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The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multistakeholder governance group for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance. [1] It brings together all stakeholders in the Internet governance debate, whether they represent governments, the private sector or civil society, including the technical and academic community, on an equal basis and through an open and inclusive process. [2]
These proposals all include the introduction of an open multi-stakeholder based Internet governance forum to give greater influence to stakeholders around the world, including civil society, the private sector, and governments. Each model included different strategies for the oversight role, currently held by the United States Department of ...
The African Internet Governance Forum was established during the global IGF held in Nairobi in 2011. [3] 2nd to 4 September, the Council of Ministers of ICT of the African Union approved of the institution. [4] The first AfIGF meeting, where participants determined its terms of reference, [4] took place in Cairo in 2012. Since then, eight other ...
Internet Governance Forum (IGF): A multistakeholder forum for policy dialogue. Internet Research Task Force (IRTF): Promotes research of the evolution of the Internet by creating focused, long-term research groups working on Internet protocols, applications, architecture, and technology.
Measures to promote capacity building in "developing" countries with regard to increasing "developing" country participation in global public policy forums on internet governance. The summit itself attracted 1,500 people from International Organizations, 6,200 from NGOs, 4,800 from the private sector, and 980 from the media. [10]
The task of bridging the digital divide is yet unfinished. The WSIS has called for an Internet Governance Forum [5] to allow for a global multi-stakeholder discussion of issues related to the governance of the global resource that the Internet represents. The WSIS also called for a follow-up and implementation process, for which the principles ...
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
The Internet & Jurisdiction Secretariat reports every year on progress at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) organized by the United Nations. At the IGF 2016, The Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network was granted for the first time an "Open Forum", [ 10 ] a format traditionally reserved to treaty-based organizations.