WSIS+20: A Quarter Century of Building the Information Society. From Words to Action?

Section 1 The session will focus on reviewing efforts over the past 20 years to carry out the decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) and the global dialogue on the digital agenda. Participants will discuss the principles on which international cooperation in the field of digital development is based today, where the key lines of disagreement lie, and whether there is still potential for meaningful dialogue in a rapidly changing international context. Special attention will be paid to whether new agreements at the highest level can become the basis for a more coherent approach to digital governance, considering that sometimes views of the participants in the global conversation can become extremely polarized.