[IGFmaglist] Best Practice Forums

Thu Jan 9 06:03:05 EST 2020

Dear All,

I support Wisdom’s statement, and would like to add to also include a youth
representative.

Regards

June Parris

On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 at 05:58, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote:

> I also support the continuation of the BPF.  But will be glad if religious
> bodies (Christians, Muslims and others) will be included in the process.
> Users one way or the other belongs to a religions. These religions one way
> or the other unknowingly abusing the internet, most often followers are the
> most affected.
>
> Is about time religious bodies are included in the internet governance
> process. In my country and other parts of Africa, religious bodies
> influences government policies a lot.
>
> Regards to all.
> *WISDOM DONKOR*
> President & CEO
> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
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> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
> Security,  Domain Name Systems, Software Engineering, Event Planning &
> Management,
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:13 AM Carlos Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>
>> I support it, Ben. Very good report, by the way.
>>
>> fraternal regards
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> On 08/01/2020 21:06, Ben Wallis (CELA) wrote:
>> > Dear Anriette, MAG colleagues and IGF Secretariat
>> >
>> > I am writing to share a proposal for the continuation of the BPF on
>> Cybersecurity in 2020, for you to consider ahead of our face-to-face
>> meeting next week.
>> >
>> > In broad terms, we propose to continue the work started in 2019
>> exploring norms developed in the area of cybersecurity, and whether and how
>> they are implemented. We consider there is further work to do in this area
>> because:
>> > - new norms are being / have been developed since we did our analysis
>> last year (e.g. Contract for the Web launched in Berlin, as well as the
>> proceeding work in the UN’s Open-Ended Working Group and Group of
>> Governmental Experts initiatives)
>> > - the breadth of the 2019 work limited the possibility to go into
>> depth, so one of the evolutions this year would be to select a few sets of
>> norms and look into them in greater detail.
>> >
>> > The main additional development would be to create a workstream looking
>> at how norms are assessed. As part of this, we would incorporate a
>> multidisciplinary angle by bringing in experts from other strands of social
>> science, where norms have been dominant forms of rulemaking, to see what
>> learnings could be applied in the areas of cybersecurity.
>> >
>> > The proposal is attached, and I look forward to presenting it in person
>> in Geneva next week.
>> >
>> > I also take this opportunity to share details of the BPF’s 2019 work.
>> The final report has been published here -
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/filedepot_download/8395/1896<
>> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fmultilingual%2Ffiledepot_download%2F8395%2F1896&data=02%7C01%7Cbewallis%40microsoft.com%7C0da88f42e759411cb51808d79461acb3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637141019537188890&sdata=93YpR37uEYd5PeLqj0fRtSyevDVZdfhOpJdKb4pCwqc%3D&reserved=0>.
>> The BPF’s Lead Expert, Maarten van Horenbeeck (copied), summed up the work
>> during the Closing Plenary of IGF 2019, the text of which you can see here
>> - https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/filedepot_download/8395/1827<
>> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fmultilingual%2Ffiledepot_download%2F8395%2F1827&data=02%7C01%7Cbewallis%40microsoft.com%7C0da88f42e759411cb51808d79461acb3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637141019537188890&sdata=TnfYciLEWVj0%2FCNrceqKwULTIVRe2v1UwPZs6TGn0w0%3D&reserved=0
>> >.
>> >
>> > The report incorporates 12 comments received (all of which are posted
>> on the BPF webpage,
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-cybersecurity<
>> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fmultilingual%2Fcontent%2Fbpf-cybersecurity&data=02%7C01%7Cbewallis%40microsoft.com%7C0da88f42e759411cb51808d79461acb3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637141019537198883&sdata=bdl%2BjnY%2B%2BdOHenv8t4BPy2AIvv1fRK%2BO0e2Jgvy7t7U%3D&reserved=0>).
>> It also incorporated the discussions of the BPF session at IGF 2019 in
>> Berlin, for which you can find the report (
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/filedepot_download/8395/1805<
>> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fmultilingual%2Ffiledepot_download%2F8395%2F1805&data=02%7C01%7Cbewallis%40microsoft.com%7C0da88f42e759411cb51808d79461acb3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637141019537198883&sdata=JDGBIlWRStrN5rxHgfT1s1odvaepNinNnn8%2BcfPR8UY%3D&reserved=0>)
>> and the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mk0AWXqqDQ<
>> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5Mk0AWXqqDQ&data=02%7C01%7Cbewallis%40microsoft.com%7C0da88f42e759411cb51808d79461acb3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637141019537208873&sdata=UFLY6QuZAUbNiX8%2B%2B%2FBeCb8zxGqTQi2xyD3amrA%2BktY%3D&reserved=0
>> >).
>> >
>> > The report was also presented by Maarten at the intersessional
>> consultative meeting of the UN’s Open-Ended Working Group, 2-4 December.
>> You can find the transcript of his intervention here -
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/filedepot_download/8395/1825<
>> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intgovforum.org%2Fmultilingual%2Ffiledepot_download%2F8395%2F1825&data=02%7C01%7Cbewallis%40microsoft.com%7C0da88f42e759411cb51808d79461acb3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637141019537208873&sdata=0aNrVXCFUDdtg1Op5Hf4dsKPQdstttxxNqOEe%2FeYiJo%3D&reserved=0
>> >.
>> >
>> > Looking forward to next week!
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> > Ben Wallis
>> > Regulatory Policy Analyst
>> > Microsoft Corporation
>> > Connectivity and Internet Governance
>> > bewallis at microsoft.com<mailto:bewallis at microsoft.com>
>> > T:  [+1] 425-706-9254
>> > [Description: cid:image002.png at 01CD8523.3C20E230]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Chengetai Masango <chengetai.masango at un.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 2:25 AM
>> > To: MAG-public <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [IGFmaglist] Best Practice Forums
>> >
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > In 2019 we had the following best practice Forums:
>> >
>> >
>> >   *   Cybersecurity<
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-cybersecurity>
>> >   *   Gender and Access<
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-gender-and-access>
>> >   *   Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
>> (AI)<
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-internet-of-things-iot-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence-ai
>> >
>> >   *   Local Content<
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-on-local-content>
>> >
>> > During the face-to-face January Open Consultations and MAG meeting we
>> would like the MAG to make a decision on the BPF’s for 2020. We therefore
>> call for BPF proposals that the MAG may consider for chartering or
>> rechatering for the 2020 cycle.
>> >
>> > We would be grateful if these could be sent to the Secretariat and/or
>> the MAG list by 10 January, so the MAG can have time to look at them and
>> reflect before the face-to-face meeting.
>> >
>> > Apologies for the compressed time frame.
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > Chengetai
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> Carlos A. Afonso
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June PARRIS

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