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This organization officially concluded its work as a special initiative of the IEEE Board of Directors in December 2018.</p> <h2>Featured Resources</h2> <div class="mobile-table"> <table class="table table-hover table-striped"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 33%;"><a href="/resources/internet-governance"> <strong> Internet Governance </strong></a><a href="/resources/internet-governance"> <img class="img-responsive" src="/images/files/home/internet_governance350.jpg" alt="Internet Governance" /></a></td> <td style="width: 33%;"><a href="/resources/internet-inclusion"> <strong> Internet Inclusion </strong></a><a href="/resources/internet-inclusion"> <img class="img-responsive" src="/images/files/home/internet_inclusion.jpg" alt="Internet Inclusion" /></a></td> <td style="width: 33%;"><a href="/resources/cybersecurity-privacy"> <strong> Cybersecurity + Privacy </strong></a><a href="/resources/cybersecurity-privacy"> <img class="img-responsive" src="/images/files/home/cyber_security350.jpg" alt="Cybersecurity + Privacy" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <hr /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 60%; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="/resources/inclusion-working-groups"> <img class="img-responsive style=" src="/images/files/home/new_IIIWG_circle.png" alt="Working Groups" /></a></td> <td style="width: 40%;"> <div style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 80%;"> <h3>Working Groups</h3> <p>Learn more about <a href="/resources/inclusion-working-groups">IEEE Internet Inclusion Working Groups</a> and how participants are helping advance solutions to connect more than half of the world鈥檚 population that is not connected to the internet today.</p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr /></div> <div class="clearfix"></div></div> </div> </div>  </div> <div id="hpR2P2" class="col-md-6">  <div class="ieeemodcontainer"> <div class="ieeemodwrapper"> <div ><div itemprop="articleBody"> <p><img class="img-responsive" src="/images/files/home/working-groups-vertical.png" alt="IEEE Internet Initiative at a glance" usemap="#image-map" /></p></div> <div class="clearfix"></div></div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div>  <footer class="hidden-print"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <hr class="footer-separator"> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-10"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li> <a href="/" title="Home">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="/home/sitemap" title="Sitemap">Sitemap</a> </li> <li> <a href="/home/contact" title="Contact IEEE Internet Initiative">Contact IEEE Internet Initiative</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ieee.org/accessibility_statement.html" title="Accessibility">Accessibility</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p9-26.html" title="Nondiscrimination Policy">Nondiscrimination Policy</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://ieee-ethics-reporting.org/" title="IEEE Ethics Reporting">IEEE Ethics Reporting</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ieee.org/security_privacy.html" title="IEEE Privacy Policy">IEEE Privacy Policy</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ieee.org/about/help/site-terms-conditions.html" title="Terms">Terms</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-2"> <a href="http://www.ieee.org" title="IEEE.org" class="pull-right"> <img src="/templates/ieeesitetemplate/images/ieee-mb-bk.png" alt="IEEE"> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p> <span class="sitename">IEEE Internet Initiative</span> <span class="sitetagline"></span> </p> </p> © Copyright 2024 IEEE - All rights reserved. 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