IGF 2024 Open Forum #15 Digital cooperation: the road ahead

The session will cover the latest development at the international level on digital cooperation. Most notably, the open forum will reflect on the achievements on the Global Digital Compact and its follow ups. The session will allow to both have an introductory retrospective on the process, and to look ahead at its implementation including its significance for multistakeholder contribution to digital cooperation and the contribution of IGF in this field. The open forum is expected to inform stakeholders on how they can contribute to translating Global Digital Compact into action and how the agreed principles and commitments can be moved forward in the coming years. The outcome of the forum will be shared with all relevant UN institutions, Member States, and the stakeholders community to ensure an ever growing alignment and coordination in advancing concrete actions for digital cooperation.

1. Interaction will be facilitated by questions/polls posted in the meeting chat (e.g. via Slido). Online attendees will be able to ask questions and contribute their views 2. The session will have three segments with clear roles for in-person and online audience. The first segment will consist of a keynote and introductory remarks. After a first exchange among participants, the moderator will take questions from the audience in the room and the online participants. In the last segment, all participants will be asked to provide their feedback (via Slido or similar tool) to some of the ideas put forward by the panelists 3. Slido, as mentioned. In addition the session will be advertised via LinkedIN and X (participants will be able to engage with dedicated hashtags)