Issues:Â Internet Governance
We support the interests of Internet infrastructure providers in the multi-stakeholder Internet governance model.
Since its early days, the Internet has been governed on a collaborative basis, with constituents sharing ideas and debating best practices. Internet governance has become more complex as it’s grown, but it still follows a collaborative “multi-stakeholder model” where consensus includes representatives from governments, businesses, civil society groups, individuals, and more.
We make sure our members are informed about what is happening in Internet governance, and that our members’ concerns are addressed, especially in multi-stakeholder forums like the meetings of ICANN (a not-for-profit partnership that represents the multiple stakeholders that make up Internet governance).
The i2Coalition ICANN Working Group analyses complicated and technical Internet governance issues and provide members information they need to form an informed stance on each issue. The Committee then decides on a position on these issues and coordinates i2Coalition engagement with the multi-stakeholder communities that manage the root and other global functions of the Internet.
The i2Coalition ICANN Committee represents the industry when ICANN brings together the multi-stakeholder community at ICANN’s three yearly meetings and beyond.
Recent Updates On Internet Governance
i2Coalition Statement on NETmundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting Report
Washington, DC – This week, NETmundial released a report on the conclusions from their “Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance.” The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) submitted public comments in advance of this meeting, many of which were incorporated in the final NETmundial statement. Below is a statement from i2Coalition Co-Founder and Public […]
Access To Data, Internet Governance, Privacy, US Policy
IANA, IANA Transition, ICANN, National Security Agency, NSA, NTIA
i2Coalition Statement of Support for NTIA’s Qualified IANA Transition to Multistakeholder Community
Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coaliton) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement in advance of Wednesday’s markup of the DOTCOM Act and Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing examining the transition of the IANA function to the global multistakeholder community: “i2Coalition participated in the recent ICANN conference in Singapore, and among […]
Internet Governance, US Policy
IANA, IANA Transition
US Government To Transition Key Technical Functions
The following is a post from Michele Neylon of Blacknight Solutions, an i2Coalition member. A lot of Internet Governance isn’t “sexy” or “exciting”. A lot of it is meetings, conference calls and emails discussing quite abstract concepts. However, from time to time, there are big historic events that capture the world’s attention. Last Friday evening […]
Internet Governance, The Internet Infrastructure Industry
WSIS Review
i2Coalition Urges for Multi-Stakeholder Process in WSIS Review
i2Coalition is one of 10 global organizations that recently petitioned the co-facilitators of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to keep Internet policy negotiations open and collaborative for the 10-year review.
i2Coalition on the Global Stage
In the first 16 months since the launch of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition), we established ourselves as the leading public policy voice for the Internet infrastructure community in Washington, D.C. While our success within the United States has been important, as a group we have determined that to truly help the Internet grow and […]
Access To Data, Internet Governance, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy
Capitol Hill, ICANN
A Look Back at 2013
We’ve made great strides internationally supporting a multistakeholder process in Internet governance and establishing the i2Coalition as a global advocate for the Internet infrastructure industry.