DCA Trust Advises The NTIA on International internet Policy Priorities

The NTIA requested for comments to help inform the organization to identify priority issues and help effectively leverage its resources and expertise to address those issues. The issues whose comments have been solicited include how the multistakeholder approach continue to support an environment for the internet to grow and thrive, the sufficiency on not of …

US SENATE HEARING: Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation full committee held a hearing entitled “Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance” Hearing Details: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – 10:00 a.m. EST (US) This hearing took place in Senate Russell Office Building, Room 253. LIVE video REPLAY of the hearing available HERE. Witnesses: • Mr. Fadi Chehadé, CEO, …

Brazil seeks India for global summit to discuss U.S. surveillance

Multistakeholder participation, processes and agenda await clarity Global outrage against recent revelations of mass surveillance by the U.S. government, which sparked discussions for a review of global surveillance guidelines, has led the Brazilian government to reach out to the Indian government for support for its proposal to host a one-off global summit, scheduled for early …

DotConnectAfrica at ICANN-45 Toronto announces its contribution to ICANN Africa Strategy

PUBLIC FORUM COMMENT SUBMITTED BY DCA TRUST:   This is a complete unabridged version of the document. Shorter version was read out at the Public Forum Meeting due to constraint of time.   General Comment on the ICANN Multi-Stakeholder  Model & DCA’s Contribution to the ICANN Africa Strategy  Presented by:    Ms. Sophia Bekele, Executive Director, …