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IGF in Athens: Main Session Transcripts
30 October 2006	31 October 2006	1 November 2006	2 November 2006
Opening Ceremony [TXT]	Openness Session [TXT]	Summing Up [TXT]	Summing Up [TXT]
Setting the Scene [TXT]	Security Session [TXT]	Diversity Session [TXT]	The Way Forward [TXT]
		Access Session [TXT]	Emerging Issues Session [TXT]
			Closing Ceremony [TXT]

Archive of Webcast for Athens [HTML]

Participants

Opening Ceremony: Final List of Speakers [HTML]
Main Sessions:
- Final List of Participants [HTML]
- Panelists and Moderators [HTML]
Attendance Data by Region[HTML] and Stakeholder Group [HTML]

Athens Stocktaking

Stocktaking Meeting

13 February 2007 Geneva, Switzerland

Transcript of Proceedings [TXT]
Chairman's Closing Remarks [RTF]

Webcast	English & French [HTML]
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Workshops

Workshop Reports [HTML]

Evaluation

Questionnaire [HTML] [RTF]

First IGF Meeting: Athens, Greece

The Inaugural Meeting of the IGF took place in Athens, Greece, from 30 October - 2 November.

The overall theme was: 'Internet Governance for Development'

Transcripts from all the main sessions are available here:

30 October	31 October	1 November	2 November
Opening Ceremony	Openness Session	Summing up	Summing up
Setting the Scene	Security Session	Diversity Session	The Way Forward ...
		Access Session	Emerging Issues Session
			Closing Ceremony

The Secretariat's summing-up of the panel sessions is available.

Documentation
The final version of a synthesis paper that summarizes the content of contributions received as well as the discussions of the open consultations is now available in all UN languages:

[عربي] [中文][English] [Français] [Русский] [Espanol]

The Secretary-General's Invitation
The Secretary-General has issued an invitation to all stakeholders to attend the third meeting of the IGF, hosted by the Government of Greece. The meeting will take place in Athens on 30 October - 2 November 2006.

The Preparatory Process for the Athens Meeting
Two rounds of consultations were held in Geneva on 16-17 February and 19 May 2006.

First round of consultations
A first round of consultations on the convening of the IGF were held in Geneva on 16 - 17 February 2006. About 300 participants representing all stakeholder groups attended the meeting. The participants addressed a wide variety of issues, such as the IGF's scope of work and substantive priorities as well as aspects related to its structure and functioning. The aim of the consultations was to develop a common understanding among all stakeholders on the nature and character of the IGF.

The texts of the realtime transcription of the consultations are available here:

16 February

17 February

The audio and video recordings of the sessions are available in both English and French.

The list of participants is available here. Click to view the agenda and more information regarding participation at the meeting. Click to view the official notification of the meeting sent out to all stakeholders.

A possible timeline for convening the IGF was made available prior to the consultations. Click here to view the questionnaire or download it. The aim of the questionnaire was to stimulate discussion on the convening of the IGF.

Second Round of Consultations
A second round of consultations open to all stakeholders was held on 19 May 2006. The consultations focused on the substantive preparation of the inaugural meeting of the IGF. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

A webcast of the proceedings is available in English and in French. Transcripts of the morning session and afternoon session are also available.

Meetings of the IGF Advisory Group
The Secretary-General appointed an Advisory Group to assist him in convening the first IGF meeting.

The IGF Advisory Group held meetings in Geneva on 22 - 23 May and 7 - 8 September 2006.

At the first meeting it agreed on recommendations for the agenda and the programme as well as the structure and format of the first meeting of the IGF in Athens. The recommendations were transmitted to the United Nations Secretary-General who was mandated by the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to convene “by the second quarter of 2006, a new meeting for a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue”.

At its second meeting it drew up a short list of panelists, selected the workshops and finalized the programme of the Athens meeting.

