WITSA Global Policy Action Committee Meeting 14:15-16:15pm October 1, 2016

1. WITSA Global Policy Action Committee Meeting14:15-16:15pm October 1, 2016 Royal Tulip Brasilia Alvadora, Brasilia, Brazil Room: Room JK - Convention Centre www.witsa.org

2. Introduction Mr. Shivendra Singh, Acting Chairman www.witsa.org

3. The Global Policy Action Committee (GPAC) – snapshot of current status GPAC Chairperson: Mr. R Chandrashekhar Five GPAC Teams Inter-national Trade Women in IT Internet Gover-nance Cross Border Data Flows Cyber-security Current Status of team Policy Paper Published, awaiting updates on stake-holder outreach, dissem-ination Published, awaiting updates on stake-holder outreach, dissem-ination Published, awaiting updates on stake-holder outreach, dissem-ination Published, awaiting updates on stake-holder outreach, dissem-ination Finalized, awaiting updates on publishing

4. Overview of the GPAC Policy Papers (1/5) – International Trade WITSA Policy Stance/ Call for Action – Key Stakeholders – • UN Agencies – • UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) • International Trade Centre (ITC) • Transnational Institutions – • World Economic Forum (WEF) • Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) • Financial Institutions – • World Bank • Inter-American Development Bank • Prompt implementation of ITA in both scope and coverage and rapid development and negotiation of a modern, transparent TISA • Swift ratification of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) by member countries • Removal of domestic regulations and standards • Harmonization of modernized rules for the ongoing business development of ICTs • Support free global mobility of high skilled talent – opposing any protectionist measures, and not to be confused with generic immigration issues

5. Overview of the GPAC Policy Papers (2/5) – Women in IT WITSA Policy Stance/ Call for Action – Key Stakeholders – • Women in Corporate Leadership: More and more women in leadership roles • Parity for Women in the Workplace: Best practices in attracting and retaining female talent • Re-Entry into the Workforce: after a career break/ sabbatical • Girls and Technology Education: to ultimately facilitate ICT employment opportunities • Education and Life Long Learning: to advance new skills in digital areas for women of all ages • Engaging policy makers: so as to enable women in digital workforce as a State priority • UN Agencies – • UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) • UN World Summit Youth Awards • Transnational Institutions – • World Economic Forum (WEF) • Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) • Financial Institutions – • World Bank • Inter-American Development Bank

6. Overview of the GPAC Policy Papers (3/5) – Internet Governance WITSA Policy Stance/ Call for Action – Key Stakeholders – • Open and accessible Internet • Secure access to information and communications networks and services • Promote continued Internet expansion and new applications for the foreseeable future (IPv6) • Ensure Critical Internet Resources e.g., Root Servers are evenly distributed across the globe • Public policy and national systems enabling use of ICT products and services • Promote rule of law and accountability enabling policy environments that support investment, innovation, and economic growth • UN Agencies – • UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) • International Telecommu-nicationsUnion (ITU) • Transnational Institutions – • ICANN • Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) • Internet Architecture Board (IAB) • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

7. Overview of the GPAC Policy Papers (4/5) – Cross Border Data Flows WITSA Policy Stance/ Call for Action – Key Stakeholders – • Global Natural Resource: Like air, water and other natural resources, “Data” is an essential resource forming the basis for healthy economic growth • Data Protection: Regulatory focus should be on ‘what’ to protect instead of ‘how’ to protect • Simple, Single, Transparent and Harmonized Data Legislation • No Forced Localization Measures • Legitimate Public Policy Objectives: Push back on countries forcing data localization in name of privacy or security • Trade Agreements: Consider a WTO pluri-lateral “Data Services Agreement” to protect cross-border data flows and prevent signatory countries from creating barriers to them • UN Agencies – • UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) • International Telecommu-nicationsUnion (ITU) • Transnational Institutions – • World Trade Organization (WTO) • Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) • G20

8. Overview of the GPAC Policy Papers (5/5) – Privacy, Security & Data Protection (Cybersecurity) WITSA Policy Stance/ Call for Action – Key Stakeholders – • Every person has a right to privacy • Governments must openly acknowledge and codify the privacy rights of their citizens • Data protection does not mean data protectionism • Threats to information security are best addressed by selected sharing of risks and remedies • State surveillance activities should be reported transparently, publicly and promptly • Governments must work together to develop a robust, principled, and transparent framework to administer requests for data across jurisdictions • UN Agencies – • UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) • UN Human Rights Council • International Telecommu-nicationsUnion (ITU) • Transnational Institutions – • World Trade Organization (WTO)

9. How we achieved our objectives Define teams and roles Regular check-ins Working back on deadlines • Formed working teams for each policy paper early on • For each paper, defined work-plans, timelines & deliverables • Frequent communication in each working group to update on progress, challenges faced, next steps • Traced our progress per defined mile-stones to ensured we meet the WITSA deadlines for the papers

