November 2017 - 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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New on RIPE Labs: How We're Implementing the GDPR
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Dear colleagues, This is the first in a series of articles we plan to publish on RIPE Labs over the coming weeks and months, each of which will provide details of any legal analysis we perform in the implementation of the GDPR in the RIPE Database, and any other RIPE NCC services: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/Athina/how-we-re-implementing-the-gdpr Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Another one MoU bites the dust
by Alexander Isavnin 15 Nov '17

15 Nov '17

Congratulations! Another one MoU signed. RIPE NCC and EURALO. I have really strange feeling about it. Like my Right hand establishes Memorandum of Understanding with my Left hand: as member of ISOC Russian Chapter which is member of EURALO do i need to memorandumize understanding with me as representative of member of RIPE NCC? Do Axel Pawlik needs additional understanding with Olivier Crepin-Leblond? And there are more questions: What kind of additional understanding needed between such organizations? Why it 's so urgent to sign up MoU for 2 European organizations no close to Europe than Abu-Dhabi? How to measure reasonability of such memorandums? And even more, really important: How to control effectiveness and outcome of such MoUs? I have sad example of MoU with Russian Telco Ministry. NOTHING done from Russian Ministry side. Ministry promises to understand and promote RACI. Well, Ministry have educational institutions of professional and high education. NO RACI submissions to ENOG programme at all. (also question effectiveness of RACI in region). So, i want to rise discussion about such MoUs. I do not feel need of such MoUs just to do something, or demonstrate "external relations" activities or demonstrate cooperation just to have possibility to report on cooperation. In some cases "non-legal binding document" harmless for Europeans could be dangerous for others: mentioned MoU with Russian telco ministry - brings words "IP address" and "database" to official language of telco regulator, dreaming of "enforced routing registry". There only one really important MoU - one around RIR system. Having number of meaningless documents around really inflates importance of that MoU. Also, no discussions prior and announcements were made. Even no news is published, no possibility to see text of this MoU (at this moment). Kind regards, Alexander Isavnin Sent via RIPE Forum -- https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum

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ICANN 60 Update: RIPE NCC and EURALO Sign MoU
by Chris Buckridge 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Dear colleagues, Following is a brief report on the RIPE NCC’s participation in the ICANN 60 meeting. Many others in the RIPE community are also involved in ICANN discussions, and it would be useful to hear how those might be relevant to the RIPE community. Happy to answer any questions that might come out of this report. This report is also available online at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/industry-developments/icann-60-updat… Best regards, Chris Buckridge External Relations Manager RIPE NCC ------ The ICANN 60 Annual General Meeting took place from 23 October to 3 November in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, starting just a day after the RIPE 75 Meeting wrapped up in Dubai. The event marked the first full ICANN meeting in the Middle East and an opportunity for to meet and engage with Internet stakeholders from that region and beyond. While ICANN policy discussions have been relatively light on number-related discussions, particularly since the conclusion of the IANA stewardship transition in 2016, staff from the RIPE NCC, RIPE community members and others from the global number community took part at ICANN 60, with the focus on a number of specific topics and events throughout the week. - RIPE NCC and EURALO Sign MoU The RIPE NCC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with ICANN’s European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO). The MoU formalises the long-standing cooperative relationship between the RIPE NCC and EURALO (and it’s participants), and highlights key areas of common interest, including IPv6 awareness raising and the promotion of bottom-up, open, inclusive policy-making processes. You can also find the full text of the MoUs, along with the other agreements we have with external organisations, on our website: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations - EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Implementation The European Union's impending data protection regulation implementation was the subject of much discussion at ICANN 60, with the ICANN Board acknowledging that the GDPR will have an impact on ICANN Whois registrations, in terms of the kind of data that can be retained and made publicly accessible. ICANN itself is investigating what compliance will mean for their organisation. The GDPR may also have significant impact on any ICANN-related registries and registrars that have EU-based customers/registrants. This is a topic that also affects the RIPE NCC, and RIPE NCC staff had the opportunity to discuss the GDPR directly with ICANN staff and Board members. The RIPE NCC has been preparing for the implementation of the GDPR for some time, and we will be sharing a more detailed discussion of the anticipated impact via RIPE Labs in the near future. - Discussion of Emerging Identifiers While much of the ICANN meeting agenda was focused on ICANN operational and policy issues, there were a number of sessions devoted to related technical developments. This included a session on emerging identifiers, with discussion of technologies including blockchain, Digital Object Architecture (DOA) and related developments, including the possibility of applying blockchain technology to registry functions. Presentations from the session and a video archive are available at: https://schedule.icann.org/event/CbFe/emerging-identifiers-technology The next ICANN Meeting will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico in March 2018: https://meetings.icann.org/en/sanjuan61

