INTERNET GOVERNANCE……

….and the Role of Government in the Governance Process

Emmanuel EdetLegal Services and Board Matters UnitNational Information Technology Development Agency Abuja

What

- Infrastructure- Demonopolisation- Liberalisation- Costs and Price Regulation/Tariffs- Spectrum allocation and licensing- Interconnectivity (operators and services providers)- Technical Standards- Domain Names- Convergence

Infrastructure and Standardisation

What

- Legal environment- Regulatory framework- Jurisdiction- Liability- Cyber-Crime- Intellectual Property Rights- Consumer Protection

Legal

What

- e-Commerce- e-Business- e-Money- Trade in Services- Partnerships (supranational and regional and global; public-private/stakeholders

Economic

What

- Education, e-Education, distant learning...- Research and development;- Content control and policy- Security and safety- Privacy- Multilingualism- Local content- Arts, Culture & Tourism

Socio-Cultural

What

- e-Government- e-Health- Fiscal incentives- ICT leadership- Awareness and literacy

What- Access- Accessibility- Youth and ict- Indigenous participation

- Urban and Rural Development- Gender Equity and Empowerment- Community Access Programmes- Human resources, Capacity Building and Education- Skill Development and Transfer of Technology- Universal Access and Service

Development

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What

• all processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market or network, whether over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization or territory and whether through laws, norms, power or language

Bevir, Mark (2013). Governance: A very short introduction.

• It relates to "the processes of interaction and decision-making among the actors involved in a collective problem that lead to the creation, reinforcement, or reproduction of social norms and institutions

Hufty, Marc (2011). "Investigating Policy Processes: The Governance Analytical Framework

What

Internet governance is the development and application of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. Wikipedia

How• 1969 ARPANET is one of the Components that makes

up the Internet – created the RFCs

• 1984 NSFNET another component project that used TCO/IP to connect computers and later became a general purpose research network

• 1989 Australia, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and the UK were connected

• 1990 ARPA was decommissioned and in 1991 NSF permitted the commercial use of the NSFNET backbone

• In 1995 NSF ended its sponsorship of he NSF Backbone

How• ARPA set up the Internet Activities Board to oversee

the development of the network

• IETF was set by US Govt in 1986 to develop and promote Internet standards

• Jon Postel managed address allocation on contract basis from USDoD as IANA function later transfered to ICANN at the death of Postel in 1998

• IANA function expanded to Global DNS and allocation of IP address to 5 regional registries: ARIN for North America, RIPE NCC for Europe Middle East and Central Africa, APNIC for Asia and Pacific Region LACNIC for Latin America and Caribbean region and AfriNIC for Africa

How

• First Phase held in Geneva WSIS failed to Agree on the future of IG

• UN Sec. Gen established the WGIG which proposed the creation of IGF

• IGF is a mult-istakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet Governance

• Actors include Governments, Private Sector, civil society, technical and academic community on equal basis

• So far 9 of these for a has been held all over the world

Different Perspectives

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• Politicians• Lawyers• Business• NGOs• Insurers• Academics• The Media• IT security• … others…

Are they different from the six blind men describing an elephant ?

Provided by Ed Gelbstein

Features

• Legislators – Need to be re-elected• Government Officials – Risk Avoidance + Focus

on Procedures• IT People – Solution Oriented + “Algorithm

Approach”• Media – Sensation & Front-page Story –

Cybersecurity as “Scary” and Attractive Topic• Civil Society – Focus on Human Rights• Academia – Comprehensive and Sometimes Slow

Approach• ...

Policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues is the sovereign right of States.

Safety and Security-Cybercrimes and cyber Security-Critical Information Infrastructure Security-Child Online Safety-PRIVACYDevelopment-Access-Management of Critical Internet Resources-Funding for various Forums and Research-E-Commerce -ETC

Governments

International Commitments-Ensuring that the interest of the country is protected-Ensuring that the rights of the citizens are protected-Contributing to International structures and Institutions-Funding for citizens participation

Governments

NIGF 2008

The first attempt at discussing Internet Governance Issues was in 2008

The meeting was held in 27 November 2008 Organised By the Federal Ministry of Information and Communication and the Presidential Steering Committee on WSIS with the theme: Internet Governance – Where is Nigeria?

Thematic Issues discussed include: Critical Internet Infrastructure and Access Access Diversity and Openness Security

The major aim of the Forum for that year was to present Nigeria’s position at the IGF in Hyderabad.

NIGERIA 2012The 2012 edition of the NIGF was held on 25 September 2012

at the NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja

The theme was Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development

Sub-themes of: Internet governance for development (IG4D) Issues that are emerging in the use of the internet, The management of critical internet resources, Security, openness and privacy, Access and diversity, and The need to take stock of the IGF to date and ponder the way

forward

NIGERIA 2013The 2013 edition of the 18th of June, 2013 at the Shehu Musa

Yar’adua Centre Abuja

The theme ‘‘Internet Governance for Empowerment, National Integration and Security through Multi-stakeholders’ Engagement

Sub-themes: Digital Inclusion and Integration, Building Trust, Confidence, & Assurance on the Internet, Policy and Regulatory Model for the Internet, Encouraging Local Research on Internet Development in

Nigeria, Addressing Critical Internet Resources and Infrastructure in

the Cashless Society, Emerging Issues, Way Forward,

IGF 2014

POSITIVES FROM NIGF

Evolution of NIGF Structure through the establishment of LMAG

Awareness created by the Forum

Stakeholder participations

Capacity Building especially for youth

ISSUES TO EXPLORE IN THE FUTURE

Maintaining relevance

Moving from Participation to positive engagement

Stable funding for the Forum

Participation of all stakeholders

Recognition of the importance of the forum

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