Policymakers
Influencing policymakers globally
European Governments applauded
giving voice to global citizens
“Citizens are not only consumers and recipients of technology but also actors and political participants.”
Michael Roth
German Minister of State for Europe at the German
Federal Foreign Office
Livia Walpen
Swiss Federal Office of Communications
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High-level stakeholders from the private sector want to engage
more citizens in negociations
Vint Cerf
Chief Internet Evangelist and Google Vice-President
Concettina Cassa
ICT Senior Specialist at Agency for Digital Italy
A process acclaimed by civil society and the technical community
Emily Sharpe
Director of Policy at the World Wide Web Foundation
“This is a remarkable opportunity for Yemenis to celebrate the future. It is our chance to have our say to what happens to us. We have to be visible as Yemenis in the world, we want to be on the world map for something as positive as this one, and we want to be a part of this fantastic endeavor.”
Nadia Al-Sakkaf
Chief editor of the Yemen Times
Both the initiative and results were applauded by the IGF – Internet Governance Forum community. This is the beginning of testing, improving and institutionalizing Internet governance with and for citizens.
You can replay the IGF session.
Our national partners oversee the impact at national level
Find out what citizens from Fiji think about the future of the Internet. Written by University of Fiji.
You can find the report from the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy Poland here.