Athens Preparatory Contributions

Interventions and Contributions

Post IGF Meeting in Athens

Stocktaking Session 13 February 2007

Contributions
Governments	Document Title	Available Format
Government of France	Lessons from the inaugural meeting of the IGF	[WORD]
Government of Canada	Lessons from the inaugural meeting of the IGF	[WORD]
Other Entities	Document Title	Available Format
International Chamber of Commerce / Business Action to Support the Information Society (ICC/BASIS), Paris	Feedback on First Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens, Greece	[PDF]
	Topline Input on IGF	[PDF]
Le Campus Numérique Francophone de Kinshasa - Programme de l'atelier	Report on Internet Governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Atelier specifique pour la mise en place d'une plate forme sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet en République Démocratique du Congo), Kinshasa Programme de l'atelier	[WORD]
	Rapport de l'atelier	[WORD]
Destree Institute, Namur	Millenia 2015	English [WORD] French [WORD]
European Telecommunications Network Operator's Association (ETNO), Brussels	ETNO Answer to the IGF Questionnaire: "Taking Stock and the Way Forward"	[WORD]
IT for Change, Bangalore	Taking Stock and the Way Forward	[WORD]
Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), Internet Commerce & Communications Division, Arlington, VA	Taking Stock and the Way Forward	[PDF]
Net Dialogue, Cambridge, MA	Interoperability as a Matter of Development	[PDF]
ENSTA et EUROLINC, Paris	Taking Stock and the Way Forward	[RTF]
Internet Society (ISOC), Reston, VA/Geneva	Building on the success of the first Internet Governance Forum	[PDF]
SIDN (.nl), Arnhem	Recommendations for the IGF	[WORD]
Third World Network, Geneva	For the Preparatory Session for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in geneva on 13 February 2007	[WORD]
Dynamic Coalition on Privacy - Second Progress Report - PR/2 (rev1)	Second Progress Report-PR/2	[PDF]
World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA), Arlington, VA	Internet Governance Forum: 2007 and Beyond	[PDF]
Online Contributions
Other Entities	Link
Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC), Washignton, DC	[HTML]
NGO Our Rights (OR), Port Harcout	[HTML]
Centre Africain D' Echange Culturel, Kinshasa	[HTML]
Internet Mark 2 Project, Brisbane	[HTML]
dotBerlin GmbH & Co.KG, Berlin	[HTML]
Sylvia Caras, People Who, Santa Cruz, CA	[HTML]
Individuals	Link
Jeremy Malcolm, Phd Candidate, Murdoch University, Perth	[HTML]
Chantal Lebrument, Safran Group, Paris	[HTML]
Shariffa Al-Meskary, Information Technology Authority of Oman, Oman	[HTML]
Lee Hibbard, Council of Europe, Strasbourg	[HTML]
Dr. Francis Muguet, Chair WSIS-SI WG, co-chair WSIS-PCT WG, member WSIS-Finance WG, WSIS-Edu, Paris	[HTML]
Carlos A. Afonso, RITS, Rio de Janeiro	[HTML]
Click here to view the contributions made on the Online Discussion Forum

