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 [...]
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 [...]
CIPESA together with KICTANet and the Center for International Private Enterprise [CIPE] co-hosted a session on Advancing Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities in Africa’s Evolving Digital Landscape’, on 20 November 2024, as part of the Africa IGF in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (20-22 November 2024). The session attracted 26 participants from across stakeholder groups [...]
As part of efforts to strengthen civil society engagement in digital governance, an online roundtable titled 'Multistakeholder Cooperation in Implementing the Global Digital Compact' was held on 31 October 2024. The event was organised by CADE in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications and the UN IGF Secretariat. Through two panel discussions, participants examined [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