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Sustainability at RIPE 75
by Michael J. Oghia 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Hi everyone, Earlier this year, I began the endeavor to build bridges between the Internet governance / infrastructure community(ies) and the sustainable ICT academic and research community. In many ways, current Internet technology is not sustainable. This relates to overall lack of design consideration of ICTs for sustainability (such as recycling or energy scaling), and includes issues such as pollution, electronic waste (e-waste), and energy use. Dr. Mike Hazas was one of the first people who inspired me to do more work in this field, and he was the keynote speaker at a EuroDIG roundtable workshop on sustainable Internet access held in June. After the session, he connected with members of RIPE NCC's external relations team who encouraged him to apply for one of the academic fellowships (RACI) to attend RIPE 75 in Dubai, and I am delighted to share his presentation and lecture: Mike Hazas, Lancaster University, UK Internet Services and Energy Demand https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/154 I encourage everyone to continue to consider sustainability in all of its forms going forward, and encourage discussions around this topic. Thank you, -Michael __________________ Michael J. Oghia #Netgov consultant & researcher | editor Belgrade, Serbia Skype: mikeoghia Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia> *|* LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gergana Petrova <gpetrova(a)ripe.net> Date: Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 9:54 AM Subject: [RACI-list] RACI: Apply for Spring 2018 + Review of Autumn Presentations To: raci-list(a)ripe.net Dear all, A short reminder for the RACI call for applications for our four meetings in spring 2018: MENOG 18 (TBC): Apply by 28 January 2018 RIPE 76 (14-18 May, Marseille): Apply by 11 March 2018 ENOG 15 (4-5 June, Moscow): Apply by 1 April 2018 SEE 7 (18-19 June, Timisoara): Apply by 15 April 2018 If you are working on interesting research or know someone in your network who is, you can find more information and the application form here: http://ripe.net/raci/ As always, successful applicants will receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings. Also, below you would find a list of the RACI presentations delivered at RIPE 75 in Budapest. Enjoy! Farzad Ebrahimi, Internet of Things Academy of Iran, Iran Key Factors for the Successful Entry of Developing Countries into the Internet of Things https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/135 Ivana Tomic, Imperial College London, UK Trusted Routing in the Internet of Things https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/134 Juan Brenes, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Power Prefixes Prioritization for Smarter BGP Reconvergence https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/150 Mike Hazas, Lancaster University, UK Internet Services and Energy Demand https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/154 Nuno Garcia, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Measurements in Internet Traffic – a New, Almost-Reliable UDP Protocol https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/118 Richard Cziva, University of Glasgow / REANNZ, UK Ruru: Real-Time Wide-Area TCP Latency Monitoring https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/92 Sara Solmone, University of East London, UK Establishing Jurisdiction Online: The Problem of the Access-Based Jurisdictional Principle https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/102 Uta Meier-Hahn, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Germany Creating Connectivity. How Networkers Manufacture the Good of the Internet https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/101 Vasileios Giotsas, UCSD/TU Berlin, Greece Detecting Peering Infrastructure Outages in the Wild https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/124 A list of all past RACI presentations is available here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/raci/alumni Please let me know if you have any questions about RACI or about applying. And thank you in advance for your help in spreading the word to your networks! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE Network Coordination Centre @RACI_RIPE https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin

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[IGF 2017] Questionnaire about communicating Internet governance
by Michael J. Oghia 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi everyone, My colleagues, Agustina and Jelena, and I are conducting a survey for our IGF 2017 session (WS 161), and would appreciate your feedback. Thank you, -Michael Oghia ____________________ Dear fellow community members, Have you ever had difficulties explaining what Internet governance is to your friends and family? What is your magic answer to the question: *“OK, but what do you REALLY do?”* If so, you’re not alone. We have been struggling with these types of questions for a long time, which is why we are trying to find a better way to communicate Internet governance. This is why we – Agustina Callegari, Michael Oghia, and Jelena Ozegovic – are hosting a collaborative workshop at IGF 2017 in order to discuss how we can communicate IG more effectively. To kick off the session, we need your help! We have created a questionnaire to help us shed light on this. Please take 5-10 minutes to anonymously share your wisdom and experience with us: *https://goo.gl/forms/t4mmgI6nHkNAFDF82* <https://goo.gl/forms/t4mmgI6nHkNAFDF82> The questionnaire will close on: *10 December 2017*. The results of this questionnaire will be presented on 20 December 2017 in Geneva at the IGF as part of our workshop: WS 161 <https://bit.ly/IGF2017WS161> – Explaining Internet governance to friends & family 101: How to improve our communication? *You also have the option to leave your email address at the end of the questionnaire in case you would like to know the results, which we will share after the IGF.* Let us know if you have any questions by replying to this email. Thank you in advance! -Agustina, Michael, and Jelena WS 161 organizers

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