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Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022

EuroDIG News

Results of the EuroDIG2022 Call for Issues

We are back from our seasonal break and have received many insightful proposals in the Call for Issues in the past weeks. You can find the breakdown of submissions as well as all submissions on our website: https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/planning-process/#tab-call-for-issues

We called all European stakeholders to identify the topics which should be part of the EuroDIG2022 programme. Mark your calendars, this year’s event will take place June 20-22 in Trieste, Italy and online.


YOUthDIG2022 - Application is open

We are looking for 30 young people from all over Europe (members states at the Council of Europe) to participate in YOUthDIG2022, a pre-event programme which prepares young people who are interested about topics related to the Internet to become active participants in EuroDIG.

During YOUthDIG, newcomers learn about Internet Governance, and discuss and exchange ideas with experienced Internet policy practitioners but also experience peer-to-peer learning and networking. Participants will be actively involved by developing policy messages that you will be presented at EuroDIG but also the global IGF.

We encourage all interested individuals aged 18 to 30 to apply until February 10: https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/youthdig/



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