| World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) | Internet Governance Forum (IGF) | OSET | Global Digital Compact (GDC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principles, commitments, and action lines (AL) for an info society for all. | Forum for dialogue: annual meeting and intersessional work. | Leads the implementation of UN SG Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, coordinating actions and working closely with UN entities and multistakeholder groups, ‘to ensure that there is overall coherence’. | Principles for an open, free and secure digital future for all. |
| IGOs as AL facilitators. | IGF Secretariat under UN DESA. | Facilitates dialogue on Roadmap recommendations and related parts of Our Common Agenda. | 2025: agreement on GDC by MS, at Summit of the Future. |
| WSIS Forum: information exchange and sharing of best practices in the implementation of AL. ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD as co-organisers. | Proposals for IGF Plus (help desk, policy incubator, etc.). | Serves as advocate and focal point for digital cooperation. | |
| CSTD: submits annual reports on WSIS outcomes implementation. | 2025: Mandate ends. | ||
| 2025: WSIS+20 review (GA HL meeting). |
| WSIS Principles and Action Lines | Roadmap for Digital Cooperation | Global Digital Compact |
|---|---|---|
| Role of govs and all SHs in promoting ICT4D | Global connectivity | Reaffirming the fundamental commitment to connecting the unconnected |
| ICT infrastructure: foundation for inclusive IS | Digital public goods | Avoiding fragmentation of the internet |
| Access to information and knowledge | Digital inclusion | Providing people with options as to how their data is used |
| Capacity building | Digital capacity building | Application of human rights online |
| Confidence & security in the use of ICTs | Digital human rights | Promoting a trustworthy internet by introducing accountability criteria for discrimination and misleading content |
| Enabling environment | AI | Regulation of AI |
| ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life | Digital trust and security | |
| Cultural and linguistic diversity, local content | Global digital cooperation | |
| Media (freedom of press, pluralism…) | ||
| Ethical dimensions of IS | ||
| International and regional cooperation |
| World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) | Internet Governance Forum (IGF) | OSET | Global Digital Compact (GDC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where are we with AL implementation? | Is it fulfilling its mandate? | What role in “coordinating digital” across the UN system? What can and cannot be done? | What do we know about the GDC? |
| What to expect from WSIS+20 process? | What stops the IGF from evolving towards IGF Plus? | What about relations with UNGIS? | What do we want from the GDC? What is realistic to expect? |
| Best and worst case scenarios? | |||
| How will the GDC differ from WSIS(+20) outcomes? How to connect the two (if at all)? | |||
| Also, any connections between GDC and annual UNGA resolutions on ICT for sustainable development? | |||
| Shall we already talk about GDC implementation and follow-up? What role (if any) for OSET and IGF? | |||
| Any inspiration from the Global Compact for Migration? |