IGF 2007: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Government of Brazil hosted the second IGF meeting. It took place in Rio de Janeiro on 12 - 15 November 2007. A draft programme outline and meeting schedule for the Rio de Janeiro Meeting were available for comment on the IGF website.

Please visit www.intgovforum.org for more information.
ICC/BASIS has contributed to the preparations by submitting comments on the draft programme and schedule for the event in Rio, and has submitted draft comments on the topics for the IGF in Rio. The two documents can be found below.

ICC/BASIS input on draft programme IGF Rio (pdf)
ICC/BASIS preliminary input on IGF topics Rio (pdf)
ICC/BASIS workshop report (pdf)

BASIS at the IGF

At the IGF, BASIS will:

• Advocate, before the other stakeholders for the policies and practices of the Digital Economy Commission related to the Internet Governance.
• Seek to enable partnerships between different stakeholders on Internet Governance issues.
• Provide substantive information for all stakeholders on the business initiatives, policy positions, and practice tools on the IGF topics.
• Allow its members to showcase their Internet governance related initiatives and substantive contributions.
• It also will facilitate information and experience exchange with the different stakeholders.

Related links and documents

First Internet Governance Forum, Athens, Greece
30 October - 2 November 2006

ICC Compendium of ICC Internet governance related policy and practice tools (.pdf)
ICC BASIS Canada workshop report (.pdf)
ICC/BASIS Feedback on Internet Governance Forum (.pdf)
ICC/BASIS Topline input document (.pdf)