Session
Subtheme
IT for Change, Secretariat of the Global Digital Justice Forum
This session is co-organised by Global Digital Justice Forum, IT for Change, Association for Progressive Communications, Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, Digital Constitutionalism Network, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition. Organizing team represented on-site: Anita Gurumurthy, Nandini Chami, Merrin Muhammed Ashraf (Global Digital Justice Forum and IT for Change) (civil society - Asia-Pacific), Valeria Betancourt (Global Digital Justice Forum and Association for Progressive Communications) (civil society-LATAM), Luca Belli (Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility) (civil society-LATAM), Dennis Redeker (Digital Constitutionalism Network, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition) (civil society-EU)
This session is co-organised by Global Digital Justice Forum, IT for Change, Association for Progressive Communications, Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, Digital Constitutionalism Network, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition. Organizing team represented on-site: Anita Gurumurthy, Nandini Chami, Merrin Muhammed Ashraf (Global Digital Justice Forum and IT for Change) (civil society - Asia-Pacific), Valeria Betancourt (Global Digital Justice Forum and Association for Progressive Communications) (civil society-LATAM), Luca Belli (Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility) (civil society-LATAM), Dennis Redeker (Digital Constitutionalism Network, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition) (civil society-EU)
Organization's Website
Speakers
Setting the stage. What People and Planet want from the WSIS+20 Review and beyond (15 minutes)
Sharing of key findings by campaign coordinators Valeria Betancourt, APC (civil society, LATAM) and Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change, (civil society, Asia-Pacific)
Round 1. Defining claims (25 minutes)
Sofia Monsalve, FIAN International, civil society, EU (on-site)
Anriette Esterhuysen, digital rights activist, civil society, Africa
Paloma Lara-Castro, Derechos Digitales, LATAM (online)
Nandini Chami, IT for Change, civil society, Asia-Pacific (on-site)
Round 2. Doing solidarity (25 minutes)
Luca Belli, Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, civil society, LATAM, on-site
Dennis Redeker, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition, civil society, EU (online)
Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa, civil society, Africa (on-site)
Roberto Bissio, Social Watch, civil society, LATAM (on-site)
Round 3. Driving the norms (25 minutes)
Gitanjali Sah, ITU, intergovernmental organisation, on-site
Amandeep Singh Gill, UN SG’s Envoy on Technology (TBC)
Representative of the government of Spain (TBC)
Representative of the government of Brazil (TBC)
Concluding reflections and discussions (30 minutes)
Onsite Moderator
Anita Gurumurthy
Online Moderator
Dennis Redeker
Rapporteur
Valeria Betancourt
SDGs
5.b
9.c
10.2
13.2
17.6
17.7
Targets: The session adopts a paradigmatic approach to examining the links between digitalisation and sustainable development, moving beyond the ICTs/digital technologies as tools approach. As the previous para outlines, the session looks at how to center people and planet in the WSIS+20 review process – bringing in critical questions about the development divide in the digital transition, ecological injustice, gender inequality, the erosion of democracy, and the uneven geographies of digital infrastructural capabilities right up front. It thus has cross-cutting links with the entire Agenda 2030, and in specific, with the following targets: Target 5.b. Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women Target 9c. Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020 Target 10.2. By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status Target 13.2. Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning Target 17.6. Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism Target 17.7. Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
9.c
10.2
13.2
17.6
17.7
Targets: The session adopts a paradigmatic approach to examining the links between digitalisation and sustainable development, moving beyond the ICTs/digital technologies as tools approach. As the previous para outlines, the session looks at how to center people and planet in the WSIS+20 review process – bringing in critical questions about the development divide in the digital transition, ecological injustice, gender inequality, the erosion of democracy, and the uneven geographies of digital infrastructural capabilities right up front. It thus has cross-cutting links with the entire Agenda 2030, and in specific, with the following targets: Target 5.b. Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women Target 9c. Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020 Target 10.2. By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status Target 13.2. Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning Target 17.6. Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism Target 17.7. Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
Format
Classroom
As explained in the discussion question, the session opens with the launch of the multimedia campaign website of the Global Digital Justice Forum followed by 3 rounds of provocations from invited speakers on defining claims, doing solidarity, and driving the norms. This is followed by a open round of discussion with the participants that is facilitated by the moderator.
As explained in the discussion question, the session opens with the launch of the multimedia campaign website of the Global Digital Justice Forum followed by 3 rounds of provocations from invited speakers on defining claims, doing solidarity, and driving the norms. This is followed by a open round of discussion with the participants that is facilitated by the moderator.
Duration (minutes)
120
Description
This session is being organised by the Global Digital Justice Forum members IT for Change and Association for Progressive Communications, the Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, the Digital Constitutionalism Network and the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition.
The session aims to explore the key dimensions of a digital justice agenda for people and planet in the context of the WSIS +20 review. This 2 hour session is organized in the following rounds:
Setting the stage: What People and Planet want from the WSIS+20 Review and beyond (15 minutes)
The multimedia campaign website of the Global Digital Justice Forum and its charter of demands for putting people and planet back into the WSIS+20 and future digital cooperation will be unveiled to the participants in this segment. High points of testimonies from social movements in the global South collected in the course of the campaign will be shared: on the perspectives of grassroots communities, small farmers, platform workers, indigenous communities, frontline public service workers, and climate change activists about the challenges of the current digital paradigm and their vision of a just and sustainable transition.
Round 1. Defining Claims (25 minutes)
A set of catalyst presentations from civil society organisations in the global South and the EU working with people’s movements on shaping an agenda for people and planet in the WSIS+20.
Round 2. Doing Solidarity (25 minutes)
A set of brief reflections from civil society in the global North and South on how South-South and North-South solidarities can be strengthened in global digital cooperation towards a people-centred, inclusive, and development-oriented information society.
Round 3. Driving the Norms (25 minutes)
A set of brief reflections from the ITU and the Tech Envoy on how synergies between WSIS+20 review and GDC follow-up processes need to be capitalised in order to further the people and planet agenda, and reflections from government representatives on future directions for norm-setting in global digital cooperation.
Concluding reflections and open discussion with speakers and other participants (30 minutes)
The session moderator will summarise key takeaways and put forth questions to catalyse an open and vibrant discussion. We will use a jamboard and slido tool to facilitate effective participation in hybrid modality.
We will use jamboard and slido in creative ways in order to enable participants to actively engage in all the segments of the session and not just the last round of open discussion. The online moderator will also manage the jamboard and slido engagement in order to intervene with audience inputs at periodic points.
We will use jamboard and slido in creative ways in order to enable participants to actively engage in all the segments of the session and not just the last round of open discussion. The online moderator will also manage the jamboard and slido engagement in order to intervene with audience inputs at periodic points.