About the Liberia IGF.
Liberia’s national multistakeholder forum on internet and digital policy, since 2012.
About us
The Liberia IGF is a collective effort of internet and digital policy stakeholders in Liberia. It provides a coordinated mechanism for national multistakeholder contributions to regional and global internet governance, and supports the partnerships, coalitions and dialogues that shape Liberia’s position at regional and global IGF meetings.
What we do
Since 2012, the Liberia IGF has convened hundreds of representatives from government, civil society, the private sector, academia and the technical community to tackle the most pressing public policy issues facing the internet. It was reorganised in 2020 under new leadership and a new Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG).
Whether the issue is internet fragmentation, data governance, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies or content moderation, we give every member of the Liberian internet community the opportunity to discuss problems and find common solutions to the most pressing questions in domestic and international digital policy.
The Liberia IGF is a national initiative of the global, United Nations‑convened Internet Governance Forum, which meets each year in a different part of the world. Each year the Liberia IGF produces a report on the priorities of the Liberian stakeholders in attendance. The report is fed into the global IGF to bring a Liberian perspective.
Partners
The Liberia Internet Governance Forum works with key stakeholders across Liberia, an unprecedented level of collaboration with these agencies, ministries and institutions:
- Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Republic of Liberia
- Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT)
- Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA)
- Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo‑Information Services (LISGIS)
- Internet Society (ISOC), Liberia Chapter
- Youth IGF Liberia
- Liberia Business Registry
- National Identification Registry
- Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (Libtelco)
- Stars College of Technology
- The official registry and registrar for the .lr domain
- Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia
Now more than ever, cybersecurity and data privacy underpin every part of our digital lives. The Liberia IGF brings together some of Liberia’s top thinkers to discuss how privacy and security meet artificial intelligence, smart cities and the Internet of Things, what that means for businesses, and the role young people can play in the evolution of the internet.
With expertise from every stakeholder group in one place, the Liberia IGF is a unique opportunity to continue the national dialogue on internet policy. The 2019 forum drew around 200 attendees from across the stakeholder groups, and the Liberia IGF continues to reach out to Liberians who work on these connected issues in every sector. The planning committee supports the conversation in the media, online and off.
The outcome of each meeting is a report with a statement of priorities for Liberian businesses and end users who take part in internet governance at home and abroad. It looks for the common ground that underpins Liberia’s internet development and values, and sets out how the Liberian internet community can keep working together.