[DC-Trade] New IGF Dynamic Coalition on Trade and the Internet

[William Drake]

Hi

Thanks Jeremy, this all looks good to me. As I’ve said before, the Geneva location of IGF 2017 can certainly be leveraged usefully, irrespective of whether BA Ministerial attendees are burnt out that week.  And I remain of the view that we’re better off focusing on procedural aspects where agreement is easier and encouraging multi-track diplomacy, but that’s for later.

It’d obviously be good if we could get more people from the other two projects to join this one…there are a number of people listed at e.g. https://opendigital.trade/projects/reform <https://opendigital.trade/projects/reform> who I’d really expect would want to join this.  I will mention to a couple...

Thanks

Bill



> On Feb 9, 2017, at 02:27, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:
> 
> 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:
> The need for the dynamic coalition - see below.
> An action plan - see below.
> 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).
> The contact person(s) - for now, this is me.
> 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.
> (Recommended) A blog or website - this is at https://opendigital.trade/projects/dc-trade <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.
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> Jeremy Malcolm
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