Transcript Middle East Strategy Working Group

Introduction to Internet Governance
e-AGE 2014 Muscat
December 11, 2014
Fahd A. Batayneh
ICANN
Definition of Internet Governance
Internet governance is the development and application by all
stakeholders in their respective roles, of shared principles,
norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that
shape the evolution and use of the Internet
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Who are the Stakeholders?
+ Business and Private Sector
+ Designers/Developers of electronic systems and software
+ Governments
+ Policy makers and regulators
+ Civil Society
+ Internet end users
+ Academic and Technical Community
+ The ones who conduct Research and Development (R&D) and
develop Internet standards and Protocols
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Internet Governance General Topics
+ Access
+ Diversity
+ Openness
+ Security
+ Critical Internet Resources (CIR)
+ Privacy and Human Rights
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The I* Organizations
+ Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN)
+ Internet Society (ISOC)
+ Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
+ Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
+ Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)
+ Regional TLD Organizations (RTLDOs)
+ Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
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Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
+ An annual forum since 2006 that attracts all stakeholders to
discuss and share experiences and best-practices
+ No binding decisions come out of it
+ Covers all aspects of global Internet Governance from
various dimensions
+ A Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) decides on the
theme and agenda of the annual event
+ 9th edition of the forum took place in Istanbul, Turkey during
September 2-5, 2014
+ Website at http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/
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National and Regional IGFs
+ Regional IGFs
+ European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG)
+ African IGF
+ Asia Pacific Regional IGF (APrIGF)
+ Arab IGF
+ … etc.
+ Local IGFs
+ Tunisian IGF
+ Russian IGF
+ UK IGF
+ … etc.
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Arab IGF
+ Annual event taking place since 2012
+ First edition took place in Kuwait, the second in Algeria,
and the third in Lebanon
+ Attracts all stakeholders to discuss and share experiences
and best-practices. No binding decisions come out of it
+ Covers all aspects of Arab IGF from various dimensions
+ An
Arab
Multi-Stakeholder
Advisory
Group
(AMAG)
decides on the theme and agenda of the annual event
+ Website at http://igfarab.org/
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Schools on Internet Governance
+ Extensive workshops that span over 3-5 days and teach
participants on the A-Z of Internet Governance
+ Some versions of such schools include the European
Summer School on IG and the South School on IG
+ The inaugural Arab version of such a school took place in
Kuwait during May 25-29, 2014 under the name “Middle
East and Adjoining Countries School on IG”
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Questions?
Fahd A. Batayneh
Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator, Middle East
ICANN
[email protected]
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