IGF 2025 Call for Travel Support to Participate in the 20th Annual Meeting in Lillestrøm – Opportunity Desk

Deadline: February 17, 2025
Apply for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Travel Support to Participate in the 20th Annual Meeting in Lillestrøm. The mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) calls for strengthening and enhancing stakeholder engagement from developing countries. It also calls for the Forum to contribute to building capacity for Internet governance in developing countries, drawing fully on local sources of knowledge and expertise.
During the IGF 2018, the United Nations Secretary-General has called for action to increase inclusiveness in the IGF processes, underlining that the IGF must increase its efforts to draw upon the “weak and missing voices” into the IGFs work. It was also called for a broader multidisciplinary approach, to involve experts not traditionally involved in the IGF processes. The community also echoed for more inclusion and diversity in the IGF‘s participation spectrum.
For these reasons, a limited number of eligible candidates from developing countries are supported to participate at the 20th annual meeting of the IGF hosted by the Government of Norway in Lillestrøm from 23 to 27 June 2025. Support is provided through contributions to the IGF Global South Fund by the Government of Norway.
Eligibility
The Call will consider supporting individual stakeholders that fulfill the following criteria:
*Subject to available funding, candidates from Africa may be eligible for travel support to attend both the African annual IGF meeting and the 20th annual IGF meeting.
Application
Eligible candidates can submit the travel request through the Travel Support Application e-form by 17 February 2025, 23:59 UTC.
For more information, visit IGF.
Jude Ogar is an educator and youth development practitioner with years of experience working in the education and youth development space. He is passionate about the development of youth in Africa.

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