Status:
IGF Theme(s) for workshop:
- Emerging Issues
- Security, Openness and Privacy
Main theme question address by workshop: Emerging Issues Question 1 and SOP Question 4
Concise description of the proposed workshop:
Internet Freedom Initiatives (IFIs) have been sprouting out of the ground like mushrooms in North America and Europe in the last few years. Particularly since important speeches by Hillary Clinton announcing an Internet Freedom in early 2010 and Neelie Kroes announcing the European No Disconnect Strategy in 2011, there has been increasing agreement among states that Internet Freedom Initiatives should play an important role in Foreign Policy.
While there is increasing agreement on the importance of these kinds of initiatives, there is little agreement on how these initiatives can be successful or even what constitutes success. There is also a profound lack academic scholarship or reliable statistical data on which to base such assertions. The following workshop proposes to bring together Ministries of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and the development community engaged in drafting, operating or funding Internet Freedom Initiatives from different parts of the world with NGOs and other civil society organizations who are operationalizating these initiatives on the ground.
The multi-stakeholder setting will be complemented by the academic and technical communities, to assist in assessing how IFIs could be successful and what political, social and technical factors need to be considered in the drafting, operational and funding process. These different elements will be brought together with experts from several different continents and stakeholder groups.
Background Paper: EC_WS_10.pdf
Name of the organiser(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
- Ben Wagner, European University Institute
- Andrea Glorioso, European Commission, DG INFSO
- Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament
- Jillian York, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Have you, or any of your co-organisers, organised an IGF workshop before?: Yes
Please provide link(s) to workshop(s) or report(s):
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=Workshops2011View&wspid=116
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=Workshops2011View&wspid=118
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2010/contributions/FoE_DC_Report_Sharm_Dec09.doc
http://dcexpression.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/meeting-report-from-the-igf-2010-of-the-freedom-of-expression-and-freedom-of-the-media-on-the-internet-dynamic-coalition/
Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
- N.N., European Commission (confirmed)
- Ian Schuler, U.S. State Department (tbc)
- N.N., Swedish MFA / SIDA (tbc)
- N.N., Canadian MFA / CIDA (tbc)
- Lionel de Veer, Human Rights Ambassador, Dutch MFA (tbc)
- Prof. Milton Mueller, Syracuse University & TU Delft (confirmed)
- Karen Reilly, Director of Public Policy, The Tor Project (confirmed)
- Dr. Madeline Carr and Sarah Logan, Australian National University (confirmed)
- Jillian York, Electronic Frontier Foundation (confirmed)
- Marietje Schaake, European Parliament (confirmed)
- Loe Schout, HIVOS (confirmed)
Name of Remote Moderator(s):