iLaw Eurasia 2004 - Emerging Legal and Policy Issues for the Information Age

The iLaw Eurasia Program was a five-day, intensive course designed to expose and introduce 50 advanced policy experts from Eurasia to the critical and emerging information-age policy and legal issues shaping the future of the region. It brought representatives from government, the private sector, and civil society together for focused discussions on global best practice and policy dilemmas such as harmonizing national regulation with global norms and balancing commitment to civil rights and privacy while ensuring national security. Participants gained greater awareness of issues in these areas and had the opportunity to strengthen their links with other regional international experts.

Topics

The iLaw Eurasia Program covered cutting-edge issues shaping the future information society in Eurasia. Individual sessions focused on legal, regulatory, and policy issues and subjects including:

• National and regional telecommunications regulation
• Information security, cyber-terrorism and cybercrime
• National Security and Information Doctrine (Information Warfare)
• Civil rights and e-Governance
• Privacy and data protection regulation
• Intellectual property rights in the digital era
• Proprietary vs. Free and Open Source Software debate
• Internet governance and regulation of ICTs
• Harmonization of national and international regulation and governance regimes (UN, WTO WIPO, EU Directives, and RSS resolutions)

Faculty

The program featured regional and international experts, including:

• Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology;
• Prof. William Fisher from Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society and author of the recent book Promises to Keep;
• Rafal Rohozinski, Director of the Advanced Network Research Group at the University of Cambridge and a principal of the Open Net Initiative research team;
• John Palfrey, Executive Director of the Berkman Center; and
• Regional faculty including experts from the Eurasia I-Policy Network.

Attendees

The program was designed for advanced policy experts from the government and private sectors, as well as civil society experts involved in shaping information policies in the region. The program gave participants the opportunity to discuss best practices as well as to explore key challenges for the future. Applicants from any country in Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) were considered. Exceptional candidates from Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe were also be considered.

Find more information about the event here.

The information in Russian language is attached in the file below.