Dear all,
Hopefully this email finds you well and in good health in these troubled times. Its goal
is to solicit your input into work to be developed as coalition 2020 output and the
organisation of the annual IGF meeting.
As you might know, the IGF Secretariat recently issued its call for proposals for
workshops and DC meetings for the next IGF, which should in principle (Coronavirus
permitting) take place in Poland on 2-6 November. As one of the Dynamic Coalitions, we can
reserve a slot by showing that we have been working on some form of output; therefore, we
would like to hereby launch a process of implementation of the main suggestions made in
our informal meeting at the 2019 IGF, i.e. to create a Glossary of key terms on platform
law and policy, so as to provide a common language for academics, regulators and
policy-makers when discussing issues of platform responsibility.
As usual, we rely on spontaneous contributions of members of this list, and thus we let
the list of terms be shaped by your intuition of what is most useful. Here is a shared
document where you can indicate terms for which you could provide a definition, in clear
and objective terms. Some examples of key concepts are listed in the document, but please
feel free to add more. Definitions could vary in length and focus (and the more nuance the
better), but we would aim this to be a “living document” where we can bring together
contributions from a range of disciplines and vocabularies. So, by all means, do not
hesitate to put your name if you are inclined to provide a definition for a particular
term in the list, even if someone else has already indicated their availability to do so.
We will then help coordinate to ensure that the inputs from multiple contributors are
complementary, rather than duplicating efforts.
At this point, we would like to simply receive your feedback as regards your interest in
the development of the glossary and to participate in the DCPR session as a speaker (the
former being a prerequisite for the latter). Our proposed plan (on which we welcome any
feedback) is the following:
1) by 15 April: receive your expressions of interest for the development of the Glossary
and participation to the session, so that we can submit a request for an IGF 2020 Session
of the Coalition (the deadline is the 22of April)
2) by 15 May: consolidate your proposed terms and share a first drafts of the list of
terms that will compose the Glossary, to which you can add further terms or express your
feedback until the 30th of May.
3) by 30 June: those who have expressed interest regarding the elaboration of specific
terms will add their proposed definitions (ideally between 100 and 1000 words) to the
shared document
4) by 30 July: we will allow all coalition members to share further updates and/or add
alternative definitions to the list of proposed definitions
5) by 30 August we will have a finalised version of the Glossary that we can proofread
and send to our designer to print a booklet that will be circulated at the IGF with
acknowledgment of contributors.
Any comments are very welcome!
Best regards
Luca and Nicolo
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Luca Belli, PhD
Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro
Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé,
Université Paris 2
www.cyberbrics.info |
www.cpdp.lat |
www.internet-governance.fgv.br
t: @1lucabelli
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This message, as well as any attached document, may contain personal data and information
that is confidential and privileged and is intended only for the use of the addressee
named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
disclosure, copying or distribution of this email or attached documents, or taking any
action in reliance on the contents of this message or its attachments is strictly
prohibited and may be unlawful. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received
this email by mistake.