South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG) is an officially recognized subregional multistakeholder Internet Governance Forum on Internet and digital policy issues.[1] This subregional IGF National and Regional Initiative (NRI) is of particular relevance for South East Europe and its neighbours.[2] SEEDIG has been founded in 2014 and is structured as an open and informal space for different stakeholders to discuss Internet-related issues. Annual forums are held in different parts of the region. The first annual forum was held in June 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3]
History and Mission
In 2014, SEEDIG was founded in a “
List of Meetings
SEEDIG hosted a number of in-person meetings since its first convening in 2015. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic all the meetings have taken place online. In 2021 the 7 Series of SEEDIG included seven different meetings held over a period of six months (June 2021 to November 2021).
Name | Place | Date |
SEEDIG 8[4] | Zagreb, Croatia | 6-7 November 2023 |
7 Series[5] | online | June to November 2021 |
SEEDIG 6[6] | online | 21-25 September 2020 |
SEEDIG 5[7] | Bucharest, Romania | 7-8 May 2019 |
SEEDIG 2018[8] | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 23-24 May 2018 |
SEEDIG 2017[9] | Ohrid, North Macedonia | 24-25 May 2017 |
SEEDIG 2016[10] | Belgrade, Serbia | 22 April 2016 |
SEEDIG 2015[11] | Sofia, Bulgaria | 3 June 2015 |
Participation
Everyone can participate in the online meetings of SEEDIG. The current participants of SEEDIG come from many different backgrounds, illustrating the format's multistakeholder nature. There are stakeholders such as UN bodies and key European institutions like the European Commission or the Council of Europe. Other stakeholders include the Internet Society, ICANN, RIPE Network Coordination Centre, national regulatory authorities, business associations, civil society organisations and academic institutions throughout the South East European region.[citation needed]
Relationship to other Internet Governance Institutions
Within the IGF system SEEDIG interacts with national IGFs in the broader South East Europe region as well as with both the global IGF and the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (
See also
- Internet Governance Forum
- EuroDIG
References
- ^ United Nations Internet Governance Forum. "Regional IGF Initiatives".
- ^ a b c d Liora and Hromadzic V. (2017). Finlay, Alan (ed.). "South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG)". Global Information Society Watch 2017: National and regional Internet Governance Forum initiatives (NRIS). Association for Progressive Communications. https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/giswatch17_web.pdf
- ^ a b c "Multistakeholder Internet governance: from global debates to South Eastern European realities – SEEDIG 2015 Meeting Report" (PDF).
- ^ "SEEDIG 8 – SEEDIG". Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "About the SEEDIG 7 Series".
- ^ "About SEEDIG 6".
- ^ "About SEEDIG 5".
- ^ "About SEEDIG 2018".
- ^ "About SEEDIG 2017".
- ^ "About SEEDIG 2016".
- ^ "About SEEDIG 2015".
- ^ a b "Relations with IGFs".
- ^ "SEEsummary".
- ^ Council of Europe (May 9, 2019). "Patrick Penninckx promoted human rights standards at SEEDIG".