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[NEW] Register Now! 2nd Open Consultations and MAG Meeting - UNHQ, New York, 12-14 July 2016

Interested individuals should kindly note registration for the above meeting is compulsory for UN badging purposes. Participants are advised to register as early as possible.

[NEW] Call for Participants: Retreat on Advancing the 10-Year Mandate of the IGF

As part of the process to continually improve the IGF and look to the mandate ahead, a two-day working retreat is proposed on 14-16 July 2016 in Glen Cove, New York. All relevant stakeholders, stakeholder groups and institutions are welcome to submit nominations for participants in the retreat before Tuesday, 7 June. Detailed information is available here, including the e-nomination form. FAQs on the Retreat are also available.

[NEW] FAQs for IGF2016 Workshop and Open Forum Proposers

[NEW] Call for IGF2016 Workshop Proposals Now OPEN! 

All IGF stakeholders are invited to submit their workshop proposals for the 2016 IGF, until Monday 6 June. Please click here for all relevant information, including:

IGF2016 Guidelines for Workshop Proposals

Timeline of MAG Workshop Review and Evaluation

Workshop Proposal Form

[NEW] Now Accepting Requests for IGF2016 Open Forums! 

Governments, international organizations, and other Internet governance-related organizations, are invited to submit their requests until Monday 20 June, using the online form. 

[NEW] Dynamic Coalitions Invited to Submit Requests for IGF2016 Meeting Slots

DCs may submit their requests for an individual meeting slot in the IGF annual programme by emailing the Secretariat no later than Monday 20 June. More information, including on the reporting requirement, is available here.

[NEW] IGF 2015 Gender Report Card

The IGF @ WSIS Forum 2016

An IGF Information Session was held during the annual WSIS Forum on Thursday 5 May. See the agenda.

First Open Consultations and MAG Meeting Held in Geneva

Statement from Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo available here.

See transcripts and video of the meeting. 

Multistakeholder Advisory Group Renewed

Full list of members available here.

Secretary-General Appoints Lynn St. Amour of United States to Chair Internet Governance Forum's Multistakeholder Advisory Group