IGF Mandate
Paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda:
72. We ask the UN Secretary-General, in an open and inclusive process,
to convene, by the second quarter of 2006, a meeting of the new forum
for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue—called the Internet Governance
Forum (IGF). The mandate of the Forum is to:
* Discuss public policy issues related to key elements of Internet
governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security,
stability and development of the Internet;
* Facilitate discourse between bodies dealing with different
cross-cutting international public policies regarding the Internet and
discuss issues that do not fall within the scope of any existing body;
* Interface with appropriate inter-governmental organizations and other institutions on matters under their purview;
* Facilitate the exchange of information and best practices, and in this
regard make full use of the expertise of the academic, scientific and
technical communities;
* Advise all stakeholders in proposing ways and means to accelerate the
availability and affordability of the Internet in the developing world;
* Strengthen and enhance the engagement of stakeholders in existing
and/or future Internet governance mechanisms, particularly those from
developing countries;
* Identify emerging issues, bring them to the attention of the relevant
bodies and the general public, and, where appropriate, make
recommendations;
* Contribute to capacity building for Internet governance in developing
countries, drawing fully on local sources of knowledge and expertise;
* Promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet governance processes;
* Discuss, inter alia, issues relating to critical Internet resources;
* Help to find solutions to the issues arising from the use and misuse of the Internet, of particular concern to everyday users;
* Publish its proceedings
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