Asia Pacific Youth IGF 2022 Singapore

Youth@Crossroads: Trusting in a Common Future With No One Left Behind

Asia Pacific yIGF 2022

Asia Pacific yIGF was first initiated by NetMission.Asia in 2010. It is organised and facilitated by NetMission ambassadors in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) annually, to raise awareness and build the capacity for youth to join the Internet governance discussions. Based on the mandate of IGF to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, yIGF provides an open platform for the young generation to express and interchange their ideas and own thoughts on Internet governance freely.

This year, yIGF will be held as a 2-day meeting with a hybrid format and co-locate physically along with APrIGF 2022 in Singapore. Participants will be engaged in discussing hot issues related to Internet governance with other young talents from the region and experienced speakers from the IG community.

Program Details

Date: 10 Sep (01:00-08:00 UTC time) & 11 Sep (01:00-04:00 UTC Time)
Location: National Library Board (in-person) & ZOOM (online)
Theme: Youth@Crossroads: Trusting in a Common Future With No One Left Behind 

*Livestream will be available on https://nma.asia/yigf.

Key Features

Meetup with industry experts

The policymaking process of the Internet governance world heavily depends on the multi-stakeholder participation model. To get our participants to better understand the ecosystem in our IG community, participants will be given the opportunity to meet with industry experts from different stakeholder groups, including government, civil society, technical community, academia, etc. This session aims to help participants to get a better idea of what and how different stakeholders deal with a particular issue during the policy-making process.

APAC youth leaders dialogue 

Youth leaders and representatives of different youth initiatives or Youth Internet Governance Forum (YIGF) from the Asia Pacific region will be gathered. It aims to facilitate a consistent conversation among the youth community in the region and keep the younger generation in the community informed about the Internet governance discourse that is going on in the region.

Youth policy statement

Participants will form groups to do their group presentations to bring out their opinions and policy suggestions on the overarching theme of yIGF. The ideas, examples, policies, or solutions suggested will be recorded to establish a Youth Policy Statement in the Report of yIGF, which will be submitted to and published on the official site of the Internet Governance Forum by the United Nations. The output will also be referred to as the input for the Synthesis Document of APrIGF.

Program Highlights

Nurturing our next generation with full supports.

Pre-event E-learning Course

In collaboration with ISOC e-learning, all remote and in-person participants will be assigned to participate in an e-learning course about Internet governance in August 2022. Participants will have access to course materials and 5 webinars conducted by ISOC instructor for one hour per session on every Thursday in August.

Daily Briefings & Debriefing with Mentors

The 30-minute daily briefings & debriefings will be held for both remote and in-person participants during APrIGF 2022 from the 12th and 14th of September to enhance participants' experience at the conference.

Alumni Network

Connect with alumni of different fellowship programs or youth NRIs through our youth alumni network, to stay informed about different Internet governance discussions and new events or programs.

Local Hub

A local hub will be held in Taiwan during the event from 10 - 11 September 2022. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Youth Network

Stay connected with the latest update about the event. Follow our news at https://nma.asia/yIGF.

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