The Internet Governance Forum
Welcome

The IGF Secretariat would like to welcome you to the IGF Web site. The design is aimed to make the site user-friendly and give it the ability to add on tools for better online collaboration. We welcome your comments and suggestions as we continuously try to improve our ability to foster dialogue on Internet governance.

This Web site aims to promote the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It tries to meet the highest standards set by the W3C.

IGF, the First 5 Years
A  summary of the first 5 years of the IGF visualized through text clouds.

IGF 2011 Nairobi Text clouds

A summary of the Nairobi meeting Main Sessions visualized through text clouds.

S.O.P Taking Stock the Way Forward Access & Diversity IG4D Managing Critical Internet Resources
 
IGF 2012

The Seventh Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

[NEW] MAG Renewal

Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang's message on the renewal of the MAG.

Open Consultations and MAG Meeting

The next Open Consultations and MAG meeting will be held from 14-16 February 2012 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland for the next Annual IGF meeting. These consultations will also be taking stock of the Nairobi meeting. They will be held in Room XVIII  on14 February and the MAG meeting in Room XXIV on 15-16 February. The MAG meeting will be open to observers. Meeting times are 10.00 - 13.00, 15.00 - 18.00 HRS

[NEW] Online registration for the February Consultations is now open.

Call for contributions

Stakeholders are invited to submit comments and inputs in writing to the IGF Secretariat’s mailbox This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 27 January 2012. These comments will be put into a synthesis paper, which will act as an input into the February discussions.

 
IGF 2011

The Sixth Annual IGF Meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 27-30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). The theme of the meeting was: 'Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation'.

[NEW] Webcasts of the Sixth Annual IGF Meeting in Nairobi are being made available on the IGF YouTube channel. Due to technical difficulties, some of the videos are not yet available. Please refer to this link to find a list of videos that have not yet been uploaded.

The completed Chair's summary of the Sixth Annual IGF Meeting is available.

You can now submit your workshop report online. To access the guide for submitting workshop report please click here.

Transcripts for the Sixth Annual IGF Meeting in Nairobi are available here.

 


List of Speakers

Opening Ceremony

Main Sessions

Closing Ceremony

Workshops



 
Publications


Cover image of the 2010 IGF book

Download the book:

Developing the future together

Edited by : Brian Gutterman

(1.58 MB PDF)

 

Previous publications