What is Multi-Stakeholderism?

Multi-stakeholderism is not a single approach to internet governance and multi-stakeholder forms of multi-stakeholder governance are not unique to, or even always applicable to, how the Internet is run. Multi-stakeholderism is viewed as a value in itself rather than a possible set of approaches for meeting more salient public interest objectives such as human rights, Internet security, and performance, or financial stability. The more appropriate approach to responsible and efficacious governance requires determining what types of administration are optimal in any particular functional and political context. For example, in the area of Internet governance, some policy-making tasks may appropriately be relegated to the private sector, some to the purview of traditional sovereign state governance or international treaty negotiations, and some more appropriately as multi- stakeholder. Determining which mode of governance is appropriate for various global administrative functions may require conceptual and theoretical tools that have not yet been developed. The study of multi-stakeholderism as an institutional form presented here provides a foundation on which they can be built.

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