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Convened by the UN Secretary-General, the IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates discussions on digital public policy. #IGF2026

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Those against AI regulation often say that even if one country does it, other countries might not. They talk about it like an arms race. They say that global coordination is impossible, so we might as well not even try.

But I just spent 3 days at the General Assembly of the United Nations 🇺🇳 and from where I’m standing, global coordination looks like a lot of hard work, but it does not look impossible. #UNGA81 @unitednations

📷: Presrag Vasić (other than selfies 🤳) taken in United Nations Headquarters by @intgovforum

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🌍 Youth leaders in Internet governance, this one is for you.

The IGF MAG Working Group on Youth has opened its call for expressions of interest for the IGF Youth Mentorship Programme 2026.

Selected mentees (aged 18 to 35, with a few years in the IGF space) will be paired with experienced mentors from the MAG community to build skills, grow their network, and deepen their engagement on the road to IGF 2026.

📅 Apply between 25 September and 4 October 2026.

🔗 Express your interest here: Link in bio by @intgovforum

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“We need AI coordination between countries and that’s what this place is for. That’s what the United Nations is all about.”

UN Global Advocate for Human-Centric Digital Governance @hitrecordjoe joined us during the #UNGA General Debate to talk about human agency in the age of AI and the importance of global cooperation around rules and regulations. by @intgovforum

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🌐 Interested in sharing and learning evidence and good practices, shaping policy options, and driving progress toward universal and meaningful connectivity?

Join the third meeting of the IGF Policy Network on Digital Inclusion and help shape the PN's workplan for 2026. 🤝

📅 30 September 2026
🕐 13:00–14:00 UTC
🔗 Register: Link in bio by @intgovforum

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📢 Call for Expressions of Interest — IGF Policy Network on Cybersecurity and Resilience (PNCR)

The PNCR is a community-driven, open process — and we're inviting stakeholders to help advance its work ahead of the IGF 2026 annual meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.

Our 2026 thematic focus: Securing Civilian Internet Access and Protection of Core Internet Resources in Contexts of Conflict and Crisis.

The PN has identified four work areas where your expertise can make a difference:

1️⃣ A multistakeholder emergency response mechanism to secure civilian Internet access in conflict and crisis

2️⃣ Normative frameworks — mapping synergies and gaps across UN norms, IHL, IHRL and Internet-community norms

3️⃣ A holistic multistakeholder approach spanning preparedness, protection and recovery

4️⃣ IGF input to the UN 1st Committee Global Mechanism on ICTs in the context of international security

Anyone can join and participate. Express your interest in one or more work areas via the form 👇.

🔗 Link in Bio

Please share this with anyone in your networks who might be interested in the work of the PNCR. by @intgovforum

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Welcome back to the @unitednations, @hitrecordjoe!

The UN Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance has arrived for #UNGA.

Join us this week as we build a digital world that puts people first.

#DigitalCooperationDay by @intgovforum

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🌟NEXT WEEK: Join Joseph Gordon-Levitt at #UNGA!

The @unitednations Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance is back, and he’s bringing the conversation on the Internet and AI to those who matter most: you.

Follow @hitrecordjoe next week and decide what digital future comes next. by @intgovforum

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The IGF 2026 programme is taking shape. 🌍

We're pleased to announce that 80 workshops have been selected for the 21st Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya (14–18 December 2026).

Workshops are the heart of the IGF's substantive programme — sessions where experts and participants dig into a specific Internet governance topic and open it up for genuine, multistakeholder discussion. Every submission was evaluated competitively by the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), whose members bring perspectives from all stakeholder groups and regions.

The selected workshops span five thematic areas:
🔹 Economy, Innovation & Sustainability
🔹 Governance, Cooperation & Institutions
🔹 Infrastructure, Access & Technical Foundations
🔹 Rights, Inclusion & Human Development
🔹 Trust, Safety & Information Integrity

Our thanks to the MAG for their careful work, and to everyone who submitted a proposal. View all selected workshops in detail here: Link in bio by @intgovforum

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👏 The IGF MAG Chair Office Hours continues!

