The UN SG’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation puts forward important questions and presents key areas of interest concerning the future of Internet governance
15 years after the first IGF, in the midst of a generation, we set the clock for the next years to come. Poland declares its openness and readiness to bring all communities and interested parties together to jointly find the best way forward.
The 16th annual IGF meeting will be hosted by the Government of Poland in Katowice from 6-10 December, under the overarching theme: Internet United.
IGF 2020
The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme: Internet for human resilience and solidarity. The first phase was hosted on 2-6 November and the second one on 9-17 November. Visit IGF 2020 Meeting Page. The IGF 2020 Outputs, Statistics and Infographics are available.
IGF 2021 Call for Thematic Inputs open until 31 January.
Call to Take Stock of IGF 2020 and Suggest Improvements for IGF 2021 open until 20 January.
IGF 2020 output reports from Best Practice Forums.
MAG 2021 Appointed to plan the 16th Annual IGF Meeting.
IGF 2020 Closing Press Release available.
UN Secretary-General's Remarks to the 15th Annual IGF Meeting.
Step-by-step guide on how to connect to IGF 2020 sessions
UN Press Release on IGF 2020: Internet Governance Forum calls for bridging digital divides, harnessing the Internet to support human resilience and build solidarity amid COVID-19
IGF 2020 Opening PGA Remarks / ECOSOC President Remarks / UN DESA USG Remarks
IGF 2020 Announcement is available.
Visit the IGF 2020 meeting page. Interactive IGF 2020 Schedule is available. The schedule is also available as PDF and XLS.
Consult Guidelines and FAQs on how to register for the meeting and connect online to each IGF 2020 session.
Register for the IGF 2020. The list of already registered participants is available.
IGF 2020 Call for Voluntary Commitments
Visit the IGF 2020 Village
Read the IGF 2020 BPF inputs
IGF 2020 Pre-meeting Guide to Issues and Themes available for public commenting by 30 October.
Form to book an open networking slot during the IGF 2020 closed.
IGF 2020 WEBINARS for Organizers, Speakers, Hubs and everyone hosted on 12th and 14th October.
Submit contributions to the BPF on Cybersecurity until 17 October.
Read about ways of Youth Engagement in IGF 2020 and participate in youth bottom-up consultations survey to plan the Youth IGF Summit until 15 September.
List of selected workshops, open forums, pre-events and IGF Village booths available.
Respond to the BPF Gender and Access survey by 20 September.
Respond to a short survey of the BPF on Local Content by 6 September.
IGF Secretariat hosted the Outreach Event during the 2020 WSIS Forum on 3 August at 12:00 UTC.
The IGF 2020 MAG Chair participated at the UN 2020 High-Level Political Forum and 2020 WSIS Forum.
Announcement on the MAG 2021 Renewal. Stakeholders can submit nominations by 25 August 2020.
In view of the COVID-19 situation, the IGF Secretariat hosted the IGF 2020 Second Open Consultations and MAG meeting online from 15 - 19 June 2020. The summary report is available.
Update from the IGF 2020 Host Country for May published.
IGF 2019 Chair's Summary translated to six UN languages. Sign up to help with the translation efforts.
Suggest high-level speakers and participants that could be invited to the IGF 2020.
UK Government gives grant to the IGF Trust Fund for the redevelopment of the IGF website into a fully-fledged interactive collaborative platform in order to better fulfil the IGF mandate. The grant aims at strengthening community collaboration and inclusiveness, particularly for developing countries, as well as the accessibility and usability of the website.
Letter to the MAG from Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.
List or received, eligible for consideration, Workshop Proposals, Open Forum requests, DC Sessions and Day 0 Event requests, as well as the IGF Village Booth requests, is published.
Concept of the Youth Engagement in the IGF 2020 processes subject to community's consultations. The first Webinar on Youth Engagement in IGF 2020 hosted on 11 May at 14:00 p.m. UTC.
MAG Chair publishes her new blog post on the IGF 2020 process.
Call for IGF 2020 Remote Hubs open until 8 October.
The first IGF 2020 Outreach Webinar was hosted on 6 April 2020 at 14:00 UTC.
Calls to submit session proposals for Workshops | Open Forums | Day 0 Pre-Events | IGF Village Booths | DC Sessions | NRIs Sessions | closed on 22 April 2020, 23:59 UTC.
Received Workshop Proposals are available.
IGF 2020 Call for Travel Support and 15h IGF Music Night closed.
Call to NRIs to apply for financial grants closed on 3 March.
IGF 2020 Call for Validation of Thematic Tracks closed on 6 February. The analysis is available.
IGF 2020 First Open Consultations & MAG Meeting was hosted from 14 to 16 January 2020 at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.
Synthesis of feedback on the IGF 2019 and suggestions for improvements of the IGF 2020.
IGF 2018
The thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was hosted by the Government of France at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris from 12 to 14 November 2018. An interactive Schedule of the Meeting, under the title, 'Internet of Trust', was made available.
All IGF stakeholders are invited to give input on the 2018 annual meeting and programme cycle via the Taking Stock process, until 15 January 2019.
The final Chair's Summary of the meeting has been posted.
The Key Messages of the thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum are public.
The Transcripts and Videos of the Sessions are available.
The Reports of the Sessions are being made available as completed by their Rapporteurs.
IGF 2017
The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), from 18 to 21 December 2017, on the theme, Shape Your Digital Future! (Host Country Website)
See here the invitation from the UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Wu Hongbo.
IGF 2016: Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
The 2016 Internet Governance Forum (IGF): ‘Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’, was held at the PALCCO Centre from 6-9 December 2016 in Jalisco, Mexico.
IGF 2015
The IGF held its 10th annual meeting on the theme, "Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development", in João Pessoa, Brazil, on 10 to 13 November 2015.
IGF focused on a range of sub-themes, including Cybersecurity and Trust; Internet Economy; Inclusiveness and Diversity; Openness; Enhancing Multistakeholder Cooperation; Internet and Human Rights; Critical Internet Resources and Emerging Issues.
IGF 2014
The Ninth Annual IGF Meeting was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2-5 September 2014. The overarching theme for the meeting was: "Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance" with the following subthemes.
The final Chair's Summary of the Ninth IGF Meeting is available.
Evaluation
Workshop Evaluation Forms are available (archived).
The IGF 2014 Evaluation Survey is available (archived).
Session transcripts and recordings
Transcripts of IGF 2014 sessions are available (archived) - or search for the session title on the top right searchbox in this page.
For corrections in the transcripts, please contact the IGF Secretariat at [email protected]
Video recordings of the IGF 2014 sessions are available (new window).
Session reports
IGF 2014 session reports are available.