Relevant Events | Public Institutions

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
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)
May 2024	UN ESCWA – Arab Consultative Conference on the WSIS+20 Review and the Global Digital Compact processes
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 WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024: High-Level Outcomes and Executive Brief WSIS Stocktaking Report 2024 WSIS Stocktaking Success Stories 2024 WSIS Stocktaking Success Special Report — The Republic of Korea’s ICT Journey
May 2024	UNGIS 21st Meeting
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
Sep 2024	UN ESCAP – Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Digital Inclusion and Transformation	Side Event: WSIS+20: 20 Years of Successes, Failures, and Expectations in the implementation of the WSIS Process Astana Ministerial Declaration on Digital Inclusion and Transformation in Asia and the Pacific
Sep 2024	UN - Summit of the Future	SDG Digital
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)
Oct 2024	UN ECA – Africa WSIS+20 Regional Review Meeting 2024	Dar es Salaam Declaration on Africa WSIS +20 Review
Oct 2024	UNCTAD - CSTD 2024-2025 Inter-sessional Panel	WSIS Process: Celebrating Twenty Years and Achieving Future Milestones Together
Nov 2024	UN ECLAC – Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dec 2024	UN - Internet Governance Forum 2024
Feb 2025	UNESCO – 2025 Global Forum on AI and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector
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
Apr 2025	UNCTAD - CSTD 28th Session
Jun 2025	UN - Internet Governance Forum 2025
Jul 2025	ITU - WSIS Forum: WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025
Jul 2025	UNGIS - 22nd Meeting
TBD 2025	High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the WSIS