[bc-gnso] FW: Announcement / Global Internet Policy Observatory / Commission plans guide through global Internet policy labyrinth

[Phil Corwin <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI--Interesting and potentially very useful development.

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From: Andrea.GLORIOSO@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Andrea.GLORIOSO@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:06 AM
To: Andrea.GLORIOSO@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Announcement / Global Internet Policy Observatory / Commission plans 
guide through global Internet policy labyrinth

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Dear all,

Please see below an announcement from the European Commission, for your 
information. Please share this among all your contacts, as appropriate.


http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/commission-plans-guide-through-global-internet-policy-labyrinth
Commission plans guide through global Internet policy labyrinth
News: 2013-05-13 02:00

The Commission today unveiled plans for the Global Internet Policy Observatory 
(GIPO), an online platform to improve knowledge of and participation of all 
stakeholders across the world in debates and decisions on Internet policies. 
GIPO will be developed by the Commission and a core alliance of countries and 
Non Governmental Organisations involved in Internet governance. Brazil, the 
African Union, Switzerland, the Association for Progressive Communication, 
Diplo Foundation and the Internet Society have agreed to cooperate or have 
expressed their interest to be involved in the project.
The Global Internet Policy Observatory will act as a clearinghouse for 
monitoring Internet policy, regulatory and technological developments across 
the world.
It will:
·         automatically monitor Internet-related policy developments at the 
global level, making full use of "big data" technologies;
·         identify links between different fora and discussions, with the 
objective to overcome "policy silos";
·         help contextualise information, for example by collecting existing 
academic information on a specific topic, highlighting the historical and 
current position of the main actors on a particular issue, identifying the 
interests of different actors in various policy fields;
·         identify policy trends, via quantitative and qualitative methods such 
as semantic and sentiment analysis;
·         provide easy-to-use briefings and reports by incorporating modern 
visualisation techniques;
The objective of GIPO is to increase expertise and understanding among all 
actors, including countries, NGOs and interest groups which may have so far 
been marginalised in Internet debates and decisions. The Commission fears that 
the vast range of policy areas impacted by the Internet, combined with a highly 
complex institutional framework, may cause disengagement from these 
discussions, which must be truly inclusive in order to ensure a globally 
legitimate and sustainable governance framework for the Internet.
GIPO will not replace existing mechanisms and fora where global Internet 
governance is discussed, such as the Internet Governance Forum. To the 
contrary, its objective is to be a tool-box for stakeholders and an instrument 
to strengthen existing Internet policy-making processes, making full use of 
modern technology.
The European Commission is 100% committed to supporting the open internet. It 
hopes to safeguard the open nature of global internet governance, including a 
model which is more inclusive of the needs and priorities of all actors, 
including those from the developing world. (see 
SPEECH/13/167<http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-167_en.htm>).
In the coming months, the Commission will carry out a feasibility study into 
GIPO, and pending those results, the development of the online platform could 
commence in 2014.

Best

--
Andrea Glorioso (Mr)
European Commission - DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology
Unit D1 (International relations) + Task Force on Internet Policy Development
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