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Article: WSIS Internet governance forum takes shape.(World Summit on the Information Society launches Internet Governance Forum)
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- April 1, 2006
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A new term has been added to the litany of Internet-governance attributes developed during the multiyear World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). In addition to "multilateral," "democratic," and "transparent," the soon-to-be-launched Internet Governance Forum (IGF), mandated by WSIS and to be held later this year in Athens, Greece, will add the term "multi-stakeholder" to the list.
But what does that mean?
Those attending the Deliberations on the Formation of the Internet Governance Forum meetings in Geneva had their first taste of a multistakeholder forum. Not only were members of the private sector, civil society, and even the press sitting in ...