WS 07 2026

27 May 2026 | 16:30 - 17:30 CEST | LORD JENKINS
Consolidated programme 2026

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Title: Implementing WSIS+20 Review Outcomes through Collaboration amongst European National and Regional Initiatives

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Session teaser

This session is related to Main Topic 1 and provides the opportunity to discuss how European national and regional IGF's could contribute to the WSIS+20 review outcomes. By connecting policy ambitions with operational realities, the session aims to foster dialogue on how WSIS+20 can remain a living framework - one that empowers communities, strengthens regional cooperation, and ensures that digital transformation benefits all. This session will bring together European Stakeholders to:

• Share national and regional experiences in implementing WSIS commitments
• Highlight innovative governance models and cooperation mechanisms
• Identify gaps between global vision and local execution
• Explore how multistakeholder participation can be strengthened in practice in the European Region
• Discuss how WSIS+20 outcomes can reinforce sustainable development, digital inclusion and human rights
• Contribute with input from Europe to the global discussion on the WSIS Review Outcomes

Session description

The review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) twenty years after its launch offers an important opportunity to reflect not only on the achievements of the WSIS framework but also on how its principles and commitments can continue to guide digital governance in the years ahead. While global processes define shared visions and policy directions, their effective implementation often takes place at national and regional level. In this context, National and Regional IGF Initiatives (NRIs), operating within the ecosystem of the Internet Governance Forum, represent valuable spaces for dialogue, cooperation and policy exchange among governments, the private sector, the technical community, academia and civil society. Over the past years, NRIs have played an increasingly important role in fostering multistakeholder engagement, raising awareness on Internet governance issues and supporting policy discussions within their respective communities. At the same time, the WSIS+20 review outcome document (Para. 102) and the evolving global digital governance landscape raise new questions about how these initiatives could further contribute to translating global commitments into concrete actions and collaborative practices.

This session will explore how NRIs and regional Internet governance platforms can support the implementation of WSIS+20 outcomes by:

• sharing national and regional experiences in promoting multistakeholder dialogue and cooperation
• identifying practical ways to connect global policy discussions with local and regional implementation
• exploring innovative mechanisms that could strengthen cooperation, knowledge exchange and policy experimentation within the NRI network
• discussing how NRIs can contribute to advancing digital inclusion, sustainable development and the protection of human rights online

The discussion will also consider emerging ideas such as the creation of collaborative “NRI Labs” – voluntary spaces for exchanging practices, collecting policy insights and experimenting with approaches that could support the implementation of global digital governance commitments at the national and regional level. Through an open and interactive dialogue, the session aims to identify possible pathways for strengthening the role of NRIs in the evolving global digital governance ecosystem and in the continued implementation of WSIS principles.

Format

Please try out new interactive formats. EuroDIG is about dialogue not about statements, presentations and speeches. Workshops should not be organised as a small plenary.

Further reading

Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents. Please note we cannot offer web space, so only links to external resources are possible. Example for an external link: Main page of EuroDIG

People

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• First Name Last Name, Affiliation/institution

Programme Committee member(s)

• Filip Lukáš, Policy Advisor at CENTR
• Mark Carvell, Independent consultant on Internet governance policy
• Milica Vesović, Programme Manager in the Digital Development Unit, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law at the Council of Europe
• Regina Filipová Fuchsová, Industry Relations Manager at EURid

The Programme Committee (PC) supports the programme planning process throughout the year and works closely with the Secretariat. Members of the PC give advice on the topics, cluster the proposals and assist session organisers in their work. They also ensure that session principles are followed and monitor the complete programme to avoid repetition. 1-2 PC members have signed up to each session and will compile the messages.

Focal Point

• Concettina Cassa, Agency for Digital Italy (AgID)

Focal Points take over the responsibility and lead of the session organisation. They work in close cooperation with the Programme Committee and the EuroDIG Secretariat and are kindly requested to follow EuroDIG’s session principles

Organising Team (Org Team)

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• David Frautschy, Internet Society
• Matthis Pechtold, University of Vienna
• Sophia Longwe, Wikimedia Deutschland – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
• Alena Muravska, RIPE NCC
• Milica Vesović, Programme Manager in the Digital Development Unit, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law at the Council of Europe
• Isabelle Lois, Senior Policy Advisor at Swiss OFCOM, Vice-Chair of the CSTD
• Giacomo Mazzone

The Org Team is a group of people shaping the session. Org Teams are open and every interested individual can become a member by subscribing to the mailing list.

Key Participants

• Sabrina Heber – German IGF as a moderator
• Matthias Kettemann – Austrian IGF
• Declan McDermott – Irish IGF
• Dijana Milutinović – RNIDS as a member of IGF Serbia

Key Participants are experts willing to provide their knowledge during a session – not necessarily on stage. Key Participants should contribute to the session planning process and keep statements short and punchy during the session. They will be selected and assigned by the Org Team, ensuring a stakeholder balanced dialogue also considering gender and geographical balance. Please provide short CV’s of the Key Participants involved in your session at the Wiki or link to another source.

Messages

The Programme Committee is responsible for taking notes during the session and to formulate 3 (max. 5) bullet points that are presented at the end of each session. The audience shall agree on the messages in (rough) consensus.

Messages should:

• reflect the discussion in the particular session
• relate to European Internet governance policy
• be forward looking and propose goals and activities

Video record

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Transcript

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