The following governance fora have been identified as particularly relevant to
information society on the basis of a 2011 survey among CSOs and
self-identified individual public interest representatives.
(Source: [Bollow_2012].)
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)
- AfriNIC
- American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
- Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
- Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
- Council of Europe (CoE)
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- European Union (EU)
- Group of Eight (G8)
- Group of Twenty (G20)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC)
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
- Internet Society (ISOC)
- National governments
- National or regional IPv6 task force
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Southern Common Market (Mercosur)
- Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC)
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Universities
- World Economic Forum (WEF)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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