Preparatory Process for First IGF Meeting in Athens

Substantive Contributions for the First Meeting of the IGF

Contributions
Governments	Document Title	Available Format
Government of Brazil	Comments to the 'Programme Outline' document	[WORD]
Government of Indonesia	Internet Governance in Indonesia	[WORD]
Government of Indonesia	Language Diversity	[PDF]
Proposals of the Russian Federation to the Agenda of the Internet Governance Forum		[PDF]
Government of Quebec	Contribution du gouvernement du Quebec	[PDF]
Other Entities	Document Title	Available Format
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in Egypt	Enabling Access Using Broadband: A Multistakeholder Approach	[PDF]
UNESCO ‘Information for All’ Programme National Committee of Russia	Contribution Memorandum for IGF on 'Internet governance' issue	[WORD]
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretariat	An Overview of ITU work on International Internet Interconnectivity	[WORD]
	The ITU-T Study Group 17 work plan on countering spam	[WORD]
	The ITU-T Study Group 17 work plan on Cybersecurity	[WORD]
	An Overview of ITU-T Internationalized Domain Names activities	[WORD]
	An Overview of ITU-T Security Initiatives	[WORD]
	ITU/BDT/HRD - Youth Programme	[WORD]
	ITU/BDR/HRD - Youth Programme	[PPT]
	An Overview of ITU-D Mandate and Activities in Cybersecurity	[WORD]
	An Overview of ITU-D Mandate and Activities related to Access	[WORD]
	An Overview of ITU-D Mandate and Activities in Measuring Access to telecommunication/ICTs and the Information Society	[WORD]
	An Overview of ITU-D Mandate and Activities relevant to WSIS	[WORD]
	An Overview of Some Relevant ITU Activities	[WORD]
	Report of meeting of ITU Membership on mechanisms for cooperation on Cybersecurity and combating spam	[WORD]
	The World Information Society Report	[WORD]
World Intellectual Property Organization	Statement from WIPO	[WORD]
Council of Europe	Council of Europe Submission to the IGF	[WORD][PDF]
Council of Europe	Blogged Submission to the IGF	[WORD]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	OECD Anti-Spam Toolkit	English [PDF]
	OECD Anti-Spam Toolkit	French [PDF]
	Internet Traffic Exchange: Market Developments and Measurement of Growth	[PDF]
	A summary of OECD work relevant to the IGF	[WORD]
The South Centre	Internet Governance for Development	[PDF]
International Chamber of Commerce/Business Action to Support the Information Society [BASIS]	ICC framework for consultation and drafting of Information Compliance obligations	[PDF]
	Issues Paper on Internationalized Domain Names(IDN)	[PDF]
	Employee privacy, data protection and human resources [policy statement focused on European Union context]	[PDF]
	Information security for executives	[PDF]
	Privacy Toolkit	[PDF]
	Securing your business	[PDF]
	Standard Contractual Clauses for the Transfer of Personal Data from the EU to Third Countries	[PDF]
	The impact of Internet content regulation	[PDF]
	ICC policy statement on 'spam' and unsolicited commercial electronic messages	[PDF]
	Revised and updated matrix of issues related to the Internet and organizations dealing with them	[PDF]
Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)	Toward the Establishment of a Safe, Secure Internet Society through International Cooperation	[WORD]
Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)	Proposals for the First Internet Governance Forum	[WORD]
Internet Society (ISOC)	Internationalising Top Level Domain Names: Another Look	[PDF]
	Names and Naming for the DNS	[PDF]
	DNS Root Name Servers	[PDF]
	DNS Root Name Servers FAQ	[PDF]
	The Genius of the Internet: Open Processes Drive Growth and Connectivity	[PDF]
	Capacity Building: Enabling Sustainable Development of the Internet	[PDF]
ICANN's Non-Commercial User Constituency (NCUC)	Privacy Implications of WHOIS Database Policy	[PDF][WORD]
The European Information Society Group	Policing the Internet: Democratically accountable partnerships or self-protection groups?	[WORD]
WSIS Civil Society Working Group Scientific Information	Substantive contributions as material to synthesis papers in view of the first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum	[PDF] [ZIP]
WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus	Contribution to the Internet Governance Forum in Athens	[WORD]
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)	Sovereign Software	[PDF]
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)	Free Software Essentials Reference Sheet	[PDF]
IT for Change	A Development Agenda in Internet Governance	[PDF]
