[Chapter-delegates] RECORDING – IGF MAG Webinar – Connecting WSIS, the IGF, and the Global Digital Compact (GDC)

[Joly MacFie]

*[ Across speakers, there was a clear consensus that the IGF, with its
NRIs, Dynamic Coalitions, and inclusive model, should play a central role
in realizing the GDC’s vision.]*

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/19366>*YOUTUBE
<https://youtu.be/2cU_nUMMLII> | TRANSCRIPT EN
<https://archive.org/download/igfmag-wsis-igf-gdc/IGF-MAG-WSIS-GDC.EN.TRANSCRIPT.pdf>
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<https://archive.org/download/igfmag-wsis-igf-gdc/IGF-MAG-WSIS-GDC.ES.TRANSCRIPT.pdf>
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<https://archive.org/download/igfmag-wsis-igf-gdc/IGF-MAG-WSIS-GDC.FR.TRANSCRIPT.pdf>
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SUMMARY EN
<https://archive.org/download/igfmag-wsis-igf-gdc/IGF-MAG-WSIS-GDC.EN.SUMMARY.pdf>
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<https://archive.org/download/igfmag-wsis-igf-gdc/IGF-MAG-WSIS-GDC.ES.SUMMARY.pdf>
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<https://archive.org/download/igfmag-wsis-igf-gdc/IGF-MAG-WSIS-GDC.FR.SUMMARY.pdf>*

*ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/igfmag-wsis-igf-gdc> | PERMALINK
<https://isoc.live/19366>*

On *20 May, 2025*, the *Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory
Group <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/mag-members>* (IGF MAG)
hosted a webinar ‘*Connecting WSIS, the IGF, and the Global Digital Compact
(GDC)*‘. The session brought together UN entities, Member States, and
stakeholders to explore how the *World Summit on the Information Society
<https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/>* (WSIS) framework and the *Internet
Governance Forum <https://www.intgovforum.org/>* (IGF) can contribute to
the *Global Digital Compact
<https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/global-digital-compact>*
 (GDC).

*SPEAKERS*
*Isabel De Sola Criado* – UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
(ODET)
*Yu Ping Chan* – UN Development Programme (UNDP)
*Michel Roberto Oliveira De Souza* – Office of the UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR)
*Deniz Suzar* – UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
*Gitanjali Sah* – International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
*Angel Gonzalez-Sanzfrom* – Commission on Science and Technology for
Development (CSTD)
*Torbjorn Frederiksson –* UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
*David Fairchild* – Global Affairs Canada, Canada
*Avri Doria* – IGF’s Dynamic Coalition Coordination Group (DCCG)
*Leandro Santos Teixeira* – Permanent Mission of Brazil to the WTO
*Jorge Cancio* – OFCOM, Switzerland
*Cynthia Lesufi* – South African Mission to the UN Office and other
International Organisations

*MODERATORS*
Christine Arida – National Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt
Concettina Cassa – Agency for Digital Italy, Italy



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