Internet governance (IG) is about the rules, policies, standards, and practices that determine how cyberspace is governed. It goes beyond technical and infrastructural considerations, and addresses the legal, economic, developmental, sociocultural, a...
TheInternet Governance Forum (IGF) 2020will be held online, under the overarching theme 'Internet for human resilience and solidarity' with a programme developed around four main thematic tracks: data, environment, inclusion, and trust.
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9 Nov 2020
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Discussions on IGF reform are almost as old as the forum itself. This year, the UN Secretary-General’s Road Map on Digital Cooperation included a number of recommendations for the adaptation and reform of the IGF, known as IGF+. The suggestions build...
3 Nov 2020
Event
Recalibrating our energy: Is all that glitters with digital technologies really climate action gold?
The urgency of tackling climate change cannot be overstated. Bold action is desperately needed. Enter the role of digital technologies, touted as a panacea for addressing (all) the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Goal 13 specifies climate actio...
9 Apr 2020
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‘This is what we have now. We can say this kind of research has been done in human behavior. We can refer to other kind of research that focuses on machine learning systems. Not only the AI systems, but try to understand the origins of these system...
27 Jan 2020
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As many of us return from Berlin and others return from Thanksgiving with our families, join us for a roundtable discussion on the key takeaways from the IGF 2019. This will be an opportunity to share experiences, thoughts and questions from this yea...
11 Dec 2019
Event
This week (26-29 November), thousands of diplomats, tech experts, parliamentarians, and NGO activists will gather in Berlin for the 14th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). As a part of terroire digitale approach, I try to link the...
24 Nov 2019
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The challenges in the digital sphere are met with a multitude of calls for action and declarations worldwide. In this spirit, EuroDIG 2019 has sent a strong signal on the need for stakeholders to strengthen their co-operation within the digital ecosy...
26 Jul 2019
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Populism is spreading. The global economy is more fragile. A trade war between the USA and China is under way. And tech companies are arousing growing angst. This is how The Economist has described the start of 2019.
The digital realm is mirroring...
5 Feb 2019
Blog post
Just-in-time reporting
The GIP Digital Watch observatory will provide just-in-time session reports from the IGF, and IGF Daily newsletters, which will be available on the dedicated webpage dig.watch/igf2018. A final report, published after the IGF...
12 Nov 2018
Event
WHEN
Sep. 27, 2018
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
WHERE
New America
740 15th St NW #900 Washington, D.C. 20005
From the physical infrastructure to the services that run on top of it, the Internet has become a major focal point o...
27 Sep 2018
Event
TheWashington DC Internet Society Chapter will organise an event titled 'Visions of the Internet from Delhi, Wuzhen, Geneva, and Everywhere Else', on 22 January 2018, in Washington D.C., USA.
During the discussions, participants will share t...
22 Jan 2018
Event
20 September | 12.00-14.00
WMO building, Avenue De la Paix 7bis, 1202 | Salle De Mello | Geneva
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) in general, and the Internet in particular, are having profound and wide-reaching effect...
20 Sep 2017
Event
An underlying theme of the discussion during the visit to Diplo’s CreativeLab in Belgrade by students from the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) was on how: ‘Digital art and digital policy are disciplines that deal with the same issues from ...
21 Apr 2017
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Collective decision making is not alien to African culture. In many traditional societies, decisions were made by a council after listening to the views of different age groups and other societal groupings. In Kenya for example, bodies such as the Bu...
19 Dec 2016
Blog post
The IGF, like any other ecosystem, has its own demography. As can be seen in the illustration, the IGF ecosystem radiates both ways from the centre that steers the process and from edges that provide new ideas and inputs.
Each circle in the IG...
6 Dec 2016
Blog post
Internet governance (IG) may be more important to you than you realise.
Have you been reading and worrying about cybersecurity threats? Does online surveillance concern you and your colleagues? These are important IG issues. Learning more about IG...
Course
DiploFoundation is supporting the organisation of SEEDIG, and will be co-moderating a panel on Discussing cyber(SEE)curity: global issues in regional context. A number of Diplo alumni and associates will be taking part in the dialogue. Diplo will als...
22 Apr 2016
Event
We generally take Internet governance discussions very seriously, especially when it comes to determining events such as the WSIS+10 review process and the future of the Internet Governance Forum, which will be decided in New York next month.
Luckil...
25 Nov 2015
Blog post
Once again this year, DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) are actively engaged at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), both in situ at João Pessoa in Brazil, and online.
1. IGF REPORT
DiploFoundation and the Internet Socie...
10 Nov 2015
Event