Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)

This session will explore the possible effects of global Internet governance arrangements on the development of the Internet and people-centred information societies in developing countries. The discussion will consider the institutional processes and substantive policy outputs of governance arrangements and whether these may raise developmental concerns that have not received sufficient attention to date. The session will be divided into four parts:

  1. What do we really mean by Internet governance for development (IG4D);
  2. Examples of specific global governance issues that may have particular relevance to development. Possible sub-themes include, among others, the governance of names and numbers, technical standardization, security, international interconnection, intellectual property, and transnational consumer protection, as well as the procedural or institutional aspects of key governance arrangements;
  3. How developing and other countries organize and manage their national-level engagement with global Internet governance in the context of their wider national ICT strategies; and
  4. How to take an IG4D agenda forward in the IGF and other international settings.


Chairman:
• TBD

Moderator:
• Nitin Desai

Floor Moderators:
• Christine Arida
• Ayesha Hassan

Remote Moderation:
• Olivier Crépin-Leblond

Panellists:
• Everton Frask Lucero
• Ndeye Maimouna Diop-Diagne
• Zahid Jamil
• Raúl Echeberria
• William Drake
• Anriette Esterhuysen

Feeder workshops:
• 49 Internet Governance and the wider world: building relationships between the Internet governance and other domains
• 56 Transnational (or trans-border) enforcement of a new information order – Issues of rights and democracy
• 65 Social networking and e-participation; what do young citizens look for (18+)?
• 80 International Trade and Internet Governance
• 146 Internet governance in Africa: Impact on Africa
• 165 A Development agenda approach to Internet Names and Numbers
• 174 Internet governance viewed through different lenses, with emphasis upon the lens of economic and social development