The OECD Committee for Information Computer and Communications Policy has approved a framework to govern the participation of non-governmental stakeholders in its work and that of its working parties. This follows-up on a decision by the OECD Council to add civil society and the Internet Technical Community to the list of key non-governmental stakeholders in the ICCP’s terms of reference, joining business and trade-unions. In June 2008, in the Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy, Ministers committed to “working collectively with all stakeholders” and invited the OECD to “further the objectives set out in this Declaration through multi-stakeholder co-operation.” The OECD Secretary-General highlighted the importance of the issue in his closing remarks in Seoul, where he expressed his appreciation for the participation of all non-governmental stakeholders in the Ministerial and called for a “process of formalising the participation of civil society and the technical community in the work of the OECD on the Internet economy.” New co-ordination groups have been set up by representatives of civil society and the Internet technical community to facilitate participation in the ICCP Committee, namely the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC) and Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC).
