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CONCORD
POLICY, REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE
ASPECTS OF FI PPP

FI PPP as a policy, regulation and governance field
FI PPP as a policy, regulation and governance field is a ‘contested terrain’
encompassing positions that range from ‘minimalism’ to ‘maximalism’.
Many divisions can be identified in this debate:

Technical or holistic FI PPP?
What is the place of government in FI PPP?
Evolutionary or revolutionary FI PPP?

FI PPP as a ‘layered’ compact of governance
One way to conceptualize a fruitful approach that addresses the policy,
regulation aspects of FI PPP is with reference to ‘layers’ of governance.

A physical infrastructure layer, through which information travels;
A code or logical layer that controls the infrastructure;
A content layer, which contains the information that runs through the
network.

Method
CONCORD adopts a ‘dialectical perspective’ that expresses the dialogue
between policy and technology. We are examining FI PPP policy, regulation
and governance from two analytically distinct, but in reality interrelated
perspectives:

FI PPP policy, regulation and governance as seen from a ‘technology
perspective’;
Technology as seen from a ‘policy, regulation and governance perspective’
Subset: ‘generic’ and ‘context specific’

Method
Phase 1: ‘technology perspective’ on policy, regulation and governance: the
‘tussle analysis’ (SESERV project) which takes the Internet as a platform
for stakeholder interactions and divides it into two distinct layers:
1) the ‘internet socio-economic layer’, which includes stakeholders with
varying socio-economic interests engaged in real-world socio-economic
transactions. Such stakeholders include end-users, ISPs, ASPs, regulators,
among others;
2) the ‘internet technology layer’, which includes technology choices
(including investments, configurations etc.) and technology outputs
(connectivity, QoS, mobility, security etc.).

Method
Phase 2: ‘policy, regulation and governance’ on technology: a multilevel
governance framework that calls for the narrowing or closing of the policy
“gaps” between levels of governance through the adoption of tools for
vertical and horizontal cooperation:.

The vertical dimension: EU institutions, national and regional governments
-‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ relationships
The horizontal dimension: opportunity for learning, information
transmission and cooperation across EU, national, regions, and urban/local
governance structures - coordination.

Emerging policy, regulation and governance areas
Issues examined in terms of a policy, regulation and governance as seen from a ‘technology perspective’:
Online Identity, including anonymity, digital presence, rights to delete information, etc.
Security of communications, including legal implications
Cloud computing, including the risks and benefits of virtual access to information, etc.
Green Internet issues, including reducing the carbon footprint of the ICT sector, ewaste, etc.
Content regulation, including copyright, licenses, open access, etc.
E-democracy, including transparency, open government data, empowered citizenship, services to citizens,
etc.
Digital citizenship, including individual and corporate rights and responsibilities, etc.
Digital inclusion, including access and use of Internet by vulnerable populations, etc.
Trust, including risk drivers, actors at risk, risk management, etc.
Online communities, including social networks, virtual relationships, etc.
Internet of things, and the connections between people and devices
Relationships between consumers and suppliers online
Distributed knowledge production, including e-science, e-learning, etc.
Cybercrime and Cyberlaw, including phishing, cracking, cyberterrorism, etc

Issues examined in terms of technology as seen from a ‘policy, regulation and governance perspective’:
 Social and political dynamics of unification and fragmentation of the Internet
 Tendencies of reassertion of national sovereignty in the Internet ‘space’
 Trends toward the commercial ‘digital territorialization’ of the Internet
 Trends toward the protection of, and challenges to, ‘net neutrality’
 Sets of political, legal, social and security reasons that act as drivers of potential fragmentation
 Future Internet and the role of cities (‘smart’ and otherwise)
 Scenaria of closed FI PPP systems and governance mechanisms across them
 Trends in the regulation of network operators (specifically regulatory variance regarding ‘open access’)
 Internet of Things and Internet of Doing Things
 FI PPP environment, energy and sustainability
 Internet-driven social impacts (social networks, fraud, piracy etc.)
 FI PPP trust, privacy and security

Other areas identified for thorough analysis and evaluation from both the perspectives include the
following:
Licensing, certification, regulations, policies
Standardization and interoperability: policy/regulation vs. market dynamics
Operational: trends in the design and delivery of clustered services
Trends in user-centric service design and open innovation
Policies, regulations and governance issues as they relate to emerging business models
Internet-driven economic and business innovation and productivity impacts
Dynamics of organizational decentralization/recentralization
Access and social inclusion: demographic and minority dynamics
Digital literacy, skills and inclusion.

‘Matrix’ of policy, regulation and governance
Phase 1: Policy, regulation and governance as seen from a ‘technology
perspective’

‘Matrix’ of policy, regulation and governance
Phase 2: Technology as seen from a ‘policy, regulation and governance
perspective’

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