APC at the IGF 2017: Towards open, universal and affordable access to the internet for all people

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multistakeholder policy dialogue space convened by the United Nations Secretary General in 2006 to “foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the internet.” Twelve years later, it remains a platform for some of the most controversial internet governance issues, allowing actors with quite radically different and often opposing views to come together in an environment that is in the main respectful and constructive.

The 2017 IGF was held in Geneva on 18 to 21 December on the theme "Shape your digital future". APC mobilised around our strategic priorities – access, human rights, gender, cybersecurity and governance – to  achieve our mission of ensuring open, universal and affordable access to the internet for all people.

IN IMAGES:

• A gallery of IGF images on our Flickr album

• Our video summary of IGF 2017

• Video on the Disco-tech event

• Video on the Global Information Society Watch report launch

IN THE WORDS OF OUR MEMBERS AND PARTNERS: 

• A bit of IGF 2017: Access, fake news, hate speech and empowerment

• Inside the Information Society: After access - upgrading the evidence base on ICT access in development

PUBLICATIONS FEATURED / PRESENTED AT IGF 2017:

• Briefing document: Cybersecurity policy and human rights

• Community networks: the Internet by the people, for the people

• Global Information Society Watch 2017: National and Regional Internet Governance Initiatives

• Global Information Society Watch 2017 special edition - Internet governance from the edges: National and regional IGFs in their own words

• Global Information Society Watch 2017 special edition - Unshackling expression: A study on laws criminalising expression online in Asia

• EROTICS Global Survey 2017: Sexuality, rights and internet regulations

TWEETS ON #IGF2017 here.