Date: 9 May 2025 Time: 14.00 CEST | 12.00 UTC Location: Online At the United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024, world leaders adopted the Pact for the Future, which includes the Global Digital Compact (GDC). One of GDC’s central pillars is data governance, marking the first time this issue has been formally placed [...]
Background and rationale In recent years, the adoption of digital technology in electoral processes has gained momentum across Africa. Countries have increasingly turned to digital solutions to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and credibility of elections. Technologies such as biometric voter registration, electronic voting, and digital platforms for voter education and election monitoring have been [...]
Crossing perspectives on challenges related to sharing and protecting strategic infrastructures Date: Thursday, May 15, from 14:00 to 15:00 Venue: Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), room 4, on level -1 Current geopolitical events and tensions have put shared critical infrastructure under a new spotlight with attacks on pipelines, energy lines and underwater communication lines. [...]
The Digital Democracy for All (DD4ALL) project is a collaborative initiative designed to advance secure, inclusive, and effective digital governance in Serbia and Armenia. While the project unites both countries in strengthening their digital governance systems, it addresses distinct priorities based on their specific national contexts and needs. The 2-day in-situ training aims to support [...]
The 20th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted by the Government of Norway in Lillestrøm from 23 to 27 June 2025, under the overarching theme Building Digital Governance Together. Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) will participate at the 20th IGF in several tracks, providing just-in-time-reporting agd contributing to discussions [...]
The 2025 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum – branded as WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 – will take place on 7–11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event is co-hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Swiss Confederation, and co-organised by ITU, the United Nations Educational, Scientific [...]
The 2025 edition of the AI for Good Global Summit will be held on 8–11 July 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. The summit is organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with over 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the Government of Switzerland. Discussions will revolve around a wide range of issues such [...]
Diplo Academy is excited to announce the start of three online courses on 21 July 2025: Bilateral Diplomacy Diplomatic Law: Privileges and Immunities Internet Technology and Policy For further information or to apply, please click on the course titles above or visit our course catalogue. *** Subscribe to Diplo Academy Newsletter for updates on our courses, [...]
The AI, Governance and Philosophy Global Dialogue brings together scholars, practitioners, and young thinkers for a unique, multi-city journey across China. Organised by the School of Global Governance and School of Management at BIT, in collaboration with Diplo and SASA, this immersive programme explores how classical Chinese philosophies, Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism can inform [...]
⏰ 9am-10am EDT / 16:00–17:30 EAT / 15:00–16:30 CEST / 13:00-14:30 UTC In 2022 the idea of a Global Digital Compact was floated by the UN with the intention of developing shared principles for a secure digital future – a future in which the power of digital technology was fully harnessed to accelerate the [...]