Join the fifth session of the MAG Chair’s Open Office Hours to ask questions about IGF 2026, the programme, preparations, or ways to get involved in the IGF ecosystem.

📅 Tomorrow, 16 September, 21:00 UTC

🌍 Everyone, from everywhere, is welcome to join!

Register for tomorrow's session here: Link in bio by @intgovforum

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🌍 IGF 2026 Second Open Consultations & MAG Meeting | Day 3 wrap-up

📍 Geneva, Switzerland & online | 9 September 2026

On the final day, the MAG brought the programme into focus.

A few highlights from the day:

🔹 Members turned to planning the IGF 2026 main sessions — agreeing on topics, objectives and their linkages across the programme, including government dialogue with stakeholders and high-level sessions.

🔹 A key discussion focused on integrating the wider IGF ecosystem into the annual meeting, followed by updates from Policy Networks, Dynamic Coalitions and NRIs, and on specialized stakeholder engagement across youth, parliamentary, judiciary, business and newcomer communities.

🔹 The meeting closed with a review of decisions and action items, next steps, and closing remarks from the Host Country and the MAG Chair.

Huge thanks to everyone who engaged and contributed, onsite and online, over three highly productive days as we advance towards the 21st Annual IGF in Nairobi. by @intgovforum

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🌍 IGF 2026 Second Open Consultations & MAG Meeting — Day 2 wrap-up

📍 Geneva, Switzerland & online | 8 September 2026

Day 2 shifted into MAG working mode.

A few highlights from the day:

🔹 The MAG opened with a recap of the Open Consultations, followed by a Host Country update on preparations — website, logistics and venue.
🔹 Members reviewed the IGF 2026 thematic areas and draft public-facing narratives, and began mapping out potential main session topics and how they connect to the wider programme.
🔹 The IGF Secretariat presented the workshop evaluation results and selection, prompting a discussion on programme balance and other considerations.
🔹 In the afternoon, the four thematic groups broke out to refine narratives and priority issues, identify gaps, overlaps and opportunities for stronger linkages across sessions, and propose main session topics and other cross-cutting elements.
🔹 The day closed in plenary, with reports from each thematic group, workshop review, recap, and next steps.

A productive day of shaping the programme under this year's theme, "Governing the Internet in the Age of Intelligence: Our Shared Responsibility." by @intgovforum

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🌍 IGF 2026 Second Open Consultations & MAG Meeting — Day 1 wrap-up

📍 Geneva, Switzerland & online | 7 September 2026

Day 1 brought the multistakeholder community together in Geneva and online to shape the programme for the 21st IGF, under the overarching theme "Governing the Internet in the Age of Intelligence: Our Shared Responsibility."

A few highlights from the day:

🔹 The IGF Secretariat opened with an overview of session submissions, progress against the evaluation objectives, and the key programme milestones on the road to Nairobi.

🔹 An open consultation on the IGF 2026 programme invited input on priorities, potential main session topics, and how intersessional work, the NRIs and other elements can be woven into a coherent whole — and how the programme can best deliver on this year's theme.

🔹 A rich session on IGF 2026 in the evolving digital governance landscape featured updates from a wide range of UN entities, intergovernmental and partner organizations on synergies with the IGF in the context of the WSIS+20 outcomes and AI governance processes.

🔹 The day closed with a forward-looking discussion on strategic priorities and expected outcomes, strengthening policy relevance, actionable outcomes, capacity development and stakeholder engagement across the annual meeting, intersessional activities and the wider IGF ecosystem.

Next up on Days 2–3: reviewing workshop selections, refining the thematic narratives, and shaping the main sessions and overall programme framework.

📄 Full agenda for all days: Link in bio by @intgovforum

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