CSISAC Reports on the OECD Ministerial at the RightsCon

March 2, 2016

The RightsCon has confirmed the proposal of CSISAC to organize a Hub Table session about the OECD Ministerial on the Digital Economy, focused to inform and engage civil society participants from Latin America.

The goal of the session is to facilitate civil society engagement with the OECD Ministerial Meeting on "Digital Economy: Innovation, Growth and Social Prosperity" in Mexico, 2016. The main themes of the Ministerial are very relevant to Rights Con's community including Internet openness and innovation, Internet of Things, metrics on privacy and security, and broadband access. We would like to encourage the participation in the civil society event that will be held in advance of the OECD Ministerial.


Civil society is represented in the OECD by the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC). Our goal is to effectively represent civil society's interest with regard to Internet policies and ensure the presence of a broad variety of NGOs with a special emphasis on Latin America in 2016. Organizations that are not CSISAC members yet would learn more about the process and the discussion could attract new participants. We would like to expand the CSISAC network, to enable ongoing participation by civil society organizations in the work of the OECD.

The event will take place on March 31 at 16:00 and it was estructured as 'Hub Table' session, to facilitate the exchange and dialogue. Participants included:

  • - Suso Baleato (CSISAC) (organizer)
  • - Alberto Cerda (Ford Foundation),
  • - Katitza Rodriguez (Electronic Frontier Foundation),
  • - Carolina Botero (Karisma),
  • - Luis Fernando Garcia (R3D/Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales),
  • - Claudio Ruiz (Derechos Digitales),
  • - Miguel Morachimo (Hiperderecho),
  • - Jazmin Acuña Cantero (TEDIC),
  • - Carolina Rossini (Public Knowledge),
  • - Michael Baak (Public Knowledge),
  • - Antonio Martínez Velázquez (Horizontal),
  • - Luca Belli (Center of Technology and Society at Getulio Vargas Foundation),
  • - Paulina Gutierrez (Article 19),
  • - Luca Belli (Center of Technology and Society at Getulio Vargas Foundation),
  • - Paulina Gutierrez (Article 19),
  • - Fanny Hidvegi (EPIC)

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