ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018

What did we think was key in 2018?

Creating an open, trusted, globally secure Internet takes all of us. Here’s why:

• Splintering the Internet: The Unintended Consequence of Regulation
• We Need to Talk… about the State of Internet Governance
• The Internet Society and African Union Commission Launch Personal Data Protections Guidelines for Africa
• Senegal First African Country to Implement Recommendations of ‘Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa’
• Collaborative Governance Leaders, Canada, and Senegal Exchange Notes on IoT Security Frameworks
• Policy Framework for Enabling Internet Access

It’s time to close the digital divide. Help bring the Internet to remote communities worldwide. Here’s how:

• Community Networks
• Enabling Access in Hard-to-Reach Places Through Collaborative Partnerships
• New York Times: Hauling the Internet Up A Mountain
• Policy Framework for Enabling Internet Access
• Internet Development and Internet Governance in Africa
• What Makes the Internet Work: The Internet Ecosystem

Together we can boost the security and trust of our Internet.

• Collaborative Security
• Encryption
• IoT Security for Policymakers
• Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
• Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security
• Policy Framework for an open and trusted Internet
• Policy Brief: Privacy
• Spam ToolKit
• Policy Brief: The Challenge of Spam

We must continue to build a network of networks that isn’t centrally controlled and is open, globally-connected, secure, and trustworthy.

• The Internet and Extra-Territorial Effects of Laws
• Provoking National Boundaries on the Internet? A chilling thought…
• Internet Invariants
• Policy Brief: Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
• IXPs: Why Is the Middle East Lagging Behind?
• Enabling Digital Opportunities in the Middle East

Other infrastructure and access related policy briefs

• Internet Interconnection
• IPv6 Adoption
• Open Internet Standards