[Open-access] Fwd: NETmundial: A Global Stakeholder Meeting on Future of Internet Governance

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Friends:

[Here is a note from Mr Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for
Internet & Society, Bangalore, India]

Brazilian Internet Steering Committee in partnership with /1Net, a forum
that gathers international entities of various stakeholders involved with
internet governance is organizing “NETmundial” at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Sao
Paulo, Brazil, on April 23 and 24, 2014.

Ministerial representatives from 12 countries (Argentina, Brazil, France,
Ghana, Germany, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea, Tunisia,
Turkey and United States of America) along with 12 members of the
multi-stakeholder international community participating in the meeting will
primarily focus on: crafting internet governance principles and proposing a
roadmap for further evolution of internet governance ecosystem.

So far there have been a total of 187 submissions expressing divergent
views, some in support and some in opposition.

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been involved in research on
internet governance issues such as IT Act, privacy, and freedom of speech
and expression. As part of its research to enable productive discussions of
the critical internet governance issues at the meeting and elsewhere CIS
has published the following outputs:

   1.

   Who Governs the Internet? Implications for Freedom and National
Security<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5056&qid=395935>(by
Sunil Abraham,
   Yojana, April 4, 2014).
    2.

   Principles for Internet Governance: NETmundial 2014 — What do the
   Contributions
Reveal?<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5057&qid=395935>(by
   Geetha Hariharan, April 21, 2014).
    3.

   NETmundial and Suggestions for IANA
Administration<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5058&qid=395935>(by
   Smarika Kumar, April 22, 2014).
    4.

   NETmundial - Comparing Appearance of Fifty Most Frequent
Words<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5059&qid=395935>(by
   Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014).
    5.

   NETmundial - Contributions by Countries of
Origin<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5060&qid=395935>(by
   Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014).
    6.

   NETmundial - Contributions by Types of
Organisation<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5061&qid=395935>(by
   Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014).
    7.

   NETmundial - Which Countries Have Not Contributed to
NETmundial?<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5062&qid=395935>(by
   Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014).
    8.

   NETmundial - Which Governments Have Not Contributed to
NETmundial?<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5063&qid=395935>(by
   Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014).
    9.

   NETmundial - Word Clouds of Contributions by Types of
Organisation<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5064&qid=395935>(by
   Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 23, 2014).
    10.

   Accountability of
ICANN<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5065&qid=395935>(by
   Smarika Kumar, April 23, 2014).
    11.

   NETmundial Roadmap: Defining the Roles of Stakeholders in
   Multistakeholderism<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5066&qid=395935>(by
   Jyoti Panday, April 23, 2014).
    12.

   NETmundial Day
0<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5067&qid=395935>(by
   Achal Prabhala, April 23, 2014).

 CIS is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues
relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with
disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including
open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic
research on digital natives and digital humanities.

The following individuals are associated with this research, and can be
reached at their e-mails or phone numbers given below:

   1.

   Sunil Abraham (sunil at cis-india.org, 91-9611100817)
    2.

   Sumandro Chattapadhyay (mail at ajantriks.net, 078381 63651)
    3.

   Smarika Kumar (smarika at altlawforum.org)
    4.

   Achal Prabhala (aprabhala at gmail.com, 91-9845884149)
    5.

   Pranesh Prakash (pranesh at cis-india.org <Pranesh at cis-india.org>)
    6.

   Geetha Hariharan (geetha at cis-india.org, 91-8860360717)
    7.

   Jyoti Panday (jyoti at cis-india.org, 91-9717526223)
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