Public Policy 

Strategic Global Engagement

WSIS and the IGF have focused considerable attention on the issues of Internet governance. However, these forums are not alone in advancing the discussion of Internet governance and related policy issues. Many other orgnizations and forums around the world also deal with these issues. ISOC has long been recognized as a trusted partner of many important organisations, such as OECD, ITU, UNESCO, and others.

To advance these partnerships and ensure that the Internet Society's principles are strongly represented at the highest levels, ISOC has a program of Strategic Global Engagement. Under this program, ISOC will continue to pursue partnership development at the international level and will represent the principles and interests of the international ISOC community.

ISOC contributions to WSIS and IGF

The Internet Society's inputs to WSIS and IGF are listed on the following pages:

• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
• Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

ISOC contributions to OECD

• Meeting of the OECD Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) Workshop on ICT and Innovation
  Paris, 11 December 2008
• The Technical Community and the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy
  Seoul, Jun 2008.
  See the Agenda for technical stakeholder forum

ISOC contributions to ICANN

• Response to ICANN's first "Improving Institutional Confidence" consultation, July 2008 (PDF: 85KB)
• Response to ICANN's second "Improving Institutional Confidence" consultation, October 2008 (PDF: 48KB)

ISOC contributions to UNESCO

• ISOC at the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  Paris, France, 3-5 September 2008, Break-out session on Internet and Human Rights
• ISOC at UNESCO General Conference, Communication and Information Commission
  Paris, France, 26 Oct - 1 Nov 2007, Intervention of Constance Bommelaer
• ISOC at the Council of Europe/UNESCO: Ethics and Human Rights in the Information Society
  Council of Europe/UNESCO, 13-14 Sep 2007, Strasbourg

ISOC Contribution to ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2008

• About the inputs by ISOC to International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) meeting
  Johannesburg, South Africa, 20-30 Oct 2008
• ISOC Chief Internet Technology Officer, Leslie Daigle, addresses ITU Global Standards Symposium
  20 Oct 2008
• IPv6 Address Allocation: English - Spanish - Chinese - Russian (PDF: 136KB)
  17 Oct 2008
• The Internet and Standards: English - Spanish - Chinese - Russian (PDF: 121KB)
  17 Oct 2008
• ISOC letter to the WTSA Delegates: English - Spanish - French - Chinese - Russian (PDF: 121KB)
  17 Oct 2008
• The Internet Model (PDF: 167KB)

ISOC's contribution at ITU WTPF 2009

• What is the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF)?
  
• ISOC's contributions

ISOC contributions to ITU Telecom Asia 2008

• ISOC statement made in session "What Public Policy for next Generation/New Values?"
  By Rajnesh Singh, 3 September 2008, (session details here)

ISOC contributions to the European Parliamentary community

• Address by Lynn St.Amour at the "ICT For A Global Sustainable Future" conference
  Hosted by the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium; organised by The European Commission within the European Union's FP7 PARADISO Project; 22 January 2009.
• Address by Lynn St Amour, to European Internet Foundation, Brussels, Belgium"
  Towards the Digital World in 2025: Ideas and perspectives for Europe, 13 November 2008

ISOC contributions to other global forums

Linked below are ISOC's contributions to a variety of other Internet governance discussions.

• Speech by ISOC President and CEO, Lynn St.Amour, to ICT4All Forum
  Tunis, Tunisia, 27 November 2008
• Internet Governance, Agenda for Rio (PDF: 40KB)
  Statement by Desiree Miloshevic, ISOC Board Trustee at the European Internet Foundation, Brussels, 10 Oct 2007
• Internet Governance in Africa: Report from INET
  Abuja, Nigeria, 4 May 2007
• EGENI 2007 Conference - Internet and Politics
  Paris, France, 22 Mar 2007
• ITU Telecom World 2006
  Hong Kong, China, 4-8 Dec 2006
• ITU Plenipotentiary 2006 Conference
  Antalya, Turkey, 6-24 Nov 2006