IGF 2024 Virtual MAG meeting VII

Draft Agenda:

  1. Adoption of the draft agenda
  2. Welcome from the MAG Chair and Host Country Co-Chair
  3. Updates from the Secretariat
    o    Overview of IGF 2024 Session Submissions and next steps
    o    Draft Agenda 2nd Open Consultations and MAG Meeting
    o    IGF Engagement at WSIS Forum High-Level Event
  4. Updates from MAG Working Groups and IGF Intersessional Work
  5. Updates on the Leadership Panel by the MAG Chair
  6. Any other Business

Meeting Input:

Multilingual inclusion and universal acceptance for all communities

In today's interconnected world, where digital platforms serve as vital channels for communication, trade, and collaboration, the significance of multilingualism and universal acceptance cannot be overstated. Linguistic diversity reflects the richness of human expression and cultural heritage, making it imperative to ensure that digital spaces are inclusive and accessible to speakers of all languages. Embracing and ensuring multilingualism is critically important to unlock opportunities for cross-cultural understanding and collaboration on a global scale.

Tackling disinformation in electoral context

2024 is the election year. A record number of voters is expected to participate in elections across at least 64 countries which hold around 49% of the world’s population. The practice has demonstrated that false narratives can manipulate public opinion, skewing electoral outcomes and undermining trust in institutions. Inaccurate information spreads rapidly through social media, exacerbating polarization and fracturing societies. Effective countermeasures are crucial to ensure informed decision-making by voters.

How to submit IGF 2024 session proposal?

The IGF MAG working group on youth engagement and IGF Secretariat are organizing a capacity development workshop focused on a way stakeholders can submit a session proposal for the IGF 2024 cycle.

The workshop will guide the participants through the logistics of the IGF 2024 Call for session proposals and offer tips and tricks for submitting a good quality session proposal.

Although this workshop aims to support youth in submitting proposals, it is open to everyone to participate.

How to submit IGF 2024 session proposal?
19 April 2024 at 14:00 UTC (60 min duration)
Hosted online 
Register to participate

 

Agenda:

  • Welcome remarks
  • Guiding through IGF 2024 session submission process by IGF Secretariat and IGF MAG Working Group on Workshop Process 
  • Introducing IGF MAG Working Group on Strategy 
  • Question and Answer 
  • AoB