ACORN-REDECOM: Internet Governance Models Put to a Test Alejandro Pisanty and Pablo Hinojosa September, 2009

Contents What is an Internet Governance model? What makes an IG model efficient ? What makes an IG model legitimate ? Are all stakeholders represented ? Engagement of developing countries

What is an Internet Governance model?

What makes an IG model efficient ?

What makes an IG model legitimate ?

Are all stakeholders represented ?

Engagement of developing countries

Internet governance model Air: Shared principles, norms and rules Land: Organizational incarnation of the above Fire: Multi-stakeholder system

Air: Shared principles, norms and rules

Land: Organizational incarnation of the above

Fire: Multi-stakeholder system

Efficiency criteria Effectiveness vs. Efficiency Efficiency criteria (examples): Transaction costs Time to develop a policy Level of participation and representation Level of use of voluntary efforts from the community

Effectiveness vs. Efficiency

Efficiency criteria (examples):

Transaction costs

Time to develop a policy

Level of participation and representation

Level of use of voluntary efforts from the community

Legitimacy Meta-legal frameworks Self-contained corporate governance Legitimacy flows “bottom-up” International

Meta-legal frameworks

Self-contained corporate governance

Legitimacy flows “bottom-up”

International

Representation Identification of key stake-holders Openness does not guarantee representation Sustainable representation: There is interest but no resources for participation There is interest but different than influencing bottom-up processes

Identification of key stake-holders

Openness does not guarantee representation

Sustainable representation:

There is interest but no resources for participation

There is interest but different than influencing bottom-up processes

How about developing countries? Does universal access produce conscious and active netizens? Local Internet communities: bottom-up? Decision-making with uninformed governments Coordination without representation

Does universal access produce conscious and active netizens?

Local Internet communities: bottom-up?

Decision-making with uninformed governments

Coordination without representation

Instigator in 5 parts… Definition What is an Internet governance model? Efficiency As a parameter for evaluating IG models Legitimacy Self-contained corporate governance Representation Openness does not guarantee representation Developing world Physical and conceptual limitations

Definition

What is an Internet governance model?

Efficiency

As a parameter for evaluating IG models

Legitimacy

Self-contained corporate governance

Representation

Openness does not guarantee representation

Developing world

Physical and conceptual limitations