Who are we?
KIGA,
the Korean Internet Governance Alliance, is an alliance of private and public
sectors that brings together more stakeholders to engage in Internet
conversations. We are a platform that is premised on the observation that the
ripple effect of the Internet is expanding into political, economic, social and
future forms of life.
We are open to civil society, the
Internet industry, developers and engineers, academia, civil servants and
members of public organizations who are interested in problems and challenges
facing Internet governance. With this perspective, KIGA holds various Kr-IGF
(http://www.krigf.kr/) every year to provide opportunities to many stakeholders
to ask, give opinions, or make suggestions on Internet-related public policy issues.
Our
mission
Our
approach is a non-profit alliance in which multi-level stakeholders are
represented through organizational structure. We support a consensus-based,
multi-level stakeholder approach to transparent and accountable Internet
governance. Thus, we maintain a consensus-based decision-making process in
which the various views of stakeholders are being discussed or
deliberated.
The mission of KIGA differs from the
Internet Address Policy Deliberation Counsel (IAPDC), established by the
Ministry of Science and ICT under the Internet Address Resources Act. The IAPDC
is a government-controlled body in managing internet address resources, which
is part of our efforts to find alternative models.
We present a multi-level stakeholder management model for Internet resources in
Korea through the IANA stewardship transition from the United States to ANANN
as of September 2016. We support a multi-level stakeholder model and the
openness of the internet.
What
we
do
We
share ongoing discussions on Internet governance at the national and
international level, review today's most urgent issues, and cooperate with
international and local activities.
By organizing domestic events and
attending international conferences, we established a global network. In this
way, we continue to work with international partners, including ICANN, APNIC,
JPNIC and the UN Internet Governance Forum, to address new challenges.
This website hosts a series of KIGA
General and Division meetings on a two-month and monthly basis, respectively.
We encourage and welcome your participation in the near future.
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