![]() ![]() The fact that the IGF has been paying increasing attention to parliamentarians in recent years has resulted in concrete outcomes. Parliaments should have their own seat at the table in regional and global processes dealing with digital issues.This will help ensure that they engage in meaningful debates before passing legislation for the digital space. More efforts are needed to build the capacity of parliamentarians to work on digital policy issues, including through training and skills building.Parliaments should contribute to strengthening national multistakeholder dialogue on internet and digital policy issues, and ensuring that national interests and priorities are reflected in international processes.Three strong calls reverberated throughout the discussions: They also committed to encouraging effective cooperation – nationally, regionally and internationally – between public and private actors in creating a more safe and secure cyberspace, and in building an environment of trust conducive to such cooperation. When discussing their role in addressing cyber threats, parliamentarians acknowledged that they have a duty to ensure a proper balance between measures to enhance cybersecurity and tackle cybercrime, on the one hand, and the protection of internationally-recognised human rights, on the other hand. More focused discussions – this time on addressing cyber threats – and stronger messages characterised this year’s track, which saw particularly strong engagement from parliaments of developing countries. Launched in 2019, the IGF parliamentary track gained new momentum this year. The list of more than 50 issues under discussion includes data protection and the regulation of AI. Our hope is that the GDC will succeed in, at least, proposing a mechanism for answering the growing number of ‘calls’ from citizens, companies, and countries for solutions to problems ranging from cybercrime to dealing with misinformation and achieving a fair distribution of tax revenues in the digital economy. Diversity of issues addressed and perspectives reflected in the GDC.Inclusivity of all actors that affect or are affected by digital developments.Most of today’s pressing policy issues, from security to the economy and human rights, can be viewed through a digital lens.Īs the GDC will be a complex exercise, its success will be judged on several criteria: The GDC is intended to address highly controversial digital issues in an extremely polarised world. ![]() In the centre of this dynamism is the work on the GDC which should be part of the Pact for the Future, to be adopted in autumn 2024. The appointment of the new UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology, Indian diplomat Amandeep Gill Singh, earlier this year, created a new dynamism in the digital governance space.
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