IGF 2025 NRIs Preparatory Process

The NRIs are collaboratively working on developing their 2025 work plan, building on the last year's work.  
The preparatory process is implemented through a bottom-up, consultative process among all NRIs. This process is usually done through virtual meetings, surveys and open, written consultations through the NRIs mailing list. The final decisions are based on a consensus. 

Meetings hosted in 2025:

Meeting Date and Summary Report Agenda Focus 
Virtual Meeting I: 29 January 2025, 13:00 UTC Agreeing on 2025 objectives
Virtual Meeting II: 28 February 2025, 15:00 UTC Defining topics for IGF 2025 NRIs sessions 
Virtual Meeting III: 25 March 2025, 12:00 UTC Planning IGF 2025 NRIs sessions
Virtual Meeting IV: 28 April 2025, 13:00 UTC Preparing IGF 2025 NRIs main session
Virtual Meeting V: 22 May 2025, 11:00 UTC Preparing IGF 2025 NRIs main session
Virtual Meeting VI: 9 June 2025, 15:30 UTC Final flow of IGF 2025 NRIs main session
Virtual Meeting VII: 10 July 2025, 14:00 UTC Taking stock of the 20th IGF and Reviewing other 2025 activities
Virtual Meeting VIII: 26 August 2025, 11:00 UTC Revision of NRIs workplan
Virtual Meeting IX: 24 September 2025, 13:00 UTC NRIs contribution to WSIS+20 review and measuring NRIs impact
Virtual Meeting X: 30 October 2025, 13:00 UTC Reviewing preliminary NRIs survey results
Virtual Meeting XI: 25 November 2025, 13:00 UTC Formatting of NRIs survey results and WSIS+20 updates

*Times for hosting of the NRIs meetings rotate on a monthly basis between earlier (8-12) and later (13-17) UTC hours.

Relevant inputs/outputs and announcements:

  1. NRIs survey results: improving working modalities
  2. NRIs input to WSIS+20 Elements Paper
  3. IGF 2025 Call for NRIs Grants open until 10 March 2025.
  4. The NRIs main session and NRIs coordination session, as well as the collaborative sessions, will continue to be developed in a bottom-up manner among all NRIs, as per Guidelines for the NRIs sessions. For each session, a focus working group will be formed among NRIs coordinators and other NRIs community members delegated by the NRIs multistakeholder organizing committees. For more information about these sessions, please click on the links below:
  5. NRIs brochure to support engagement with parliaments and governments 
  6. NRIs Compendium produced annually
  7. Youth Engagement at the IGF
  8. Guidelines for NRIs remote hubs 
  9. Collaborative mechanisms between the NRIs and BPFs
  10. Guidelines for the NRIs sessions
  11. Guidelines on how to submit a substantive input for the NRIs sessions

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