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Subject:	Fwd: [netsociety] Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks
Date:	Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:09:23 +0100
From:	Melanie Dulong de Rosnay <melanie.dulong@cnrs.fr>
Reply-To:	melanie.dulong@cnrs.fr
Organisation:	CNRS
To:	netcommons.all@list.disi.unitn.it <netcommons.all@list.disi.unitn.it>, netcommons.forum@list.disi.unitn.it, Ramon Roca <ramon.roca@guifi.net>, Adam Burns <adamb@free2air.net>, Juergen Neumann <j.neumann@junes.eu>, Andreas Wichmann <wichmann@solution-scout.de>, Leonardo MACCARI <leonardo.maccari@unive.it>, Virginie Aubrée <viaubree@protonmail.com>, Maria Michalis <M.Michalis@westminster.ac.uk>, panayotis antoniadis <panayotis@nethood.org>, Ileana Apostol <ileana@nethood.org>

Dear netCommons colleagues,

I hope the list is still working, just to share Luca's news on CNs policy recognition, and to confirm that we are still eagerly waiting for the printing of the book.

After lots of editorial work last spring and summer and fall, the PDF with beautiful images can be downloaded (https://netcommons.eu/?q=news/release-netcommons-hands-guide-community-networks) since right before Christmas, and except a few tweets, we were planning to wait for the print to arrive to do some promotion - the print still hasn't arrived and we are still completely unaware of how long it will take...!

Hope everybody is doing well,
All the best,
Mélanie & Félix


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Sujet : [netsociety] Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks
Date : Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:53:43 +0000
De : Luca Belli <luca.belli@fgv.br>
Pour : netsociety@lists.networkofcenters.net <netsociety@lists.networkofcenters.net>, network@lists.networkofcenters.net <network@lists.networkofcenters.net>




Dear colleagues,


I would like to share some excellent news from Brazil, that has also a very positive impact on the IGF and its work.


The Brazilian Telecoms Regulator ANATEL has explicitly and officially recognized Community Networks as an option for Internet access in Brazil and, while doing so, and explicitly mentions (and links) “The Community Network Manual” (2018 outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity) in the rational for this decision. https://www.anatel.gov.br/setorregulado/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/528-redes-comunitarias


This is, to date, the biggest country on hearth explicitly recognising the value of CNs. The creation of CNs in Brazil was already possible, as simplified ISPs, since 2017 (see our study here on CN in Latin America here https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/community-networks-in-latin-america/ ) but this is the first time ANATEL officially uses the CN terminology providing both legal and technical guidance (using the CN Manual!) on how to create them.


This is not only important for Brazil but also represent another*piece of concrete evidence that the IGF is not a mere talking shop and when people want to use the IGF process to produce meaningful outcomes, they can. And, importantly, IGF outputs can have real impact on digital policies.


My sincerest congratulations to ALL those who dedicated time to development and use of the CN Manual, particularly the members of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity that are on on this list!


All the best


Luca


* In case you are looking for other concrete examples, please find a selection below:


- In 2018, the inclusion of the Zero Rating Map (developed by DCNN) in the State of the Internet Report of the French Telecom Regulator ARCEP https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspublication/report-state-internet-2018_conf050618-ENG.pdf


- In 2016 the inclusion of the Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights in the ToS and HR the joint FGV & Council of Europe report on the subject https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/home/-/asset_publisher/RAupmF2S6voG/content/terms-of-service-and-human-rights-an-analysis-of-online-platform-contracts?inheritRedirect=false

The Recommendations were later used for the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation (2018)2 of the Committee of Ministers on the roles and responsibilities of internet intermediaries https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=0900001680790e14


- In 2013 the inclusion of the Model Framework on Net Neutrality in this expert report ( https://rm.coe.int/16805a09ca )that originated the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)1of the Committee of Ministers on network neutrality https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016805c1e59



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*Luca Belli, PhD*

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