[on behalf of Katitza Rodriguez Pereda]

Dear all,
A diverse group of civil society groups have worked on a joint Civil Society Declaration to the OECD 2008 Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy, which is currently taking place in Seoul. It raises a number of issues of major importance to the civil society community and makes a number of recommendations to move us towards the future of the Internet that meets the essential needs of all the world’s citizens.

The declaration has been signed by (so far) EPIC, EFF, EDRi, IRIS, IT4Change, Public Knowledge, Association for Progressive Communications, Consumers Korea, Jinbonet, CIPPIC- Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, BEUC – The European Consumers’ Organisation, BEUC – The European Consumers’ Organisation, Centre for Community Informatics Research, Training and Development, Consumer Council of Canada and many individuals (William Drake, Adam Peake, Urs Gasser, Jisuk Woo, Fouad Riaj Bajwaw, Gerry Morgan Foundation, Carolina Rossini, Lisa M.Dr. Mc Lauglin, Esteba Urbie Restrepo Public Internet Advocacy Center).
The full text of the Declaration is at this page.

The declaration is open for sign on by civil society organizations and individual CS representatives by Tuesday 12:00 US EST. If your organization / you are interested in signing on, please email Katitza Rodriguez Pereda of EPIC at katitza@datos-personales.org.

Many thanks and all best.