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2005, Waudo Siganga, Working Group on Internet Governance

In this paper, the author suggests that Internet governance mechanisms need to build on policy coordination at national levels and can only be effective if there is coherence with regional, sub-regional and national-level policies. Towards this end, the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) recommends that coordination be established among all stakeholders at the national level and a multi-stakeholder national Internet governance steering committee or similar body be set up. Such national committees or other institutions could in essence be microcosms of international mechanisms, displaying a multi-stakeholder composition in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) spirit of multistakeholder partnership. Furthermore, the author seeks to underscore the important role such institutions could play, particularly in developing countries. He describes an already existing best practice model and then considers some challenges to be overcome in the establishment of these committees ( Adapted from author).

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