From the outside looking in? An informal dialogue on standard-setting, stakeholder inclusion, and power dynamics Wednesday, 9th July 2025, 12:00–14:00 CEST For details email cade@diplomacy.edu Background As the international digital governance landscape continues to evolve, questions around inclusion, legitimacy, and coordination in standard-setting and multistakeholder processes have become increasingly pressing. CSOs often find themselves [...]
The 20th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held in Lillestrøm, Norway, from 23 to 27 June 2025, under the theme Building Governance Together. The forum will provide a key opportunity to the global internet community to shape the future of internet governance ahead of the WSIS+20 process. The Civil Society Alliances for [...]
On 18 December 2024, during IGF 2024 in Riyadh, the CADE consortium hosted a workshop titled Empowering Civil Society: Bridging Gaps in Policy Influence. With close to 40 participants joining in person and online, the session explored how CSOs – especially from the Global South – can overcome structural barriers to engaging in global digital [...]
On 21 November 2024, Karisma held a satellite session alongside Colombia IGF 2024 in Bogotá to explore internet outages and service restrictions across Latin America. Drawing on recent disruptions in Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Nicaragua, around 30 participants reviewed patterns of restriction and discussed emerging accountability strategies. Speakers presented findings from a regional case [...]
On 20 November 2024, during the Africa IGF in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, CIPESA, KICTANet and CIPE co-organised a session on Advancing Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities in Africa’s Evolving Digital Landscape. Close to 30 participants joined the discussion, including representatives from civil society, government and disability rights groups. The session presented key findings from [...]
At ICANN81 in Istanbul on 13 November 2024, CADE co-hosted a side event attended by close to 15 civil society stakeholders. The conversation focused on the need for long-term structural support to enable sustained CSO participation in ICANN, where issues like domain-name policy and DNS abuse have significant rights implications. Participants highlighted challenges such [...]
On 6 November 2024, Karisma delivered a workshop at the Youth LACIGF in Santiago, Chile, based on its Sexting School initiative. The session engaged nearly 40 young leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean in a dialogue on digital safety, gender, and consent in online spaces. Participants discussed sexting as a care-based practice, analysed regional [...]
On 27 September 2024, during the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) in Dakar, Senegal, the CADE consortium co-hosted a session titled Strengthening Collaboration with African Policymakers. Organised by CIPESA and CIPE, the session gathered parliamentarians, digital rights advocates, civil society actors and academics to explore strategies for more inclusive digital policy-making on the [...]
Ahead of FIFAfrica 2024, a two-day training session held from 24–25 September 2024 in Dakar brought together 13 parliamentarians from 10 African countries. Organised by CIPESA and partners, the training focused on practical frameworks for digital rights and collaborative policymaking. Sessions included platform accountability during elections, online censorship, and the role of MPs in [...]
On 7 August 2024, CADE and partners hosted a webinar titled CSOs and the Global Digital Compact, bringing together 40 participants from five regions. The event examined civil society’s role in shaping global digital governance and reviewed current concerns with the GDC process, including a lack of reference to human rights and gender equality. Speakers [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
