The RIPE NCC has submitted detailed input to the WSIS+20 Elements Paper, urging the Zero Draft to reaffirm the globally accepted multistakeholder model of internet governance, address persistent connectivity and capacity gaps, and strengthen alignment with the Global Digital Compact. The submission highlights WSIS achievements, identifies implementation and inclusion challenges, and calls for a permanent, well-funded IGF and a clearer, technically grounded approach to safeguarding the open, interoperable and secure architecture of the global internet.

The Global Network Initiative has provided detailed input to the WSIS+20 Elements Paper, calling for the Zero Draft to embed international human rights law across all thematic areas, reaffirm the multistakeholder model as defined in the Tunis Agenda, renew and resource the IGF, and address systemic challenges ranging from biometric surveillance to shrinking civic space. The submission also emphasises the importance of linking WSIS with the Global Digital Compact and elevating regional perspectives, drawing on GNI’s work with partners across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Tech Global Institute has endorsed two major civil-society submissions to the WSIS+20 Elements Paper, calling for a digital governance framework rooted in human rights, gender equality, and structural reform. The contributions, developed through the Global Digital Justice Forum and the Global Digital Rights Coalition for WSIS, argue that the next phase of WSIS must confront Big Tech concentration, data extractivism, and global disparities in connectivity, AI, and financing.