lighting, Diplomacy

Training on Global Digital Compact and Digital Governance II

12 December 2023 - 13 December 2023

New York, USA

Event description

DiploFoundation will deliver a second round of a training on digital governance for UN member states delegates in New York. The training is funded by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the German Federal Foreign Office, and co-hosted in cooperation with the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology.  

The two-day programme will focus on increasing awareness and knowledge about digital governance, thus helping diplomats prepare to negotiate future UN digital documents, including the Global Digital Compact. Topics to be covered range from internet infrastructure and technology to human rights online, and from digital inclusion to artificial intelligence.

Priority is given to diplomats from small and developing countries.