Five-Point Plan for an Inclusive WSIS+20 Review

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26 de marzo, 2025

As engaged stakeholders in the WSIS+20 Review process, we, the undersigned, submit the following recommendations1 to help operationalise the WSIS+20 review modalities to ensure transparency, inclusivity, and meaningful stakeholder engagement.

  1. Publish a Clear and Inclusive Timeline:
    1. Within 7 days of appointing the co-facilitators, publish and maintain a comprehensive timeline outlining key milestones, including consultations and government-only negotiations, with adequate notice of any changes.
    2. Provide stakeholders with at least 7 days to submit written input.
  2. Ensure Transparency and Accountability:
    1. Maintain an online platform2 centralizing all input and draft documents, their status, and stakeholders consulted.
    2. Publish substantive records of all consultations, including summary reports of main points and how these have been addressed, to enhance explainability.
    3. Live-stream government-only negotiations3 and provide post-session transcripts.
  3. Facilitate Inclusive and Meaningful Stakeholder Consultations:
    1. Actively seek stakeholder input at every stage (elements paper, zero / first / final drafts) through written submissions and official virtual/in-person consultations, applying equal participation rules for governments and other stakeholders.
    2. Hold official stakeholder consultations at existing forums, including global and regional IGF initiatives and the WSIS High-Level Event, while also inviting Member States to conduct national consultations.
    3. Implement a multistakeholder speaking order during consultations by alternating speaking slots among governments and other stakeholder groups, with reasonable time allocation for interventions.
  4. Broaden and Diversify Participation:
    1. Build on the WSIS+10 accreditation process, including by broadening the group of eligible stakeholders to participants of national, regional, and global IGFs.
    2. Promote diverse participation by offering financial and logistical support for underrepresented communities, particularly from the Global Majority.
    3. Ensure accessibility globally by implementing measures such as accommodating different time zones and working days, publishing key documents in official UN languages, and providing low-bandwidth participation options. 
  5. Maximise Inclusive Participation in Final Negotiations:
    1. Limit any necessary closed-door intergovernmental negotiations to the final stage of the WSIS+20 process.
    2. Ensure meaningful and inclusive multistakeholder participation at the High-Level Meeting.

List of endorsing organisations:

  1. .au Domain Administration Limited (auDA), technical community, Australia
  2. .Daily Nawa-I-Ahmedpur Sharqia, Pakistan
  3. .hn – Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras (NIC.HN) – ccTLD HN
  4. Access Now
  5. ACLIS, Burundi and Rwanda
  6. Africa Gen AI Lab
  7. Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA)
  8. Alfa-Redi
  9. ARTICLE 19
  10. Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
  11. Asian Social Science Research Institute (Asri), Republic of Korea
  12. Asociación SVNet (SV Top Level Domain)
  13. Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
  14. Association of Freelance Journalists
  15. Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
  16. Bolo Bhi (Pakistan)
  17. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
  18. Center for Democracy & Technology
  19. Center for Studies of Freedom of Expression (CELE)
  20. Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
  21. Colnodo
  22. Computer & Communications Industry Association
  23. Comunitatea Internet Association, Moldova
  24. Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR)
  25. COYEDI, Burundi
  26. CyberPeace Institute
  27. Data Privacy Brasil
  28. DENIC eG, Technical Community, Germany
  29. Derechos Digitales
  30. Digital Action
  31. Digital Empowerment Foundation
  32. Digital Rights Foundation
  33. Digital Rights Nepal
  34. DigitalSENSE Africa
  35. DNS Africa Media and Communications
  36. DotAsia Organisation, Technical Community, APAC
  37. eco – Association of the Internet Industry
  38. EngageMedia Collective
  39. European Center for Not-For-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL)
  40. Feminist AI Research Network
  41. Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
  42. Global Network Initiative (GNI)
  43. Global Partners Digital (GPD)
  44. Hashtag Generation
  45. House of Africa, Chad
  46. Huaira Foundation Ecuador
  47. ICC BASIS
  48. Identity Digital
  49. Institute for Policy and Legislative Research (IPLR), Republic of Korea
  50. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile
  51. Instituto para la Sociedad de la Información y Cuarta Revolución Industrial (Universidad La Salle, Perú)
  52. International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL)
  53. Internet Australia
  54. Internet New Zealand Incorporated (InternetNZ), technical community, New Zealand
  55. Internet Society
  56. Internet Society Argentina Chapter
  57. Internet Society Belgrade, Serbia Chapter
  58. Internet Society Brazil Chapter
  59. Internet Society Comoros Chapter
  60. Internet Society Dominican Republic Chapter (isoc-do)
  61. Internet Society Ecuador Chapter
  62. Internet Society El Salvador Chapter
  63. Internet Society Ethiopia Chapter
  64. Internet Society Gender Standing Group
  65. Internet Society German Chapter (ISOC.DE e.V.)
  66. Internet Society Malawi Chapter
  67. Internet Society Nepal Chapter
  68. Internet Society Philippines Chapter
  69. Internet Society Puerto Rico Chapter
  70. Internet Society Singapore Chapter
  71. Internet Society UK England Chapter
  72. Intervozes – Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação Social
  73. Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS)
  74. KICTANet
  75. Media Matters for Democracy, Pakistan
  76. Media Monitoring Africa
  77. NetMission.Asia
  78. Paradigm Initiative (PIN)
  79. Pastoralist Girls Foundation
  80. Public Interest Registry (PIR)
  81. Puerto Rico Top Level Domain (NIC.pr)
  82. Research ICT Africa
  83. RNW Media
  84. Rudi International
  85. Rural Media Network Pakistan
  86. Software Freedom Law Center India (SFLC.IN)
  87. SMEX
  88. Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
  89. Tech for Good Asia
  90. Tech Global Institute
  91. Tech4Peace
  92. TEDIC Paraguay
  93. Telecommunities Canada (tc.ca)
  94. The Korea Game Users Association, Republic of Korea
  95. Tierra Común Network
  96. Transformative Legal Policy Research Center [TLPR], Republic of Korea
  97. Usuarios Digitales Ecuador
  98. Virtual School on Internet Governance (VSIG)
  99. Wikimedia Foundation
  100. Wikimedia Germany
  101. Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
  102. World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)

