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According to the Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) (June 2005 P.4), Internet Governance is the development and application by governments, the private sector, and civil society in their respective roles of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. Internet Governance was an idea convoked by the UN Secretary General in the backdrop of WSIS 2003 (Geneva) and WSIS 2005 (Tunisia).
According to the Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) (June 2005 P.4), Internet Governance is the development and application by governments, the private sector, and civil society in their respective roles of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. Internet Governance was an idea convoked by the UN Secretary General in the backdrop of WSIS 2003 (Geneva) and WSIS 2005 (Tunisia).
==Issues==
The issues in internet governance and digital policy fall into seven categories: infrastructure, cybersecurity, human rights, legal and regulatory, economic, development, and sociocultural. [[Diplo]] executive director [[Jovan Kurbalija]] developed this taxonomy in 1997 and expanded on it in ''An Introduction to Internet Governance''.<ref>[https://www.diplomacy.edu/topics/internet-governance-and-digital-policy/ Internet governance and digital policy, Diplomacy.edu]</ref>
==Organizations==
==Organizations==
Some of the organizations that are involved in the topic of Internet governance include:
Some of the organizations that are involved in the topic of Internet governance include: