OECD Resources on Internet Governance

This page, www.oecd.org/InternetGovernance, presents events organised by the OECD at the annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and links to OECD reports related to Internet governance; such as on security, privacy, universal access, consumer protection, or broader information economy issues.

Events

OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2010, Vilnius, Lithuania

OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2009, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2008, Hyderabad, India

OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2006, Athens, Greece

Background information

Discussions in the 2003-2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) on the international management of the Internet and the role of all stakeholders led to the creation of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) and the final declaration of WSIS in 2005 created the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. The OECD prepared a report as an input to the United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) in 2005, sent a letter concerning the potential contribution of the OECD to the IGF in 2006 and was present at the first four meetings of the IGF.

Reports on policy issues related to Internet Governance

The issues related to Internet Governance are broad and involve infrastructure, security, stability, privacy, intellectual property rights, national sovereignty (country domain names for example), etc. These issues have potentially wide-ranging social, economic and security implications.

Internet critical resources | Broadband | Mobile | Universal service | Fixed lines | Regulation & competition | Local loop unbundling | Pricing & tariffs | Countries studies | Convergence | Workshops & Fora | Security and Privacy | Spam | Consumer Protection | E-Government | Taxation | Digital Economy | Miscellaneous.

Links to External Resources on Internet Governance

• Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
• Internet Society (ISOC)
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) 
• The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
• The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) / Commission on E-business, IT and Telecoms (EBITT)
• The Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)
• Net Dialogue, an academic resource on Internet Governance
• Computer Science and Telecommunications Board - Internet Navigation and the Domain Name System: Technical Alternatives and Policy Implications / e-book
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)