IGF 2025 Call for Travel Support to Participate in the 20th Annual Meeting in Lillestrøm: (Deadline 17 February, 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:

• Represent any stakeholder group;
• Are from a Least Developed Country, Landlocked Developing Country, Small Island Developing State or Economy in Transition;
• Are engaged in the IGF 2025 process as active contributors (e.g. to the intersessional and ‎NRIs work; as session co-organizers, session speakers, moderators and rapporteurs);
• Demonstrate interest in Internet governance-related activities;
• Show a demonstrated commitment to contributing to its community after ‎participating at the IGF;‎
• Are recommended by a respected community member.‎

*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.