A status check on the Internet Governance Forum by Vint Cerf, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist
Posted in: Governance at 19/11/2009 00:21
Delegates from around the world are in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, this week for the annual Internet Governance Forum. This is the fourth year of the IGF, meetings started by the United Nations, the mandate of which is to encourage discussion about cross-cutting international Internet policies. The big question is whether this forum ought to carry on beyond its five-year trial run, which ends next year. We think it should.
Some say that because IGF talks are non-binding, they're ineffective. We think the opposite is true. The unfettered nature of the IGF, while sometimes chaotic, gives it real power. It encourages active participation and free and open discussion. It's this openness and robustness that makes the IGF valuable.
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/11/status-check-on-internet-governance.html
