📍At #CSTD29, WSIS Outcomes Progress Review
🌐The #IGF highlighted growing multistakeholder & private‑sector engagement, outreach to under‑represented groups, intersessional work on AI, cybersecurity & access, and expanded capacity development via NRIs & remote hubs.
🌐 Global cooperation in cyberspace matters. From 4–8 May, #GCW26 brings experts to Geneva on cybersecurity & digital governance.
On 4 May, the #IGF hosts “BPF: Securing Internet Access & Core Resources in Conflict & Crises.”
🔗 Register: genevacyberweek.com
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🎥 New video interview: Microsoft on engaging in the #IGF 🌍
Chris Sharrock (VP, UN & Int’l Orgs, Microsoft) highlights the IGF as an open, inclusive, UN‑led space where companies of all sizes can engage early, contribute expertise & help shape global digital policy.
Yesterday at UNHQ, Member States met for a briefing on the future of the #IGF following its permanence under #WSIS20. Discussions shared takeaways from the Expert Group Meeting and exchanged views on IGF's governance, government engagement & capacity building in the Global South.
🌍 The 2026 #ECOSOCYouth Forum brings young leaders to UNHQ (14–16 Apr) to shape the Road to 2030. Focus on SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 & 17.
🌐 The #IGF is pleased to be a UN co‑organizer of the #SDG9 session.
📺 Live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j...
More information: ecosoc.un.org/en/what-we-d...
How can AI be responsibly integrated into judicial systems? ⚖️
IGF joined the Buenos Aires Judicial Council to discuss AI in justice.
✔️ Multistakeholder dialogue
✔️ Human-centered, rights-based approaches
✔️ Collaboration is key
🔗 bit.ly/3NIi5Vp
Join the IGF MAG WG-Strategy Webinar today (2 April, 13:00 UTC) to explore the IGF’s future after WSIS+20, from governance and participation to impact and outcomes! Featuring a keynote by David Souter.
💫https://bit.ly/488cuyq
Parliamentarians from Latin America & the Caribbean tackled a key question: how do we govern technologies that don’t yet exist?
At the 4th Regional IGF Parliamentary Summit, 120+ participants from 9 countries called for proactive, inclusive, human-centered digital governance.
🔗 bit.ly/4tpANjP
One internet. Billions of users. Infinite local realities.
While Ctrl V + Ctrl C is a gamechanger, digital governance isn't something you can copy-paste across borders.
It should reflect the communities it serves, says Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
www.un.org/en/isotope-a...
Our digital footprints tell our stories.
In a world increasingly shaped by technology, who should control our narratives?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt says the answer is simple: you.
Champion a future where our online identities remain ours.
www.un.org/en/isotope-a...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is officially the UN Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance!
In his new role, he’ll work alongside the UN to build an inclusive, sustainable digital future that serves everyone.
Welcome to the UN, Mr. Gordon-Levitt!
www.un.org/en/desa/un-a...
🌐 Southern Cone Parliamentary Summit – Outcomes
Priorities: human rights, digital skills, public governance & data sovereignty. Read the outcomes and more here: bit.ly/3Nryzkk
Next Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay – register by 20 March:
bit.ly/4uNVgjM
AI is smart. But is it sustainable?
The IGF Dynamic Coalition on Environment, Commonwealth Secretariat & Centre for Science and Environment: Environment as an Ethical Dimension of Artificial Intelligence.
27 Mar 2026 | 12:30 UTC
Register: intgovforum.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌍 Apply for the IGF 2026 Fellowship Programme!
The IGF invites applicants from developing countries to gain hands‑on experience at the IGF Secretariat in Geneva and strengthen global Internet governance skills.
📅 Deadline: 31 March 2026
🔗 More info: www.intgovforum.org/en/content/i...
Upcoming Webinar: Preparing the DNS for the Post‑Quantum Era
The DC-IS3C, Afnic and the IGF Secretariat, is hosting its second post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) webinar, with a special focus on the DNS transition.
🗓 Wednesday, 18 March
⏰ 13:00 UTC
🔗https://bit.ly/PQCDNS
🌐Thanks to our collagues from ICANN and ISOC for todays insightful exchange on the “WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps” session at #ICANN85 in Mumbai, India!
The IGF Newcomers page is now live!
Get a simple intro to what the IGF is, why it matters, and how you can engage in global digital policy.
Start here: www.intgovforum.org/en/content/w...
📢 Deadline Extended!
To allow for broader participation from all regions and stakeholder groups, the deadline for the IGF 2026 calls has been extended.
Thematic input: bit.ly/4aAodYj
Intersessional Work Proposals: bit.ly/4s5DUMT
Germany has been a longstanding and invaluable supporter of the IGF, helping strengthen bottom‑up, multistakeholder dialogue on digital issues. We’re grateful for the continued cooperation and support from State Secretary Markus Richter and the BMDS team.
Dont forget to register for the webinar on the "Future of Digital Health", taking place at 4.30PM CET today!
Register here: intgovforum.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Day 1 at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi🇮🇳 IGF Secretariat joined a panel on building trusted & resilient AI infrastructure—balancing innovation, security, and rights and met the BMDS International Digital Policy Fellows to discuss digital governance and youth engagement🌍
🌐 Global Discussion: Future of Digital Health
How are digital health & AI transforming healthcare delivery and patient experience?
🗓 23 Feb 2026 (Mon)
⏰ 4:30–6:00 pm CET
🔗 intgovforum.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join a global dialogue with experts from health, tech & policy.
4th Parliamentary Summit | Anticipating the Digital Future
The Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay & the #IGF will host the 4th Regional Parliamentary Summit on strengthening parliamentary governance & democratic innovation.
🗓 24 March 2026
📍 Montevideo & online
🔗https://bit.ly/4rEAfW2
🌐IGF briefing for Permanent Missions in Geneva🌐
Yesterday, Diplo Foundation hosted a briefing on the #IGF in light of #WSIS20. Over 40 participants joined and intervened, including several former IGF host countries, showing strong interest in translating WSIS+20 into practice.
🌐Engaging the next generation of digital governance leaders🌐
In Jan–Feb, the #IGF Secretariat engaged with Chinese students in Geneva at the @ilo.org with #WFUNA and with Tsinghua University on Digital & AI governance, multistakeholder dialogue, and how youth can engage across the IGF Ecosystem.
🌐 Shaping #IGF2026 — key calls now open!
📝 Call for Thematic Inputs, deadline: 28 Feb 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4rhTMeP
🚀 IGF 2026 Landing Page now live
🔗 bit.ly/4rgclQC
🔄 Intersessional Work Proposals (BPFs & PNs), deadline: 28 Feb 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4tqEQx9
📣 Call to Action for NRIs!
The IGF 2025 Financial Grants are now open to support the implementation of NRI annual meetings, with the generous support of IGF donors. 🌍
🔗 Apply here: bit.ly/3LFE6TN
⏰ Deadline: 11 February 2026
🚨 Last Call for Applications! 🚨
Apply to Internet Society Foundation's grant programme to support IGF's National, Regional & Youth Initiatives (NRIs) and Schools on Internet Governance (SIGs)!
🚨 POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE🚨
🔐 Quantum computing is coming — is your data ready?
Join the PQC webinar hosted by Afnic with the IGF DC-IS3C to explore challenges and first steps toward post-quantum security.
🗓 22 Jan 2026
⏰ 14:00–15:30 CET
👉 Register: webikeo.com/landing/the-...
