DAY 1 22 JUNE 2021: OPEN CONSULTATIONS Open to everyone for active participation, MAG members participate as observers
TIME (UTC)
AGENDA ITEM
08:00 – 09:00 UTC
Welcome from Chair and adoption of agenda
Welcome from Host Country Co-chair
Welcome from UN DESA
Briefing on state of preparation for IGF 2021 by the Host Country and IGF Secretariat
COVID-19 and the IGF 2021
09:00 – 10:30 UTC
Plenary Session I IGF improvements and networking modalities: reflections to the introduced innovations and next steps.
Particular focus on updates from the IGF 2021 Intersessional Work:
Policy Networks
Best Practice Forums
Dynamic Coalitions
Followed by an open discussion
10:30 – 12:00 UTC
Plenary Session II Hybrid IGF 2021: format, programme and implementation logistics
12:00 – 12:30 UTC
Join us for a virtual coffee-break! Participants will be randomly assigned to coffee tables
12:30 - 13:30 UTC
Briefings from other organizations and initiatives
Short overview ofpre-recorded and in-personbriefings from UN agencies, IGOs and other international Internet-governance related organizations/initiativesfollowed by Q&A. (Pre-recordings available at the IGF website and participants are expected to listen to them prior to the meeting). If you have any comments or questions on the video briefings, please email them to: questions [at] intgovforum [dot] org or join this session and address them live.
13:30 - 14:00 UTC
NRIs – status overview and cooperation in 2021
14:00 - 14:30 UTC
Recap and closing of the open consultations
DAY 2 23 JUNE 2021: MAG MEETING Open to observers
TIME (UTC)
AGENDA ITEM
FOCUS
OUTPUTS
08:00-08:15 UTC
Welcome from MAG Chair
Welcome from Host Country Co-chair
Adoption of agenda (and apologies noted)
08:15-09:00 UTC
Opening Session
Debrief from Open Consultations
Presentation of workshop evaluation process results
List of suggestions to consider in planning.
09:00-10:00 UTC
Breakout groups (30 minutes)
Catching up with one another
Share experience of the evaluation process and make suggestions for 2022
Reports from breakout groups (30 minutes)
Suggestions for adapting the process in 2022
MAG members and other participants catch up with one another in breakout rooms and discuss the evaluation process.
10:00-11:15 UTC
Breakout groups in workshop evaluation groups to discuss the combined scores for the respectve areas
Ranked workshops in each issue area.
Recommendations from workshop evaluation groups.
11:15-11:30 UTC
Break
11:30-12:30 UTC
Plenary Session II Reports from the issue area groups followed by discussion
List of approved workshops (overall). List of proposals for mergers. List of feeder workshops for the preparatory phase.
First look at the overall programme thematic structure, including subthemes in each issue area.
12:30-13:30 UTC
Plenary Session III
Reports and recommendations from the MAG working groups:
MAG WG on Hybrid Meetings
MAG WG on Outreach and Communication
MAG WG on IGF Strategy
Open discussion
Each group presents a set of concrete recommendations for the IGF 2021 process (up to 10 min), followed by an open discussion (30 min). The goal is to provide ways for improving the IGF 2021 process in the areas the the WG covers.
13:30-14:00 UTC
Feedback from MAG members on meeting progress Next Steps Closing by MAG Chair
DAY 3 30 JUNE 2021: MAG MEETING Open to observers
TIME (UTC)
AGENDA ITEM
FOCUS
OUTPUTS
09:00 – 10:00 UTC
Plenary Session I
Update on IGF 2021 programme planning
Finalising decision on number of workshops based on:
estimate of total number of session
allocation of workshops to focus areas
number of parallel tracks
Finalising decision on number of workshops based on:
(i) estimate of total number of sessions; (ii) allocation of workshops to focus areas; and (iii) number of parallel tracks.
Update on other forms of session proposals.
Agreed number of workshops to be included and allocation by issue area.
10:00 – 10:45 UTC
Breakout groups (45 min)
Workshop evaluation groups to finalise their selection based on the allocation of sessions
Are subthemes needed?
Agree on proposals for how to structure the programme in terms of issue areas and subthemes
Do we use policy questions as an entry point for the output documents or not?
Final selection of recommended sessions from each group.
10:45-11:00 UTC
Break
11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Plenary Session II
Reports from workshop evaluation groups followed by discussion
Endorsement of the final list of workshops
Initial ideas about programme structure in terms of issue areas and subthemes
Initial ideas about programme structure:
- consider issue areas and subthemes
- consider if main focus vs emerging/cross-cutting
- needs to be reflected in the programme structure
- consider planning of main sessions
Final list of workshops endorsed by the MAG.
12:00- 13:00 UTC
Plenary Session III Preparatory phase – implementation plan and Q&A
- Issue teams terms of reference -revisit and confirm
- How to form issue teams and when to open to others in the community?
- Issue area wiki’s
- Concept of introductory sessions and next steps
Review of the design, introductory sessions, and engagement of BPFs, PNs, DCs and role of MAG members.
Review draft issue teams TOR
13:00- 13:15 UTC
Break
13:15-13:45 UTC
Closing Recap: IGF 2021 processes: next steps and closing