22 September, 2025 More than 40 young women – many from Dalit and Janajati communities that have historically been marginalised – came together in Nepal on 22 November for Raising Her Voice, an initiative by HopeRise Foundation Nepal coordinated by Forus as part of the Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) programme, co-funded [...]
15 September Fundación Karisma, under CADE, organised two events at IGF in Colombia. The first, held on 15 September at Auditorio Fundadores, was a panel on Internet Governance with a Gender Perspective using the World Café methodology. It focused on integrating gender into digital policy, drawing on APC’s gender-sensitive cybersecurity framework and local experiences [...]
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 [...]
CADE participated in the Pacific Internet Governance Forum 2025, held at the National University of Samoa in Apia from 30 June to 4 July 2025, with two sessions focused on community engagement and digital awareness. Organised under the theme Digital Inclusion and Safety, the forum convened stakeholders from across the Pacific region, as well [...]
On 14 May 2025, CADE partner KICTANet led a roundtable on ‘Shaping Kenya’s Digital Future: Harmonising Policies for Innovation, Rights, and Secure Digital Governance’, during the 18th Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KeIGF), held as part of the Africa Tech Policy Summit (AfTPS) week (12–16 May 2025) in Nairobi, Kenya. The recording is available at [...]
16 May 2025 During the East African Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF) 2025, held from 15 to 16 May in Nairobi, CADE, in collaboration with CIPESA and KICTANet, co-organised a high-level session titled ‘Enhancing Global South CSO Capacities in Internet Governance: Engaging, Scaling, and Trust-Building.’ The discussion gathered experts, policymakers, and civil society representatives to [...]
CADE participated in RightsCon 2025 with a dialogue meeting on 27 February, focused on multistakeholder engagement in the WSIS+20 review. The session was organised by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), as part of CADE, in collaboration with Global Partners Digital (GPD). Designed as a hands-on workshop, this ENCL dialogue provided a practical [...]
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 [...]
Karisma moderated a session on ‘Human Rights in the Digital Age’ as part of Day 2 of the Colombia IGF 2024 (21-22 November 2024). The panel addressed key human rights concerns in the digital era, including the need to reduce the digital divide and enhance the protection of human rights online. The internet has [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
