PART 3 The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), one of the main outcomes of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), will have its 3rd meeting in Hyderabad/India in December 2008. The IGF is developing into an innovative new global multistakeholder policy development platform for Internet Governance. But also other institutions are moving forward. ICANNs Joint Project Agreement (JPA) terminates in October 2009. OECD has added after its Ministerial Meeting in Seoul (June 2008) Internet Governance to its list of high priorities. ITU will have its World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) on convergence and internet in March 2009. The panel will discuss the various options for future institutional arrangements on Internet Governance. It will also discuss how the IGF can be more efficiently linked to the broader challenge of sustainable development and the Millenium Development Goals (MDG).
Parminder Jeet Singh, director at IT For Change, argues for the need for regulating and governing the Internet for public good by responsible, equitable and democratic global governance structures.
(11/07) Intellectual Property Watch, Switzerland – By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO – The debate over whether the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) should grow beyond its … ICANN CEO Speaks at Opening of Internet Governance Forum ag-IP-news Agency Internet Governance Forum Metamorphosis US Control of Internet Back on Int’l Agenda CNSNews.com
PART 1 Moderation of the panel by Bertrand de La Chapelle, Envoy for the Information Society of the French Foreign Ministry, Paris. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), one of the main outcomes of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), will have its 3rd meeting in Hyderabad/India in December 2008. The IGF is developing into an innovative new global multistakeholder policy development platform for Internet Governance. But also other institutions are moving forward. ICANNs Joint Project Agreement (JPA) terminates in October 2009. OECD has added after its Ministerial Meeting in Seoul (June 2008) Internet Governance to its list of high priorities. ITU will have its World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) on convergence and internet in March 2009. The panel will discuss the various options for future institutional arrangements on Internet Governance. It will also discuss how the IGF can be more efficiently linked to the broader challenge of sustainable development and the Millenium Development Goals (MDG).
Craig Schwartz, Chief gTLD Registry Liaison, ICANN, speaking in Domains.Asia:2007 of Internet Society Hong Kong (ISOC HK), July 25, 2007 on Internet Governance — charlesmok.blogspot.com