[WG-Strategy] Recording of the virtual meeting of the WG Strategy held on January 29

[Chris Buckridge]

Thank you, Anja! 

Minutes from yesterday’s meeting can be found here: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14KcW3PWZfhZxPcw-RFS2tzKiufvIHCF2CmAF8BUKKvg/edit?usp=sharing

Cheers, 
Chris

PS. To assist those planning to fill out the MAG survey, I’m posting the questions below (as it’s a multi-page Google Form, but many of the questions would benefit from some deeper thinking and analysis - at least that’s my feeling!): 

What aspects of MAG call for nominations, composition or rotation could be improved to strengthen effectiveness?
What could support the onboarding of new MAG members (e.g. briefings, mentoring, documentation)? 
What changes would improve virtual MAG meetings?
What changes would improve in-person Open Consultations and MAG meetings (meeting preparation, agenda setting, activities and meeting conduct, stakeholder engagement…)?
What could improve the process leading to MAG decision-making? 
How could the MAG’s internal structure and ways of working be improved? In particular, are there aspects of internal coordination, workload distribution, or support for the Chair, and intersessional work that could be strengthened? (Currently, the MAG’s structure includes the MAG Chair’s role, MAG members, MAG working groups and MAG members as facilitators of the intersessional work.)
How should MAG Working Groups be proposed to the MAG and what criteria for establishing, continuing, or closing Working Groups should be used? 
What challenges do you observe in MAG Working Groups and how could they be improved? 
How to best respond to the community’s demand and maintain impartiality with regard to the proposing and selection process of PNs and BPFs. Please select all it applies and feel free to add additional ideas:
Stakeholders from the community can propose a topic against a set of MAG-developed criteria
MAG should only select from the community made submissions, based on the agreed procedure and criteria
MAG members should not propose but be impartial evaluators
Call for thematic issues results should guide the holistic selection of the proposals by the MAG
Encourage multi-year thematic coverage with annual review of relevance
Proposals should always include both thematic substance and implementation mechanisms
Other
Please specify
How could the facilitation and coordination of PNs and BPFs be improved? Please select all it applies and feel free to add other suggestions
Improve outreach through specific communication strategy
Enhance visibility of the work by regularly updating the IGF Secretariat on activities to promote via social media
Improve design of BPF/PN webpages
More than two (2) MAG members to be in the facilitation role
More communication and exchange of work practices between the facilitators
Host multiple discussion sessions throughout the year not just at the annual IGF meeting (e.g. leverage regional IGFs and other bigger meeting points)
Other
Please specify
What could improve the MAG’s interaction, engagement in and support of Dynamic Coalitions?
What could improve the MAG’s interaction, engagement in and support of NRIs?
How could intersessional work (PNs, BPFs, DCs) and NRIs best contribute and support the MAG’s work?
How could the IGF Secretariat better support the work of the MAG (e.g. tools, processes…)? 
What improvements would you suggest to the Call for Taking Stocks and the follow-up on suggested improvements?
What improvements would you suggest to the selection process of the overarching theme and sub-themes?
What improvements would you suggest to the call for session proposals?
What improvements would you suggest to the evaluation and selection process of IGF sessions?
What improvements would you suggest to the development, organization and coordination of main sessions?
What improvements would you suggest to development of the IGF schedule?
How could the MAG promote the work of the IGF amongst all stakeholders (Government, (executive, legislative, judicial), private sector, civil society (incl. academia), technical community and intergovernmental organizations) more widely and foster an inclusive multistakeholder participation (Global South, youth, marginalized groups…) into MAG discussions and planning, at the annual IGF meetings and in its intersessional work? 
How could the MAG better explore fundraising opportunities for contributions to the IGF trust fund? 
Any additional comments or suggestions regarding MAG working modalities and/or the MAG Terms of Reference? 


> On 30 Jan 2026, at 00:58, Anja Gengo via WG-Strategy <wg-strategy at intgovforum.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Titti,
>  
> Many thanks for sharing the recording link.
>  
> I would like to clarify the update on the MAG survey that I mentioned earlier today as part of the IGF Secretariat’s update to the working group. Please note that the survey is open to all current and former MAG members, including former IGF host country representatives and IGO representatives, as reflected in the MAG listing on the IGF website.
>  
> The MAG 2025 will review the survey results and use them to inform its advice on potential improvements to the MAG’s working modalities, in line with its Terms of Reference.
>  
> As shared on the MAG mailing list by my colleague Celine (see email attached), the survey is available at the link below and responses are invited by 8 February:
> https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccHzyHSP3KABBn6dGkXEs13lUQzNWQUVCWUs2RkUyNzlBUFYzOUU2U01aMy4u&route=shorturl
>  
> Please do not hesitate to let me know if any further clarification is needed.
>  
> Best regards,
> Anja
>  
>  
> From: CASSA Concettina <cassa at agid.gov.it <mailto:cassa at agid.gov.it>>
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> Subject: [WG-Strategy] Recording of the virtual meeting of the WG Strategy held on January 29
>  
> Dear Colleagues,
> The recording of the virtual meeting held today is available here:
> https://intgovforum.zoom.us/rec/share/fg2MqmB34VEI18pj98POq5UakoNF7z-vtvUHH0FG8h1U7X06C5kilNvncIJkGM98.GNoUwKdry3cfDdBy
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> Titti
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