[DC-Trade] New IGF Dynamic Coalition on Trade and the Internet
Jeremy Malcolm
jmalcolm at eff.org
Wed Feb 8 17:27:41 PST 2017
Hello all,
You have all expressed interest in being among the founding members of a
new multi-stakeholder IGF dynamic coalition on Trade and the Internet.
I'm writing to you about the next steps towards its formation.
We are required to produce:
1. *The need for the dynamic coalition* - see below.
2. *An action plan* - see below.
3. *A mailing list* - this is the first message to it (cc'd to you
individually, so that if it went into your spam, you can adjust your
filter settings).
4. *The contact person(s)* - for now, this is me.
5. *A list of representatives from at least three stakeholder groups* -
Giacomo Mazzone from the European Broadcasting Union has offered to
represent the private sector, David Snead from the Internet
Infrastructure Coalition to represent the Internet technical
community, and we have several including myself for civil society.
6. (Recommended) *A blog or website* - this is at
https://opendigital.trade/projects/dc-trade, although it has no
content yet. If you haven't already registered here (I think this
only applies to Giacomo), please do so.
I suggest the following text to express "the need for the dynamic
coalition":
Many Internet governance issues that are discussed at the IGF are
also the subject of rulemaking through bilateral, plurilateral and
multilateral trade agreements. The purpose of this Dynamic Coalition
is to provide an interface for the exchange of information and best
practices between the negotiators of these trade agreements and the
bodies in which they work, and the Internet Governance Forum and its
multi-stakeholder community. This information exchange will be both
substantive (that is, concerning particular Internet public policy
issues) and also procedural (that is, about how Internet public
policy can be developed in a transparent and inclusive way).
And here is what I suggest (a little more tentatively) for an initial
action plan for 2017. These items are based around the existing work of
the Open Digital Trade Network (which most of you are already part of):
* To publish a background paper mapping the major trade agreements
that are in place or under negotiation, as well as the venues
where this takes place, and identifying the key Internet
governance issues that are the subject of such agreements and
negotiations.
* To develop a multi-stakeholder consensus around a set of
recommendations for the improvement of the transparency and
inclusiveness of the practice of international trade
negotiations and domestic consultation processes.
* To build a network of representatives from trade institutions
and delegations for liaison with our Dynamic Coalition and the
broader IGF community.
* To hold our inaugural meeting at the 2017 IGF in Geneva to
present our outputs to the IGF community.
I am seeking your feedback. Can you please respond with your thoughts
about the above proposals by *17 February*?
Many thanks.
--
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jmalcolm at eff.org
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