Funding

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Overview

The Internet Governance Forum Secretariat is funded through donations from various stakeholder groups. While host countries bear the majority of the costs associated with holding the annual IGF meeting, the IGF Secretariat's activities are funded through extra-budgetary contributions paid into a multi-donor Trust Fund administered by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). All contributions are administered and accounted for in accordance with United Nations Financial Rules and Regulations and other applicable directives, procedures and practices. The IGF project's expenditures are contained in the biennial Financial Report and audited Financial Statements of the United Nations. Contributions from all stakeholders are welcome, including in-kind donations. 

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Status of Donors' Contributions 2006-2019

Host countries

Host countries bear most of the expenses of the annual meetings:

Greece, Athens: 30 October - 2 November, 2006
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: 12 - 15 November, 2007
India, Hyderabat: 3 - 6 December, 2008
Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh: 15 - 18 November, 2009
Lithuania, Vilnius: 14 - 17 September, 2010
Kenya, Nairobi: 27 - 30 September, 2011
Azerbaijan, Baku: 6 - 9 November, 2012
Indonesia, Bali: 22 - 25 October, 2013
Turkey, Istanbul: 2 - 5 September, 2014
Brazil, João Pessoa: 10 - 13 November, 2015
Mexico, Jalisco: 6 - 9 December, 2016
Geneva, Switzerland: 18 - 21 December 2017
Paris, France: 12 - 14 November 2018
Berlin, Germany: 25 - 29 November 2019

Donors to the Trust Fund

Government of Finland
European Commission
Government of Switzerland
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Government of the United States
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
The Internet Society (ISOC)
Government of the Netherlands
Government of the United Kingdom
Government of Japan
Nominet UK
Verizon
IGFSA
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
AT&T
China Energy Fund Committee
Verisign
Tides Foundation
Afilias Global Registry Services
Microsoft Corporation
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
Google
Government of Norway
Government of Sweden
Amazon
UNINETT Norid
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
CISCO
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
Facebook
The Walt Disney Company
Coordination Center for TLD RU
Danish Internet Forum
Community DNS
Government of the Republic of Korea
MCADE, LLC.
NIC-MEXICO
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
Summit Strategies International
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
Ribose Inc.

In Kind Contributions

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)    (Covers transcription for MAG Face-To-Face Meetings)
CISCO (Provides WebEx Tool for Virtual Meetings)
Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie- Institut Francophone des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Formation (INTIF)
cgi.br - The Brazilian Network Information Center
Centre for Distance-Spanning Technology at the Luleå University of Technology
Google (Provides extended YouTube Account for Session Videos)
ITU (Provides remote participation for one face to face meeting)
IGFSA (Covers transcription for MAG and Dynamic Coalition Virtual Meetings)