1. Internet Governance: A View From the RIPE NCC Paul Rendek Director External Relations, RIPE NCC Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum 2-3 September 2011 rendek@ripe.net

2. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 2 Began operating in 1992 – Formally established in 1997 as Membership Association 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

3. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 3 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

4. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 4 Five Regional Internet Registries

5. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 RIPE NCC members in this region 5 Total number of members 7,548 1,053 146 14 47 124 15 16 25 23 2 2 8 8 13 19

6. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 6 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

7. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 7 Some figures: – 2000+ subscribed to Address Policy mailing list – 464 attendees at RIPE 62, May 2011 RIPE Community RIPE community includes government, regulators, law enforcement agencies, civil society, academia, private citizens... RIPE 65, Oct 2012 – Kiev (planned)

8. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 8 RIPE NCC and Internet Governance From the RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2011: – Work with a range of stakeholders from both the public and private sectors – Continue to promote the important dialogue between the technical community and governments – Relevant parties working together to understand the changing Internet landscape and to make informed decisions that guarantee the stability of the Internet

9. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 9 Rationale Internet is a multistakeholder arena – tech. community is not the only one making decisions! Governments, international organisations and law enforcement growing their influence in Internet governance Keep governments informed so that they can make better public policy Governments and other stakeholders see the benefits of the open and inclusive model of cooperation

10. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 10 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, Council of Europe, ITU, European Commission, UN, Arab League) Industry partners – RIRs, Internet Society, ICANN, IANA, IETF (the “I*” organisations)

11. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 What have we done to enhance the multistakeholder approach in the technical community? 11

12. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 RIPE NCC Roundtable Meetings Opportunity to speak with governments and regulators 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, Internet governance, DNSSEC, Internet resource certification, capacity 12

13. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 13 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 and public sectors – OPEN to anyone interested… Find out more about Internet governance issues and developments! – http://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/coop

14. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 14 Flow of Information RIPE community Government RIPE Cooperation Working Group RIPE NCC Government Roundtables

15. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 15 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 Advisory Committee (ITAC) in OECD Numerous invitations to local government meetings Commitment to capacity building – Hands on technical training for government and enterprise

16. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 Eurasia Network Operators Group (ENOG) Regional forum where Internet experts and other stakeholders concerned with operational issues meet to share knowledge on issues unique to Russian 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 16

17. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 Way Forward Continue cooperation in local capacity building efforts – Technical community and governments – ENOG IPv6 Roadshows Establish channels for government and regulator to consult with tech. community on issues/questions Become active in ENOG – meet the talent that operates the internet in this region – Make relations / share information / bring forward issues 17

18. Paul Rendek, 2 September 2011 Way Forward RIPE NCC building stronger presence in the region RIPE NCC and ENOG would like those interested and/or active in Ukrainian Internet governance to approach us for potential areas of cooperation – IPv6 Roadshows in Ukraine? 18

19. Questions? www.ripe.net rendek@ripe.net