29–31 October 2025, Beirut, Lebanon As part of Bread&Net 2025 – SMEX’s annual unconference on digital rights in West Asia and North Africa – the Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) will host a series of sessions focusing on inclusive participation in internet governance and regional legal frameworks. The three-day in-person event will [...]
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Civil society organisations (CSOs) are vital voices in shaping inclusive and accountable digital policy. Yet effective participation in global and regional forums depends not only on technical knowledge but also on diplomacy, negotiation, and collaboration. Diplomacy and Negotiations for CSOs strengthens these essential skills, helping participants engage with credibility, build alliances, and influence complex [...]
Digital infrastructure underpins every aspect of the modern internet – from global communication and commerce to social participation and governance. Yet the systems that make connectivity possible – cables, data centres, protocols, and standards – are often governed through complex, technical, and opaque processes. Infrastructure and Standards for CSOs equips participants with the knowledge [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) transforms how societies are governed, how economies function, and how people exercise their rights. For civil society organisations (CSOs), AI brings both new opportunities and urgent challenges: it can empower advocacy and analysis, but it can also deepen inequalities and concentrate power. AI Policy and Practice for CSOs equips participants to [...]
Cybersecurity has become a defining policy issue of the digital age. Once confined to technical specialists, it now shapes how nations safeguard critical infrastructure, how companies manage risk, and how people exercise their rights online. For CSOs, cybersecurity is a policy field that links technology, rights, and international cooperation. Decisions about what to protect, [...]
Are you concerned about how digital policies affect your work and the communities you serve? Do you wonder how decisions about data, cybersecurity, or online content are made – and who makes them? Digital policy issues such as surveillance, privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and internet shutdowns shape daily life and civic space. Understanding how [...]
CADE at ICANN84 Annual General Meeting 2025 GNSO: NCSG Discussion on DNS Blocking and Human Rights Friday, 25 October 2025, 08:00–09:00 UCT Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland For details, visit: https://icann84.sched.com/event/29QGd/gnso-ncsg-discussion-on-dns-blocking-and-human-rights Background As part of the upcoming ICANN84 Annual General Meeting (25–30 October 2025) in Dublin, the Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE), in [...]
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 15:00–16:30 CEST For details, email cade@diplomacy.edu Background The CADE consortium, in collaboration with Forus, DiploFoundation, ECNL, and Expectation State, launched the 'CADE Mapping Report and Baseline Study' – a milestone study examining how civil society organisations (CSOs) participate in key internet governance spaces such as the IGF, ICANN, ITU, and [...]
2 October 2025 As part of preparations for the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25), KICTANet held an online webinar on 2 October 2025 to brief civil society on the ITU development process and Kenya’s preparations for Baku. The Communications Authority of Kenya outlined the ITU structure, the WTDC mandate and outputs (declarations, action plans, [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
