Internet Governance
Resources on policies and interventions that influence the structure, operation and use of the Internet.
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Workshops on Capacity Building in Public Policy Issues of Internet Use for Business Development in Asia and the Pacific
- A regional workshop was held on 18-20 October 2006 in Bangkok followed by two national workshops in Nepal and Bangladesh on 22-24 November 2006 and 27-29 November 2006, respectively, to conceptualize, develop and deliberate on policy issues relating to Internet use for business development.
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APDIP e-Note 9 on Internationalized Domain Names
- Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) have become a hot topic in the field of Internet governance. As the number of non-English speakers on the Internet grows exponentially, the limitations of the Domain Name System have become evident to many.
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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 Proposes Top Three Priorities for the Internet Governance Forum
- While there is an emerging convergence of views on some aspects related to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), one of the two questions Mr. Nitin Desai, the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the World Summit on the Information Society invited stakeholders to reflect on is which public policy issues the first meeting of the IGF should address. Below is UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme's submission.
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Internet Governance: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
- This publication, with a foreword by Nitin Desai, provides an overview of the key debates on Internet governance. It presents the work of the Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance, an APDIP initiative that has collected perspectives from regional experts and end users.
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Internet Governance DVD
- The DVD is a self-learning multimedia package on Internet Governance. Inside, there is a 46-minute film, an Internet governance course and Internet governance resources including APDIP's Primer on Internet Governance and other outputs from the Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance. The Internet Governance DVD was launched at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis
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A Primer on Internet Governance
- This primer, with a foreword by Vinton G. Cerf, offers an overview of Internet governance, discussing its history, the issues at stake and the various actors involved. It shows how governance decisions can have social and economic ramifications, and it suggests steps that can be taken to enhance developing country participation in Internet governance.
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APDIP Releases China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand Country Reports on Internet Governance
- APDIP's Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance initiative zooms in on the Internet governance issues, priorities and challenges faced by five countries in Asia.
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Asia Pacific Network Information Centre Open Policy Meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam, 6-9 September 2005
- The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) 20th Open Policy Meeting focus on issues related to database, DNS operations, IPv6, policy and routing.
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APDIP e-Note 1 on Internet Governance
- This APDIP e-note presents Asia-Pacific perspectives and priorities on Internet governance based on extensive research conducted by the Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance, an APDIP initiative.
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APDIP e-Note 1
- Voices from Asia Pacific: Internet governance for sustainable human development
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AP* Retreat, Taipei, Taiwan, 22 August 2005
- AP* is the Community of Asia Pacific Internet Organisations. For more information click on www.apstar.org
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APDIP Releases Policy Brief and Input Paper on Internet Governance
- The "Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet Governance Priorities and Recommendations" documents were endorsed by delegates at the High Level Asia-Pacific Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society, in Tehran on 31 May - 2 June 2005. The documents were also endorsed at the UN Working Group on Internet Governance at their Meeting in Geneva on 14 -17 June 2005.
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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.