Consumer Project on Technology, Sun Microsystems, IP Justice, Professor Ghosh of the University of Maastricht and the Electronic Frontier Foundation	Positive Role for Government Procurement in Promoting Open IT Standards, the Network Effect and the Information Society	[PDF] [ODF]
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)	The Impact of Technological Protection Measure Regulation on Participation In The Information Society And The Free Flow of Information on The Internet	[PDF]
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)	Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA	[PDF]
Swiss Internet User Group	Internet Quality Labels	[TXT]
Native Language Internet Consortium (NLIC)	NLIC contribution to IGF, Athens	[WORD]
EUROLINC	EUROLINC contribution to IGF, Athens	[WORD]
Public Interest Registry	Principles for the Foundation of Top Level IDNs	[PDF]
Indigenous ICT Taskforce	IGF Contribution	[WORD]
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC)	Reducing the Cost of International Internet Connectivity	[PDF]
Centre Africain D'Echange Culturel (CAFEC), Coordination Nationale Du Reprontic Coordination Sous Regionale Afrique Centrale (ACSIS)		[TXT]
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII)	Contributions to the UN Internet Governance Forum Meeting Athens, Greece	[PDF]
IPv6 Forum	IPv6 Forum Roadmap & Vision	[PDF]
Global Internet Policy Initiative	Redelegation of Country Code Top Level Domains	[PDF]
	Internet Exchange Points: Their Importance to Development of the Internet and Strategies for their Deployment – The African Example	[PDF]
	Trust And Security In Cyberspace: The Legal And Policy Framework for Addressing Cybercrime	[PDF]
Native Language Internet Consortium	An Academic’s Perspective on Promoting Multilingual Internet in India	[RTF]
Spanish Experts Group on Internet Governance and of Telefonica Foundation and Politécnica Madrid	Sostenibilidad y Gobernanza de Internet: Propuesta de Temas para el Debate	Spanish [PDF]
Spanish Experts Group on Internet Governance and of Telefonica Foundation and Politécnica Madrid	Internet Governance and Sustainability: Proposal of Subjects for the Debate	English [PDF]
Yale Information Society Project	Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance	[PDF][WORD]
WSIS Academia, Education and Research Task force	Open Educational Resources (OER)	[RTf]
Internet Governance Project	General Contribution	[WORD]
	Framework Convention	[PDF]
	Political Oversight of ICANN	[PDF]
IP Justice	Realizing the Internet’s Promise of Universal Access to Knowledge and Development	[PDF][WORD]
Individuals	Document Title	Available Format
Ambassador Janis Karklins	Moderator’s Summary of the Seminar “The Internet and the post-WSIS environment: enhancing dialogue among the stakeholders”	[WORD]
Kishik Park, ETRI, Rep. of Korea, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 3	International Internet Connectivity	[WORD]
Mr. Jean Jacques Massima-Landji, Head of Delegation, Gabon	The ITU Development Sector and the Information Society	[WORD]
Baher Esmat and Juan Fernandez	International Internet Connections Costs	[WORD]
David Allen, Co-principal, World Collaboration for Communications Policy Research	The role of intellectual / academic work in a policy forum	[PDF]
Professor William H. Dutton, Director, Oxford Internet Institute	Addressing the Issues of Internet Governance for Development: A Framework for Setting an Agenda for Effective Coordination	[PDF][WORD]
Vittorio Bertola, Turin, Italy Chairman, ICANN At-large Advisery Committee & Former Member of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)	An Introduction to Trusted Computing	[WORD]
	The Internet Bill of Rights	[WORD]
	Intellectual Property and the Internet: Issues, disagreements and open problems	[WORD]
Rishab A Ghosh, Senior Researcher at the United Nations University Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)	An Economic Basis for Open Standards	[PDF]
Janice R. Lachance, CEO, Special Libraries Association	Transparency and Openness in a Global Economy	[WORD]
Jeremy Malcolm, PhD candidate in law researching the IGF	Multi-Stakeholder Policy Development within the IGF	[PDF]
Kuo-Wei Wu, Member of Executive Council, Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC)	Contribution to the Internet Governance Forum Involving Multi-stakeholders to the Global Internet Governance Process	[PDF][WORD]
JFC Morfin, INTLNET President	Multilingual Internet	English[PDF]
JFC Morfin, INTLNET President	Multilingual Internet	French[PDF]
Janet HawtinReid , Computing and information design, Bettong.org	Promoting Principles which Encourage Innovation and Participation	[PDF]
Werner Staub (CORE) and Dirk Krischenowski (dotBERLIN)	GeoTLDs – Diversity, Multilingualism and Local Content	[PDF]

