On 04/23/2014 08:31 PM, JOSEFSSON Erik wrote:

Det ska väl komma en youtube-video snart.

Här: Nnenna Nwakanma's address on behalf of Civil Society at the NETmundial opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJebTNivCJo Jag har förslagit styrelsen att DFRI endorsar detta anförande (råtext bifogas nedan). //Erik Grand Hyatt Hotel Sao Paulo Brazil. April 23, 2014. Address by Nnenna Nwakanma. Africa Regional Coordinator The World Wide Web Foundation Representing Civil Society, Worldwide. [@nnenna] Your Excellencies Colleagues, present and remote Ladies and gentlemen Bon dia!! My name is Nnenna. I come from the Internet. I also come from diverse civil society teams and networks. My first is the team at the World Wide Web Foundation. At the Web Foundation, we are engaged in the Alliance for Affordable Internet, in the Web We Want Campaign, in the Web Index and in Open Government data. I work to establish the open Web as a global public good and a basic right, ensuring that everyone can access and use it freely. That is what I do for a living. I also belong to the Best Bits Civil Society platform, the Internet Governance Caucus for 12 years and the Africa Internet Governance Forum. For me, Netmundial, in convening us to take a critical look at the principles and the roadmap for the future of Internet Governance, avails us with an opportunity to bring key issues to fore The first is Access As much as two-thirds of the world’s population is not connected to the Internet. The penetration rates in less developed countries average around 31%. In the African continent, this figure drops to 16%. In the world’s 49 least developed countries, over 90% of people are not online. We have one billion people living with disability. 80% live in developing countries. Each one deserves access: to information, to libraries, to knowledge, to affordable Internet. The second is Social and economic justice. The Internet is fast becoming the dominant means for wealth creation. The “Right to Development” needs to include social justice. It is not enough to do a superficial “capacity building” for a few persons. We are looking at a mechanism that allows for the highest number of persons to be included, the largest number of voices to be heard, the widest extent of talents to access innovation, and the deepest creativity of the human minds to flourish. For these, we need to start considering the Internet as public commons. The third is freedom and human rights I invite you to listen to someone for whom I have great respect. She was speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, on the 24th of September 2013 Do you want to hear it? " I cannot but defend, in an uncompromising fashion, the right to privacy of individuals . In the absence of the right to privacy, there can be no true freedom of expression and opinion, and therefore no effective democracy.” And that, was Dilma Rousseff Excellencies, Ladies, and gentlemen, in charting a way forward for Internet Governance we must lend serious consideration to at least 3 issues: The first is participation: We kicked off with a basic understanding that all stakeholders have a place, a role, a contribution. As we move further along, the multistakeholder approach is becoming muddled and is losing its meaning. It is time was came back to the drawing board. If we need to revisit the notion, or upgrade it, please let us do it. We need to engage all stakeholders at the global, regional and national levels. We need to establish respect and value for stakeholder contributions. We need to enable meaningful participation from developing countries and under-represented groups. The second is resources How do we ensure that resources are mobilized and maintained for a viable Internet Governance mechanism? The question is not just at the global level, but also at regional and national levels. Whose resources are we going to commit? My leaning is that the Internet should be able to provide resources for its own governance. Maybe, part of the domain name fees could be reinvested here. The third is change NetMundial is offering us a chance at change. Let us seize it: