Recently after the endorsement of the The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in the United Nations Organization General Assembly to extend the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) for 10 more years, Internet Governance forum(IGF) is all set to built new standard for the IG process and Internet.
In its recent activity, it has announced the opening for Multistakeholder Advisory Group(MAG) for 2016 through various channel of social media and multimedia from January 5th to 1st February 2016.
The MAG is comprised of 55 Members from governments, the private sector and civil society, including representatives from the academic and technical communities. In addition, representatives of former IGF host countries, as well as representatives of intergovernmental organisations, are invited to attend and contribute to the meetings and work of the MAG. The MAG holds face-to-face meetings, preceded by open consultations, up to three times a year.
The Internet Governance Forum(IGF) in its process of improving the IGF, has also forwarded a research survey for the 11th IGF meeting which will be synthesized into a synthesis paper for Consultations among the Multi stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) meeting . The deadline for submitting contributions is 12 February 2016 to Email address.
Last year in 2015 the 10th IGF was held in Brazil João Pessoa with the theme of “Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development”. It was held in João Pessoa, Brazil at the Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, from 10 to 13 November 2015. The meeting was attended by 2137 onsite participants, from 112 countries, representing all stakeholder groups and regions.
The IGF was themed “Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development” which was further supported by eight sub-themes that will frame the discussions at the João Pessoa meeting:
- Cybersecurity and trust
- The Internet economy
- Inclusiveness and diversity
- Openness
- Enhancing multistakeholder cooperation
- The Internet and human rights
- Critical Internet resources
- Emerging issues
Approximately 50 remote hubs were organised around the world, with an estimated number of 2000 active participants online.
The following numbers and charts show the breakdown of onsite participants by stakeholder group, region and gender.
| Onsite participants by stakeholder group
Civil Society Government Intergovernmental Organisations Private Sector Technical Community Media |
44% 22% 4% 12% 10% 8%
|
| Total | 100% |
| Onsite participants by region
Africa Asia Pacific Host country (Brazil) Eastern Europe Latin America and Caribbean Western Europe and Others
|
5% 8% 49% 3% 9% 26% |
| Total | 100% |
| Onsite participants by gender
Female Male |
38% 62%
|
| Total | 100% |
