Chad IGF
The national IGF of Chad will host its annual meeting on 13-14 July 2022 in N'Djamena. The main theme is ''A Resilient and Accessible Internet for All''. For more information, please visit https://igf.td/
>>CHENGETAI MASANGO: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We're about to start. Can we please take our seats?
I think it's time to use the hammer.
>>CHENGETAI MASANGO: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We're about to start our session. It's two minutes past 3:00 at the moment. If we can all take our seats, thank you.
>>CHAIR MITCHELL: Good afternoon. I hope you all had a good lunch. Are you ready to get back to work?
>>CHENGETAI MASANGO: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We're about to start. If you could please take a seat.
Thank you very much. And I'd just like to start saying it's very good to see you all here, back to in-person meetings.
We're about to start. Thank you.
So good morning, ladies and gentlemen, those people who are in the room, and good morning, afternoon, and evening, ladies and gentlemen, those of you who are following us online.
Mauritius Youth IGF
The Mauritius Youth IGF initiative was established in 2022. The forum provides an open platform for youth to take part in Internet governance discussions on matters of relevance.
BPF Gender Call II
The second planning and deliberation call of the Best Practice Forum on Gender and Digital Rights will be hosted on 4 July 2022 at 15:00 UTC
BPF webpage: https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-bpf-gender-and-digital-righ…
Call details:
Best Practice Forums is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: BPF Gender Call II
Time: Jul 4, 2022 03:00 PM Universal Time UTC
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Meeting ID: 969 2346 5020
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Announcement
The Internet Governance Forum's Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF MAG) has been instrumental in planning the programme of the annual IGF meetings.
We would like to express our gratitude to all past and present members of MAG who have donated their time, effort and valuable guidance in ensuring the smooth running of the IGF.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo IGF
The national IGF of The Democratic Republic of the Congo will be hosted in a hybrid format from Kinshasa on 30 June 2022. To participate in the meeting, please register via https://fgi.cd/Inscription-FGIRDC.html
EuroDIG
Eurodig 2023 will be hosted in Tampere, Finland on 19-21 June 2023. For more information, please visit https://www.eurodig.org/
Youth African IGF
The Youth African IGF is hosted on 18 July 2022 in Lilongwe, Malawi. As part of this meeting, the second capacity development workshop of the IGF Youth Track is hosted (10-11 UTC), details below.
More information about the African Youth IGF is available here https://sched.co/13lTM
INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2022 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT TRACK
The second capacity development workshop hosted at the Youth African IGF
18 July 2022 | 10:00-11:00 UTC
Malawi, Lilongwe and online
Digital Transformation for Better Future for All - are we all given the same start chance?
Connectivity as a prerequisite to digital transformation
REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE OR ONSITE IN LILONGWE
| We are living in a time when each and every aspect of our lives is going through digital transformation, from education and work to communication and entertainment. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the power and importance of digital technologies. While the physical distancing measures associated with the pandemic have closed schools across the world, disrupted people’s ability to work and forced families and friends to stay apart, the Internet has enabled many to continue their education and jobs and maintain social interaction. However, the increase in the use of online technologies prompted by COVID-19 has exacerbated many digital policy-related issues and has starkly illustrated the widening gap between the connected and unconnected. For example, it has highlighted the importance of issues related to online security and safety, data protection and utilisation, as well as freedoms and rights on the Internet. Even before the pandemic, there was broad recognition of the need to conquer the digital divide, particularly the gender digital divide, as well as online segregation and discrimination of various marginalised groups. These problems have been around ever since the Internet entered our lives, just over 50 years ago, and the complexity and global nature of the issues require the involvement of multiple generations. The youth of today will be tomorrow’s Internet leaders and experts. The sooner we start developing the capacity of today’s youth, the sooner we can start to make progress, across the generations, and create an Internet that benefits all. |
About this session
Building on the demand from young people, as well as on the outputs of the last year’s Global Youth Summit and related youth engagement opportunities, the IGF 2022 aims at creating a set of activities to connect youth from around the world among themselves, and also create opportunities for them to network with senior stakeholders, experts in Internet governance. As digital transformation was among the topics of interest to youth, the capacity development activities will also tackle specific issues nested under this broad theme.
As a follow-up to the first capacity development workshop organized at EuroDIG in which digital transformation was unpacked, this workshop will outline the implications connectivity and access have as a prerequisite for digital transformation.
Agenda
- 10:00 UTC - Opening and launching a poll
- 10:10 UTC - High-level overview on the topic: Connectivity and access as a prerequisite of digital transformation
- 10:20 UTC - Open discussion
- 10:45 UTC - Summary of key action points
- 11:00 UTC - Closing