WAIGF was established in 2008 and aims to promote multistakeholder discussion of Internet governance issues in the region. It brings together eight countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Togo.
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The Youth IGF Initiative for West African community was established in 2019. It aims at channeling youth voices on Internet governance to the wider multistakeholder community.
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The YCIG is one of the IGF Dynamic Coalitions focused on supporting youth participation in local, regional and international Internet governance discussion and processes.
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The youth IGF of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was recognized in 2023. This multistakeholder initiatives aims to foster dialogue, digital capacity development and cooperation with and for youth of the country regarding public…
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The Youth IGF Movement, established in 2011, is a capacity development initiative with an international scope. Its main objective is to support a new generation of Internet leaders dedicated to civic progress in line with the goals outlined in the…
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Youth IGF of Latin America and Caribbean (YouthLACIGF) was established in 2016 year, in order to increase the participation of young people in Internet Governance related discussion in this respective region.
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The Youth Observatory aims to connect youth from various countries and regions in Latin America. It is focused on knowledge-sharing and enhancing youth engagement in Internet governance-related processes.
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The Youth Panama IGF was established in 2024. It is a multistakeholder inclusive platform for discussion of Internet governance issues with and for youth. 
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Youth Russian Internet Governance Forum (Youth RIGF) - is a multistakeholder platform aimed at empowerment of the Russian youth and facilitation of discussion between representatives of ‎public, academia and business sectors.‎
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As part of the national Spanish IGF, this Youth IGF Initiative aims at creating a multistakeholder platform for youth to cooperate and engage in digital policy processes in the country and beyond.
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Since 2017 this youth-focused and youth-led track is organized in a bottom-up manner within the annual EuroDIG meeting. It includes an online preparatory phase.
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The Zambia IGF was established in 2019. It is an open and inclusive space facilitating dialogue on Internet governance issues of relevance to people in Zambia.
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This national IGF was launched in 2015 as a multistakeholder platform for public policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance in Zimbabwe.
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