The Belarus IGF forum, with a record number of participants, was held in Minsk. The fifth Internet Governance Forum Belarus IGF-2023 was held on November 15 and generated a record number of participants. More than 500 representatives of…

At the IGF 2023 in Kyoto, IS3C's Working Group Security by Design - Internet of Things published its report, 'Saving the World from an Insecure Internet of Things'. Researchers compared IoT policy documents and distilled from them the best practices…

The IGF's Call for Thematic Inputs for the 2024 cycle is now open until 31 January! Let us know what critical digital topics we should be covering the forthcoming year. Every input counts.

At the IGF in Kyoto IS3C's Working Group on Procurement and Supply Chain Management published its report. Researchers compared procurement policy documents from around the world and drew some astonishing conclusions from the point of view that…

The memberships of the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) and Leadership Panel have been renewed for 2024. Meet the MAG - including its new Chair - and Leadership Panel.

The 8th annual edition of the IGF for Southeastern Europe is hosted in Zagreb, Croatia, and online on 6-7 November 2023. The press release is available, as well as the programme.

The national IGF of Kazakhstan successfully launched its very first annual meeting. Over 150 participants discussed various issues related to public digital policy. The meeting served as a platform for signing the Memorandum on Personal Data…

See IGF 2023 Outputs, including draft Kyoto IGF Messages open for public consultations until 31 October. All 18th IGF details are posted to the IGF 2023 page.

The IGF Leadership Panel has released a draft vision paper on the “Internet We Want”, now open for public consultation! All are welcome to review and comment on the paper here. 

What worked well, and not so well, at IGF 2023? Let us know in our process to take stock of the 18th IGF and suggest improvements for next year. Open until 19 November!

See UN Secretary-General António Guterres's and Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Junhua Li's opening remarks at the 18th IGF in Kyoto, Japan. 

UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the 18th IGF, calling for a human rights and human-centered approach to digital cooperation. Read the opening press release!

At the margins of the 18th annual IGF meeting, a side event is organzied by Nikkei! All stakeholders from Japan are invited to also participate in the Nikkei Digital Forum "Digital Nation Japan 2023 Autumn in KYOTO" during 10 and 11 September. 

The School on Internet Governance Japan will hold an event 7 October before the start of the 18th IGF in Kyoto, on  "Empowering Youth Towards 'Internet We Want'". 

A number of private bilateral meeting rooms are available to book for participants of the 18th IGF in Kyoto. Access our self-reservation system here and below!