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 [...]
In the first half of 2024, the Libres y Conectadas coalition – including Karisma, Artemisas, FLIP and others – played a key role in reshaping Colombia’s draft Digital Gender Violence Bill. Following public criticism of an earlier version, the coalition was invited into a technical working group convened by three members of Congress. Through [...]
On 31 May 2024, CADE participated in the WSIS Forum in Geneva with a session on Empowering Civil Society in Digital Policy. Representatives from the ITU, DiploFoundation, ECNL and SMEX joined the panel to discuss why CSO participation remains limited in internet standards-setting bodies, and how this can change. Speakers proposed concrete improvements to inclusivity [...]
Geneva, 11 June 2024. The CADE project, an ambitious initiative designed to empower civil society organisations (CSOs) to participate more actively in digital policy processes, was officially launched on 31 May in Geneva. The launch was attended by Ambassador Lotte Knudsen, Permanent Representative of the European Union to the UN in Geneva, Prof. Jovan Kurbalija, [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
