VIDEO – May 14 DC-CIV – From Talk to Action: Safeguarding Core Internet Values in Today’s Digital Governance ‘

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Dear Colleagues,

for those who missed the session the DC CIV organised at EuroDIG, please find the recording made by Joly MacFie ( isoc.live ) whom I thank for the excellent production that includes captioning but also summarising and archiving.

The session details can be found on: https://eurodigwiki.org/mw/index.php?title=Flash_07_2025

Agenda

1. Introduction (5 minutes - Olivier)
2. Setting the Stage: Dialogue as a Catalyst (5 minutes - Pari)
3. Reality Check: Are Core Values Holding Up? (5 minutes - Olivier)
4. What Needs to Change? (5 minutes - Pari)
5. Participant Engagement (10 minutes - Everyone)
6. Closing Reflection (Final 1 minute - Olivier and Pari)

Unfortunately, technical problems with remote participation caused the agenda to be sliced up and end up completely disjointed. Eventually the technical problems were resolved and we were given extra time by Tech Staff at the Council of Europe, thus having a longer session than the usually allocated 25 minutes for a flash session - so it all worked out in our favour.

Please find the recordings and the summary below:

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May 14 2025 – the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values (DC-CIV) held a flash session ‘From Talk to Action: Safeguarding Core Internet Values in Today’s Digital Governance ‘ at the 2025 Pan-European dialogue on Internet governance (EuroDIG) at the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg France.

The Internet Governance Forum has been, in the past, often given the sobriquet of “a talk shop”. During the WSIS+10 Review, the APC performed an analysis of concrete decisions or actions that have been taken as a result of engagement at national, regional and global Internet Governance Forum. Since the WSIS+10 recommended that more “Concrete Outcomes” were needed from the IGF, a number of processes including the publication of formal messages from each IGF as well as the IGF High Level Panel were implemented. Today, many examples abound where the dialogue started at IGF and ended up with concrete outcomes including discussions that moved to specialised fora and agencies. Linking workshops and the IGF Processes to SDGs was also a significant step into making sure the IGF discussions led to advances in the world’s sustainable development.

This session looked at the specific case of Core Internet Values. From its first workshop in Sharm el Sheikh 2009 (Workshop on Fundamentals: Core Internet Values) until today, the DC-CIV has been refining the list of Core Internet Values and this, along with work undertaken by other organizations, has led to the widespread comprehension that there are indeed some Internet fundamentals which make the Internet what it is and what it will continue to be. But what and how can more be done?

HOSTS
Olivier Crépin-Leblond (in person)
Pari Esfandiari (remote)

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My thanks go to Pari Esfandiari for having helped in putting together this session and for her excellent input which made this an interesting hybrid flash session.

We had about a dozen people following online plus around 25+ people in the room, which I found promising since this was only a flash session and was competing against at least two main sessions -- and the start was delayed for nearly 20 minutes. Thanks go to all people who intervened. Thank to this session we've had a number of additional people join the DC CIV mailing list and I welcome them here.

Pari might wish to add a few words on her side too.

Kindest regards,

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
DC CIV Chair