[EURO-Discuss] [IRPCoalition] Communication of the European Commisson: "Internet Policy and Governance - Europe's role in shaping the future of Internet Governance"

[Christopher Wilkinson]

Dear Wolf:

> … they do not even mention EuroDIG...

Indeed, but it is not quite so bad: EuroDIG is mentioned at footnote Nº 25 (p.7).

However, this is symptomatic of an issue that I recall having mentioned before: EuroDIG's focus in recent years on Strasbourg, Geneva and the IGF  has been not helpful in constituting a multistakeholder platform with regard to the European Union. On the contrary, particularly for civil society, the available voluntary effort (we can all count the hours and the travel costs) has been diverted through EuroDIG into intellectually fascinating avenues with little political impact on regulatory and other relevant policies, including the EU's position internationally. This is quite counter-intuitive, not lest when one observes that the national IGFs in the EU Member States are also barking up the wrong tree.

Best regards to you all

CW

PS:		Incongruously, we are discussing this on the ICANN EURALO List  (Are we off-topic ?). To the best of my knowledge, EuroDIG does not have a discussion list, which maybe is another point that needs attention.



On 12 Feb 2014, at 21:41, Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> let me forward this info on the European Commission's policy position on Internet governance to you. As usual, nice wording and commitments but in the press release they do not even mention EuroDIG as sort of best practice at their front door ... or when claims bump up against reality.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Wolf
> 
> 
> Andrea Glorioso sent Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:08:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I would like to let you know that today (12 February 2013) the European
>> Commission has adopted its formal policy position on Internet governance,
>> via a Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European
>> Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: "Internet
>> Policy and Governance - Europe's role in shaping the future of Internet
>> governance" (COM(2014) 72/4).
>> 
>> The press release of the adoption is available at
>> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-142_en.htm .
>> 
>> The text of the Communication is available at
>> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=4453.
>> 
>> The statement by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission
>> and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, is available at
>> http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I086325 .
>> 
>> I hope you find this information useful and the content of the
>> Communication interesting.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Andrea
>> 
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