[DCAD] Summary of Latest Call from the Dynamic Coalition Coordination Group

[Judith Hellerstein]

HI All,

We are back from a successful event at the IGF and where are three fellows were 
very active in the meeting.  We will write more about it in another email.  We 
had our DC Coordinating meeting on October 31 and wanted to send all a summary 
of what was discussed there and a link to the transcript. 
https://www.intgovforum.org/en/filedepot_download/107/26662

If you attended a session or have comments to give, please make sure you send 
them in to the secretariat or use the following platform before November 19.

https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/taking-stock-of-igf-2023-and-suggesting-improvements-for-igf-2024

The Draft output messages are listed here, 
https://www.intgovforum.org/en/filedepot_download/300/26576

  DCAD sent in comments for revisions to the output messages by the Oct. 31 
deadline to ensure that Accessibility and persons with disabilities remain front 
and centre as it was not clear in the draft messages that were on the website.

According to the Secretariat the IGF had a record number of 11,145 registered 
participants. At the IGF venue in Kyoto, 6,279 participants collected their 
badges and participated onsite in the meeting. Over 3,000 stakeholders 
participated online, making the total participation at the 18th annual IGF 
meeting being over 9,279. The majority of onsite participants came from Japan, 
China, United States of America, Nepal, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Germany, United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Kenya, Cambodia and 
Australia. Most of online participants connected from Japan, United States of 
America, India, Nigeria, China, Philippines, Australia, Germany, France and Ghana.

67% participants indicated to be the first-time comers.
Gender representation was 61% male, 38% female and less than 1% self-identified 
as other.
About 3% of registered participants indicated to be members of parliaments from 
38 different countries.
The forum also saw 2% of registered media representatives. The biggest number of 
participants came from the private sector (37%) and civil society (24%), 
followed by the Governments (16%), technical community (14%), intergovernmental 
organizations (6%) and press (2%).
In terms of regional diversity, the majority of the participants came from Asia 
Pacific (57%), followed by WEOG (20%), Africa (8%), GRULAC (7%), Eastern Europe 
(3%) while 5% indicated to be members of the intergovernmental organizations.

More info can be seen at this link, 
https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-participation-and-programme-statistics

Happy to answer any questions you might have and stay tuned for another email 
about the takeaways from the meeting

Best,

Judith Hellerstein

DCAD Co-Coordinator


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