IGF 2019

Who are the NRIs?
National and Regional IGF initiatives (NRIs) are organic and independent formations that are discussing issues pertaining to Internet Governance from the perspective of their respective communities, while acting in accordance with the main principles of the global IGF.

Organizational principles
The IGF initiatives are expected to follow the principles and practices of being open and transparent, inclusive and non-commercial. They work in accordance with the bottom up consensus process of the IGF and need to have a multistakeholder participation (at least three stakeholder groups initially, and evolve toward inclusion of all stakeholder groups), in both formation of the Initiative and in any other Initiative related events.

How many NRIs are recognised by the UN Secretariat of the IGF?
Currently, there are 121 NRIs in total.

• 87 national IGFs: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/national-igf-initiatives 
• 17 Regional and Sub-regional IGFs: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/regional-igf-initiatives 
• 18 Youth IGFs: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/youth-initiatives

Reasons to visit the NRIs booth at the IGF 2019:

• Come and meet the NRIs coordinators and community members in person!
• Learn what the NRIs do for their communities?
• Learn why and how to establish your own NRI!
• See a visual presentation of all IGF meetings that happen around the world in January - November 2019!

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Key materials about the NRIs:

• NRIs Toolkit: How to establish your own national, regional and Youth IGF Initiative?
  Read about it in the NRIs Toolkit available at six UN languages: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-village
• Youth IGF Initiatives: Engagement of Youth into the IGF
  https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/4874/800