February 2016 - cooperation-wg

FYI: From the European Commission: human rights guidance for 3 business sectors
by Patrik Fältström 20 Jul '19

20 Jul '19

Hi, As you can see below European Commission just released human rights guidance for 3 business sectors. I have helped COM and specifically IHRB with their piece of the work, and I know others on this list have also helped. Everything from more formal support to extremely good comments that have helped making the documents what they finally ended up being. Patrik Fältström Head of Research and Development Netnod Begin forwarded message: > From: <entr-csr(a)ec.europa.eu> > Subject: From the European Commission: human rights guidance for 3 business sectors > Date: 17 juni 2013 18:23:09 CEST > To: <entr-csr(a)ec.europa.eu> > > We are pleased to announce the publication of the European Commission Sector Guides on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. > > > Download the Guides here: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6711&lang… > > The Guides – for employment and recruitment agencies, ICT companies, and oil and gas companies – were developed over the past 18 months by Shift and IHRB through extensive research and multistakeholder consultation with representatives from the three industries as well as governments, trade unions, civil society, academia and other experts. Read more about the Guides’ development here. > > Each Guide offers practical advice on how to implement the corporate responsibility to respect human rights in day-to-day business operations in each industry through step-by-step guidance. At each step, they summarise what the UN Guiding Principles expect, offer a range of approaches and examples for how to put them into practice, and link users to additional resources that can support their work. They are intended to help companies “translate” respect for human rights into their own systems and cultures. > > Many thanks to all those who have contributed to this process. > > Best regards, > > > CSR Team > > European Commission > Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General > Unit ENTR.D.1 >

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ICANN Accountability Supplemental Final Proposal - Number Community-Related Analysis
by Athina Fragkouli 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, I would like to inform you that the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG) has published its Supplemental Final Proposal, available here: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58723723 ---------------------------------------- Amendments from the third Draft Proposal ---------------------------------------- The ASO representatives to the CCWG communicated an analysis of the third Draft Proposal on 16 December 2015: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/2015-December/000817… The following analysis relates to numbering-related amendments introduced in the Supplemental Final Proposal since that earlier draft: 1) Mission statement ICANN’s Mission with respect to numbers has been further clarified. It now reads: “The Mission of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet’s unique identifier systems as described below. Specifically, ICANN […] Coordinates the allocation and assignment of the top-most level of Internet Protocol (“IP”) and Autonomous System (“AS”) numbers. In this role, ICANN provides registration services and open access for global number registries as requested by the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Regional Internet Registries and facilitates the development of related global number registry policies by the affected community as agreed with the RIRs”. See Annex 05 - Recommendation #5: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/58723723/Annex%2005%20-%20… 2) Reconsideration process The scope of the Reconsideration process explicitly does not include disputes related to Internet number resources. Please see Annex 08 - Recommendation #8: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/58723723/Annex%2008%20-%20… 3) Minority statement The ASO submitted the following minority statement into the CCWG process, and it has been included in the Supplemental Final Proposal: “The ASO notes that the Internet Numbering Community is not relying on the CCWG-ACCT WS1 proposal to fulfill our expectations of ICANN accountability. Instead we will rely primarily on a contractual agreement (or “SLA”) between the RIRs and ICANN, as defined within the CRISP and ICG proposals, to provide the required accountability mechanisms. In order to serve this purpose, the proposed SLA must be in place at the time of the IANA Transition. However, the agreement contains “condition precedent” language such that, even if it is signed immediately, it will only come into effect when ICANN is actually released from its related duties under the NTIA contract. Negotiation of the Numbers Community SLA is nearly complete, and we expect to reach agreement in the near future. We propose to then promptly sign the agreed SLA with ICANN, in the same timeframe as implementation of the CCWG recommendations. By having both components in place at that time, we will be satisfied that all ICANN accountability matters are properly resolved.” ----------- Next steps ----------- The CCWG has sent the Supplemental Final Proposal to the working group’s six Chartering Organizations, including the ASO, and asked them to consider and approve the document by 9 March 2016 in order to meet the overall timing requirements, and allow the IANA Stewardship Transition (as a whole) to proceed. In parallel, the CWG-Stewardship is expected to deliver its confirmation that its dependencies have been met, in order to allow the IANA Stewardship Transition proposal to move forward. The ASO representatives to the CCWG will soon send a recommendation to the NRO EC regarding approval of the Supplemental Final Proposal. If you object to approval, please respond giving reasons. Thank you, Athina Fragkouli ASO representative to the CCWG

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Updated 4th Draft SLA for the IANA Numbering Services
by Athina Fragkouli 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Dear Colleagues Please find below the NRO announcement on the 4th draft Service Level Agreement for the IANA Numbering Services. The announcement is available at: https://www.nro.net/news/updated-4th-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-servi… Athina Fragkouli Head of Legal RIPE NCC ----------- UPDATED FOURTH DRAFT SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT FOR THE IANA NUMBERING SERVICES (SLAv4) AND CALL TO ICANN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SIGNING THE SLA 25 February 2016 Background On 15 January 2015, the Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) Team submitted the Internet Number Community Proposal to the request for proposals issued by the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG). One of the key elements of the Internet Number Community proposal is to replace the current NTIA IANA agreement with a new contract, a Service Level Agreement (SLA), between the IANA Numbering Services Operator and the five RIRs. A first draft of the SLA was published on 1 May 2015 and opened for public comments until 14 June 2015. The first draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v1 A second draft of the SLA was published on 6 August 2015 and opened for public comments until 31 August 2015. The second draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v2 A third draft of the SLA was published on 30 October 2015 and invited ICANN legal staff to provide comments by November 30th 2015. The third draft of the SLA is available at https://www.nro.net/sla-v3 Fourth Draft SLA As a result of ICANN comments on the third draft of the SLA and a clarification call on Tuesday January 26th (https://www.nro.net/pipermail/ianaxfer/2016-February/000725.html) a fourth draft of the SLA has been produced and available at https://www.nro.net/sla For the sake of clarity, you can find a track changes version of SLAv4 against the third draft at: https://www.nro.net/sla-track-changes Additionally, a document with the comments on SLAv3 and the legal team responses is available at: https://www.nro.net/slav3-comments In accordance with the transparency commitment with the community, we share the exchange of a clear track of comments between ICANN and RIR staff working towards a final SLA document. About the Fourth Draft SLA The fourth draft of the SLA has been developed by a team consisting of individuals from different RIRs. It responds to the principles included in the Internet Number Community proposal and is based on the already existing provisions of the NTIA IANA agreement. The content of SLAv4 is the result of consideration of public comments received during the public comment period on the second draft SLA as well as informational meetings with ICANN staff regarding the operational provisions of the SLA and ICANN’s written comments regarding the third draft SLA. It remains written in such a way that it can be signed as part of the implementation of the IANA transition when this occurs or before, without pre-judging the outcome of the ICG coordinated proposal. The SLA includes legally important provisions, such as those that regulate the five RIRs acting together and being responsible collectively in its dealings with ICANN under the SLA. It includes background and definitions. The SLA also includes explanatory footnotes that reference the source of each article according to the Internet Number Community proposal principles or the NTIA IANA agreement. Next Steps The RIRs thank the community and ICANN staff for its thoughtful comments and now publish this SLAv4 in the interest of transparency and keeping the community apprised of progress being made on the SLA. We trust that all comments and concerns have been addressed and that the current draft, SLAv4, represents a mutually acceptable SLA that is consistent with the principles found within the Internet Number Community proposal. We invite ICANN staff to take the appropriate steps so that we can move forward with signing of this SLA as soon as possible, preferably during the ICANN 55 Meeting in Marrakech Morocco.

