Internet Society (ISOC)

The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, access, and policy. It features chapters all over the world, and ISOC members are involved in every aspect of Internet governance. Some of their resources include:

• Apply for an ambassadorship to the IGF (when the call opens each summer)

• Apply for a fellowship to attend one of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings

• Become a global member (for free) and join a chapter

• Check out their publications, such as the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future

• ISOC’s online course “Shaping the Internet: History and Futures”

• ISOC’s guide to the Internet ecosystem

• Join the ISOC Policy or other mailing lists

• Participate in an e-learning course as part of the Next Generation Leaders program (NGL)

• Young journalists and students: apply for ISOC’s Youth@IGF programme (ages 18-25)