The West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) will be hosted in Accra, Ghana, from the 26-27 May 2022 in a hybrid format. WAIGF 2022 aims to promote Internet Governance issues in West Africa through a multi-stakeholder process. More information is available at https://waigf.org/
On Monday, 23 May 2022 at 12:00 – 14:00 UTC, the national IGF of Finland (Finnish Internet Forum) will convene a panel at the University of Helsinki with the topic ‘Internet and War‘. The event will be conducted in English. More information is available at https://internetforum.fi/2022/05/11/internet-ja-sota-paneelikeskustelu/
First meeting of the Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) Multistakeholder Working Group (MWG).
The first annual meeting of the national IGF of Serbia will be hosted on 26 May 2022 in Belgrade. More information about the programme and ways of onsite and online participation is available at https://igf.rs/en/
The national IGF of Serbia was recognized in 2022. Its main objective is to creat an open, inclusive, public, open, constructive and useful process to help shape the national digital policy and create conditions for further digitalization whilst preserving the rights of citizens.
The IGF Secretariat's activities are funded through extra-budgetary contributions paid into a multi-donor Trust Fund administered by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - UNDESA (please see HERE for more information on how to donate).
This year's edition of the national IGF-USA will take place on 21 July 2022. The registration is open and programme announced.
A new SEEDIG summary of Internet governance issues is available!
Issue no. 55 of the SEEsummary, published on 10 May 2022, covers Internet governance and digital policy developments that occurred in South Eastern Europe and the neighbouring area (SEE+) in February and March of 2022. Also included: a list of upcoming events later in 2022 and available development opportunities.