[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 61, Issue 89

alice at apc.org alice at apc.org
Wed Jun 20 18:30:07 EAT 2012


Hi  Ory  and all

I am not sure there is any African country that has made the effort to
organise national level consultations but if  we borrow a leaf from our
past experience in developing ICT related policies and regulations,
including the most recent data protection and FOI discussions, it would be
important  for national consultations on ITRs.

Best

Alice

> Alice,
> On the ITU national consultation process, I could be wrong but I'm yet
to see even one national process in Africa...the positions seem to have
been consolidated within the ATU process, and not sure how bottom up or
open to comment that is.    So the rhetoric that the ITU is trying to
fight is not being helped by the opaqueness re the process by people can
contribute / participate.
> Ory
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>       1. Re: Articles, Speeches, Blogs and Publications about ITU and
>          the ITRs] (Ali Hussein)
>       2. Re: Articles, Speeches, Blogs and Publications about ITU and
>          the ITRs] (alice at apc.org)
>       3. Broadcast, Film & Music Africa Conference,        Nairobi 10-11
July
>          (Sean Moroney)
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>     Message: 1
>     Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:51:55 +0300
>     From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
>     To: alice at apc.org
>     Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>     Subject: Re: [kictanet] Articles, Speeches, Blogs and Publications
>            about ITU and the ITRs]
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>     Alice
>
>     Very useful and vindication of the process we have started. Thanks!
>
>     Ali Hussein
>
>     On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, <alice at apc.org> wrote:
>
>     >
>     > Dear All,
>     >
>     > I could send to you a much longer list of similar articles, blogs and
>     > publications about alleged ITU plans to take control of the
Internet.  I
>     > could also send to you many which state the contrary. But none of
this
>     > will be of any use.
>     >
>     > The last meeting of the Council Working Group (CWG) for WCIT
started this
>     > morning 20 June and ends on 22 June.   Find attached the speech of
ITU
>     > Secretary-General,  Dr. Hamadoun I. Tour?, delivered today at the
opening
>     > of this last CWG WCIT meeting.
>     >
>     > ITU has 193 Member States. The decision on the content of the
revised ITRs
>     > will be made by ITU Membership at the end of this year (3-14
December)
>     > during the WCIT in Dubai.
>     > For those of you who represent your countries in ITU,  I would
encourage
>     > you to increase the involvement of the citizens of your countries
in your
>     > national consultations during this process.   I would also hope
that your
>     > positions and views regarding ITU and the process to  review the
ITRs are
>     > based on actual proposals and discussions taking place in the
appropriate
>     > ITU forums dealing with this subject and not necessarily on blogs,
>     > publications, speeches and media reports many of which do not
accurately
>     > reflect the facts.
>     >
>     > Also, please find attached a WCIT background brief which I hope
will be
>     > helpful to have a basic understanding of what the ITRs are and the
roles
>     > of sovereign states in the process leading to the review of this
Treaty
>     > (the ITRs). Please feel free to share this brief and the speech of
ITU
>     > Secretary-General as you consider appropriate.
>     >
>     > For reliable and up-to-date information about ITU, the ITRs and WCIT,
>     > please visit  www.itu.int/wcit<http://www.itu.int/wcit>
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > Alexander NTOKO
>     > ITU Representative (Observer) to the GAC
>     > Chief, Operations and Planning Department
>     > Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)
>     > International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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>     Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:02:46 +0100 (BST)
>     From: alice at apc.org
>     To: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>     Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>     Subject: Re: [kictanet] Articles, Speeches, Blogs and Publications
>            about ITU and the ITRs]
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>     Dear Ali and all,
>
>     Countries like the Netherlands, reported that they have held national
>     consultations  (workshops) to discuss these issues and develop a
national
>     position, while others like the US mentioned they have made the WCIT
>     documents available to their constituencies.
>
>     This is the bottom up approach that the ITU SG spoke about regarding
the
>     revision of the ITRs including the  issue  "openness and transparency
>     beginning with public access to various documents.
>
>     We have had a great tradition/practice since our Ministry was created,
>     where we have discussed critical policies and regulations as a
result of
>     the open policy window provided by our government.
>
>     For this instance, we should ideally follow the same multi stakeholder
>     bottom consultations approach for both process and substantive issues.
>
>     Best
>
>     Alice
>
>     > Alice
>     >
>     > Very useful and vindication of the process we have started. Thanks!
>     >
>     > Ali Hussein
>     >
>     > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, <alice at apc.org> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >     Dear All,
>     >
>     >     I could send to you a much longer list of similar articles,
blogs and
>     >     publications about alleged ITU plans to take control of the
>     Internet.  I
>     >     could also send to you many which state the contrary. But none
of this
>     >     will be of any use.
>     >
>     >     The last meeting of the Council Working Group (CWG) for WCIT
started
>     this
>     >     morning 20 June and ends on 22 June.   Find attached the
speech of ITU
>     >     Secretary-General,  Dr. Hamadoun I. Tour?, delivered today at the
>     opening
>     >     of this last CWG WCIT meeting.
>     >
>     >     ITU has 193 Member States. The decision on the content of the
>     revised ITRs
>     >     will be made by ITU Membership at the end of this year (3-14
December)
>     >     during the WCIT in Dubai.
>     >     For those of you who represent your countries in ITU,  I would
>     encourage
>     >     you to increase the involvement of the citizens of your
countries in
>     your
>     >     national consultations during this process.   I would also
hope that
>     your
>     >     positions and views regarding ITU and the process to  review the
>     ITRs are
>     >     based on actual proposals and discussions taking place in the
>     appropriate
>     >     ITU forums dealing with this subject and not necessarily on
blogs,
>     >     publications, speeches and media reports many of which do not
>     accurately
>     >     reflect the facts.
>     >
>     >     Also, please find attached a WCIT background brief which I
hope will be
>     >     helpful to have a basic understanding of what the ITRs are and
the
>     roles
>     >     of sovereign states in the process leading to the review of
this Treaty
>     >     (the ITRs). Please feel free to share this brief and the
speech of ITU
>     >     Secretary-General as you consider appropriate.
>     >
>     >     For reliable and up-to-date information about ITU, the ITRs
and WCIT,
>     >     please visit  www.itu.int/wcit<http://www.itu.int/wcit>
>     >
>     >     Regards,
>     >
>     >     Alexander NTOKO
>     >     ITU Representative (Observer) to the GAC
>     >     Chief, Operations and Planning Department
>     >     Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)
>     >     International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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>     policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for
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>     enabled growth and development.
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>     >     KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable
>     behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's
>     times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or
>     personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares
>     or qualifications.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     >
>     > Ali Hussein|Managing Partner
>     >
>     >
>     > Telemedia Africa
>     > Azania Technology Group
>     >
>     > Chaka Court, Argwings Kodhek Road
>     >
>     > P O Box  14556-00100
>     >
>     > Office: +254 737 751409
>     >
>     > Cell:     +254 773/713 601113
>     >
>     > Nairobi, Kenya
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Twitter: @AliHKassim
>     >
>     > Skype: abu-jomo
>     >
>     >
>     > "You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him,
but
>     in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.". - E. St. Elmo Lewis,
>     member, Advertising Hall of Fame
>
>
>
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>     Message: 3
>     Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:18:44 +0000
>     From: Sean Moroney <seanm at aitecafrica.com>
>     To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>     Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>     Subject: [kictanet] Broadcast, Film & Music Africa Conference,  Nairobi
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