Second Round of Consultations on the Convening of the IGF

19 May 2006

Interventions
Governments	Document Title	Available Format
Government of Brazil	Consultations on the Internet Governance Forum	[WORD]
Other Entities	Document Title	Available Format
UNESCO - Elisabeth Longworth	UNESCO on IGF	[WORD]
Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Art Reilly (Cisco Systems, USA)	Second Round of Consultations on the Convening of the Internet Governance Forum	[PDF]
Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Zahid Jamil (Jamil and Jamil) Pakistan	Second Round of Consultations on the Convening of the Internet Governance Forum	[PDF]
Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Heather Shaw (USCIB)	Second Round of Consultations on the Convening of the Internet Governance Forum	[PDF]
Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Heather Shaw (USCIB)	Second Round of Consultations on the Convening of the Internet Governance Forum	[PDF]

Comments on the Substantive Agenda

Date	Governments	Available Format
9 March 2006	Group of 77 & China	[PDF]
29 March 2006	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	[.txt]
31 March 2006	Group of 77 & China	[PDF]
31 March 2006	Government of Canada	[WORD]
12 April 2006	Government of Australia	[PDF]
14 April 2006	Government of the Russian Federation	[PDF]
16 April 2006	Government of Samoa	[WORD]
Date	Other Entities	Available Format
22 February 2006	North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce	[PDF][WORD]
28 February 2006	European Broadcasting Union - Union Européenne de Radiodiffusion (EBU/UER)	[PDF][WORD]
28 February 2006	African Civil Society	[RTF]
16 March 2006	Mark 2 Project	[PDF]
22 March 2006	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	[WORD]
26 March 2006	The Education, Academia and Research Taskforce	[WORD]
29 March 2006	The North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce (NACPEC)	[PDF]
29 March 2006	The African Civil Society For The Information Society (ACSIS)	English[WORD] French [WORD]
29 March 2006	Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)	[TXT]
29 March 2006	United Nations Association of Venezuela	[WORD]
30 March 2006	Internet Governance Project	[PDF]
30 March 2006	Internet Governance Project, Reporters Without Borders, and Article 19	[WORD]
30 March 2006	World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)	[PDF]
30 March 2006	Vox Internet (Paris), the CRID - University of Namur, and the Destree Institute	English[PDF] [WORD] French [PDF][WORD]
30 March 2006	International Chamber of Commerce/Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (ICC/CCBI)	[PDF]
31 March 2006	Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU)	[RTF]
31 March 2006	IP Justice	[WORD]
31 March 2006	UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme	[WORD]
31 March 2006	WSIS Civil Society Privacy and Security Working Group	[RTF]
31 March 2006	Centre Africain de Complémentarité Scolaire, Universitaire et de Promotion	[WORD]
31 March 2006	Internet Society (ISOC)	[PDF]
31 March 2006	Telecommunities Canada	[WORD]
31 March 2006	IT for Change	[PDF]
31 March 2006	Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance, Graduate Institute for International Studies Geneva, and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility	[PDF]
31 March 2006	The Swiss Internet User Group	[TXT]
2 April 2006	WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus	English [PDF] French [PDF]
3 April 2006	Council of Europe	[WORD]
6 April 2006	Association for Progressive Communication (APC)	[PDF] [RTF]
11 April 2006	Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS)	[WORD]
20 April 2006	Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)	[PDF]
25 April 2006	International Chamber of Commerce/Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (ICC/CCBI)	[PDF]
25 April 2006	International Chamber of Commerce/Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (ICC/CCBI): Matrix of issues related to the Internet and organizations dealing with them	[WORD]
26 April 2006	Internet Society - Bulgaria	[PDF]
16 May 2006	German Foundation for Law and Informatics	[WORD]
Date	Individuals	Available Format
1 April 2006	Vittorio Bertola	[WORD]
12 April 2006	Kuo-Wei Wu - Member of Executive Council, Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC)	[RTF]
17 May 2006	David Allen, Internet Governance – A Framework WSIS to IGF, and beyond	[PDF]
17 May 2006	John Mathiason,Internet Governance Project "The Distributed Secretariat: Making the Internet Governance Forum Work"	[PDF]

Comments on the Proposed Multistakeholder Approach

Date	Government's Comments	Available Format
28 February 2006	Government of Canada	[WORD][PDF]
28 February 2006	Government of Senegal	[RTF]
3 March 2006	Government of Australia	[RTF]
3 March 2006	Government of Colombia	[RTF]
24 March 2006	Group of 77 & China	[PDF]
Date	Organization's Comments	Available Format
23 February 2006	Global Information Infrastructure Commission	[PDF]
27 February 2006	ISOC-Astralia	[RTF]
28 February 2006	ISOC Bulgaria	[RTF]
28 February 2006	Internet Society (ISOC)	[WORD][PDF]
28 February 2006	International Chamber of Commerce/Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (ICC/CCBI)	[PDF]
1 March 2006	Multistakeholder Modalities Working Group (MMWG)	[WORD][PDF]
1 March 2006	Centre Africain de Complémentarité Scolaire, Universitaire et de Promotion	[WORD][PDF]

First Round of Consultations on the Convening of the IGF

16-17 February 2006

Interventions
Date	Governments	Available Format
16 February 2006	Government of Brazil	[WORD]
16 February 2006	Government of Canada	[WORD]
16 February 2006	The Group of 77 and China	[WORD]
17 February 2006	Government of Australia	[PDF]
17 February 2006	Government of Australia (2nd intervention)	[PDF]
17 February 2006	The Group of 77 and China	[WORD]
Date	Other Entities	Available Format
16 February 2006	Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Waudo Siganga, Computer Society of Kenya	[PDF]
16 February 2006	Société Civile Africaine	[WORD]
16 February 2006	Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)	[PDF] [TXT]
17 February 2006	Number Resource Organization (NRO)	[PDF]
17 February 2006	Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS)	English [WORD] Arabic [WORD]
17 February 2006	Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Ayesha Hassan, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)	[PDF]
17 February 2006	Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Ayesha Hassan, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)	[PDF]
17 February 2006	United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)	[WORD]
17 February 2006	Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - Allen Miller, WITSA/ITAA	[PDF]
17 February 2006	RIPE NCC	[PDF]
17 February 2006	Internet Society (ISOC)	[WORD]
Date	Individuals	Available Format
16 February 2006	Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus	[WORD]
17 February 2006	Bertrand de la Chapelle	[WORD]

General Contributions

Date	Other Entites	Available Format
15 December 2005	Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI)	[PDF]
20 January 2006	Global Information Infrastructure Commission	[PDF] [PDF] [PDF]
3 February 2006	The Internet Governance Project (IGP)	[PDF]
5 February 2006	ICT for Development Program, Bangladesh (ICTDPB)	[PDF]
6 February 2006	Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) - further input	[PDF]
7 February 2006	WSIS Civil Society - Privacy and Security Working Group	[RTF]
7 February 2006	United Kingdom Stakeholders Consultation (hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry)	[PDF]
12 February 2006	WSIS Human Rights Caucus	[WORD]
13 February 2006	CERN	[WORD]
13 February 2006	Confederation of European Computer User Associations	[PDF]
14 February 2006	The Internet Society (ISOC)	[WORD]
15 February 2006	Number Resource Organization Input on the Internet Governance Forum	[PDF]
16 February 2006	Center for Democracy & Technology	[RTF]
16 February 2006	Net Dialogue	[WORD]
16 February 2006	Le Forum des droits sur l'internet	[WORD]
Date	Individuals	Available Format
15 February 2006	David Allen - Co-principal, World Collaboration for Communications Policy Research	[PDF]
15 February 2006	Avri Doria, Providence, RI - Individual Participant in the IETF	[PDF]
15 February 2006	A Capacity Building Proposal by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) on behalf of the authors (David Souter, Adam Peake & Karen Banks)	[PDF]
15 February 2006	Vittorio Bertola, Turin, Italy - Chairman, ICANN At-large Advisery Committee & Former Member of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)	[PDF]

