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The Tunis Agenda for the Information Society was a consensus statement of the World Summit on the Information Society, adopted on November 18, 2005 in Tunis, Tunisia.It called for the creation of the Internet Governance Forum and a novel, lightweight, multistakeholder governance structure for the Internet.
It resulted in agreement on the Tunis Commitment and the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, and the creation of the Internet Governance Forum. Just on the eve of the November 2005 Tunis event, the Association for Progressive Communications came out with its stand.
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]
On 23 November 1995, the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in Tunis, established the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to open an ongoing, non-binding conversation among multiple stakeholders about the future of Internet governance. [8]
The Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, [5] defines Internet governance as: "the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet."
The final agreements reached in Tunis, the Tunis Agenda [4] and the Tunis Commitment, [5] include the formation of the Internet Governance Forum. No agreement was reached on the oversight function. No agreement was reached on the oversight function.
The final outcome of the Summit, the Tunis Agenda (2005), enshrined a particular type of multistakeholder model for Internet governance, in which, at the urging of the United States, the key function of administration and management of naming and addressing was delegated to the private sector, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and ...
The 18th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) from 8 to 12 October 2023 in Kyoto, Japan. [87] [88] [89] The 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 (Davos Economic Forum China 2023) from 27 to 29 June 2023 in Tianjin, China. [90] Dr. Nizar Ben Neji presenting the Tunisia's Digital Strategy 2025 at Davos China 2023