{"id":226131,"date":"2025-06-25T20:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/?post_type=events&#038;p=226131"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:04:04","slug":"world-summit-on-the-information-society-wsis20-forum-high-level-event-2025","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/events\/wsis20-forum-high-level-event-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 Forum High-Level Event 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Internet Society sponsored the WSIS+20 HLE. As a trusted partner and thought leader in the Internet Governance community, led conversations about the WSIS+20 review, the evolution of the IGF, and the GDC implementation. Community and partnership engagement was crucial in driving our efforts during the WSIS+20 Review process.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:200px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><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<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our key objectives include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leveraging our ties with like-minded actors leading to the WSIS+20 review, we will join forces on common positions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exploring further opportunities with middle-ground countries, leveraging existing partnerships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinforcing the Internet Society as a key source of thought leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthening our ties with the WSIS stakeholders and leveraging our narrative on the WSIS Action Lines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utilizing data-driven success stories to demonstrate the value Internet Society Pulse adds to stakeholders&#8217; decision-making<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoting community-centered connectivity solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Empowering the new generation of Internet leaders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About WSIS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/issues\/internet-governance\/wsis\/\">The World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS)<\/a> was a two-phase (2003 and 2005) UN Conference that defined the issues, policies, and frameworks to tackle the Information and Communication technologies to foster development. Some of its relevant outcomes are the WSIS Action Lines \u2013as defined in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/wsis\/docs\/geneva\/official\/poa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geneva Plan of Action<\/a>\u2013 and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net\/wsis\/docs2\/tunis\/off\/6rev1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tunis Agenda<\/a>&nbsp;for the Information Society, which offers a working definition of Internet Governance, and the Internet Governance Forum mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event was co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD and co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation, with the support of remote participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet Society will participate in the WSIS+20 High-Level Event which will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1681,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[201],"tags":[5698,641],"region_news_regions":[5931],"content_category":[6086],"class_list":["post-226131","events","type-events","status-publish","hentry","category-internet-governance","tag-in-person-event","tag-world-summit-on-the-information-society-wsis","region_news_regions-global","content_category-events-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":"Kelly O'Hara","author_link":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/author\/ohara\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Internet Society will participate in the WSIS+20 High-Level Event which will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.","event_page_type":"overview_page","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/226131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226131"},{"taxonomy":"region_news_regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region_news_regions?post=226131"},{"taxonomy":"content_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_category?post=226131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}