IGF 2021: Preparatory recommended readings

Many of us will not travel to attend the 2021 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in person, but we will be able to engage in its sessions thanks to the adoption of a hybrid format that aims to strengthen inclusiveness and balanced participation around the globe, by including both in-person and virtual sessions.

Here is a list of readings that we put together to help you explore some of the issues that APC will be focusing on and contribute to the discussions that will take place at the 2021 IGF:

Digital inclusion and access

• Leave no one behind: A people-centred approach to achieve meaningful connectivity

• Global Information Society Watch 2018: Community networks

• Expanding the telecommunications operators ecosystem: Policy and regulatory guidelines to enable local operators

• Bottom-up Connectivity Strategies: Community-led small-scale telecommunication infrastructure networks in the global South

• Protocol for Accompanying Community Network Deployments in Social Isolation Scenarios

• Telecommunications Reclaimed: A hands-on guide to networking communities

• Understanding community networks through comics

• Technological autonomy as a constellation of experiences: A guide to collective creation and development of training programmes for technical community promoters

Environmental justice

• Global Information Society Watch 2020: Technology, the environment and a sustainable world: Responses from the global South

• A guide to the circular economy of digital devices

Strengthening of the IGF

• Why inclusive, transparent and accessible global digital governance is more crucial than ever

• Joint non-governmental stakeholders statement: Ensuring an IGF 2021 hybrid format that strengthens inclusiveness and balanced participation around the globe

• Joint letter: An open, interconnected and interoperable internet

• Letter of intent for engagement with the UN Secretary General's digital cooperation efforts

• Open letter on the interpretation of paragraph 93(a) of the UN Secretary-General's Roadmap on Digital Cooperation

• The EU's plans for its digital future

• APC's reflection on the Options for the Future of Global Digital Cooperation on Recommendation 5A/B of the UN High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Don't miss APC's policy explainers on key issues!

• A human rights-based approach to cybersecurity

• Artificial intelligence

• Disinformation

• Platform responsibility and accountability