The Internet Governance Forum, has been meeting annually since its inaugural meeting in Athens in 2006, provides an excellent framework for discussion of issues crucial to the global net, participation in it and access to it, such as the critical resources of the Internet, content diversity, openness or abolition of restrictions, and internet security; the net affects all citizens and all nations on earth.

The Commission sent representatives to the Second Forum in Rio de Janeiro last year. What issues will it be raising at the Third Forum to be held in India in the next few months? How does the Commission assess the work done so far, and the role of the European Union in this process?