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I. Session Title: Reinforcing the role of end-users in defending the Public
Interest
   ==*II. Session Format*==
     Session Format: Round Table - 90 Min
     Session Format Description:


   ==*III. Proposer*==
     Gender: Male
     Family Name: Ludwig
     Given Name: Wolf
     City of Residence: Basel
     Country of Residence: Switzerland
     Nationality: Germany
     E-mail: wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net
     Stakeholder Group: Civil Society
     Organization: EURALO
     Country where Organization is based: Switzerland


   ==*IV. Backup Contact / Co-proposer*==
     Gender: Male
     Family Name: Crepin-Leblond
     Given Name: Olivier
     E-mail: ocl@gih.com
     Stakeholder Group: Technical Community
     Organization: EURALO
     Country: Switzerland


   ==*V. Organizers*==
     Co-organizers:
     Mr., Wolf, LUDWIG, civil society, EURALO
     Olivier, CREPIN-LEBLOND, technical community, EURALO


   ==*VI. Speakers*==
     Email addresses of provisionally confirmed speakers (comma
     separated):

mark.carvell@culture.gov.uk,caroline@cloudflare.com,nigel.hickson@icann.org,mariliamaciel@gmail.com,t.tropina@mpicc.de,wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net,parminder@itforchange.net,echeberria@isoc.org


VII. Content of the Session:
We will bring together regional practitioners, online and in-house
participants to share best practices in “The Public Interest”  through
short and specific reporting. One key component will be the study of
ICANN’s special status acting in the “Public Interest”.

A workshop organized by EURALO on the “The Public Interest”. EURALO has
been at the forefront of the discussions on the Public Interest in ALAC but
also in ICANN, through its working group on the Public Interest and its
involvement in the ICANN-wide public interest discussions. This workshop
would explore the Public Interest in ICANN’s remit and compare it with
other Multistakeholder systems and the Public Interest in wider Internet
Governance. Representatives from the various stakeholder groups composing the
Multistakeholder ecosystem will be invited to explain their perspective. The
discussion of the Public Interest in ICANN’s remit would act as a starting
point for a wider debate that touches on the broader Internet Ecosystem. It
follows up on a more general PI debate and session at the IGF in November
2015 in Joao Pessoa, Brazil.

More information about the Public Interest within ICANN’s remit can be
found on:
https://community.icann.org/display/prjxplrpublicint/Exploring+the+Public+Interest+within+ICANN%27s+Remit+Home
Format/Agenda

Inter-active with key inputs and inclusive discussion

Short  Presentation about topic
Breakout discussion with audience (both online and in-room)
Remote participation including questions and answers

VIII. Relevance of the Issue: The Public Interest is an essential component
of the multistakeholder model of Internet Governance. This model being a
balance of government, civil society and private sector input into governance
processes, does not serve the purpose of a single stakeholder. Quite the
contrary, the model is supposed to counter any vested interest by a single
stakeholder group and to generate discussion that leads to decisions being
taken for the public good, both on a technical and on a political level.
However, imbalances in the model might bring forward the interest of a few
instead of interests of a majority. Participants will focus on good practices
for multistakeholder systems to remain balanced and decisions to be taken in
the Public Interest.
   ==*IX. Tags*==
     Tag 1:
Multistakeholder
     Cooperation
Tag 2: Openness [1]
     Tag 3:
Critical
     Internet Resources
X. Interventions:
Each of the speakers for each round has a specific region and community of
Interest that they focus upon. They will summarize their achievements and
challenges, and discuss opportunities for replication of their strategies for
outreach and participation. The suggested speakers are asked to concentrate
on short and precise introductory statements from their expertise and angles
to allow as much time as possible for interactive discussions with the
audience.

All the participants will be invited to a collaborative notes page with
details on the short topic discussions.
XI. Diversity:
The variety of our suggested speakers -- reflecting gender, regional and
other balances -- is designed to provide a broader picture and reflexion on
the term and subject of the Public Interest in different regions, societies
and contexts.
Our panel is both geographically and gender balanced with participants from
WEOG, Asia and Latin America.

XII. Onsite Moderator: Wolf Ludwig
XIII. Online Moderator: Michael Oghia
XIV. Rapporteur: Carlton Samuels
XV. Online Participation:
As a matter of principle, remote participants in our session are equally
treated like on-site participants. The chair and session moderator will
always check and coordinate with the RP-moderator to find out and include
questions and comments from remote participants.
Our online moderator will be an inherent part of the discussion, relaying
comments and questions from remote participants. At all moments the online
moderator will be able to indicate an online contribution - thus the online
moderator will not need to be asked to speak by the main moderator. Since the
format is a roundtable discussion, it is anticipated that the online
moderator will have equal speaking time to all main names participants.

XVI. Discussion facilitation:
The round table format will lend itself to both specific and overall
discussion. The agenda above indicates that there will be three main
sessions, focusing on separate regions/communities. After each presentation,
there will be 10 minutes for discussion on the specific presentation. At the
end of the presentations, the discussion will be opened up for questions and
responses on any and all topics, including similarities, possibilities for
replication in other regions and communities, examples from participants who
are doing similar work, and more.
The panelists are not to be considered sole “experts” on the topic to
take up much of the time speaking, but the discussion time is expected to
hear from participants in the workshop, both in-room and online.
As a founding (2008) and member of the Secretariat (2010) and Program
Director of EuroDIG, we systematically tried to facilitate and improve
discussions at EuroDIG sessions over the years which are documented at
EuroDIG’s session principles (avoid big panels and lengthy presentations
while fostering inclusive discussions with audiences right from the start
etc. This discours concept was adopted and approved by the Swiss IGF as well.
See:
https://www.eurodig.org/index.php?id=113#jfmulticontent_c2865-3

   ==*XVII. Past IGF Participation*==
   History in IGF: No
   Report Link:


XVIII. Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

   ==*XIX. Connecting with IGF Intersessional Groups & NRIs*==
     Best Practice Forums: None
     Dynamic Coalitions: Dynamic coalition on Acces and Disability, DC
     on Accountability etc.
     National and Regional Initiatives: UK IGF, Swiss IGF, German IGF
     etc. and EuroDIG


XX. Connecting with International or Other Relevant Organizations:
XXI. Additional Background Paper (Optional):
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/sites/default/files/webform/EURALO_Thesis-paper_Public-Interest.pdf
XXII. Additional Reference Document Link (Optional):

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