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	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	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.
Jun 2025	UN - Internet Governance Forum 2025
Jun 2025	UNESCO - 2025 Global Forum on AI and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector
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