{"id":225543,"date":"2025-06-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=225543"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:26:54","slug":"a-pivotal-moment-for-global-digital-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/resources\/doc\/2025\/a-pivotal-moment-for-global-digital-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pivotal Moment for Global Digital Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/issues\/internet-governance\/wsis\/\">World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)<\/a>. In the last two decades, the Internet has evolved faster than we could have imagined, transforming our societies and becoming the foundational infrastructure for our global digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This rapid transformation has brought new challenges, from new digital divides to concerns about online safety, misinformation, and the concentration of commercial power. This milestone is a critical opportunity for decisive action to shape the future of our increasingly digital society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-neutral-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Path Forward: Implementation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe the best way to navigate today&#8217;s challenges is to build upon the proven success of the WSIS framework. The original WSIS Plan of Action was designed to be flexible and technology-neutral, making it uniquely suited to address both existing and emerging challenges through focused, innovative implementation. By treating the Action Lines as a living framework, we can focus our collective energy on concrete actions that deliver real progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Strategic Priorities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Our perspective paper outlines a path forward centered on three key areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Protecting the Internet&#8217;s Foundational Principles<\/strong> by affirming its open, global, secure, and trustworthy nature and ensuring it empowers all people with the ability to connect, innovate, and share.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Strengthening Multistakeholder Cooperation<\/strong> by re-committing to this model as the most effective way to govern the Internet, which includes renewing and evolving the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Focusing the WSIS+20 Review<\/strong> on implementing the existing Action Lines, ensuring the Global Digital Compact complements and does not duplicate this work, and leveraging the Internet to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dive deeper into our analysis and recommendations for the WSIS+20 review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-neutral-white-color has-depth-green-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Pivotal-Moment-for-Global-Digital-Cooperation.pdf\"><strong>Read the Full Perspective Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Share Your Feedback<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This paper is a contribution to an ongoing global dialogue. We welcome your thoughts and reflections. Please share your feedback with us at <strong><a href=\"mailto:internetgovernance@isoc.org\">internetgovernance@isoc.org<\/a><\/strong>.<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet\u2019s future relies on protecting its core principles, strong multistakeholder collaboration, and implementing the WSIS Action Lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[201,4898],"tags":[387,641],"region_news_regions":[5931],"content_category":[6090],"ppma_author":[4057],"class_list":["post-225543","resources","type-resources","status-publish","hentry","category-internet-governance","category-strong-internet","tag-multi-stakeholder","tag-world-summit-on-the-information-society-wsis","region_news_regions-global","resource_types-resource","content_category-resources-type"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"square":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ivana Trbovic","author_link":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/author\/trbovic\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Internet\u2019s future relies on protecting its core principles, strong multistakeholder collaboration, and implementing the WSIS Action Lines.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/225543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225543"},{"taxonomy":"region_news_regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region_news_regions?post=225543"},{"taxonomy":"content_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_category?post=225543"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=225543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}