[Privsec] Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs (15-16 May 2006)

[Ralf Bendrath]

Following up on Robert's post from almost a month ago:

The ITU will hold consultations on the "confidence & security" action line 
for WSIS implementation on 15 and 16 May at the ITU headquarters in 
Geneva. The contact at ITU is: Christine Sund, Tel. +41 22 730 52 03, Fax 
+41 22 730 64 53, cybersecurity at itu.int.

 From the draft agenda you can tell that it is mainly being narrowed down 
to "cybersecurity", but privacy and consumer protection are still 
mentioned. This needs some reaction. We should give a coordinated input 
following our positions and lobbying in the WSIS phases. One avenue might 
be using what the ITU wriotes in the draft agenda:
   "harmonizing national legal approaches and international legal
   coordination".
While they relate it mostly to cybersecurity, we could use it to push 
again for the proposal for developing a global legal framework for privacy 
protection which we submitted to the Internet Governance Forum consultations.

First of all: Is anybody going to be there?

Best, Ralf

Details again:

http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c5/index.html

WSIS IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM : ACTION LINE C5

Consultation on Action Line C5: Building Confidence and Security in the 
use of ICTs

Action line C5 in the Geneva Plan of Action

In line with paragraph 108 and the Annex of the Tunis Agenda for the 
Information Society, ITU is organizing a Consultation on WSIS Action Line 
Facilitation for action line C5: Building confidence and security in the 
use of ICTs.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the WSIS multi-stakeholder 
implementation process for Action Line C5.

The meeting will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, in ITU Headquarters, 
on 15-16 May 2006. The meeting is open to all WSIS stakeholders that are 
interested and involved in implementation process in the field of building 
confidence and security in the use of ICTs.

Invitation letter
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2326|0>

Draft agenda
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2327|0>

Registration form
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2328|0>

> WSIS Action Line Facilitation:
> Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs (C5)
> 
> Open to all WSIS Stakeholders
> 
> 15 – 16 May 2006
> Room B, ITU Headquarters
> Geneva, Switzerland
> 
> DRAFT AGENDA*
> 1.	Opening
> 2.	Adoption of agenda
> 3.	Report on outcomes of the Tunis Phase of the WSIS
> 4.	Report on outcomes from the action line facilitators/moderators
> consultation meeting of 24 February 2006;
> 5.	Discussion on modalities of an implementation framework for building
> confidence and security in the use of ICTs;
> 6.	Discussion on identifying actors and their capabilities in the
> different spheres of global cybersecurity; e.g., sharing of national and
> regional approaches, good practices and guidelines; developing watch,
> warning and incident response capabilities; technical standards and
> industry solutions; harmonizing national legal approaches and
> international legal coordination; and privacy, data and consumer protection
> 7.	Discussion on how to ensure information exchange, creation of
> knowledge, sharing of best practices and assistance in developing
> multi-stakeholder and public/private partnerships for global cybersecurity
> 8.	Any other business
> 	
> 
> * Please note that a more detailed agenda will be made available through
> the website
> at http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/.