IGF 2014 preparations – Submission by the ccTLD organisations’

Recently, the 4 regional ccTLD organisations AfTLD (Africa), APTLD (Asia and the Pacific), CENTR (Europe) and LACTLD (Latin America and the Caribbean) submitted a a contribution to the IGF2014 preparatory process. The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2-5 September 2014. The preparations for IGF2014 are discussed this week in Geneva  during the IGF Open Consultation and an MAG meeting. LACTLD’s Carolina Aguerre will be present in Geneva. The 4 organisations make the following points in their answer to the public consultation:

• Reinforcement of the IGF as an interface between different discussions and a platform to exchange ideas and voice opinions to all stakeholders
• Investigation into preservation of open standards developed particularly from the IETF which remains low in commercial reward relative to other parts of the Internet
• Explore how developed world successes in commerce (both public and private sector) can be replicated for the developing world particularly involving end users
• Considerations of how to combine a bottom-up approach whilst respecting local needs in terms of Internet Governance
• Greater structure of IGF agenda, less workshops and updated information on the website aimed at promoting it as a legitimate source of information

Read the full submission here

More on CENTR’s activities at previous IGF meetings here