[IGFmaglist] Correction to announcement for IGF Anti-corruption BPF meeting Thursday

[Lynn St.Amour]

Hi Michael,

apologies I could not make it.    I know that one of the substantive focus areas in DESA is on combatting corruption, in collaboration with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC - the custodian of UNCAC United Nations Convention against Corruption), it would seem useful to look at these and other existing agreements, such as UNCAC, etc.  

Best,
Lynn

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Michael R. Nelson <mnelson at pobox.com> wrote:
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> CORRECTION:
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> The cafeteria is one floor ABOVE (up the escalator) Conference Room 1.
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> Peter, if you like, you can come earlier and join us in Conference Room 5 (also on level 1B).
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> Mike
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> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Michael R. Nelson <mnelson at pobox.com> wrote:
> After the Thursday morning session of the Internet Governance Forum MAG meeting, around 1:00 PM, we will gather in the cafeteria one floor below Conference Room 1 in the main UN building--the room used for the IGF consultations on Tuesday.
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> Peter, you will need to get a pass, as I mentioned when we spoke yesterday.
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> Please join us if you can.  If you cannot but are interested in this project, let me know if you'd like to be added to the list of members of the working group.
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> You can also sign up for the Anti-Corruption BPF mailing list at Bp_anticorruption Info Page
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> Here is the third version of the charter for the BPF.  This draft reflects suggestions from our initial call on July 1 and a VERY useful e-mail from Gaicamo (attached below).
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> PROPOSED CHARTER FOR A BEST PRACTICES FORUM ON
> “THE INTERNET, TRANSPARENCY, AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION”
> INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2016
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> According to the World Bank, about a trillion dollars in bribes are paid each year and the economic damage caused by corruption is even greater. (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/governance/brief/anti-corruption)  It affects both rich and poor, but has the largest impact on the poor, who in some country spend more than ten percent of their income paying bribes.  Worse, corruption means government funds are diverted from the provision of health care, education, sanitation, and other critical services.  It means that businesses are allowed to cut corners, which can sometimes result in death or injury.  In the most corrupt countries, corruption can lead to political unrest, civil war, and failed states.
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> The Internet Governance Forum is uniquely positioned to examine how corruption affects the growth and use of the Internet and how the Internet can be used to fight corruption.  This is a particularly good time to explore these issues because the recent release of the "Panama Papers” has highlighted how pervasive and global corruption is—and how the Internet can help expose corruption. 
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> There are at least two areas where a Best Practices Forum on corruption and Internet Governance could contribute in unique ways:
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> 1) The Internet provides powerful ways to support the collection of data that can expose corruption. It enables more open government and the sharing of data on government procurement, policy decisions, and campaign contributions so journalists and individual citizens can identify and publicize Internet-related decisions that are influenced more by bribes rather than users' needs.  There are also grass-roots efforts such as IPaidABribe.com, which has gathered more than 40000 reports of bribery.  Furthermore, the Internet can empower whistleblowers within government and companies--but only if the Internet evolves in a way that protects the confidentiality of communications between whistleblowers, reporters and others.
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> 2) There are a number of efforts to prevent corruption of government regulators (whether in the energy sector, the banking sector, the telecom sector, or elsewhere)--by groups such as Transparency International (http://www.transparency.org), Access Now, the OECD, and the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, and the B-20 working group on fighting corruption (http://b20turkey.org/anti-corruption/).  The IGF and a Best Practices Forum could explore how to support and publicize such efforts.  
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> Key Questions
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> 	• Worst practices: Examples of how corruption is affecting the development of the Internet.
> 	• Best practices: What are some of the most promising ways in which the Internet is being used to fight corruption?  
> 	• How can we make the Internet a more effective platform for preventing and exposing corruption?
> 	• How is corruption holding back the development of the Internet (and of the whole digital economy) and affecting what services can be offered online?
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> Deliverables and Deadlines
> 	• Compile list of projects that pertain to the Anti-corruption BPF and continue to update the list - starting July
> 	• Draft introduction - August 15
> 	• Draft chapter based on case studies of worst practices- September 16
> 	• Draft chapter based on case studies of best practices - October 31
> 	• Line up speakers for panel on report at IGF 2016 - November 15
> 	• Present a progress report on the BPF at Internet Governance Forum 2016
> 	• Final report - 2017
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> Participants (so far)
> Michael R. Nelson, CloudFlare 
> Giacomo Amazzone, EBU
> Peter Micek, Access Now
> Wout DeNatris
> Renata Acquino
> Wisdom Donkor
> Silvia Monzon de Bidart
> OECD staffers working on corruption
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> MICHAEL R. NELSON 
> Public Policy 
> CloudFlare 
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