Stocktaking exercise of the Global Digital Compact process and how to link it to the WSIS +20 process


Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Session 339

Thursday, 30 May 2024 17:00–17:45 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) participation only SDG Stage, ITU Montbrillant Building Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

This session will examine how WSIS features in the current versions of the Global Digital Compact, and how to ensure an effective role for WSIS in the follow up of the GDC.

The session will also examine how the issue of cultural and linguistic diversity should be dealt with both in the GDC and the WSIS+20 processes

Panellists
Dr. Renata Dwan
Dr. Renata Dwan Special advisor Office of the UN Tech Envoy

Special advisor in the Office of the UN tech Envoy, she was previously Senior Consulting Fellow at Chatham House and Deputy Director of Chatham House,


Ms. Sorina Teleanu
Ms. Sorina Teleanu Director of Knowledge DiploFoundation (Switzerland)

Ms Teleanu heads the Knowledge division of the Diplo foundation and is one of the main experts in Geneva on digital governance.


H.E. Mr. Henri Eli Monceau
H.E. Mr. Henri Eli Monceau Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva and Vienna Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (France)

HENRI ELI MONCEAU is the Permanent Representative of International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) to the United Nations in Geneva and Vienna since May 2023. He is a specialist in issues of creativity, innovation and digital governance.


Topics
Cultural Diversity Digital Inclusion
WSIS Action Lines
  • AL C1 logo C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C11 logo C11. International and regional cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 17 logo Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development