Day 3 | Session 8: Telecom & internet infrastructure advocacy

Thursday, 1 July, 2021 [6:30 - 8:00 UTC]

Objective:This session will help us understand global technical and telecommunication spaces. These spaces are critical for standard setting and cooperation, by understanding how they function participants will be able to develop skills around engaging them. Looking at the limitations these spaces have and the challenges that civil society has faced in working with them will help us identify areas that need more attention.

Session plan:

• What technical and telecommunication spaces are available for advocacy and what do they focus on?
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 
• Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)  
• Internet Telecommunications Union (ITU) 
• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
• Global Symposium for Regulators 
• Global Network Initiative (GNI)
• What is possible in these spaces?
• Who can engage in these spaces?
• How to engage with the technical community?
• Technical skills - is it a must? 
• What are the limitations or challenges faced in engaging these spaces?

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Reading Materials:

Suggested Readings

1. Joy Liddicoat and Avri Doria, Human rights and Internet protocols: Comparing processes and principle
2. LocNet, Engagement at International Telecommunication Union processes
3. ICANN, Introduction to ICANN
4. IETF, Getting started in the ITEF

Additional Readings

1. Global Network Initiative, Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy
2. Global Network Initiative, Implementation Guidelines for the Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy

Representations:

1. Technical and Telecommunications Spaces
2. Dimensions for mapping internet governance issues and entities 
3. ICANN and the internet ecosystem
4. Introduction to ICANN
5. Internet Ecosystem: Asia Pacific
6. Internet Ecosystem: Global Perspective
7. Internet Governance Timeline
8. Internet Organization
9. Who Runs the Internet?

📌 Presentation Slide

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