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Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)

WGIG, the Working Group on Internet Governance, was formed in November 2004 to prepare for the second phase of WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), to be held in Tunisia in November 2005. Below is a selection of links about WGIG activities and the Internet resource community's input into WGIG processes.

Summaries of reponses to the WGIG report

The Executive Director of the WSIS Executive Secretariat has released a document summarising the 43 contributions on the WGIG report received to date:

• Compilation of comments received on the Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance

The Chairman-designate of PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A, Ambassador Masood Khan, has also released a discussion document for the Second Informal Consultation Meeting on Internet Governance to be held on 6 September 2005:

• Draft "Food for Thought" for the informal consultations on Internet Governance

Responses to WGIG report

Following the report's publication, there have been a number of responses to the report:

• Contributions sent to the WGIG Secretariat
• WSIS Second Phase, Tunis : preparatory process : Prepcom-3 - Contributions on Internet governance
• US Department of State - public comments on WGIG Report

Workshop on Internet Governance at the national level

A one-day workshop was held on 19 July in Geneva to focus on national policies related to Internet governance and highlight the importance of a coordinated approach at the national level.

• Workshop homepage

WGIG releases report on Internet governance

On July 18, the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) officially released the "Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance". The WGIG was established in December 2004 to develop a working definition of Internet governance, identify the public policy issues relevant to Internet governance, and develop an understanding of the roles of the various actors in Internet governance. The recently released report, presented to the United Nations Secretary-General, summarises the WGIG's work on these issues:

• WGIG Report

APNIC has reformatted the transcripts of the presentation of the report in Geneva to aid readability:

• Morning transcript
• Afternoon transcript

Fourth WGIG meeting

The fourth meeting was held 14-17 June 2005. The Number Resource Organization (NRO) presented a statement on the question of Internet technical coordination.

• NRO document presented to the WGIG during its 4th open consultation meeting
• Fourth WGIG meeting homepage

APNIC has reformatted the open forum transcripts from 14 June 2005 to aid readability:

• Morning transcript
• Afternoon transcript

Third WGIG meeting

The third meeting was held 18-20 April 2005. The NRO presented a response to the WGIG's Draft Working Paper on IP Numbers.

• NRO response to WGIG Paper on IP Numbers
• The geography of Internet addressing - First APNIC comment to WGIG
• Competitive addressing - Second APNIC comment to WGIG
• Third WGIG meeting homepage

Second WGIG meeting

The second meeting was held 14-18 February 2005. The NRO presented a response to the WGIG's Draft issue paper on the administration of Internet names and IP addresses.

• Comments to WGIG on draft working papers identifying issues for Internet governance
• Second WGIG meeting homepage

First WGIG meeting

The first meeting was held 23-25 November 2004.

• First WGIG meeting homepage
• APNIC news announcement - Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) formed

See also

• Internet governance news

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