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A journalist in Asia for more than 35 years, Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler, the top digital only news site that is leading the fight for press freedom in the Philippines. As Rappler's CEO and president, Maria has endured constant political…

Maria-Fraancesca Spatolisano is the Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter- Agency Affairs, UN DESA since March 2019. At the beginning of February 2021, she was also appointed Officer-in Charge of the Office of the Secretary-…

    Mrs. Huria Ali Mahdi is currently serving as State Minister to the National ICT and Digital Economy Sector at the FDRE Ministry of Innovation and Technology since October 6, 2021. Before her current assignment, H.E has served at…

    Karoline Edtstadler was appointed Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution at the Federal Chancellery under Kurz II by President Alexander Van der Bellen in January 2020. Previously, from July 2019 to January 2020, she was…

An engineer by qualification and an officer of the Indian Administrative Service by profession, Ajay Sawhney has been a champion of information technology for over three and a half decades. Commencing his career in government in 1984, Mr. Sawhney…

During the 17th annual IGF, interested stakeholders can display or distribute relevant information about their Internet governance-related activities at the IGF Village. The IGF Village consists of physical and virtual display booths, located in the…

The 2022 Best Practice Forum on Gender and Digital Rights will look into the impact of regulations from a gender justice perspective and generate conversations with people who are affected by these regulatory practices, as well as assess the impacts…

Building on its so far work, the PNMA will continue providing an in-depth look at why achieving meaningful and universal Internet access remains ‎so challenging, in spite of years of efforts by policy makers and other actors from all stakeholder ‎…

The Policy Network on Meaningful Access (PNMA)'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 list…

Building on its so far work, the PNMA will continue providing an in-depth look at why achieving meaningful and universal Internet access remains ‎so challenging, in spite of years of efforts by policy makers and other actors from all stakeholder ‎…

  An IGF MAG working group to support IGF outreach, engagement and communications (WG-OEC) has been approved by the MAG. The charter for the working group can be found here.  This group is open to the IGF…

APRIL 2022 / THE IGF NEWSLETTER   Save the Date! 17th IGF IGF 2022 Call for Session Proposals: Focus on the Global Digital Compact Intersessional Activities: New DCs on Environment and Health…

ABOUT THE EGM CALL FOR INPUT CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AGENDA PARTICIPANTS BACKGROUND READING About the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was established in 2006…

IGF 2022 will be organized in a hybrid format, welcoming participants joining physically onsite in Addis Ababa as well as those joining online. The goal is for everyone to have a full and equal experience when participating in IGF sessions. We…

EGM Background Paper Tunis Agenda for the Information Society United Nations Trust Fund Project Document Internet Governance Forum ‎‎(Phase III)‎ Report of the CSTD Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (2012)…