[isoc-ny] ​ ISOC ​Policy Engagement Alert - August 2018.

[ISOC-NY announcements]

*Upcoming policy papers or surveys for release or out for comment*
*ISOC - NPA Special Issue: Internet Connectivity in Indigenous and Northern
Communities*
In the autumn of 2018, Northern Public Affairs, in collaboration with ISOC
will be releasing a  special issue focusing on emerging developments in
community networks among Indigenous peoples in North America.  The magazine
will include articles that touch on issues such as:  deployment,  first
mile connectivity,  tele-health and language preservation.  The Issue will
be released in conjunction with the Indigenous Connectivity Summit
<https://www.internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-summit/2018/>
that will take place 11-12  October in Inuvik,  Northwest Territories,
Canada.

*Policy Brief on Routing Security*
A policy brief on routing security will be released for community preview
at the end of August. The policy brief will provide policymakers with an
overview of challenges related to routing security and key considerations
around the routing ecosystem.  It also includes recommendations to consider
when approaching issues related to routing security.

*Innovations in Spectrum Management Paper - Community Review, 10-24 August*
This draft policy brief highlights the importance of access to and use of
spectrum by community networks to advance more connectivity and connect the
unconnected.  It highlights current challenges and innovations that some
countries are making, and provides recommendations and issues for CNs,
policy-makers and regulators, and communities to consider. We would like to
invite you to preview the brief, and to provide us with your feedback
(please to bear in mind that this paper is limited only to community
networks and is not a paper on spectrum management in general).   You can
view the PDF version at:  isoc.box.com/v/public-preview . We welcome your
comments that can be sent to Jane Coffin (coffin at isoc.org) and Konstantinos
Komaitis (komaitis at isoc.org).



*Engagements (Conferences, National IGFs, etc.) *
*Asia-Pacific Regional IGF, 13-17 August, Port Vila, Vanuatu. *
The APAC Bureau is organising workshops on Community Networks and Digital
Accessibility, and hosting the closing ceremony at this year's APrIGF. Raj
Singh, Naveed Haq and Raul Echeberria will be speaking at various sessions.

*Experts Session on Encryption, Parliament House, 20 August, Canberra,
Australia*
On 20 August, ISOC and Internet Australia will hold the *Experts Session on
Encryption* at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. The event will
feature an interactive in-depth dialogue with experts on encryption and
digital security, highlighting issues concerning encryption and law
enforcement access. A live stream of the event will be available here:
https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aussiesencrypt

*US. **FTC Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st
Century*
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in June that it
would host a series of hearings on "competition and consumer protection in
the 21st century." The North America Bureau will submit comments
<https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/06/ftc-announces-hearings-competition-consumer-protection-21st?utm_source=slider>
by their August 20 deadline.

*Multi-stakeholder dialogue on the future of Internet Governance**,  **20
August 2018**, **OAS Headquarter. Washington, DC, United States of America.*

ISOC, together with LACNIC and CITEL, is organizing a pre-event for a
multistak
e
holder dialogue with regulators, civil society, private sector and
technical community attending the upcoming PP-18 preparatory meetings. ISOC
staff will attend the event. Draft agenda available at:
https://www.citel.oas.org/en/SiteAssets/About-Citel/Next-
Meetings/PCC.I/CCPI-2018-33-4635_i.pdf

*33 Meeting of PCC1 and the Conference Preparatory Working Group of
COM/CITEL (GTPC) - **20 to 24 August 2018. OAS Headquarter. Washington, DC*
In the run up for ITU Plenipotentiary meeting in Dubai this year, the
Americas Region is meeting to identify common proposals to be submitted as
InterAmerican Proposals. ISOC staff will be attending the meeting.

*AfPIF 2018 @iWeek* <http://www.afpif.org/afpif2018/>*, 21 – 23 August
2018, Cape Town, South Africa*
The 9th African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) will be held
between 21-23 August 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. The African Peering
and Interconnection Forum addresses the key interconnection, peering, and
traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent and provides
participants with global and regional insights for maximising opportunities
that will help grow Internet infrastructure and services in Africa.
https://www.afpif.org/

*2nd Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee Meeting,
27-28 August, Bangkok, Thailand. *Raj Singh will participate as part of the
steering committee, and will also speak at the 2nd Session of the Committee
on ICT, Science, Technology and Innovation, which will be held on the 28-31
August. Both events are organised by UNESCAP.

*ITU Annual Regional Human Capacity building workshop on "Strengthening
capacities in Internet governance in Africa",  Abuja, Nigeria, from 27-29
August 2018. *
The workshop is organized by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
in partnership with DiploFoundation and hosted by the Digital Bridge
Institute (DBI) of Nigeria.  The objectives of the workshop are to
strengthen capacities of the ITU membership in the field of Internet
governance, involving different stakeholders in the delivery of the
workshop, and to provide a general overview of key aspects related to
international Internet governance discussions. This corresponds to the
outcomes of the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC)
2017, where ITU Member States agreed that capacity building of the ITU
membership in international Internet governance is one of the priority
issues to be addressed by ITU's capacity building programme. ISOC will
present the AUC Personal Data Protection and Privacy Guidelines for Africa.
www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Capacity
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Capacity-Building/Pages/events/2018/Internet%20Governance/AFR/Internetgovernance.aspx>
Building/Pages/events/2018/Internet%20Governance/AFR/Internetgovernance.aspx

