Internet United: Global IGF 2020 will be hosted online

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fifteenth meeting of the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held online. The IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) together with the IGF Secretariat and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) have begun preparations and consultations on how best to carry out this virtual IGF annual meeting.

The Government of Poland will now host the IGF 2021 Annual Meeting in Katowice in the 4th quarter of next year and the Governments of Ethiopia and Japan will be hosting the IGF annual meetings in 2022 and 2023, respectively, pending organizational arrangement.

The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted online under the overarching theme: Internet United. The programme continues to develop around the four main thematic tracks: (1) Data; (2) Environment; (3) Inclusion; (4) Trust.

At the same time, in the Republic of Moldova, the national Internet Governance Forum is planned in the autumn of 2020. In the coming days, the MIGF Organizing Committee will convene a regular meeting to discuss the new format of the national forum in Moldova, changes in the agenda and new dates for the event. We will keep you updated on the progress.