NETmundial Initiative

Name

NETmundial Initiative

Legal name

NETmundial (Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance)

Website

https://netmundial.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Internet Governance Policy Forums

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Business Associations (813910), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), International Affairs (92812)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Government & Public Sector Conferences (MPAGAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nonprofit, Social Services & Community Development Congresses (THAHAJAO), Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL), Donor Coordination & Aid Effectiveness (BPADAOAA)

Keywords

• Internet governance forums
• Multistakeholder policy dialogue
• Global digital governance
• Internet policy conferences
• Multistakeholder deliberation platform

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Event Registration and Participation: NETmundial events are free to attend for stakeholders. The initiative is funded by its organizers (CGI.br) and host country support, with no revenue generated from participant fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NETmundial Initiative is a global multistakeholder meeting initiative focused on Internet governance. It organizes large-scale in-person conferences in São Paulo, Brazil, complemented by remote participation hubs across 22 countries, bringing together governments, private sector, civil society, technical community, and academia to develop Internet governance principles and roadmaps through bottom-up consultation processes, producing non-binding multistakeholder outcome statements.

Product overview

NETmundial Initiative encompasses a series of global multistakeholder meetings on Internet governance. The core offering consists of biennial conference events (NETmundial 2014 and NETmundial+10 in 2024) organized by CGI.br and /1Net. These conferences serve as platforms for developing Internet governance principles and roadmaps through inclusive multistakeholder participation. Associated outputs include the NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement document and various reference materials. The initiative is not a software product but rather an event and policy development platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NETmundial 2014 The inaugural Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance held April 23-24, 2014 in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the first-of-its-kind conference focused on crafting Internet governance principles and proposing a roadmap for the further evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem, open to governments, private sector, civil society, technical community, and academia.
• NETmundial+10 The 10th anniversary edition of the global multistakeholder meeting on Internet governance held April 29-30, 2024 in São Paulo, Brazil. Organized by CGI.br to develop concrete proposals for the future evolution of multistakeholder governance of the digital world, including an open consultation process, final report, multistakeholder statement, participation guide, and code of conduct.
• NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement The non-binding outcome document produced by NETmundial 2014, representing consensus Internet governance principles and a roadmap for the future evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem, developed through a bottom-up, open, and participatory process involving stakeholders from governments, private sector, civil society, technical community, and academia worldwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,480 stakeholders from 97 nations participated in 2014 event
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CGI.br (Brazilian Internet Steering Committee)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2014Primary organizer of NETmundial. CGI.br is responsible for establishing strategic guidelines related to Internet use and development in Brazil, coordinating and integrating all Internet service initiatives in the country. CGI.br operates on principles of multilateralism, transparency, and democracy, representing a multistakeholder model for Internet governance.
• https://netmundial.br/1NetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2014/1Net is a forum that brings together international entities from various stakeholder groups involved in Internet governance. The platform is inclusive and open to all interested parties (individuals, governments, civil society, academia, technical community, and business) for discussing Internet governance issues.
• Remote Participation Hub OperatorsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 201433 remote participation centers in 22 countries operated by local organizations including universities, Internet societies, and thought leadership organizations. These hubs enabled real-time interaction with the NETmundial meeting.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Direct peers

• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers): Multistakeholder organization coordinating Internet identifiers, often cited alongside NETmundial as a model for bottom-up Internet governance.
• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): UN-led global process for ICT governance that also produces multistakeholder outcomes and principles, comparable to NETmundial's role in shaping Internet governance frameworks.
• Internet Governance Forum (IGF): UN-convened global multistakeholder forum on Internet governance — the most direct organizational analogue to NETmundial, with similar stakeholder composition and global convening mandate.
• World Internet Conference (WIC / Wuzhen Summit): Annual Chinese-hosted global internet governance conference that convenes governments, industry, and academia, with a comparable convening and policy-shaping function.

Broad incumbents

• World Economic Forum (WEF): Large-scale global multistakeholder convening body that increasingly hosts digital governance initiatives, overlapping with NETmundial's stakeholder audience and policy-shaping role.
• OECD Digital Economy Policy Division: Intergovernmental body that develops multistakeholder digital policy frameworks, comparable in scope to NETmundial's global policy dialogue function.

Regional players

• IGF-USA: United States chapter of the broader Internet Governance Forum ecosystem, organizing national-level multistakeholder dialogues similar to NETmundial's format.

Others

• G20 Digital Economy Task Force: Multistakeholder working group under the G20 process that develops digital economy governance proposals — overlapping in audience and policy themes with NETmundial.
• Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs): Independent policy institute that hosts multistakeholder international affairs dialogues, comparable to NETmundial's role as a neutral convening platform for global policy deliberation.

Emerging players

• EuroDIG (European Dialogue on Internet Governance): Regional multistakeholder forum on Internet governance — operates with a similar methodology but with a European mandate, often coordinating with global processes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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