This is coming as the
next IGF has been scheduled to take place in Istanbul, Turkey between September
2 and 5, 2014.
ITRealms gathered that a total of
55 members, 18 among them new, have been appointed, whereas 37 were
incumbents.
The Advisory Group
members are from all stakeholder groups and all regions, representing governments,
the private sector, civil society and technical community.
ITRealms reports that all Advisory Group
members serve in their personal capacity, but are expected to have extensive
linkages with their respective stakeholder groups.
The main task of the
Advisory Group is to provide advice on the preparations for the next meeting of
the Internet Governance Forum, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from
2 to 5 September, this year.
Also, ITRealms reports that representatives of
previous host countries and relevant intergovernmental, international and
regional organizations are also invited to attend Advisory Group meetings.
ITRealms recalls that the Internet
Governance Forum is an outcome of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the
Information Society, which took place in 2005.
In the Tunis Agenda for
the Information Society, Governments asked the Secretary-General to convene a
“new forum for policy dialogue” to discuss issues related to key elements of
Internet governance and set out the Forum’s mandate.
Further, ITRealms notes that the Forum’s past
eight meetings took place in Athens, Greece, in 2006; Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, in 2007; Hyderabad, India, in 2008; Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in 2009;
Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2010; Nairobi, Kenya in 2011; Baku, Azerbaijan in 2012;
and Bali, Indonesia in 2013.
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