[Privsec] Data protection commissioners' input to WGIG

[Robert Guerra]

As you can see (way below) i've been exchanging a few emails with 
Richard Shaw at the ITU who's the person organizing the Cybersecurity 
conference this may.

In summary - Didn't get any news nor update from Deborah, but did get 
an email from Richard Shaw at the ITU. There is interest to 
participate and form part of the planning group - this is good. In 
terms of next steps ,  i'd like to ask the chairs and WG for 
instructions as to how to proceed next.

There are two points that i'd like the chairs, and list as a whole to 
follow-up on - they are as follows:

I.  It seems an offer has been extended for a member of civil society 
to form part of the conference planning/coordinating committee.

recommendation: WE Need to  come up with a name and an alternate for this

II. As we've known all along, they are open to have civil society 
speakers there. We are being asked to propose specific names for one 
or more of the broad themes of the meeting.

recommendation:
a. we  need to come up with 2-3 names for each of the themes (listed 
below) ASAP
b. check to see who's available (so far Bruce and Gus have confirmed 
they are are free)
c. submit the names to Richard Shaw.



The broad themes that broad themes promoting international 
cooperative measures among governments, the private sector and other 
stakeholders, including:

1. information sharing of national approaches
a.
b.
c.
Interest expressed:

2. good practices and guidelines;
a.
b.
c.
Interest expressed:


3. developing watch, warning and incident response capabilities;
a.
b.
c.
Interest expressed:


4. harmonizing national legal approaches and international legal coordination;
a.
b.
c.
Interest expressed:


5. technical standards;
a.
b.
c.
Interest expressed:


6. privacy, data and consumer protection;
a.
b.
c.
Interest expressed:

7. providing assistance to developing economies.
a.
b.
c.
Interest expressed:

regards

Robert


>Subject: RE: WSIS thematic meeting on Cybersecurity
>Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:27:17 +0200
>From: <Robert.Shaw at itu.int>
>To: <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>Cc: <christine.sund at itu.int>
>
>Dear Mr. Guerra,
>
>I'm very busy this week and not much in the office so
>a conference call this week will be difficult.
>
>However, it would be helpful before talking if you could
>send to me a list of civil society representatives
>who are interested in participating in the planning committee
>or in having speaking slots along with their bios/references
>with specific references to their particular backgrounds in
>the topic matter.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Robert Shaw
>ITU
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Robert Guerra [mailto:rguerra at privaterra.org]
>  > Sent: 19 April 2005 06:19
>  > To: Shaw, Robert
>  > Cc: Sund, Christine
>
>  >
>  > At 1:16 PM +0200 4/14/05, <Robert.Shaw at itu.int> wrote:
>  > >
>  > >I apologize for not replying to your note sooner but I had
>  > >an unplanned absence from the office.
>  > >
>  > >The current description of the event is as follows:
>  > >
>  > >ITU WSIS Thematic Meeting on Cybersecurity
>  > >June 28 - July 1 2005
>  > >At the start of the 21st millennium, our societies are increasingly
>  > >dependent on information and communications technologies (ICTs) that
>  > >span the globe. The ITU WSIS Thematic Meeting on Cybersecurity will
>  > >take place June 28 - July 1 2005 at ITU headquarters in Geneva,
>  > >Switzerland. This conference will examine the recommendations in the
>  > >World Summit on the Information Society first phase's Plan of Action
>  > >that relate to building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
>  > >and the promotion of a global culture of cybersecurity. The meeting
>  > >will specifically consider six broad themes in promoting
>  > international
>  > >cooperative measures among governments, the private sector and other
>  > >stakeholders, including information sharing of national approaches,
>  > >good practices and guidelines; developing watch, warning and incident
>  > >response capabilities; harmonizing national legal approaches and
>  > >international legal coordination; technical standards; privacy, data
>  > >and consumer protection; and providing assistance to developing
>  > >economies.
>  > >The first day of the meeting will focus on countering spam as follow-
>  > >up to the ITU WSIS Thematic Meeting on Countering Spam held in July
>  > >2004.
>  > >
>  > >Is there a specific area that you would like suggest speakers for? We
>  > >could also discuss whether a represenative of civil society
>  > would like
>  > >to join the planning programme committee for the meeting.
>  > >
>  > >Kind regards,
>  > >
>  > >Robert Shaw
>  > >ITU Strategy and Policy Unit
>  > >
>
>  >
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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>