Multi-stakeholder governance

Multi-stakeholder Governance Dr. Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ocl@gih.com ISOC England Chapter Delegate ALAC Chairman at ICANNPresentation in Kyiv, Ukraine, 18 February 2011

The InternetTechnology developed since the 1960sTechnical specifications: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Multi-stakeholder developmentDistributed system Network of networks No single owner of the InternetDynamic Naming System (DNS) since 1980s A hierarchy of name servers with one single Root Fully distributed around the world

What is Multi-stakeholderAn environment where decisions aretaken in concertation with: Governments Businesses Civil Society Individual users Any other stakeholder not covered by the above

Source: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

Multi-stakeholder standards Source: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

Multi-stakeholder policySource: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

Multi-stakeholder naming Source: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

ICANN International Corporation for Addresses, Names and Numbers Founded in 1998 Not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers: Domain Names IP Addresses Took over these functions from the US Government

ICANN functions Generic Top Level Domains •.COM •.ORG •.NET •Etc. 192.168.100.102 123.123.123.123 Etc.Country Code Top LevelDomains•.DE•.UK•.CN•.EG•Etc. Source: http://www.icann.org/presentations/igf-internet-ecosystem-beckstrom-15nov09-en.ppt

Source: http://www.icann.org/en/about/

Source: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/presentation-policy-development-20may10-en.pdf

Source: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/orgchart

Internationalized Domain Names

The End-User principle Any type of traffic is allowed No filtering The end users have the choice of what services they want Champion for innovation Imagine a service, design it and offer it No need to obtain a license No need to apply for permission The smallest start-up company could become very successful worldwide

Internet is changing the business world New business models Google Amazon.com Skype (development in Estonia) iTunes youTube Open Source Software New community spaces Facebook (500+ million users) MySpace

Internet is changing the business world

Internet is changing the worldCost: $90 Million for 5 days (Source: OECD)

Internet is changing the business world A recent Boston Consulting Group report commissioned by Google estimated the United Kingdom’s Internet economy: is worth £100 billion a year, is growing at 10% a year, and directly employs 250,000 people. 7.2% of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Source: http://www.connectedkingdom.co.uk/

Source: http://www.connectedkingdom.co.uk/ Internet is changing the business world

So what needs to be done? The Internet Train is here. Do not miss it. It will continue to grow and if you are not ready, business will go elsewhere Get ready for IPv6 – the next network addressing Get ready for new technologies and promote them Engage in multi-stakeholder processes: ICANN, IETF, W3C etc.

So what should you avoid?

Thank you !Questions? Comments? Suggestions?Olivier Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>

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