June 2022 - cooperation-wg - mailman.ripe.net

New on RIPE Labs: EuroDIG 2022 Live Blog
by Gergana Petrova 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, EuroDIG is happening right now with sessions on digital sovereignty and identity, the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, cybersecurity, and much more. RIPE NCC staff is live blogging the event over on RIPE Labs. Stay tuned for updates: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/eurodig-2022-live-blog/ Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova Community Development Manager RIPE NCC

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Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Live Blog
by Gergana Petrova 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

Dear colleagues, RIPE NCC staff will be sharing key moments and takeaways from the sessions at the global IGF taking place this week. You can already find a few posts there from the week of pre-events: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/igf-2020-liveblog Let us know what you thought. Any feedback and comments are very welcome! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC in WTDC22
by Chafic Chaya 29 Jun '22

29 Jun '22

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC is a Sector Member of ITU-D and participates at the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC), where we engage with participants and member states to advance the priorities that address the Internet-related issues in line with NCC's vision and mission. The 9th ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-2022) <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC21/Pages/default.aspx> was held from 6 to 16 June in Kigali, under the theme "Connecting the Unconnected to Achieve Sustainable Development, to set the development agenda and priorities for ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) for the 2022 to 2025 period. More than 2000 delegates from 150 Member States plus over 350 sector members participated in the conference; 45 resolutions have been updated, and four new resolutions have been approved. The WTDC opening plenary projected the Russian-Ukraine war discourse, where the Ukraine delegation, supported by other member states, objected to the nomination of Russian candidates to any position on the WTDC Committees due to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. A secret ballot to resolve the issue resulted in not accepting the Russian appointments. This practice has become normality where similar objections took place during WTSA & at ITU Council meetings earlier this year. A significant risk to RIRs at the WTDC came from resolution 63: “IP addresses allocation and facilitating the transition to IPv6 deployment in developing countries”. The Chinese wanted to amend resolution 63 to include an explicit reference to IPV6+ as a technology and commercial innovation trend. Many member states and sector members, including the RIPE NCC and other RIRs, ICANN and ISOC, all opposed this proposal with the fact that IPv6+ is not a standard developed by the IETF, where technical standards should be developed, and that it is not even clearly defined and could impact the IPv6 deployment progress. In the end, the Chinese proposal was not accepted. It’s worth noting that member states continue to disagree sharply on cybersecurity. Resolution 45 on Cybersecurity had two ad hoc groups and a lot of informal discussions. Several proposals referencing UN processes, the need for the ITU to serve as a platform, and cybercrime references were removed, and only four proposed consensus texts were retained. As a sector member of ITU-D, we will remain engaged with ITU-D meetings and study groups and update NCC management and the RIPE community on any developments. Some excellent team efforts from colleagues from ARIN, AFRINIC, and ISOC are to be highlighted. Thanks for all; our involvement and joint efforts have paid off, which is a great result. Best Regards, Chafic

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Internet Blockade / Internet Freedom, 30.6. in Amsterdam
by Johan Helsingius 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

For those of you in Amsterdam, there is a debate in Amsterdam about Internet Blockades / Internet Freedom on 30.6. https://spui25.nl/programma/the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propa… Julf

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EU Open Internet regulation
by Desiree Miloshevic 22 Jun '22

22 Jun '22

Hi all I would like to bring to your attention that BEREC had published new Open Internet or 'Net neutrality' guidelines that ban zero-rating plans that exempt specific apps or categories of apps from people’s monthly data camps. https://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/regulato… <https://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/regulato…> It appears that the new guidelines are a response to 3 decisions in 2021 decisions by EU’s court, which had found that discriminatory zero-rating violates Europe’s net neutrality law. Desiree -- Coop WG Co-Chair

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NIS2 update: EU ministers agreed on the general approach
by Marco Hogewoning 21 Jun '22

21 Jun '22

Dear colleagues, We just received a message that the EU Ministers of the Transport, Telecommunications, and Energy Council, in their meeting today, have agreed to the general approach on the NIS 2 proposal. This now paves the way for the negotiations, the so called trilogue, to start early next year and develop a final compromise proposal. While the official text has not been published yet, we have seen a copy of the working document that shows that the Council position has also removed the DNS root servers from the scope of the directive, together with a short inclusion in the text that emphasises the role of multistakeholder Internet governance. We expect that this text has not been changed prior to today's meeting and is part of the general approach that was just endorsed. This means that as the negotiations start, both the EU member states and the European Parliament will come to the table with a position that the DNS root servers should be removed from the scope of the NIS 2 proposal. This leaves us with some confidence that the final outcome will reflect those positions and exclude the DNS root servers. Further to the concerns of the community, the Council text also has significant changes to the scope of the DNS services in general, which I think will limit the impact of the proposal, especially on smaller operators or entities who run a DNS server only for their own purpose. The Council issued a press release: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/12/03/strength… I would like to thank all my colleagues and community members who have helped to convey the message that governance of the DNS root servers should be left to the multistakeholder community and the risks that the Commission's proposal brings to maintaining a single global and un-fragmented Internet. I would also like to thank all the delegates of the various member states for taking the time to listen to us and to take on board our comments and concerns, leading to the compromise that was agreed today. We will keep you informed about further progress on this dossier. Regards, Marco Hogewoning Manager Public Policy and Internet Governance, RIPE NCC

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Revitalising Global Internet Governance - new article
by Chris Buckridge 01 Jun '22

01 Jun '22

Hello all, I wanted to draw attention to this piece by Kieren McCarthy, published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: https://institute.global/policy/revitalising-global-internet-governance I’m sure many will find points to disagree on, but equally sure there’s a lot in there that will resonate for many. In any event, an important contribution to the conversation, and I think relevant to the discussions had last month at RIPE 84 in Berlin, particularly the BoF led by Jelte Jansen (which you can find in the Monday archives here: https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/). Cheers Chris

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