Join us  at Finnish IGF 2022!

Finnish IGF 2022
Internet governance going forward
Thursday 29 September 2022 | 12:00-13:30 UTC

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Almost two decades after the initial World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the ‎convening of the IGF, much of digital policy and related processes have changed. Many communities ‎felt inspired by the IGF and started their own national and regional IGFs. Among them, EuroDIG, as the ‎regional IGF for Europe, and the Finnish Internet Forum (FIF), have been running their processes for ‎years.‎

The IGF has been at the centre of the UN Secretary-General’s digital agenda. In his Roadmap for Digital ‎Cooperation, he called for advancing the IGF by introducing the high-level multistakeholder body, ‎recently announced as the IGF Leadership Panel. Calls for changes continue. For example, in the ‎Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda Report, it is called for the IGF to ‘’adapt, innovate and ‎reform’’ and designing a Global Digital Compact (GDC) was proposed. What are these changes about ‎and what are the areas the GDC will focus on? Would it reflect the contemporary digital policy issues? ‎What does our digital future look like? These questions and more will be discussed during this session.‎

The details of the upcoming meeting of the Dynamic Coalitions Coordination Group (DCCG) are shared via the DCCG mailing list. 

PNIF Webinar 2

Join Zoom Meeting - Meeting ID: 929 2704 3035 - https://intgovforum.zoom.us/j/92927043035

Follow up of the 15 September webinar  "What does Internet fragmentation mean to you? Identifying fragmentation and key stakeholders". ( Summary - recording )  

[agenda]

"What can be done about internet fragmentation, and who should be doing what?"

1. Welcome and introduction. 
   • Summary and key takeaways of the 1st webinar.
2. Avoiding internet fragementation - Bringing everyone on the same page.
   1. Towards common principles all stakeholders can agree about 
      • Input from the 1st webinar: The internet has never been not fragmented and varying levels of fragmentation are consistent with the development of the internet. However severe fragmentation that causes malfunctioning or breaking the internet is inconsistent with the ideal of an open interoperable internet that respects human rights and allows for critical access. 
      • questions: What are common principles or a common minimal denominator all stakeholders can and should agree about? 
   2. Achieving policy goals without interfering with the Internet's operability
      • Input from the 1st webinar:  Fragmentation can be caused by technical, governmental or commercial practices. There's a need for further and precise discussion about fragmentation, practices and what should or shouldn't be done, including a dialogue on how legitimate goals can be achieved without interfering with the internet's operability.
      • questions: What are examples of practices to achieve policy goals that are good alternatives to existing actives that risk to affect the interoperability of the internet?
   3. Role of multilateral and multistakeholder spaces, including the IGF
      • input from the 1st webinar:  Both multilateral and multistakeholder spaces are relevant and have their own role to play. That the narrative of fragmentation is becoming mainstream and its discourse interwoven with security and competition concerns is a worrying evolution that may impact multilateral cooperation and the multistakeholder model supporting the open interoperable internet.
      • questions: What are priorities for the different stakeholders?  What concerns should be addressed where?  
3. Summary and key takeaways from the 2nd webinar
4. Looking forward to IGF 2022  

[discussants and moderators]