10. Challenges faced • Balancing views across members: Building a unanimous consensus across multiple issues, stakeholders; given a heterogeneous working team representing varied opinions, interests and concerns • Judgement call on binding constraints: Defining issues/ concerns that are negotiable versus binding, in light of multiple opinions from team members. Accordingly deciding on the key messages and principles of the policy papers • Time zone differences/ delays: Syncing calendars of members across multiple time-zones to find time that work for all. Often, responses to paper iterations were (unintentionally) delayed because of the inherent time disadvantages

11. Next steps – 2016-2018 Public policy related • Closure on 2015 papers: Drive to completion, including stakeholder outreach and targeted dissemination • Engage with key stakeholders: Continued discussions on ways and means to boost competitiveness of the ICT sectors across countries • Initiate work on new policy papers for 2016-2018: Finalize teams, define work-plans, timelines and deliverables Incessant move to the next frontier • Continue to achieve WITSA’s objectives; under a seamless thought leadership and direction • Leverage brand NASSCOM, i.e. our size, credibility, experience, global outreach

12. Roll Call Anders Halvorsen www.witsa.org

13. Other Policy Activities WITSA issued a strong statement Opposing Backdoor Decryption Co-signed Global Industry Statement to Advance TiSA Digital Trade Agenda WITSA proudly supported the April 25-26, 2016 inaugural European Celebration of  Women in Computing, which took place in Brussels, Belgium. The event featured . 515 participants from 37 countries  www.witsa.org

14. Other Policy Activities • WITSA approved to co-host IGF Workshop #271 in Guadalajara Dec. 6-9: “Civil Society & Private Sector Build ICT Support for SDGs” • Workshop will identify successful strategies from speakers and participants and develop a set of messages for further action to business, civil society and IGOs • Featuring: • Manu Bhardwaj, Senior Advisor on Technology and Internet Policy to the Under Secretary of the US Department of State • Mr. Alexander Mora, Minister (Secretary) of Foreign Trade, Government, Costa Rica • Ms. Rhonda Vetere, CTO, Estee Lauder Companies, Private Sector, USA • UNCTAD, Walt Disney, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Malaysia, Cuba, others www.witsa.org

15. Other Policy Activities • WITSA Supports UNCTAD’s New eTrade for AllInitiative. • Membership in newly formed private sector advisory council • Initiative will focus on “unlocking the potential of e-commerce in developing countries” • ICANN #57 (Nov. 3-9 Hyderabad) TBC • WCIT 2016 Recommended Actions and Initiatives www.witsa.org

16. WITSA’s Global Public Policy WorksMarketing & Communications Plan • As WITSA produces important policy work in the form of Policy and Principle Papers, Statements and Declarations it is imperative that the information contained in these words are distributed to all identified stakeholders, members and influencers in order to maximize the intended effects of WITSA’s policy work. • The plan will consist of three main features: • Actions to be implemented for all works • Actions to be taken as required per opportunity • Participate in meetings/conferences and seminars that allow for the dissemination of WITSA policy works www.witsa.org

17. Marketing & Communications Plan: Actions to be implemented for all works A Special Announcement and a Press Release will be issued by WITSA. WITSA will post all works on its website. WITSA will request all members to distribute and display said works on their respective sites. WITSA will request that when feasible, each member to hosts a meeting with media to make the announcement of WITSA’s work. WITSA will seek the endorsement of it’s works to all appropriate organizations, institutions and individuals. Once the endorsements are received, WITSA will add the names of each endorsee to each work as an additional section. WITSA will incorporate WITSA’s works with each World Congress program, as feasible. WITSA will distribute/ reference its works at each World Congress. WITSA will conduct a year-end survey of all its members and stakeholders to assess the results of each action. www.witsa.org

18. Marketing & Communications Plan: Actions to be taken as required per opportunity There will be occasions when additional actions will ne necessary in combination with established procedures. For example, WITSA joined the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development, (UNCTAD) at a joint press conference/cocktail in Geneva. When the opportunity presents itself WITSA will respond accordingly. www.witsa.org

19. Marketing & Communications Plan Participate in meetings/conferences, seminars and workshops that allow for the dissemination of WITSA policy works www.witsa.org

20. Future Policy Papers 3 additional Papers currently being drafted for completion in 2016: Digital Transformation of economy and society (IoT, autonomous devices, M2M, etc.) Skills shortage, ICT Workforce Challenges and re-qualifications;

21. Future Policy Papers (Discussion) • Digital Inclusion/Access • Half of world’s population is still not online. • UN Sustainable Development Goals agreed to last December (Role of IT) • WITSA look at the demand side of access (“Marketization”) • Paper to identify high level policy principles addressing gaps and barriers to meaningfully connect the unconnected.

22. Draft Statement of Policy on Privacy, Security and Data Protection Principles: Every person on earth has a right to privacy and confidentiality Governments must openly acknowledge and codify the privacy rights of their citizens and residents Governments must openly acknowledge and codify the privacy rights of their citizens and residents Threats to information security are best addressed by selected sharing of risks and remedies Government surveillance must beexpressly limited in scope and scale Government surveillance must be undertaken within a transparent legal framework & accountability

23. Draft Statement of Policy on Privacy, Security and Data Protection Due to the complicated nature of this subject, the drafting group needs to consider whether the paper should be broken off into separate parts. (privacy, surveillance, data protection).