IGF and its process Bhutan Internet Governance Forum

Awareness and capacity building for bhutan IGF forming multistakeholder group and cerating their own group

1. IGF AND ITS PROCESS
BHUTAN IGF
SHREEDEEP RAYAMAJHI
LEARN INTERNET GOVERNANCE (LEARN –IG)

2. WHAT IS IGF ?
INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (IGF)  IS AN OPEN PLATFORM TO DISCUSS THE INTERNET GOVERNANCE PROCESS AND
ISSUES RELATING TO VARIOUS PRACTICE AND DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE GLOBE. IT FURTHER FORWARDS ITS
OBLIGATIONS FOR THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROCESS AS MANDATED BY THE WSIS. FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE IGF
HAS BEEN LOBBIED AS A PLATFORM OF MULTISTAKEHOLDER CONCEPT WHERE THE PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTION
FROM THE DEVELOPING ECONOMIES HAVE INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY WHICH NEEDS TO GROW AT A STEADY PACE.
The major hurdle IGF process are
1. How to Increase Participation
2. Expansion of regional IGF
3. Internet politics and leadership
4. Capacity building and policy making
5. Survey and research
6. Standardization
7. Communication
Core Values of Internet
1.The end to end principle
2.Open Standards
3.Universal Access
4.Freedom of Expression (FoE)
Link: http://learninternetgovernance.blogspot.com/2016/11/what-is-internet-governance-forum.html

3. ADVANTAGES OF IGF
•A BOARD PLATFORM TO ADDRESS ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
•A STANDARD POLICY AND MECHANISM TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF WORLD OVER
•CONTROL OVER DIGITAL DIVIDE AND NET NEUTRALITY
•NO BIAS SYSTEM
•EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF BUSINESS AND EXPOSURE
•BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP
•EFFECTIVENESS IN GROWTH AND MONITORING OF INTERNET
•ISSUE LIKE PORNOGRAPHY, CYBER CRIMES, HACKING AND EXPLOITATION CAN BE EASILY OVERCOME
•BETTER SECURITY POLICIES
DISADVANTAGES OF IGF
•HARD TO CONTROL AND MONITOR DUE TO NUMBER OF COUNTRIES
•HARD FOR DEVELOPING AND UNDERDEVELOPED TO KEEP UP WITH DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF
TECHNOLOGY AND MANPOWER
•STANDARD POLICIES MEAN COMPETITION WHICH WOULD BE HARD FOR UNDERDEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES

4. IGF INITIATIVES:
•NATIONAL;
•SUB-REGIONAL;
•REGIONAL, AND
•YOUTH IGFS.

5. WHAT ARE THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
(NRIGF) CORE VALUES ?
•OPEN AND TRANSPARENT,
•INCLUSIVE,
•BOTTOM-UP,
•MULTISTAKEHOLDER, AND
•NON-COMMERCIAL.

6. OBJECTIVES OF NRI
•AWARENESS, AND CAPACITY BUILDING
•COLLABORATION
•MULTISTAKEHOLDER APPROACH DISCUSSION AND EXCHANGES OF IDEAS
AND OPINIONS;
•BRIDGING THE GAPS BRING THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE RESPECTIVE
COMMUNITIES TO THE GLOBAL IGF AGENDA AND REFLECT THE

7. STAKEHOLDERS
MULTISTAKEHOLDER CORE ORGANIZING TEAM IS ESTABLISHED WHERE ITS
MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION COMES FROM AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, WITH A GOAL ALL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS OVER TIME
•CIVIL SOCIETY,
•GOVERNMENT,
•PRIVATE SECTOR,
•TECHNICAL COMMUNITY
•OTHERS
GENDER BALANCE IS ALSO RECOMMENDED

8. IGF NRIS TOOLKIT | INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
HTTP://WWW.INTGOVFORUM.ORG/MULTILINGUAL/INDEX.PHP?Q=FILEDEPOT_DOWNLOAD/
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