[cooperation-wg] RIPE NCC Contribution to the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation

Hi Richard, 

Thanks for your comment. 

This was a document developed and submitted by the RIPE NCC (on behalf of the organisation, rather than the RIPE community), which I hope was explicit in the document itself. I believe that the content was in line with the principles of the RIPE community, but as we took up the opportunity to respond quite late in the comment window, it was not possible to fully develop a response with the community. 

If community members feel that more substantial RIPE community input to the WGEC is warranted, I am sure that there will be future opportunities for input (either via formal submission or in communications to the technical community members of the Working Group). 

Incidentally, the technical community participants in the Working Group (as selected via a process facilitated by the Internet Society) are: 

	• Nick Ashton-Hart (GCSP)
	• Nigel Hickson (ICANN)
	• Constance Bommelaer (ISOC)
	• Janvier Noulaye (University of Yaoundé)
	• Jovan Kurbalija (DiploFoundation)

I hope that this is useful. 

Best regards,
Chris


> On 23 Dec 2016, at 11:46, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for this.
> 
> Could you please explain the process that was used to develop this paper, who approved it, and why (apparently) some members of this list were consulted but not others?
> 
> Thanks and best,
> Richard
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cooperation-wg [mailto:cooperation-wg-bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf
>> Of Chris Buckridge
>> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 11:43
>> To: RIPE Cooperation Working Group
>> Subject: [cooperation-wg] RIPE NCC Contribution to the CSTD Working
>> Group on Enhanced Cooperation
>> 
>> Dear colleagues,
>> 
>> One of the outcomes of last year’s 10-year review of the World Summit
>> on the Information Society (WSIS) was the formation of a Working Group
>> on Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to the
>> Internet (WGEC). Established under the United Nations’ Commission on
>> Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), the Working Group was
>> set up in response to the feeling expressed by some UN Member States
>> that there was a need to "develop recommendations on how to further
>> implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda."
>> 
>> More information on the Working Group is available at:
>> http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/WGEC-2016-to-2018.aspx
>> 
>> Coming out of the Working Group’s initial meeting in September, there
>> was an open call for contributions in response to two questions:
>> 
>>> - What are the high level characteristics of enhanced cooperation?
>>> - Taking into consideration the work of the previous WGEC and the
>> Tunis Agenda, particularly paragraphs 69-71, what kind of
>> recommendations should we consider?
>> 
>> 
>> Working closely with one of the technical community members of the
>> Working Group, Nick Ashton-Hart, the RIPE NCC developed and submitted a
>> document responding to these questions:
>> https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/multi-stakeholder-
>> engagement/wsis/ripencc-ecwg-submission-201612.pdf
>> 
>> In summary, the document notes that, while cooperation amongst all
>> stakeholders is vital in developing Internet capacity, it is important
>> that these efforts focus on practical benefits, and that they be
>> minimally distortive or disruptive to the shared platform that is the
>> Internet.
>> 
>> The Working Group will hold its next meeting on 26-27 January 2017 in
>> Geneva, where it will consider the contributions received and the way
>> forward for its work.
>> 
>> Happy, as always, to discuss any questions or comments. Meanwhile, best
>> wishes to those celebrating Christmas/New Year in the coming days and
>> weeks!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Chris Buckridge
>> External Relations Manager
>> RIPE NCC
> 
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