Below is a list of events where stakeholders discussed and held consultations on WSIS+20. While these events are not part of the official UN General Assembly's twenty-year review process, they are included here as relevant for informational purposes. If you believe any significant WSIS+20 event is missing from this list, please email dpidg@un.org.
Date | Event | Outcome |
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TBD 2025 | High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the WSIS | |
Jul 2025 | UNGIS - 22nd Meeting | |
Jul 2025 | ITU - WSIS Forum: WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 | |
Jun 2025 | UNESCO - 2025 Global Forum on AI and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector | |
Jun 2025 | UN - Internet Governance Forum 2025 | |
Apr 2025 | UNCTAD - CSTD 28th Session | As requested by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 2023/3 of 7 June 2023, the Commission on Science and Technology for Development will submit after its twenty-eighth session, in April 2025, a report based on inputs from Member States, all facilitators and other stakeholders on the review of progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society during the past 20 years, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly. |
Feb 2025 | UN ESCWA – Digital Cooperation and Development Forum (DCDF2024) | WSIS side event ‘Towards WSIS+20: Shaping the Future of Digital Cooperation’ ITU event on infrastructure and regulatory environment in the Arab region |
Dec 2024 | UN - Internet Governance Forum 2024 | |
Nov 2024 | UN ECLAC – Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean | |
Oct 2024 | UN ECA – Africa WSIS+20 Regional Review Meeting 2024 | Dar es Salaam Declaration on Africa WSIS +20 Review |
Sep 2024 | UN ESCAP – Eighth session of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee and the Regional Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) | |
Sep 2024 | UN - Summit of the Future | SDG Digital |
Jun 2024 | UNCTAD - CSTD consultation in the European region on WSIS at 20: Successes, failures and future expectations | Report on CSTD consultation in European region on WSIS at 20: Successes, failures and future expectations |
May 2024 | ITU - WSIS Forum 2024: WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024 | WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024: Chair's Summary WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024: Outcome Document |
May 2024 | UN ESCWA – Arab Consultative Conference on the WSIS+20 Review and the Global Digital Compact processes | |
Oct 2023 | UN - Internet Governance Forum 2023 | WSIS at 20: successes, failures and future expectations | CSTD WSIS High-Level Dialogue: Multistakeholder Partnerships Driving Digital Transformation | ITU and Japan First Meeting of the WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event Open Consultation Process | WSIS Forum co-organisers (ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD) |