Advisory Network

The FOC-AN is an independent multistakeholder group composed of civil society, academia and private sector representatives who provide advice on aims, objectives and activities, as well as support the FOC’s mission of advancing Internet freedom and human rights online through its working methods. 

The FOC-AN may provide two types of formal, consensus-based input to FOC Members:

• Proactive Advice, where FOC-AN members proactively submit pieces of advice on certain topics and issues they consider the FOC should address, as well as recommend a topic for development of an FOC statement; and
• Reactive Advice, where FOC-AN members respond to the FOC’s request to comment on a certain issue, or input into documents in development, such as Joint Statements, Programs of Action, and other similar outputs.

FOC-AN Members widely contribute to the Coalition’s activities and events. Through regularly engaging with the FOC through Strategy & Coordination Meetings, learning sessions, and other ad hoc convenings, the FOC-AN play a crucial role in information and knowledge sharing efforts within the FOC. Coalition governments may also engage with the FOC-AN on a bilateral basis to receive ad hoc, immediate feedback on a specific topic, or work together to shape the outputs of regional forums on topics of relevance to the FOC’s mission. In addition, FOC Members may collaborate with the FOC-AN to respond to relevant consultation processes and seek to submit agreed-upon language sourced from consensus-based FOC documents.

To view the FOC-AN’s Terms of Reference, please click here.

To view the FOC-AN’s Selection Standard Operating Procedure, please click here.

FOC-AN Members