Undeniably, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) were a monumental step towards establishing a global framework for conceiving development and human rights. With clearly defined targets and indicators of success for 8 goals, the MDGs were a revolutionary attempt to centralize and conceptualize how to eradicate poverty and uphold equality through the realms of education, environmental sustainability, poverty & hunger, gender equality, and more on the world stage. Continue reading
Multistakeholder Internet Governance
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Opportunities and Limitations in Global Strategic Frameworks
The Millennium Development Goals were established at the Millennium Summitof the United Nations in 2000. At the summit, eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established, forming an internationally agreed upon blueprint for solving the world’s most pressing issues. The eight goals were
- Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
- Achieve Universal Primary Education
- Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
- Reduce Child Mortality
- Improve Maternal Health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other Diseases
- Ensure Environmental Sustainability
- Global Partnership for Development
Multistakeholder Internet Governance and Sustainable Development
The internet is a limitless space that allows for vast amounts of data, information, and knowledge to be shared across the globe. Having access to this invaluable resource is crucial to development and promoting progress. As major component of information communication technologies (ICTs), the internet has the ability to reach individuals who otherwise would have been isolated from most of the world. However, there are serious “digital divides” on the national and international levels that hinder inclusive sustainable development.
Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance
Multistakeholder Internet Governance (MIG) rests on the principle that, in order to facilitate stability of the Internet, stimulate demand, and continue to make Internet governance institutions more responsive to the needs and perspectives of the diverse group of global stakeholders, those diverse stakeholders should be involved in these processes. Continue reading
Multistakeholder Internet Governance and Sustainable Development
The internet is a world in and of itself, home to budding virtual communities, a wealth of knowledge, and immense power for growth and exploration. However, with the internet comes a desire to establish global norms and regulations in governing the space, manifesting in a multistakeholder approach based on principles determined by the international community. These governance mechanisms are instituted for safety but also for access and human rights. NetMundial summarizes internet governance principles, citing the following seven criteria as the means for approaching internet governance:
- Human rights and shared values
- Protection of intermediaries
- Culture and linguistic diversity
- Unified and unfragmented space
- Security, stability and resilience of the internet
- Open and distributed architecture
- Enabling environment for sustainable innovation and creativity
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