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

[Robert Guerra]

Ralf:

Thanks for reminding everyone :)

cheers

Robert

Ralf Bendrath wrote:
> 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/.
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