Internet Governance
Internet governance covers a wide range of issues, from day-to-day technical and operational workings of the Internet to public policy issues such as combating crime on the Internet. Internet governance discussions occur in many forums. Technical and operational Internet governance discussions have long been discussed in multi-stakeholder bodies developed for these purposes, including the RIRs, ICANN, and the IETF. Public policy issues related to the Internet have increasingly gained the interest of governments and intergovernmental bodies, such as the United Nations and the OECD. The 2005 Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, with its focus on participation of all stakeholders in Internet governance, has influenced the conduct discussion of Internet governance issues related to public policy matters, directly resulting in the IGF, and indirectly encouraging multi-stakeholder participation in other intergovernmental discussions on Internet governance, such as the OECD’s Future of the Internet economy. The broadly recognized stakeholder groups that participate in Internet governance are the technical community, business, civil society, government and academia.
Since its inception, APNIC has played an active role in Internet governance discussions, representing the views of its Members and other stakeholders in the Asia Pacific Internet Community.