The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) will hold its eleventh substantive session on 7-11 July 2025 in New York, the USA. This will be the final session of the group’s work. The OEWG was established in 2021 by UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/75/240. The group is tasked to continue to develop the rules, norms, and principles of responsible [...]
The 2025 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, branded as the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, will take place from 7 to 11 July in Geneva, Switzerland. This gathering marks twenty years since the original WSIS meetings held in Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. The event is co-hosted by [...]
ICANN’s GNSO Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee will hold its 36th meeting on Monday, 23 June 2025, starting at 17:30 UTC and lasting 60 minutes. The committee, formed by the GNSO Council, is tasked with assessing the RDRS pilot and preparing recommendations for possible future policy development related to access to domain registration [...]
ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council will convene its next meeting on Thursday, 10 July 2025, beginning at 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST). The session is expected to last around 2 hours and will continue the Council’s ongoing work on key policy decisions affecting the gTLD space. The Council, as the principal policymaking body within ICANN for [...]
The eleventh meeting of ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Latin Script Diacritics Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group will take place on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, at 13:15 UTC, and will run for 75 minutes. This session will continue the group's work on developing policy recommendations concerning the delegation of top-level domain names (TLDs) [...]
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 Digital [...]
The first edition of the Africa Tech Policy Summit (AfTPS) is set to take place from May 12–16, 2025, at The Edge Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by KICTANet, the event will convene policymakers, private sector leaders, academia, civil society, and tech startups from across Africa to promote the harmonisation of tech policies and drive [...]
The 14th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2025), scheduled for 29–31 May 2025 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is a pivotal event for stakeholders across the continent. This year's theme, 'Empowering Africa’s Digital Future,' underscores the importance of inclusive dialogue in shaping the continent's digital landscape. Afigf 2025 will serve as a platform for dialogue, [...]
The Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B) will take place on 13–14 May 2025 at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG) in Switzerland. Hosted by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in collaboration with the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE), this high-level event aims to elevate cyber capacity development within global [...]
The European Dialogue on Internet Governance 2025 (EuroDIG) will be held in Strasbourg from 12 to 14 May, hosted by the Council of Europe in partnership with the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. This year’s forum, under the theme 'Safeguarding human rights by balancing regulation and innovation', will bring together key voices from [...]
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
