Below is the list of accepted IGF 2021 Open Forums, following the clearance process of all received proposals.
Open Forums are interactive sessions organized by governments, treaty-based international organizations, and global organizations with international scope and presence, with operations across regions, dealing with Internet governance issues. Open Forums focus on a government or organization’s Internet governance-pertinent activities during the past year and allow sufficient time for questions and discussions.
| ORGANIZER | TITLE and PROGRAMME |
| Council of Europe, European Commission, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and United Nations | Globalpolicy.ai |
| Council of Europe and UNESCO | The role of regulation in a post pandemic context |
| Council of Europe | Free expression and digitalisation: compatibility mode |
| Cyberspace Administration of China Bureau of International Cooperation, Cyberspace Administration of China Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies |
Development and Rule-Making on Artificial Intelligence |
| Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation | Commonwealth Hard Talk for Action |
| Cetic.br/NIC.br and UNESCO | AI and the Rule of Law in the Digital Ecosystem |
| Government of Switzerland Swiss Foreign Affairs Department Federal Office of Communications |
Digital Selfdetermination: next steps |
| Government of New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
Christchurch Call & GIFCT: multi-stakeholder efforts for CVE |
| Government of Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan |
Promoting common understanding on global data governance |
| GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit | Harmonizing regulation for cross border data flows |
| African Union Commission | The African Union Open Forum 2021 |
| Government of Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
The GovStack Initiative - digital government cooperation |
| Government of Poland Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in Poland (UOKIK) |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for consumer protection |
| GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and The African Union Commission | One size fits none – Creating a digital ID architecture acro |
| The Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) Cybil Knowledge Portal |
Online knowledge portals for national cyber capacity |
| The Internet Society | Internet Society Open Forum 2021 |
| International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP | WSIS Action Lines Achieving the SDGs: WSIS Forum 2022 OCP |
| UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression | Women's right to online participation: promise or pipedream? |
| OECD | Inclusive and Safe Connectivity for Children and Adults |
| EU Agency for Fundamental Rights | The challenges of AI Human Rights Impact Assessments |
| Government of Israel Israel National Cyber Directorate |
Digital Cyber risk Management at The Age of Covid-19 |
| Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) | 11 years of .br domains conflicts resolution using SACI-Adm |
| Government of the United Kingdom Department of Digital, Culture, media and Sport (DCMS) |
Future of the Internet |
| The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace | Protecting the Public Core: Next Steps after the OEWG & GGE |
| UNESCO | Enhancing the transparency of internet companies |
| Government of Canada Global Affairs Canada |
Fostering democracy via digital inclusion: a global dialogue |
| Global Partners Digital Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ambassador for Human Rights |
Freedom Online - Internet Governance in the 2020s |
| ICANN | The building blocks to meaningful connectivity |
| European Commission In collaboration with TaC-Together against Cybercrime Int. |
EU Delegation to the IGF & the Youth IGF |
| Global Forum on Cyber Expertise | Global Forum on Cyber Expertise |
| Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology | Strengthening Global Digital Capacity Development |
| European Commission | Access to the Open Internet: benefits, challenges and policy approaches |
| United Nations-Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) |