lighting, Diplomacy

Briefing for co-leads of Global Digital Compact: Ambassadors of Rwanda and Sweden to the UN in New York

13 March 2023

In-situ Geneva - Switzerland

Event description

Diplo/Geneva Internet Platform hosted a briefing on digital governance issues for the Ambassadors of Rwanda and Sweden to the UN in New York, in their capacities as co-facilitator of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) process. Topics covered during the briefing included, among others: 

– The evolution of the digital governance architecture.

– Key digital policy issues on the global agenda. 

– The connections between the GDC process, the Internet Governance Forum, and the upcoming review of the World Summit on the Information Society. 

– The need to strengthen connections between digital governance discussions in Geneva and New York.