IGF 2014 sub theme that this workshop fall under
IGF & The Future of the Internet Ecosystem
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Description
The multi‐stakeholder model has been an important factor for the success of the Internet. However it is necessary to recognize that the Internet governance dynamics have changed. The new dynamics among stakeholders is associated with an overall increase of complexity and differentiation and suggests that it is increasingly difficult for one single governance regime to address the broad range of concerns associated with today’s Internet. What is needed is to allow for a better match between discrete governance issues and the suitable institutions available. The panel addresses this situation by advancing an innovative model. It asks whether it is feasible to consider an evolution of the current system to allow for a better interplay among the different actors of the governance process towards a multi‐stakeholder model with variable geometry.
While all stakeholders need to participate in the multi-stakeholder model on equal footing when different governance issues and institutions are envisaged and discussed, then in the implementation of the governance process one stakeholder or a coalition of stakeholders (variable geometry) could take the lead according to the nature of the governance issue at stake: e.g. standards (the private sector), Internet issues relevant to particular communities (civil society), human rights (government). The variable geometry approach has been discussed in the WTO negotiations to take into account differences among countries participating in the agreement (for instance developing countries) and to reduce the perennial tension between depth and width of the treaties. The workshop will explore what can be learnt from these experiences for the Internet governance context.
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Name(s) and stakeholder and organizational affiliation(s) of institutional co-organizer(s)
Lorenzo Pupillo Private Sector Telecom Italia
Mira Burri Civil Society World Trade Institute, University of Bern
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Has the proposer, or any of the co-organizers, organized an IGF workshop before?
yes
The link to the workshop report
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/Telecom%20Italia%20IGF%20Workshop%20329%20_report.pdf
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Type of session
Panel
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Duration of proposed session
90 minutes
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Subject matter #tags that describe the workshop
#Internet governance, #variable geometry, #WTO, #governance issues, #governance institutions
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Names and affiliations (stakeholder group, organization) of speakers the proposer is planning to invite
Giovanni Battista Amendola, Vice President Public & Regulatory Affairs, Private Sector Telecom Italia Speaker contacted YES Speaker confirmed YES
Mira Burri, Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, Civil Society World Trade Institute, University of Bern Speaker contacted YES Speaker Confirmed YES
Olga Cavalli, Advisor Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina Speaker contacted YES Speaker confirmed YES
Sally Costerton, VP Global Stakeholder Engagement Techical Community ICANN Speaker contacted YES Speaker confirmed YES
Christopher Yoo, Professor of Law and Communication Civil Society University of Pennsylvania Law School Speaker contacted YES Speaker confirmed YES
Nii Quaynor, Professor Technical Community Speaker contacted YES Speaker confirmed YES
Antonio Preto Commissioner AGCOM Government Speaker Contacted Yes Speaker Confirmed YES
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Name of Moderator(s)
Megan Richards, Principal Adviser in DG
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Name of Remote Moderator(s)
Michele Bellavite
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Description of how the proposer plan to facilitate discussion amongst speakers, audience members and remote participants
The Moderator will make opening, background remarks on the workshop main subject . Afterwards, he will invite each of the speakers to make approximately 7 minutes of remarks, aimed at presenting each panelist’s view on the workshop main issues. The remaining 44 minutes will be reserved for open dialogue between the invited panelists and the session attendees. Invited panelists have been asked to focus on the session's themes, rather than their organizations' programs or policy agendas , and to enable speakers' discussions among themselves as well as engagement with both on-site participants and remote participants.
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Description of the proposer's plans for remote participation
Creation of an hub in Telecom Italia’s headquarter in Rome and at the World Trade Institute at the University of Bern
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Background paper
No background paper provided
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