<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Capacity-Building/Pages/events/2018/Internet%20Governance/AFR/Internetgovernance.aspx>


*Highlights of Recent Activities*
*4th Meeting of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Preparatory
Group for PP-18 (ATU PM PP18-4), 13-1**7** August 2018, Nairobi, Kenya*.
The ATU hosted the preparatory process for, and development of, African
Common Proposals to the ITU PP-18 and receive updated information on the
arrangements towards the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference due to be held in
Dubai, united Arab Emirates from 29th October to 16th November, 2018. The
objective of this meeting is to review the report of the three preparatory
meetings and provide an update on the progress, as well as adopt and endorse
, the African Common Proposals towards PP-18 ready for submission to ITU.
Verengai Mabika and Elizabeth Oluoch will be representing ISOC.
http://atu-uat.org/

*18th APT Policy and Regulatory Forum, 8-10 August, Dhaka, Bangladesh. *
The forum provides a platform for decisionmakers to discuss ICT issues that
are of common interest to the region. Noelle de Guzman presented on IoT
guidelines for policymakers

*LACIGF11* <https://lacigf.org/lacigf-11/>*, 31st July - 2 August, Buenos
Aires, Argentina*
The 11th edition of the Latin American and the Caribbean Regional
Preparatory Meeting to IGF took place in Argentina, with a packed agenda on
key topics for the region in connectivity, digital inclusion, data
protection, freedom of expression among others. Raul Echeberria held a
keynote speech about the Future of the IGF and the need to make changes for
a stronger IGF.

*MoU with the Philippine Government, 5 July, Manila, Philippines. *
The APAC Bureau signed an MoU with the Philippines' Department of ICT
(DICT) to co-develop the National ICT Ecosystem Framework using the
multi-stakeholder approach. The Framework will guide  ICT development in
the country until 2022.

*Internet Governance Training Programme, 11-13 July, Manila, Philippines. *
In partnership with the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, the Philippines'
Department of ICT and the Philippine Chapter, the APAC Bureau conducted a
3-day training programme on Internet governance in Manila, with more than
70 representatives from government participating.

*ISOC comment on NTIA's Notice of Inquiry for their International Agenda,
17 July. *
The comment states the Internet Society's ongoing support for the IANA
Stewardship Transition; calls for the US government to champion the
multistakeholder model both domestically and globally; identifies the
Internet Society's call for reform of the Internet Governance Forum;
addresses extraterritoriality and the open Internet; calls on the US
government to support strong encryption; and, supports the NTIA's
multistakeholder approach to securing the Internet of Things. The comment
is available here: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/isoc_
comment-ntia-noi-2018-07-17.pdf

*Senegalese Delegation to Enhance IoT Security, 19-20 July, Ottawa,
Canada. *
The North American Regional Bureau and African Regional Bureau hosted a
delegation of Senegalese government officials in Ottawa. The Senegalese
visited to learn about the ISOC-led Canadian process to enhance IoT
security in order to potentially implement a similar process in their home
country. The delegates met with the internal ISOC team working on the IoT
initiative, the multistakeholder community that are participating in the
process, and senior officials in the Canadian government.

*IGF-USA 2018, 27 July, Washington* *DC**, US*
The Internet Governance Forum USA is a multistakeholder effort that gathers
thought leaders from civil society, industry, academia and government in an
effort to cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the
Internet. Topics included: the future of work, privacy frameworks,
connectivity, competition, smart cities, platform content moderation,
extraterritoriality of court ruling; and fake news. The forum, co-chaired
by ISOC DC chapter Dustin Phillips and Logan Circle Strategies' Shane Tews,
showcased a wide spectrum of thought leaders to share, connect to, and
address important and controversial topics. For more information and to
watch the livestream, visit: https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2018

*G20 Open Letter *- Internet Society, together with the WebFoundation and
Mozilla, has published an open letter calling G20 leaders to put people at
the center for sound policies on key topics such as access, privacy and
data protection, freedom of expression, cybersecurity and digital economy
competition. The letter is open for endorsements at:
https://g20openletter.org

*African Union Commission Cybersecurity workshop, **23-27 July 2018**,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia *
The  Internet  Society  Africa  Regional  Bureau  (ARB)  participated  at
the  African  Union Commission (AUC) Cybersecurity workshop, which focused
on setting of national CERTs. Verengai Mabika presented on the Personal
Data Protection Guidelines, Internet Infrastructure and Security Guidelines
as well as the IoT and MANRS campaigns. The workshop brought 120 delegates
from about 30 African countries.

*Nigeria National Internet Governance Forum from 2-3 July 2018*
ISOC Nigeria Chapter participated actively in the 2018 and took the
opportunity to speak about the Community Networks (CN) Campaign. The
Internet Society supported the event with remote participation and
livestreaming. More at: isoc.ng/nigf

*Gambia National Internet Governance Forum from 4-5 July 2018**.*
ISOC Gambia Chapter participated in the 2018 IGF and presented on ISOC
partnership with the African Union Commission focusing on the AUC and
Personal Data Protection Guidelines and CN Campaign. The Internet Society
supported the event with remote participation and livestreaming. More at:
www.gmigf.gm/events.html


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Joly MacFie
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