InternetGovernance: A ViewFrom the RIPE NCC
Paul Rendek
Director External Relations, RIPE NCC
Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum
2-3 September 2011
rendek@ripe.net
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•Began operating in 1992
–Formally established in 1997 as MembershipAssociation under Dutch law
•One of the five Regional Internet Registries
•Supports the coordination of Internet operations
•Not-for-profit membership organisation
•Over 7500 members (Local Internet Registries)
•Neutral, Impartial, Open, Transparent
RIPE NCC
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RIPE NCC Activities
•Distributing resources
–IPv4
–IPv6
–AS Numbers
•Training courses
–LIR
–Routing Registry
–DNS for LIRs IPv6
•Public services
–RIPE Database
–Reverse DNS
–ENUM (e164.arpa)
–K-root name server
–RIPEstat
–E-learning
–RIPE Labs
–IPv6 Act Now
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Five Regional Internet Registries
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RIPE NCC members in this region
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Total number of members 7,548
1,053
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•Open Policy forum
–Not a legal entity
–No official membership
–Open to everyone
•No voting
–"Consensus" decision making
•Work happens at meetings and on mailing lists:
–Working Groups
–Task forces
RIPE Community
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•Some figures:
–2000+ subscribed toAddress Policy mailing list
–464 attendees at RIPE 62,May 2011
RIPE Community
•RIPE community includes government,regulators, law enforcement agencies, civilsociety, academia, private citizens...
•RIPE 65, Oct 2012 – Kiev (planned)
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RIPE NCC and Internet Governance
•From the RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2011:
–Work with a range of stakeholders from both the publicand private sectors
–Continue to promote the important dialogue between thetechnical community and governments
–Relevant parties working together to understand thechanging Internet landscape and to make informeddecisions that guarantee the stability of the Internet
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Rationale
•Internet is a multistakeholder arena – tech.community is not the only one making decisions!
•Governments, international organisations and lawenforcement growing their influence in Internetgovernance
•Keep governments informed so that they can makebetter public policy
•Governments and other stakeholders see thebenefits of the open and inclusive model ofcooperation
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Partners in Internet Governance
•Technical communities - Network Operator Groups(NOGs), National Res. & Edu. Networks (NRENs),European Telecom Network Organisation(ETNO)…
•Government, Regulators, Law Enforcement
•Inter-governmental organisations (OECD, Councilof Europe, ITU, European Commission, UN, ArabLeague)
•Industry partners – RIRs, Internet Society, ICANN,IANA, IETF (the “I*” organisations)
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What have we done to enhance themultistakeholder approach in the technicalcommunity?
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RIPE NCC Roundtable Meetings
•Opportunity to speak with governments andregulators about Internet issues
–Eight events held since 2005
–Last event in Amsterdam on 22 February 2010
–38 attendees from 12 different countries
–First Middle East Roundtable in 2011
–Upcoming event: Amsterdam, 12 September 2011
•Topics covered
–IPv6 deployment, IPv4 exhaustion, Internetgovernance, DNSSEC, Internet resource certification,capacity
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RIPE Cooperation Working Group
•Formed in 2008
–After work by the Enhanced Cooperation Task Force
•Forum for discussion within the RIPE community,focusing on cooperation between private andpublic sectors
–OPEN to anyone interested…
•Find out more about Internet governance issuesand developments!
–http://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/coop
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Flow of Information
RIPE
community
Government
RIPE Cooperation WorkingGroup
RIPE NCC GovernmentRoundtables
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Achievements
•IGF Participation (Local & Global meetings)
–RIPE NCC at all 5 IGFs + UK, ES, RU, UA, DE, EU
–Workshops, Panels, Main sessions, Smaller consultations,drinks ;-) …
•Gov’t Roundtable Mtgs. / Law Enforcement Mtgs.
•Co-founder of Internet Technical AdvisoryCommittee (ITAC) in OECD
•Numerous invitations to local governmentmeetings
•Commitment to capacity building – Hands ontechnical training for government and enterprise
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Eurasia Network Operators Group(ENOG)
•Regional forum where Internet experts and otherstakeholders concerned with operational issuesmeet to share knowledge on issues unique toRussian Federation, CIS and Eastern Europe
•2 Meetings per year:
–6-8 June 2011 – Moscow / 28-30 Nov. 2011 – Moscow
–Meeting in Kiev (planning in progress)
•Meetings contain an Internet governance session
–http://www.enog.org
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Way Forward
•Continue cooperation in local capacity buildingefforts
–Technical community and governments
–ENOG IPv6 Roadshows
•Establish channels for government and regulatorto consult with tech. community onissues/questions
•Become active in ENOG – meet the talent thatoperates the internet in this region
–Make relations / share information / bring forwardissues
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Way Forward
•RIPE NCC building stronger presence in theregion
•RIPE NCC and ENOG would like thoseinterested and/or active in Ukrainian Internetgovernance to approach us for potential areas ofcooperation
–IPv6 Roadshows in Ukraine?
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Questions?
www.ripe.net
rendek@ripe.net