

With a Secretariat hosted by UN DESA, the IGF does not have decision-making mandates, but it does inform and inspire those who do. But while we have millennia of experience in managing our relations in the physical world, governance of the Internet is an area nearly as new as the web itself.įor the past 13 years, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has been the place where stakeholders from all walks of life can meet as equals and freely discuss the most burning issues in Internet governance.


From public discussion to education, to catching-up with friends and online commerce, a sizable portion of our social interactions now happens online. More and more of us seem to live our lives today in equal parts in the physical world and in cyberspace. One Vision - the 14th Internet Governance Forum 22 November 2019, New York