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Fwd: Call for Nominations for Internet Technical & Academic Community Representatives in the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation
by Chris Buckridge 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, This is FYI for anyone with an interest in contributing to the UN’s work on “enhanced cooperation”. Cheers Chris > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Carl Gahnberg <gahnberg(a)isoc.org> > Subject: [Internetcollaboration] Call for Nominations for Internet Technical & Academic Community Representatives in the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation > Date: 22 Feb 2016 17:39:10 CET > To: Elist internetcollaboration <internetcollaboration(a)elists.isoc.org> > > Dear all, > > Please find below the Call for Nominations to the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation. > > Best regards, > > Carl Gahnberg > Policy Advisor > Internet Society > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Call for Nominations for Internet Technical & Academic Community Representatives in the United Nations CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation > > (Deadline: 29th February 23.59 UTC) > > The outcome document of the United Nations General Assembly’s ten-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2015 included a direction for the Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) to "establish a working group to develop recommendations on how to further implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda” (Resolution A/RES/70/125 <http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/UNPAN95735.pdf>, Section 4.1, paragraph 65). This will continue work done by an earlier CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, that was active from 2013-2014. and current CSTD Chair, Peter Major of Hungary, has indicated <http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1193&Sitemap_…> that he will establish the new working group in a similar fashion, with 20 UN Member States and 5 representatives from each of the four identified stakeholder groups (business, civil society, intergovernmental organizations, the technical & academic community). > > The technical & academic community representatives in the 2013-2014 working group were: > > Andres Piazza (LACNIC, Argentina) > Baher Esmat (ICANN, Egypt) > Alex Corenthin (ccTLD.sn, Senegal) > Chris Disspain (auDA, Australia) > Constance Bommelaer (ISOC, France) > > The CSTD Chair has identified the Internet Technical Collaboration Group <http://www.internetcollaboration.org/> as a focal point for nominating stakeholder representatives from the technical & academic community. A Nominating Committee (NOMCOM) made up of senior members of the Internet technical community has been formed to decide upon these nominations. The NOMCOM members are: > > Scott Mansfield (USA) - Chair > Adiel Akplogan (Canada) > Jane Coffin (USA) > John Klensin (USA) > Nurani Nimpuno (Sweden) > Chris Buckridge (Netherlands) > Akinori Maemura (Japan) > > Individuals with active involvement with the Internet technical community and the closely-related academic computer network research community who would like to be put forward by the NOMCOM are invited to complete the Nomination Form, which includes a set of questions regarding experience and suitability for the role. You may also use the Nomination Form to nominate another person for consideration by the NOMCOM - in such a case, the Nominator should advise their Nominee to complete and submit their answers to the questions in Part 2 of the Nomination Form. > > The Nomination Form is available here <http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20…> > > Both parts of the form should be completed and returned to information.itcg(a)gmail.com <mailto:information.itcg@gmail.com> by 23.59 UTC on Monday, 29 February 2016. This deadline will be strictly adhered to, and only respondents who have fully completed both parts of the form will be considered by the NOMCOM. > > While responses to the questions should not be lengthy, they must include sufficient information to allow the NOMCOM to judge the nominee's suitability for the role. If the nominee believes that an existing CV or biographical sketch would contribute to the NOMCOM's understanding of the candidacy, such a document may be included as part of the submission (any additional documents should be attached to the email in PDF format). > > Nominees should be aware that specific nominations may or may not be accepted by the CSTD. > > Nominees should also be aware that funding for participating in the working group’s meetings (which will take place in Geneva) will be the nominees’ own responsibility. It is expected that the working group’s first meeting will take place in Q4 2016, with further meetings to be scheduled by the working group itself. > > While there is no expectation that technical & academic community representatives from the 2013-2014 working group would automatically continue in the role, the NOMCOM would welcome applications from those who have previously served on CSTD committees, as well as new nominations. > > Please feel free to forward this message to relevant fora. > > Privacy Statement > The nominating committee is required to forward information provided by nominees on the Nomination Form to the CSTD Chair and CSTD administrative personnel for purposes of the nomination. With the exception of nominees naming themselves, information provided to the NOMCOM for its consideration shall be treated in the strictest confidence. > _______________________________________________ > Internetcollaboration mailing list > Internetcollaboration(a)elists.isoc.org > https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internetcollaboration

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Fwd: [NRO-IANAXFER] The future of the CRISP Team role
by Nurani Nimpuno 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

FYI. Nurani Vice chair, CRISP Team > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Izumi Okutani <izumi(a)nic.ad.jp> > Subject: [NRO-IANAXFER] The future of the CRISP Team role > Date: 9 februari 2016 08:29:48 CET > To: "ianaxfer(a)nro.net" <ianaxfer(a)nro.net> > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > We are pleased to inform you that the CRISP Team has handed over the responsibility to the RIRs, on preparing implementation for IPR related to the provision of the IANA services. > > The three operational communities are now at the phase of preparing implementation, based on the consensus the IETF Trust to be the entity to hold the ownership of "the IANA trademark" and "the IANA.ORG domain". Further, the three operational communities are undertaking coordination towards the implementation work between now and September, through the IPR coordination group with leaders from each operational communities. > > The CRISP team takes on an observer role in this group, to ensure consistency with the proposal, and continue to make itself available to answer questions or provide clarifications as needed. > Izumi Okutani and Nurani Nimpuno will represent the CRISP team in this group. > > The public read-only archives of its mailing list are available at: https://www.nro.net/pipermail/iana-ipr/ > > With this formal handover in the implementation of IPR to the RIRs, we no longer have specific actions as the CRISP Team, and our role now transitions into ensuring consistency with the number community proposal, until implementation of the IANA stewardship transition is completed. The CRISP Team continues to remain available to provide answers, advice and clarifications about the proposal as needed in the IANA stewardship transition process, and to help ensure that the implementation of the number resources component of the transition, such as the SLA on IANA Numbering Services, Review Committee and IPR related to the provision of the IANA services, is consistent with the number community's proposal. > > This transition of our role is based on the CRISP Team Charter, which describes our role as :"The CRISP team will have completed its work upon the ICG transmission of the combined IANA Stewardship Transition proposal to ICANN, but will continue to be available to answer any relevant questions about the number community’s proposal from any interested party, until the completion of the IANA Stewardship transition." > > Until the end of our work based on the CRISP Team Charter, we continue conducting calls on needs basis with schedule published on the NRO's CRISP Team website. > > CRISP Team Charter > https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/consolidated… > > CRISP Team teleconferences > https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/crisp-team-p… > > We thank the number resources community for the inputs you have given us throughout the process, and we are open to questions you may have on this transition in our role. > > > > Best Regards, > > Izumi Okutani and Nurani Nimpuno > The Chair and the Vice Chair, the CRISP Team > > _______________________________________________ > ianaxfer mailing list > ianaxfer(a)nro.net > https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer

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