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, [...]
23–24 September 2025 As part of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) 2025, held from 22 to 26 September in Windhoek, Namibia, CIPESA organised a two-day workshop on 23 and 24 September 2025 titled ‘Amplifying Achievements of Digital Rights Advocacy through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR): Testimonies from Our Partners’. The workshop [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. The session focused on identifying patterns of service disruption and equipping affected users and civil society actors with tools to monitor, record, and seek accountability for such incidents. Drawing [...]
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 [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
