[DC] Dynamic Coalitions Main Session

Anriette Esterhuysen anriette at apc.org
Tue Jun 17 05:33:25 EDT 2025


Thanks Jutta.. ignore my previous comment. I was working on the old 
document. This new one is very clear.

Anriette

Anriette Esterhuysen -anriette at apc.org//anriette at gmail.com

On 2025/06/16 18:08, Jutta Croll wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> thank you for taking part in our prep-call for the DCs Main Session at 
> IGF 2025. Finally we have come up with an approach to the 
> accessibility issues and the programme for the session.
>
> *Accessibility*
>
> We agreed to hold the session although accessibility for all cannot 
> yet be guaranteed yet. We will have  a statement in regard of 
> accessibility being a pre-condition for the DCs‘ main session at the 
> beginning, this shall also be advertised at the DCs‘ booth in IGF 
> village. @Markus Kummer <mailto:kummer.markus at gmail.com> will address 
> the issue in advance trying to get at least int. sign language 
> interpretation for the session. We will also address the issue in the 
> planned meeting with the MAG chair and UN DESA. @Roman Chukov 
> <mailto:roman.chukov at un.org> could you please check whether in the 
> INDICO registration process participants are asked if the yhave 
> disability issues and let us know about the number of hearing impaired 
> people – thanks in advance.
>
> *Programme of the main session*
>
> We agreed on the agenda as laid down in the google.doc 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e6ba1y4Qz4NcbFLz99uMESTnctj-ekS0YiPRfnb-LD0/edit?tab=t.0>. 
> We also agreed to have max 4 speakers on the panel. The four panelists 
> shall address the 4 policy questions on behalf of the respective DCs 
> as follows below.
>
> Please take your time til tommorow, *Tuesday June 17th eob* to give 
> feedback *only *within the google.doc 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e6ba1y4Qz4NcbFLz99uMESTnctj-ekS0YiPRfnb-LD0/edit?tab=t.0>.
>
> I will finalise the session description on Wednesday morning 7.00 UTC 
> and sen dit to the IGF secretariat.
>
> Once the session description and the decision on panelists is 
> finalised I’ll ask all those of you who are selected as a panelist or 
> back-up speaker please get in contact with the further named speakers 
> to make sure you are also speaking on their behalf.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jutta
>
> *Policy Questions*
>
> *Q1*: How does Internet Governance and the IGF community respond to 
> rapidly advancing and evolving technologies, and what role do DCs play 
> in this regard?
>
> Panelist: Amrith Kumar, back-up: Dino Dell’ Accio on behalf of DTC, DC 
> ET, DC Digital Economy, DC Digital Health, DC IoT
>
> *Q2*: How and where does the Dynamic Coalitions’ intersessional work 
> address issues of (Cyber-) Security and Safety?
>
> Panelist: Wout de Natris, back-up: Torsten Krause on behalf of DC 
> IS3C, DC CRIDE, DC OER, DC SIG, DC 3
>
> *Q3*: What achievements have Dynamic Coalitions generated in capacity 
> building as a pre-condition to meaningful access for all?
>
> Panelist: Laura Becall, back-up Dr. Muhammad Shabbir on behalf of DC 
> Journalism, DCAD, DC Digital Financial Inclusion
>
> *Q4*: What is the role of Dynamic Coalitions in the future of 
> Multistakeholder Governance, and what is necessary to strengthen the 
> impact of their important intersessional work?
>
> Panelist: Pari Esfandiari, back-up Tatevik Grigorian on behalf of DC 
> CIV, DC IUI, DC Interplanetary
>
> *Session Agenda*
>
> 5 Min:    Setting the Scene by the moderators
>
> -Historical overview on DCs, their foundation and achievements (3 Min. 
> Markus)
>
> -DCs’ current role in the IGF ecosystem (2 Min Anriette)
>
> 60 Min:  DCs in the service of the IGF and the larger communities in 
> the governance environment of the future
>
> -30 minute presentations from DCs’ speakers addressing the policy 
> questions as mentioned above
>
> -30 debate with input from participants from the floor based on the 
> following questions asked by the moderators
>
> /all DCs’ representatives may come in here from the floor, given they 
> let other participants go first/
>
> -How can DCs best provide guidance, recommendations, and illustrate 
> best practices to the world and ensure that the work and the IGF 
> itself remain as inclusive as possible?
>
> -How do DCs connect their work to policy and governance efforts beyond 
> the IGF ecosystem?
>
> -How to sustain volunteer-driven initiatives and to improve 
> inclusivity and regional representation?
>
> -How to measure DCs’ impact and policy uptake? What kind of formal 
> mechanisms can support the recognition of DC outputs as part of 
> official IGF outputs?
>
> -What tools could be identified and adopted to improve collaboration?
>
> 10 Min:                Wrap-up: Messages from DCs to the IGF community
>
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