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Civil society organisations, digital policy experts, and EU representatives gathered in Brussels on 27 April 2026 for a multistakeholder dialogue on advancing digital inclusion and rights. The hybrid event, titled Partnering with civil society to advance digital inclusion and rights, explored practical examples from the ReCIPE and CADE projects linked to priorities under the EU’s Global Gateway agenda [...]

12 January 2026  CADE’s Youth Voices for Digital Rights initiative invites you to a virtual open house that marks the culmination of four months of work with 15 young advocates from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. These participants have explored how their rights intersect with an increasingly data-driven world. They represent a generation [...]

3–6 November 2025, Córdoba, Argentina Fundación Karisma, as part of the Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE),  will participate in the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum in Córdoba, 5–6 November, preceded by the Youth LACIGF on 3–4 November. The organisation’s engagement will focus on strengthening civil society participation in regional digital [...]

27 November 2025 CIPESA and SMEX will present new evidence from civil society on digital rights at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review pre-session on 27 November. Their interventions, delivered at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, draw on stakeholder reports jointly prepared with APC. The session is part of the 51st [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]