Multi-stakeholder governance: a necessity and a challenge for global governance in the twenty-first century

Jean-Jacques Sahel

Journal of Cyber Policy, 2016, vol. 1, issue 2, 157-175

Abstract: This article examines the challenges faced by the Westphalian model of governance in the twenty-first century, and how the emerging model of ‘multi-stakeholder’ governance may provide a way forward to handle complex global issues effectively. A review of the best practice for multi-stakeholder governance processes suggested within the United Nations context and the Net Mundial conference is followed by a focus on the example of ICANN, one of the few organisations that have been experimenting in depth with the new model. Despite being in its infancy and the teething issues it encounters, this pioneering and inherently evolutive model has become a necessity for Internet governance and it provides many practical avenues for improvement, which could help reinvigorate the current global governance system as a whole.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/23738871.2016.1241812

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