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Civil Society Seoul Declaration Sets Out Broad Policy Framework
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[2] Civil Society Seoul Declaration Sets Out Broad Policy Framework
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On June 16, 2008, more than 150 participants from 15 countries gathered
in Seoul, South Korea, for the Civil Society - Labor Forum "Making the
Future of the Internet Economy Work for Citizens, Consumers, and
Workers. The event was organized by the Public Voice coalition, the
Trade Union Advisory Committee, and the OECD Civil Society Reference
group, which includes the Association for Progressive Communications,
the Canadian Internet Policy and Public interest Clinic, Consumers
Korea, the European Digital Rights Initiative, the Electronic Privacy
Information Center, the Internet Governance Project, and the Trans
Atlantic Consumer Dialogue.
This Forum addressed the issues of utmost importance for the internet
economy. Prominent advocates from the academic, consumer, development,
digital rights, labour, and privacy communities engaged government
delegates on topics of relevance to the Ministerial, as well as issues
of fundamental concern to civil society and organized labor.
The Forum consisted of interactive policy roundtables, covering the
future of the Internet from 5 perspectives: the Human and political
dimension; Towards a better future – Decent work, social justice and
sustainable development in a global internet economy; Fuelling
creativity and access to knowledge (A2K); Ensuring consumer and privacy
protection and benefitting from convergence.
The civil society and labor participants brought the attention of the
assembled OECD Ministers and Member countries to important concerns and
aspirations of people around the world. These participants also prepared
Civil Society Background paper that was distributed at the OECD
Ministerial. And the civil society and labor representatives prepared
the Seoul Declaration, which has been signed by more than 80
organizations.
The groups said that the Future of the Internet Economy should be
considered within the broader framework of protection of human rights,
the promotion of democratic institutions, and the provision of
affordable and non-discriminatory access to advanced communication
infrastructures and services. Economic growth should be for the many and
not the few.
The Civil Society Labor Declaration urged the OECD Ministers and member
countries to:
* "Defend freedom of expression and oppose mandated filtering,
censorship of Internet content, and criminalisation of content
that is protected under international freedom of expression
standards.
* "Support the OECD Privacy Guidelines of 1980 as a fundamental
policy instrument setting out minimal requirements for the
transborder flow of personal data.
* "Ensure that consumer protection laws are properly enforced and
cover digital products to the same extent that other consumer
goods and services are covered.
* "Promote learning and training opportunities for workers and to
address the challenges brought about by the change of corporations
and work by combining policies facilitating both technological and
organizational change.
* "Support open access to government-funded scientific and
scholarly works. We further emphasize access to information as a
fundamental right and support the OECD’s continued work in this
area.
* "Support Internet governance structures that reflect democratic
values and are transparent and publicly accountable to users.
* "Oppose discrimination by network providers against particular
applications, devices, or content and to maintain the Internet's
role in fostering innovation, economic growth, and democratic
communication.
* "Maintain a balanced framework for intellectual property
protection based upon mechanisms that are least intrusive to
personal privacy and least restrictive for the development of new
technologies, and to promote creativity and learning.
* "Develop a better understanding of the challenge industry
consolidations pose to the open Internet.
* "Support the efforts of the OECD to promote access to the full
range of the world's cultures and to ensure that the Internet
economy reflects the true diversity of language, art, science, and
literature in our world. The deployment of International Domain
Names should be a priority."
Civil society and organized labor further urged the OECD to establish
the
Civil Society Advisory Committee. The creation of the OECD Civil Society
Advisory Committee will help meet the democratic goals of inclusion,
participation, transparency and accountability in international
decision-making.
The Public Voice works to promote public participation in decisions
concerning the future of the Internet. The Civil Society Seoul
Declaration is open to additional signatures. Send confirmation to
thepublicvoice (AT) datos-personales (DOT) org.
Key Issues in Civil Society Declaration are:
* Freedom of expression.
* Protection of Privacy and Transparency.
* Consumer Protection.
* Employment, Decent Work and Skills.
* Promotion of Access to Knowledge.
* Internet Governance.
* Promotion of Open Standards and Net Neutrality.
* Balanced Intellectual Property Policies.
* Support for Pluralistic Media.
* Inclusive Digital Society.
* Cultural Diversity.
The Public Voice
http://www.thepublicvoice.org/
Facebook: The Public Voice
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=16165509212
OECD Civil Society Forum in Seoul:
http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08
Recommendations and Contributions to the OECD Ministerial Meeting (pdf):
http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/cs-paper.pdf
The Civil Society & Organized Labour Seoul Declaration (English) (pdf):
http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/seoul-declaration.pdf
The Civil Society & Organized Labour Seoul Declaration (Korean) (pdf):
http://epic.org/redirect/seouldeclaration_korean.html
The Civil Society & Organized Labour Seoul Declaration (Spanish) (pdf):
http://epic.org/redirect/seouldeclaration_spanish.html
The Civil Society & Organized Labour Seoul Declaration (Hungarian)
(pdf):
http://epic.org/redirect/seouldeclaration_hungarian.html
Declaration Signatures (as of June 23, 2008) (pdf):
http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/signatures.pdf
Sign on to the Civil Society Seoul Declaration:
thepublicvoice (AT) datos-personales (DOT) org
Source: Electronic Privacy Informatin Center - Alert http://epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_15.13.html
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