Commonwealth coordination meetings

Coordination of Commonwealth views during international treaty negotiations is critical to ensuring the CTO and the wider Commonwealth network of sister agencies fully play their part in achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals. Commonwealth coordination meetings occur in the margins of ITU, ICANN and Internet Governance Forums and provide a platform for member countries to discuss the pressing issues of the day in an environment that promotes knowledge sharing, inclusivity and partnerships.

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meetings

The Commonwealth ITU meetings are an invaluable platform for sharing views and experience and building understanding and shared goals on ITU matters for the Commonwealth countries. The CTO facilitates Commonwealth ITU Coordination meetings in the margins of ITU events, including:

• ITU Council 2023, ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 July to 21 July 2023
  CTO will also be participating as an observer at the ITU Council 2023 in Geneva coordinating Commonwealth ITU Group meetings
• World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC-23), United Arab Emirates, 20 November to 15 December 2023  
• Radiocommunication Assemblies (RA), United Arab Emirates, 13 – 17 November 2023

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meetings

The CTO has played an active role in the margins of ICANN meetings since 2014 when ICANN, CTO, Nominet and the Public Interest Registry jointly held the Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum 2014 in advance of ICANN 50 in June 2014. The CTO will support ICANN meetings at the following events:

ICANN77, Policy Forum, Washington D.C., United States of America, 12-15 June 2023
CTO will coordinate the Commonwealth GAC (Government Advisory Committee) session in the margins of ICANN77

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Meetings

• 18th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will be hosted by the Government of Japan in Kyoto from 8 – 12 October 2023.
  CTO will not be present at the meeting this year.