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

[Mazzone, Giacomo]

Thank you Jeremy,
I entirely subscribe to what you say.
In case you think could be useful for the other participants, these are the links to EBU positions papers on TTIP (ENG and FRA)
https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/Position%20Papers/EBU-Position-EN_Trade%20negotiations%20on%20TTIP_14.07.2014.pdf

https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/Position%20Papers/EBU-Position-FR_trade_negotiations_TTIP_14.07.2014.pdf

This is the page of EBU website dedicate to trade issues.

Thank you Jeremy again for your timely initiative to which we are proud to participate.

Giacomo


From: Jeremy Malcolm [mailto:jmalcolm at eff.org]
Sent: jeudi 9 février 2017 02:28
To: Mazzone, Giacomo <mazzone at ebu.ch>; Maryant Fernández <maryant.fernandez-perez at edri.org>; David Snead <snead at i2coalition.com>; Susan Aaronson <saaronson2 at verizon.net>; William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>; Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>; dc-trade at opendigital.trade
Subject: New IGF Dynamic Coalition on Trade and the Internet

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.


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