WSIS+10: the self-praising feast of multi-stakeholderism in internet governance

Francesca Musiani

Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, 2013, vol. 2, issue 2, 1-7

Abstract: The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), two United Nations-sponsored conferences about information, communication and the establishment of a 21st century 'information society', took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis, setting the foundations for a 'multi-stakeholder' approach to global governance of information and communication technologies (ICTs). In February 2013, the Paris WSIS+10 review meeting has provided an occasion for scholars of internet governance actors to assess the present state of what was ten years ago – and still is – a set of experimental formats, procedures and processes for the governance of ICTs, seeking to reunite the private sector, governments and inter-governmental institutions and, civil society, under the auspices of 'multi-stakeholderism'. This article provides such an assessment and calls for a realistic and thorough assessment of multi-stakeholderism in ICT governance.

Keywords: Internet governance; WSIS+10; Internet Governance Forum (IGF); World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS); Knowledge society; Multi-stakeholderism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.14763/2013.2.121

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