Internet As a Catalyst for Change: Access, Development, Freedoms and Innovation
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INTERNET AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE: ACCESS, DEVELOPMENT, FREEDOMS AND INNOVATION The Sixth Internet Governance Forum Nairobi, Kenya 27-30 September 2011 IGF 2011 - 'Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation' The Sixth Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Nairobi, Kenya 27-30 September 2011 Edited by Brian Gutterman Table of Contents I. Introductions Foreword by Alice Munyua, Chair, 2011 Internet Governance Forum …………..1 Editor’s Introduction………………………………………………………………4 Editorial Approach………………………………………………………………...4 About the Book……………………………………………………………………5 Programme for the 2011 Meeting…………………………………………………6 II. Chair’s Summary Chair’s Summary…………………………………………………………………24 III. Proceedings Internet Governance for Development Report of the Main Session………………………………………………………40 Reports of the Workshops………………………………………………………..62 Opening Ceremony……………………………………………………………..93 Opening Session………………………………………………………………..105 Emerging Issues Report of the Main Session……………………………………………………..128 Reports of the Workshops………………………………………………………148 Access and Diversity Report of the Main Session……………………………………………………..197 Reports of the Workshops………………………………………………………220 Security, Openness and Privacy Report of the Main Session……………………………………………………..263 Reports of the Workshops………………………………………………………292 Managing Critical Internet Resources Report of the Main Session …………………………………………………….362 Reports of the Workshops ……………………………………………………...389 Taking Stock and the Way Forward Report of the Main Session …………………………………………………….423 Reports of the Workshops ……………………………………………………...440 Reports of Other Workshops ………………………………………………...455 Reports of Other Meetings Reports of Dynamic Coalitions Meetings………………………………………463 Reports of Open Forums………………………………………………………..479 Report of the Inter-Regional Dialogue Session…………………………………488 Closing Ceremony……………………………………………………………..490 IV. Appendices Glossary of Internet Governance Terms………………………………………..504 IGF 2011 Attendance Statistics…………………………………………………506 I. Introductions Foreword By: Alice Munyua, Chair, 2011 Internet Governance Forum The Sixth Internet Governance Forum The Sixth IGF was held from 27-30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), and I am very pleased to say it was considered a success by most participants, observers and by all the organising team. The overall theme was "The Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation". The location of the global IGF in Kenya allowed for showcasing of the considerable strides made by Kenya’s ICT sector and its multi-stakeholder model for policy development and citizen engagement, which continues to provide best practice. In addition, it meant that for the first time ever over half of the participants were from the Africa region and issues of importance to developing countries pertaining to all the themes in the IGF agenda had greater prominence than in previous years. The high incidence of African panellists also brought new perspectives and helped stimulate discussions. The attendance was the highest recorded of all past IGF meetings, with more than 2,000- badged attendees, this bore witness to the value placed on the forum by all stakeholders. The development agenda as a cross-cutting focus in each of the key themes and workshops was of critical importance as it provided an opportunity to highlight the significance of Internet governance as a core element of the development agenda linking socio-economic development, new forms of access innovation as well as new freedoms and human rights. Every IGF has built on the model developed at earlier IGFs and this was true for the Nairobi meeting, which remained faithful to the unique format, which takes into consideration the needs of participants and adapts to new technological and policy environments. This ongoing adjustment continues to be possible with the input of various stakeholders through the open consultation processes, stakeholders’ time and effort in organizing workshops and other events under the guidance of the Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). This open, transparent, bottom-up, collaborative and distributed model continues to be an essential feature of not only the IGF but policy ICT related policy processes in Kenya and other countries.The IGF multi-stakeholder model continues to provide every stakeholder an equal footing during open discussions, free from the need to defend their positions in a negotiating environment. This approach continued to prove its value in Nairobi and allowed for frank and open discussions among all stakeholders. 1 The main sessions were organized to maximize the opportunity for open and inclusive dialogue and the exchange of ideas amongst all stakeholders, "feeder" workshops created feedback loops between the main sessions and the different types of meetings being held on related subjects. Each of the main sessions was organized around a set of questions developed during the consultation process. Several pre and side IGF events, including a high level meeting a day before the official IGF increased the IGF’s political profile. The event was not exclusively for ministers, but it afforded auniqueand unparalleled opportunity for them to scope out their ICT related remits and present some issues for the wider stakeholder community to consider and react to. In the process, it provided participating ministers and high-level government officials the opportunity to meet business, technical, civil society, academic and media experts. The Kenya meeting achieved a major turning point for the IGF with more ministers and high-level government officials participating at the IGF than at any other previous event. The use of remote hubs, which has proved to be very successful in ensuring that participants not able to physically attend the event are able to follow and engage in discussions, was also a great success, recording a total of more than 800 remote participants with 2,500 connections from 89 countries made throughout the week. The entire meeting was web cast, with video streaming provided from the main session room and audio streaming from all workshop-meeting rooms. All main sessions and workshops had real time transcription, and the transcripts and video of all meetings. Kenya continues to lead in Internet governance processes in the region and has convened the regional East Africa IGF for the last five years. This sub regional IGF provides a bottom up multi-stakeholder forum for locally relevant in-depth discussions at the national and regional levels. During the 6th IGF, a continental IGF, Africa Internet Governance Forum was launched, with a Kenyan as chair. The continental IGF will provide a useful forum for the continent to discuss its unique issues and challenges. The Kenya organising team sought financial support from diverse stakeholders, the government of Kenya, international and local industry, the technical community and international development partners. As Chair of the local organizing committee as well as chair of the Forum itself, I would again like to offer my heartfelt thanks to all sponsors and partners. The MAG’s work in organising, planning the main sessions, the efforts and commitment of the workshop organisers and contributors, and the enthusiasm of all the participants, contributed to making the Nairobi 2011 IGF a most memorable event and an outstanding success. 2 As we celebrate the success of the IGF meeting in Nairobi, we look forward to a successful event in Baku in 2012. Alice Munyua Chair, 2011 Internet Governance Forum Chair, Kenya Internet Governance Steering Committee, Republic of Kenya 3 Editor’s Introduction By: Brian Gutterman Editorial Approach: Despite having the advantage of experiencing the long process of compiling the 2010 Vilnius publication, this 2011 Nairobi book posed some new and unique challenges. Generally, this fifth volume of the proceedings of the annual IGF meetings follows the same pattern as the previous publications. The vast majority of the content consists of the transcripts of the main sessions and the reports of the workshops that took place throughout the week, organized both chronologically and thematically. Overall, the Nairobi meeting was lauded throughout the week by the delegates there for its general organization. A small glitch during the week however was in the transcription process. At times during the main sessions the audio to the transcribers was lost, which obviously resulted in some periods of time during the sessions where transcription was not available. As a result, when going through the transcripts there are periodic notes that read *audio was lost*, or *transcription was unavailable*. Other times the scribes were unable to capture the names of some participants speaking from the floor. In these instances the reader will notice that remarks are stated as coming ‘from the floor’ rather than giving the full name of the speaker. Again, the majority of the transcripts are there but this must be noted when going through the proceedings. Editing the transcripts nonetheless followed the same process as previous volumes. First step was formatting and performing an initial edit of the verbatim transcripts from the main sessions. Next, the transcripts were slowly trimmed down to a reasonable length, eliminating introductory statements, thank you’s, repetitive or off topic remarks, derogatory comments and personal unrelated statements or exchanges amongst participants. The final phase was fine tuning and cleaning up the grammar