The mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) calls for strengthening and enhancing stakeholder engagement in developing countries. It also calls for the Forum to contribute to building capacity for Internet governance in developing…
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The Newcomers Track aims to help first-time IGF participants understand the IGF processes and to foster the integration of all new-coming stakeholders into the IGF community. Its focus is to make the meeting participant's first IGF…
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As part of its capacity development plan, the IGF places a strong emphasis on supporting stakeholder integration in its processes, which include the intersessional work as well as the annual meeting. These activities include the following areas.…
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Capacity Development Workshops in 2022
IGF at West African IGF in Accra, Ghana
Towards an inclusive IGF 2022
26 May 2022, 10:00-11:00 UTC
Accra, Ghana
Airport View Hotel, room 2 and online…
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The Youth Coalition on Internet Governance (YCIG) is an open group for organizations and individuals, representing all stakeholder groups, willing to collaborate together in order to encourage and enrich youth participation in local…
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The relationship between journalism and digital technology in today’s world is nothing less than intrinsic. Given that contemporary news media and journalism organisations produce and distribute content as well as interact with…
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Supporting engagement of parliaments and governments in NRIs processes
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development underlines the potential of information and communications technology and global interconnectedness to accelerate human progress,…
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After six months of drafting, multistakeholder dialogue and an open consultation, The Policy Network on AI (PNAI) team presented its report on AI and related aspects of data governance in October 2023. It is the first deliverable of…
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The Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence (PNAI)'s driving force is a community of diverse stakeholders aiming to contribute with their expertise and experience. All interested stakeholders can join an open dedicated mailing…
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This section contains the output documents and publications from IGF intersessional work streams; Best Practice Forums, Policy Networks and Dynamic Coalitions.
Dynamic Coalition on the Sustainability of Journalism and News Media
2023…
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At the IGF 2011, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) organised a workshop to discuss the findings of a recent study of perceptions of public libraries by policy makers in six countries in Africa. The study revealed that…
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The Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition (IRP Coalition) is an open network of individuals and organisations based at the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) committed to making human rights and principles…
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The Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values was conceived during the IGF Workshop at Egypt 2009 (workshop No 319) with the then Internet Society President Lynn St Amour as Chair of the Workshop, “Workshop on Fundamentals: Core…
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations established the Advisory Group (now referred to as the Multistakeholder Advisory Group - MAG). Its purpose is to advise the Secretary-General on the programme and schedule of the Internet Governance…
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Women, as one of the fundamental stakeholders in the information society, play a very crucial role. It is important for the IGF to fully integrate gender concerns in its work. The three sectors with the IGF's defining feature of…
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