want to collectively develop strategies for action at the local or international level on the topics of surveillance, privacy, the securitization of the Internet and censorship. We expect activists from all disciplinary/non-disciplined backgrounds to join us. A commitment to collective action and curiosity about internet governance processes is a plus. We ask those interested in participating to send an email to ungovWorkshop@alternatifbilisim.org by 1st of September, 2014. Please include in the email a short biography and a list of topics you would like to see discussed at the workshop.

Preparation Materials:

We recommend reading the following materials and studying the following websites in preparation for the workshop.

• Internet Governance Project blog: http://internetgovernance.org
• The Citizen Lab: https://citizenlab.org/
• Paper: Finding a Formula for Brazil: Representation and Legitimacy in Internet Governance.
• "EDRI papers" wich are booklets on different specific digital rights topic. All the papers/booklets
• The IRPC Charter (English, Arabic, German & Turkish versions)
  • Website of the IGF Internet Rights and principles coalition: http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/
  • The IRPC charter of human rights and principles for the internet: http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IRP_booklet_final1.pdf
  • The IRPC 10 Internet Rights & Principles: http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/campaign/
• Council of Europe instruments related to HR & IG
  • DECLARATIONS (2008-2013)
    • Decl-20.02.2008/1E / 20 February 2008
      Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on protecting the dignity, security and privacy of children on the Internet (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 20 February 2008 at the 1018th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-20.02.2008/1E / 20 February 2008
      Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on protecting the dignity, security and privacy of children on the Internet (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 20 February 2008 at the 1018th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-26.05.2010E / 26 May 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on enhanced participation of member states in Internet governance matters – Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 26 May 2010 at the 1085th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-29.09.2010_1E / 29 September 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the Digital Agenda for Europe (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 29 September 2010 at the 1094th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-29.09.2010_2E / 29 September 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on network neutrality (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 29 September 2010 at the 1094th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-29.09.2010_3E / 29 September 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the management of the Internet protocol address resources in the public interest (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 29 September 2010 at the 1094th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-21.09.2011_3E / 21 September 2011 Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the protection of freedom of expression and information and freedom of assembly and association with regard to Internet domain names and name strings (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2011 at the 1121st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-21.09.2011_2E / 21 September 2011 Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on Internet governance principles (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2011 at the 1121st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-07.12.2011_2E / 07 December 2011 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the protection of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association with regard to privately operated Internet platforms and online service providers (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 7 December 2011 at the 1129th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • Decl-11.06.2013E / 11 June 2013 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Risks to Fundamental Rights stemming from Digital Tracking and other Surveillance Technologies (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 June 2013 at the 1173rd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
    • Rec(2006)12E / 27 September 2006 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on empowering children in the new information and communications environment (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 27 September 2006 at the 974th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2007)3E / 31 January 2007 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the remit of public service media in the information society (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 31 January 2007 at the 985th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2007)11E / 26 September 2007 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on promoting freedom of expression and information in the new information and communications environment (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 26 September 2007 at the 1005th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2007)16E / 07 November 2007 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to promote the public service value of the Internet (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 7 November 2007 at the 1010th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2008)6E / 26 March 2008 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to promote the respect for freedom of expression and information with regard to Internet filters (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 26 March 2008 at the 1022nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2009)5E / 08 July 2009 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to protect children against harmful content and behaviour and to promote their active participation in the new information and communications environment (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 8 July 2009 at the 1063rd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2011)7E / 21 September 2011 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on a new notion of media (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2011 at the 1121st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2011)8E / 21 September 2011 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the protection and promotion of the universality, integrity and openness of the Internet (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 September 2011 at the 1121st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2012)3E / 04 April 2012 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of human rights with regard to search engines (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 4 April 2012 at the 1139th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2012)4E / 04 April 2012 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of human rights with regard to social networking services (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 4 April 2012 at the 1139th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2014)4E / 19 February 2014 Recommandation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on electronic monitoring (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 19 February 2014, at the 1192nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
    • CM/Rec(2014)6E / 16 April 2014 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on a Guide to human rights for Internet users (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 16 April 2014 at the 1197th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

Invited Guests:

• Melih Kirlidog
• Milton Mueller
• Robin Gross
• Meryem Marzouki

Schedule:

September 3., 2014
13.00 - 18.00 hours

Language:

The workshop will take place in English. We encourage those who have reservations attending the workshop due to their command of the English language to couple up with other participants who can support them throughout the meeting.

Registration:

Please send an email to ungovWorkshop@alternatifbilisim.org

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