IGF Questionnaire Responses

Date	Governments	Available Format
7 February 2006	Government of Canada	[PDF]
13 February 2006	Government of Australia	[PDF]
14 February 2006	Government of Saudi Arabia	[PDF]
14 February 2006	Government of Japan	[PDF]
15 February 2006	Government of Singapore	[PDF]
5 March 2006	Government of Venezuela	[.tif]
27 March 2006	Government of Azerbaijan	[PDF]
Date	Other Entities	Available Format
6 February 2006	ITU Secretariat	[PDF]
22 January 2006	Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland (SIDN)	[RTF]
23 January 2006	Internet Society - Quebec	[PDF]
9 February 2006	EUROLINC	[PDF]
9 February 2006	Indigenous ICT Task Force	[PDF]
13 February 2006	Internet Society - Australia (ISOC-AU)	[PDF]
14 February 2006	Internet Society - France (ISOC-France)	[PDF]
14 February 2006	Center for Communications Law & Policy Research, India	[PDF]
15 February 2006	Italian Civil Society Platform for WSIS	[RTF]
15 February 2006	Federation for a Free Information Infrastructure	[PDF]
15 February 2006	Association for Progressive Communications (APC)	[PDF]
15 February 2006	United Kingdom country code Top Level Domain Registry, (Nominet UK)	[PDF]
15 February 2006	The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)	[PDF]
Date	Individuals	Available Format
20 January 2006	Wolfgang Kleinwächter - Professor of International Communication Policy and Regulation in the Department for Media and Information Sciences University of Aarhus, Denmark	[PDF]
10 February 2006	Elisabeth Porteneuve - Former Counsel to the General Director of AFNIC and former Member of the CENTR Executive Committee , Paris, France	[PDF]
13 February 2006	Jean-François C. (Jefsey) Morfin - Internet researcher and project manager, Versailles, France	[PDF]

Athens Preparatory Meetings

Open Consultations

16-17 February 2006 Geneva, Switzerland

About 300 participants representing all stakeholder groups attended a first round of open consultations. The participants addressed a wide variety of issues, such as the IGF's scope of work and substantive priorities as well as aspects related to its structure and functioning. The aim of the consultations was to develop a common understanding among all stakeholders on the nature and character of the IGF.

Official Notification of the First IGF Meeting to Multistakeholders [HTML]
Agenda [HTML]
List of Participants [HTML]
Proposed Timeline [HTML]
Transcript of Proceedings
Date Session
16 February 2008 Morning [TXT]
Afternoon [TXT]
17 February 2008 Morning [TXT]
Afternoon [TXT]
Pictures of Proceedings [HTML]

19 May 2006 Geneva, Switzerland

A second round of consultations open to all stakeholders was held on 19 May 2006. The consultations focused on the substantive preparation of the inaugural meeting of the IGF. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Transcript of Proceedings
Date Session
19 May 2008 Morning [TXT]
Afternoon [TXT]

Multistakeholder Advisory Group Meetings and Documents

General Information

Seretary-General Establishes Advisory Group: 17 May 2006 [HTML]

22 - 23 May 2006 Geneva, Switzerland

The recommendations were transmitted to the United Nations Secretary-General who was mandated by the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to convene “by the second quarter of 2006, a new meeting for a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue”. For more information about the Draft Agenda and Programme, cliick here [HTML]
Proposed programme outline, call for contributions and meeting format [HTML]

7 - 8 September 2006 Geneva, Switzerland

At its second meeting it drew up a short list of panellists, selected the workshops and finalized the programme of the Athens meeting

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