The fifteenth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will open with reflections on some of ‎the most emerging challenges in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and how digital technologies and ‎Internet policies can help our societies to…

This session will discuss roles that digital public policy can have in preserving and improving the global ‎public health in emergency situations. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the ‎deployment of digital technologies can make our…

IGF 2020 Parliamentary Roundtable Building trust in a time of COVID-19 response and post-COVID-19 recovery‎     Parliamentarians are among various important stakeholder groups that participate at the ‎annual ‎meeting of the… .

When faced with emergency situations, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, the economies of countries are usually severely affected. The use of digital technologies can help reduce the harm, for instance through placing more importance on digital…

Emergency situations affecting people worldwide usually bring significant increases in cyberattacks ‎and cybercrimes. The current COVID-19 pandemic is no exception, with many organizations reporting ‎attacks of various kinds on their online…

In emergency situations, such as various natural and other forms of disasters, people’s lives, cultures ‎and our planet overall, are affected. These situations can completely stop some regular life dynamics. ‎For example, people are unable to work,…