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TheBodiesoftheAssocia/on:TheGeneralAssemblyandtheExecu/veCommi=eeThe General Assembly is the supreme governing body of the Associa9on. The ThirdGeneralAssemblyofIGFSAtookplaceon5December2016inGuadalajara,Mexico.ItappointedthemembersoftheExecu9veCommiBeewhichiscomposedasfollows::The Execu9ve CommiBee subsequently elected Markus Kummer as its Chair andappointedMarkBuellandJenniferChungasCo-Secretaries.TheExecu9veCommiBeeisthedecision-makingbodyoftheAssocia9onwhichmanagestheIGFSA’sac9vi9es.Itstasksincludeprepara9onoftheannualbudgetforapprovalbytheGeneralAssembly,engaging infundraisingandoutreachtobuildawarenessoftheIGFandtheimportanceofsuppor9ngtheIGF.________________________________________________________________________IGFSAGeneralAssembly2017TheGeneralAssemblywilltakeplaceon19December2017,1330–1500,RoomXXVII,PalaisdesNa/ons,Geneva,Switzerland.AllIGFSAMembersarecordiallyinvitedtoaBendthemee9ng
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has proven its worth to the interna9onalcommunityandtoallthosewhoarecommiBedtoanopen,thriving,andaccessibleInternet.Theopenandinclusivedialogueanddebatethatitprovidesiscri9caltotheInternet’s con9nued evolu9on. The IGF by now is the major annual event for allstakeholders togatherasequalsanddiscuss Internetpolicy related issues. In2015theUnitedNa9onsGeneralAssemblyrecognizedthevalueoftheIGFandextendedits mandate for another 10 years. Part of the IGF success story is the growth ofNa9onal and Regional IGF Ini9a9ves (NRIs) in all con9nents, triggered off by theglobalIGF.TheIGFisfundedthroughvoluntarycontribu9onsandthereforeinconstantneedoffunding.IGFSA’spurposeistopromoteandsupporttheglobalIGFaswellasNRIs.Itis a not-for-profit associa9on incorporated in Switzerland created to broaden thedonor base and to provide stable and predictable funding from individuals anden99eswhowanttosupporttheIGFaswellastheNRIs.IGFSAaimstobuildonandcomplement exis9ng funding sources and strengthen the linkages between theglobalIGFandtheNRIsandprovidesfinancialsupportfortheIGFSecretariatthroughcontribu9onstotheUNIGFTrustFund.Todate,IGFSAhascontributedUSD260,000totheUNIGFTrustFund.IGFSA’sroleasachannelforaddi9onalfundingfortheIGFTrustFundhasbeenrecognizedbytheUNthroughanexchangeofleBers.
Na9onal and Regional IGF Ini9a9ves (NRIs) are a majoroutcomeoftheIGF.Theywerenotplanned,butsprungupspontaneously on all con9nents. What they have incommonwiththeglobalIGFistheirboBom-up,openandinclusivecharacter.GoodInternetgovernancestartsatthena9onalandregionallevelsandtheNRIscanthusprovidefeedback from the grassroots and provide input into theprogram for the annual Global IGF in a true boBom-upprocess.StrengtheningthelinkagesbetweentheNRIsandtheglobalIGFispartofthecoreIGFSAmission.In 2016 the IGFSA was able to provide support to 8Regional Ini9a9ves and 20 Na9onal Ini9a9ves. NRIsrequire significant support in the form of human andfinancialresources..IGFSAwillcon9nuetoprovidesupporttoNRIs,providingUSD3500forRegionalandSub-Regionaland USD 2000 USD for Na9onal IGF Ini9a9ves. To date,IGFSAhascontributedUSD76,000totheNRIs.IGFSA works closely with the IGF Secretariat to promoteand iden9fy Ini9a9ves that would benefit from oursupport.“WearegratefultotheIGFSAforsuppor5ngthelogis5csofthefirstna5onalIGFintheEnglishspeakingCaribbean.Toensurethebroadestpar5cipa5on,weinnovatedwithaYouTubeLivechanneltostreamtheeventbeyondtheconfinesofthephysicalloca5on,andsupportremotepar5cipantswithfullpar5cipa5on.ThisTTIGFwasextremelywellreceived,andhasbeenrecognizedasaleadingIGeventintheen5reEnglishspeakingCaribbean.Wearealreadyplanningthe2018TTIGF,andareworkingwithothercountriesintheregiontoshareourIGFplanningprocess.”-T&TIGF“ThesuccessoftheIGFSriLanka2017issharedwiththeSponsorsforthethreedayevent.MainlyIGFSA,ISOCBeyondtheNetFundingprogramme,SriLankaTelecom,Learn,NIC.lkallassistedusinmakingthisIGFSriLankaagreatsuccess.”-SriLankaIGF
TheIGFandIGFSA ReinforcingtheNRILandscape
2017TrinidadandTobagoIGF
SriLankaIGF
MarilynCadeEdmonChungAvriDoriaTarekKamel
MarkusKummerKarenMcCabeJimsonOlufuyeEduardoSantoyo
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NRIMap2017
• AfghanistanIGF• Argen/naIGF• ArmeniaIGF• BarbadosIGF• BelarusIGF• BeninIGF• ChadIGF• ColombiaIGF• Croa/aIGF• Dominican
RepublicIGF
• EcuadorIGF• GeorgiaIGF• GuatemalaIGF• IndonesiaIGF• KenyaIGFWeek• MacedoniaIGF• MalawiIGF• Mauri/usIGF• NamibiaIGF• NepalIGF
• NigeriaIGF• PanamaIGF• RwandaIGF• SenegalIGF• SloveniaIGF• SriLankaIGF• Trinidad&Tobago
IGF• TunisiaIGF• UkraineIGF
• CaribbeanIGF• CentralAfricaIGF• CentralAsiaIGF• EuroDIG• LACIGF• PacificIGF• SEEDIG• WestAfricaIGF
MembershipByjoiningIGFSAyoushowyoursupportfortheIGFandhelpkeeptheIGFthego-toeventforeveryonewhoisinterestedintheInternetanditsgovernance.Individuals,organizationsandcompaniesareencouragedtosignupforIGFSAmembershiptoshowtheirsupportforthegrowthandsuccessoftheIGFandthegrowthandincreasedroleoftheNRIs.TobecomeamemberoftheIGFSA,pleasevisitwww.igfsa.orgtocompletethemembershipsignupprocess.Membershipfeesare:Individuals:USD25--Companies/Organizations:USD100TheIGFSA’scoremissionistoraisefundstosupporttheIGFandtheNRIs.Membersareencouragedtocontributeabovetheminimummembershipfees.ContactIGFSA,[email protected]..
Na/onalIGFs
Regional/Sub-regionalIGFs
IGFSASponsoredNRIs