Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2015 Nominee

Geneva Internet Platform


Description

The Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) is a digital policy platform, observatory, and capacity building centre, aimed at assisting governments, civil society, academia, technical communities, and other Information Society stakeholders - with a special focus on small and developing countries - in finding resources related to digital policy and governance, formulating digital strategies, and engaging with other stakeholders policy debates. The GIP is an initiative of the Swiss authorities operated by DiploFoundation. It operates from Geneva, and online through www.giplatform.org

Project website


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2015
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Coverage
  • Afghanistan
  • Anguilla
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Western Sahara
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Netherlands Caribbean
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Barbados
  • Burundi
  • Belgium
  • Benin
  • Bangladesh
  • Bahamas
  • Bhutan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Central African Republic
  • Canada
  • Czech Republic
  • Chad (Republic of)
  • Chile
  • Cook Islands
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Comoros
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cape Verde (Republic of)
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • France
  • Faroe Islands
  • Gabon
  • Gambia (Republic of the)
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guadeloupe
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • French Guiana
  • Guinea
  • Guam
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Holy See
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Ireland
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Liberia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao, China
  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Marshall Islands
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Republic of North Macedonia
  • Moldova
  • Madeira
  • Maldives
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Mali
  • Malawi
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro (Republic of)
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Northern Marianas
  • Martinique
  • Montserrat
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal (Republic of)
  • Niger
  • Netherlands
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norway
  • New Zealand
  • French Polynesia
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Easter Island
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Congo
  • Palestine
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Reunion
  • Korea (Rep. of)
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
  • Samoa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Saint Helena
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • American Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somali (Democratic Republic)
  • Spain
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Sri Lanka
  • South Sudan
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Slovenia
  • Kingdom of Eswatini
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tokelau
  • East Timor
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tunisia
  • Türkiye (Republic of)
  • Tuvalu
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Ukraine
  • Russian Federation
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Uruguay
  • United States of America
  • The United States Virgin Islands
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Viet Nam
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Taiwan, China
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Status

Completed

Start date

01 January 2014

End date

31 December 2015


Entity name

Geneva Internet Platform

Entity country—type

Switzerland Civil Society

Entity website

Partners

Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) and the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)