List of endorsing individuals:

  1. Alexei Marciuc, MIGF
  2. Alvin B. Marcelo, UP Manila Standards and Interoperability Lab
  3. Ashirwad Tripathy, Educating Nepal
  4. Asrat Mulatu (Ph.D), Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
  5. Avri Doria, Technicalities
  6. Basele Stephen Galgesa, ISOC Kenya Trustee
  7. Bilal Mahmood Sulehri, Acumen Financials/ ISOC Pakistan, Pakistan
  8. Bokyung Kim, CEO,  Impactus Inc.  Republic of Korea
  9. Carlos Vera Quintana
  10. Carlos Vera Sánchez
  11. Chaewon Song, Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities (KEAD) Workplace Disability Awareness Instructor, Republic of Korea
  12. Charles Mok, Stanford University
  13. Cheolwoo Lee, Representative lawyer of Munhwa Lawoffice, Republic of Korea
  14. Cheryl Langdon-Orr
  15. Concettina Cassa, IGF MAG member
  16. Dhruv Dhody, Internet Architecture Board
  17. Dr. Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo, President, DNS World.
  18. Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Associate Professor of Law and University Research Chair in Technology and Society, University of Ottawa
  19. Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Resident Senior Fellow, Democracy and Technology Initiative, Atlantic Council
  20. Dr. Pari Esfandiari, Global TechnoPOlitics Forum
  21. Dr. William J. Drake, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University, USA
  22. Eduardo Díaz, Puerto Rico
  23. Emmanuel Mfitumukiza,ISOC Rwanda
  24. Fiona M. Alexander, Internet Governance Lab, American University
  25. IN PYO YEO, CEO, METAFLAG Inc. 
  26. Iria Puyosa, PhD. Senior Research Fellow, Democracy + Technology Initiative, Atlantic Council 
  27. Jang-Hie Lee, President, Asian Social Science Research Institute (Asri), Republic of Korea
  28. Joung IL JIN, 17jungle Studio, Director, Republic of Korea
  29. Karim ATTOUMANI MOHAMED, ISOC Comoros
  30. Lito Ibarra . El Salvador
  31. Mark Nottingham, Internet Architecture Board
  32. Mary Uduma, Chairperson,  NKF
  33. Minhae Park, The Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence (PNAI) member, Republic of Korea
  34. Miraj Chowdhury, Digitally Right, Bangladesh
  35. Nicolas Fiumarelli
  36. Remmy Nweke, Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media group
  37. Stephen Dakyi, DABY Foundation
  38. Suyoung Lee, chairman, Institute for Policy and Legislative Research (IPLR), Republic of Korea
  39. Tommy Pauly, Chair of the Internet Architecture Board
  40. Umut Pajaro Velasquez
  41. Winthrop Yu – Philippines
  42. Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Professor Emeritus, University of Aarhus
  43. Yongho Cho, Transformative Legal Policy Research Center [TLPR], Republic of Korea
  44. Mahishaa Balraj, Attorney-at-Law, Director / Co-Founder, Hashtag Generation
  45. Nighat Dad, Executive Director DRF, former member of UNSG AI HLAB 
  46. Santosh Sigdel, Executive Director, Digital Rights Nepal 
  1.  These draw on existing guidance on multistakeholderism, e.g. São Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines. 
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  2.  For example, see this OHCHR platform.
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  3.  For example, see recent negotiations on the UN Convention on Cybercrime.
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