Session
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Subtheme
Roundtable
Duration (minutes): 60
Format description: The roundtable format is the ideal setting for this session as it fosters an inclusive, interactive dialogue that encourages every participant to share their perspectives openly. This format facilitates a direct exchange between Members of the European Parliament and young leaders, ensuring that updated views are communicated and discussed in real-time. It also promotes a collaborative environment where ideas can be refined through collective input, ultimately leading to actionable policy recommendations that resonate across generations.
Duration (minutes): 60
Format description: The roundtable format is the ideal setting for this session as it fosters an inclusive, interactive dialogue that encourages every participant to share their perspectives openly. This format facilitates a direct exchange between Members of the European Parliament and young leaders, ensuring that updated views are communicated and discussed in real-time. It also promotes a collaborative environment where ideas can be refined through collective input, ultimately leading to actionable policy recommendations that resonate across generations.
Description
Digital Governance Reimagined: Bridging Youth Ambitions with Policy Vision is designed as a dynamic exchange between Members of the European Parliament and emerging young leaders. In this session, decision-makers and the next generation will share updated views on digital governance, aligning their insights with the IGF 2025 priorities. Participants will discuss how to fortify digital trust and resilience amid evolving cybersecurity threats and misinformation, while also exploring sustainable and responsible innovation as drivers for economic and environmental progress. The discussion will additionally focus on the outcomes of the Digital Strategy Event Web 4 Governance, integrating its insights on evolving governance models and policy strategies. Emphasis will be placed on harmonizing approaches to universal access and digital rights to ensure an inclusive digital future. Ultimately, this session provides a unique platform for bridging generational perspectives, fostering robust dialogue, and co-creating actionable policy recommendations that marry seasoned experience with youthful ambition.
The session is designed for robust interaction and participation in a hybrid meeting environment, ensuring that both onsite and remote attendees can engage fully. This hybrid approach not only maximizes accessibility but also enriches the dialogue by integrating diverse perspectives and experiences from across the digital spectrum.
The session is designed for robust interaction and participation in a hybrid meeting environment, ensuring that both onsite and remote attendees can engage fully. This hybrid approach not only maximizes accessibility but also enriches the dialogue by integrating diverse perspectives and experiences from across the digital spectrum.
Organizers
🔒Youth IGF Movement
EU Delegation to the IGF & Youth IGF
EU Delegation to the IGF & Youth IGF
Speakers
Members of the European Parliament
European Commission
Private sector represnetatives
Youth IGFs & Youth Initiatives
Onsite Moderator
Yuliya Morenets
Online Moderator
Levy Syanseke
Rapporteur
Astou Diouf
SDGs
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17. Partnerships for the Goals
Targets: This session directly supports several UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by promoting innovative, inclusive, and accountable digital governance. It advances **SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)** by fostering dialogue on sustainable and responsible innovation in digital technologies, ensuring that technological advancements are leveraged to build resilient and adaptive infrastructures. Through discussions that emphasize transparency and accountability, the session contributes to **SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions)** by encouraging robust, participatory decision-making processes that strengthen governance systems. Additionally, by bridging generational perspectives and facilitating multistakeholder collaboration—core elements of **SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals)**—the roundtable format not only enhances policy impact but also ensures that digital governance strategies are co-created with a view to equitable, universal access to digital rights. Ultimately, the session embodies the interconnected nature of the UN SDGs, aligning technological progress with the broader goals of sustainable development, social inclusion, and global partnership.
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17. Partnerships for the Goals
Targets: This session directly supports several UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by promoting innovative, inclusive, and accountable digital governance. It advances **SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)** by fostering dialogue on sustainable and responsible innovation in digital technologies, ensuring that technological advancements are leveraged to build resilient and adaptive infrastructures. Through discussions that emphasize transparency and accountability, the session contributes to **SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions)** by encouraging robust, participatory decision-making processes that strengthen governance systems. Additionally, by bridging generational perspectives and facilitating multistakeholder collaboration—core elements of **SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals)**—the roundtable format not only enhances policy impact but also ensures that digital governance strategies are co-created with a view to equitable, universal access to digital rights. Ultimately, the session embodies the interconnected nature of the UN SDGs, aligning technological progress with the broader goals of sustainable development, social inclusion, and global partnership.