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Disconnect Strategy Andrea Glorioso

European Commission DG Information Society and Media

Unit A3 (Internet; Network and Information Security) Andrea.Glorioso@ec.europa.eu

Digital Agenda for Europe


Human rights activists worldwide have championed the power of technology (e.g. Internet and mobile phones) as tools for democracy and positive societal change.

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Information and Communications Technologies (ICT's) can broadly support and advance freedom, facilitate the exercise of Human Rights and enable the peaceful transition to democracy.

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But ICTs can also be used to augment repressive regimes' capabilities for censorship, surveillance and human rights violations.

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Origins of the No Disconnect Strategy Joint Communication of the European Commission and the High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 8 March 2011 A Partnership for Democracy and Shared Prosperity with the Southern Mediterranean

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Action 23 of the South Mediterranean Action Plan The EU will explore ways to assist individual citizens and civil society organizations, in particular tools to Qight arbitrary censorship restrictions and protect against illegitimate surveillance, to remove barriers to free access to Internet and other electronic communications

Digital Agenda for Europe

Action 23 of the South Mediterranean Action Plan The EU will explore ways to assist individual citizens and civil society organizations, in particular tools to Qight arbitrary censorship restrictions and protect against illegitimate surveillance, to remove barriers to free access to Internet and other electronic communications + Cooperation with Southern Mediterranean countries on: telecommunications policy audiovisual and media policy education and research
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9 December 2011 Vice-President Kroes speaks at the Dutch Ministerial Conference on Internet Freedom (The Hague) and presents the main elements of the strategy for 2012-13: 1. Technological development 2. Training and awareness raising 3. European capability for situational awareness 4. Cooperation with industry (CSR), within the EU and with third countries
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(1) Technological development / (2) trainin and awareness Not just to technical solutions: citizens' empowerment through education and training in the risks and beneUits that result from the Internet, to ensure the security and privacy of their communications as well as their ability to counter censorship.

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(1) Technological development / (2) training and awareness Not just to technical solutions: citizens' empowerment through education and training in the risks and beneUits that result from the Internet, to ensure the security and privacy of their communications as well as their ability to counter censorship. Short- to mid-term
European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (2012)

Digital Agenda for Europe

(1) Technological development / (2) training and awareness Not just to technical solutions: citizens' empowerment through education and training in the risks and beneUits that result from the Internet, to ensure the security and privacy of their communications as well as their ability to counter censorship. Short- to mid-term
European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (2012)

Mid- to long-term
FP7: Future Internet Research and Experimentation (2012-2013) FP7: Trust and Security objective (2013) FP7: Social Science and Humanities (2012-2013)
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(3) European capability for situational awareness Multi-disciplinary, real-time situational awareness to act as "early warning", complemented with technical capabilities that provide insights about the "state of the Internet" like its integrity, resilience, security and stability. Reliable data to feed into the policy making process.

Digital Agenda for Europe

(3) European capability for situational awareness Multi-disciplinary, real-time situational awareness to act as "early warning", complemented with technical capabilities that provide insights about the "state of the Internet" like its integrity, resilience, security and stability. Reliable data to feed into the policy making process. Short- to mid-term
Study on Internet monitoring tools and methodologies (2012)

Digital Agenda for Europe

(3) European capability for situational awareness Multi-disciplinary, real-time situational awareness to act as "early warning", complemented with technical capabilities that provide insights about the "state of the Internet" like its integrity, resilience, security and stability. Reliable data to feed into the policy making process. Short- to mid-term
Study on Internet monitoring tools and methodologies (2012)

Mid- to long-term
CIP: Open data projects (2013)
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(4) Cooperation with industry (CSR)

The private sector owns or controls most of that Internet technical infrastructure and related services, playing a key role in enabling the effective exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Corporate social responsibility frameworks can serve guidance for companies operating in potentially "problematic" environments.

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(4) Cooperation with industry (CSR)

The private sector owns or controls most of that Internet technical infrastructure and related services, playing a key role in enabling the effective exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Corporate social responsibility frameworks can serve guidance for companies operating in potentially "problematic" environments. Short- to mid-term
Development of guidance for European ICT/Internet industry to implement the Ruggie Framework (2012)

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(4) Cooperation with industry (CSR)

The private sector owns or controls most of that Internet technical infrastructure and related services, playing a key role in enabling the effective exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Corporate social responsibility frameworks can serve guidance for companies operating in potentially "problematic" environments. Short- to mid-term
Development of guidance for European ICT/Internet industry to implement the Ruggie Framework (2012) Mid- to long-term Rationalise the many different initiatives Achieve critical mass in the Internet/ICT industry
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(4) Other cooperation activities Within the EU On-going dialogue With third countries On-going dialogue (But too many "coalitions"?

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We are not an island...

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU COM(2010) 573 Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union COM(2011) 886 Human Rights and Democracy at the heart of EU external action Regulatory cooperation with third countries EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework Policies on media pluralism European Strategy for Cyber-Security

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