Internet Governance Resources
Other useful resources on Internet governance
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UN Working Group on the Internet Governance Website
- This website contains information about WGIG and full-text of the WGIG Final Report and Background Report in different languages. It also contains information about the workshops and meetings organized by WGIG.
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Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from the Working Group on Internet Governance
- The aim of this book is to give some insight into an exceptional experience of multi-stakeholder cooperation. It contains personal impressions of a grousp of people with a wide variety of backgrounds who were either members of the United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) or part of the Secretariat that supported its work. The book is available in pdf and html format, in full and by chapter.
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Internet Governance: Issues, Actors and Divides
- by Eduardo Gelbstein and Jovan Kurbalija. A publication of DiploFoundation and Global Knowledge Partnership. This booklet aims to propose a practical framework for the analysis, discussion, and resolution of the key problems in this field. The booklet can be downloaded in full or by chapter.
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DiploFoundation's Internet Governance Portal
- The Internet Governance Portal is an entry point to discussions about Internet Governance. The portal is organized according to Diplo’s IG methodology, which is based on five baskets: Infrastructure & Standardisation, Legal, Economic, Development, and Socio-cultural. Within each basket various IG issues are covered, such as copyright, DNS management, content policy, and e-commerce. Each IG issue is tackled by answering five fundamental questions – what, who, where, when, and how. The portal contains other resources dealing with theories, actors, and tools related to the Internet Governance process.
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DiploFoundation's Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP)
- The Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP) aims to assist individuals involved in IG issues from countries with limited financial and human resources to develop the skills and knowledge required to participate meaningfully in the global debate on IG.
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Internet Governance Forum
- This Web site supports the consultative process on the convening of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and provides an interactive collaborative space where all stakeholders can air their views and exchange ideas.
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APDIP e-Note 1
- Voices from Asia Pacific: Internet governance for sustainable human development
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UN Working Group on Internet Governance Releases Final Report
- The final report of the Working Group on Internet Governance is now available online in all UN languages. The Report has now been fed into the WSIS process and comments can be sent to the WSIS Executive Secretariat.
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Internet Governance Project
- The Internet Governance Project (IGP) is an interdisciplinary consortium of academics with scholarly and practical expertise in international governance, Internet policy, and information and communication technology. The Project is conducting research on and publishing analysis of Internet governance. Some of the work is intended to contribute to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and the United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance, as well as related debates at the international, regional and national levels.
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Global Internet Policy Initiative
- The Global Internet Policy Initiative supports adoption in developing countries of the legal and policy framework for an open and democratic Internet. The project works with local stakeholders in consultative, coalition-based efforts to promote the principles of a decentralized, accessible, user-controlled, and market-driven Internet.
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Legal Affairs including Cybercrimes
- by Council of Europe
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Strengthening Developing Country Participation in International ICT Decision-Making
- A study by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation and Panos London
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ITU Internet Governance Resources
- This site gathers resources on ITU's Internet Governance-related activities as a contribution the United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance.
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ICANN and Internet Governance: Getting Back to Basics
- The purpose of this paper is to examine the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and its role in Internet governance.
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Internet Governance and the WSIS
- by Association for Progressive Communications
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Financing Information Society in South: A global public goods perspective
- by Association for Progressive Communications
