The PrepTeam is a moderated mailing list that aims at proposing the creation an ITU Focus group on the organization of internet governance and its relations with the ITU.

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présentation

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It is understood that, due to the specificity of the internet, of the digital convergence and of the new generation networks, such a Focus Group may lead to the identification of the way the ITU should interface the Internet/Intelligent uniquity Sector tentatively called "I-Sector". It is also an absolute requirement that such a Focus Group complies with the internet style culture which will most pobably develop trough the "upper layers" in the decade to come:

• in being open to the widest participation of all the concerned stakeholders and members of the other ITU Sectors,
  
• in working by consensus, understood as a pre-existing agreement to discuss topics as necessary to find a solution acceptable to all participants
  
• in not requiring a financial contribution from participants and in openly and freely publishing its documents.

• the mandate of the Focus Group as indicated above.

• the urgent interest in this Focus Group by ITU members and the urgency of a coordinated, stable and secure innovation of the Internet towards the new generation networks, specially within the framework of the WSIS.

• the working methods of the Focus Group. It will focus:
  
  
  • specially on the methods to analyze and reach a consensus among the diversified interests of persons and organizations, and address the problem of their different sizes.
    
    
  • on the proposal of an open group management network system which could serve as a reference to the internet governance and to the various distributed working groups of the ITU. In this it will probably want to take advantage of the pool of competence on this very topic gathered by such a working group.
    
    
  • It will also define the way contributions from different on-line management system providers should be used in a complementary way and aimed at a de facto, experienced-based, common governance management standard with the following priorities
    
    
    • to support a culture of transparency
    • to organize a shared documentation
    • to work on a simplified decision process
    • in a multilingual and multilateral environment.

• the deliverables of the Focus Group are:
  
  
  • an on-going innovative description of the I-Sector, of its targets in terms of number of supported users and user agents, and of service diversity
    
    
  • the proposal for the possible organization of an ITU I-Sector in a consensual manner, open to all its members - as an ITU interface to the so called I-Sector's world/
    
    
  • a development path towards a stable, reliable, secure and innovation oriented international communications, information and services network continuity able to meet the challenges of the 20 years to come
    
    
  • a global network description model to jointly understand and plan the responses to the technical, societal and political evolution of the world and of the users demand.
    
    
  • a proposal for the relationships of the Focus Group with the other sectors of the ITU as well as the description and the role of the relations of the Focus Group with the various bodies of the international and national governances, such as ICANN, IAB/IETF, W3C, ISOC, MINC, WIPO, WTO, UNESCO, NetAids, Edifact, States, users and consumer organizations, etc.
    
    
  • a time scale for the Focus Group. It will try to take into account the WSIS timescale and resolutions, and to match the current evolution of the internet (IPv6, IDNs, security, dot-root, scSLDs support, Multilingualism, US Government and European network development plans, integration with other services such as telephone, domotic, teleurbanism, e-learning, telemedecine, etc).
    
    
  • a precise description of the way the members of the Focus Group will be welcomed and supported. The intent is to allow open participation in the Focus Group of any individual from a country that is a member of ITU who wishes to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations.

• determine the way the Focus Group shall be promoted and will publish its works, to carry an efficient outreach and to be accepted and joined by the widest number of stakeholders. Such stakeholders shall come from the ITU existing Sectors as well as from the I Sector and from the extended services areas. This will result in a mutually fruitful cooperation with the other ITU Sectors to the benefit of the Internet and next generation networks communities.

• confirm that it will use, support and possibly adapt the ITU-T IPR Policy described on the ITU-T website http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/dbase/patent/patent-policy.html.

• organize and document the financing of the Focus Group, the support required from the ITU and the way it will be subsidized