Executive Committee Summary Records Summary Record of 86th meeting of the Executive Committee – 15 April 2025

Nov 17, 2025 | Meeting Summary Records, Reports and Meeting Minutes

Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA)

86th meeting of the Executive Committee

15th April, 2025

  1. The Executive Committee held its 86th meeting on 13th April, 2025. The meeting took place in Palais de Nations, E Building, Bar Serpent, Geneva, Switzerland, with some participants joining online. with the following participants: Amrita Choudhury (Chair), Flavio Wagner, Wisdom Donkor, Fiona Asonga, and Joyce CHEN from the Secretariat team: Jennifer Chung and Phyo Thiri Lwin. A quorum was established for the meeting, with five out of the eight Executive Committee members taking part.
  2. During the call, the agenda was reviewed. The draft agenda was presented, with a note that agenda item 6 had been moved up to item 3 for discussion. The Summary Record of the 85th EC meeting was adopted and will be posted on the IGFSA website.
  3. There was a discussion regarding the Treasurer position. Flavio Wagner, Wisdom Donkor, Fiona Asonga, and Joyce Chen agreed to appoint Markus Kummer as the interim signatory, while also reaching a consensus on Chris Mondini as the Treasurer.
  4. Funding Request and Disbursement Status – The pending fund requests discussed included:
    • ​​The 14th Internet Governance Forum (Benin) was discussed because the Youth Benin IGF had already been approved for $2,000, which is above the usual $1,500 for independent youth IGFs. Clarification is needed from the organizers on whether the Youth and National IGFs are separate events. 
    • The Uganda IGF submitted a budget totaling $11,094 USD, with major costs for venue, meals, event branding, and media. The committee agreed to provide the standard $2,000 USD for a National IGF. 
    • The EuroDIG funding was previously as low as $500, with an expectation of visibility in return. In line with this and the auIGF request, the committee decided on token support of $1,000 for each, noting that both are in developed regions and not in financial deficit. The support is conditional and should prioritize accessibility or indigenous community participation. 
    • Since no youth component was clearly stated, the committee provisionally approved $3,000, pending confirmation for the Central Africa IGF. An EC member will follow up for more clarification. 
    • The Cameroon IGF budget includes youth and women-focused activities. The committee agreed to provisionally approve $2,500, which is standard for National IGFs with a youth component. 
    • The Kenya IGF request lacked a detailed budget, listing activities without cost figures. It was noted that Barack had previously said he shared the budget breakdown, but it hadn’t yet been received. An EC member agreed to remind him again. In the meantime, the committee agreed to provisionally allocate $2,000 for the Kenya IGF, pending submission of a proper budget.
  5. Discussion on Sponsorship and Outreach plan for FY 2025 
    • It was suggested that planning for IGF 2025 needs to begin soon, as it is only two months and a few days away. As the sponsorship outreach plan needs to be reviewed, it was suggested an EC member be asked to resend the plan, and a separate outreach call may be scheduled. For IGF Day 0, a session request was submitted by IGFSA, focused on sustainable funding, donors matter, and sponsorship. There was uncertainty about the Day 0 program, and whether IGFSA will have a session, but a follow-up with the UN IGF Secretariat was planned.
  6. AOB
    • It was mentioned that the secretariat and the chair will meet with the accountant the next morning and share updates via chat.