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Created in 1992

Member since August 2017

https://www.diplomacy.edu/

CORE ACTIVITIES ON E-COMMERCE AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

DiploFoundation (Diplo) is international non-profit organization established in 2002 by governments of Malta and Switzerland. Diplo is specialized in capacity development and research in fields of digital diplomacy, internet governance, and tech policy. Diplo, among other things, works to improve the role of small and developing states in global diplomacy by:

training officials through online courses, workshops and simulation exercises;
developing capacity on Internet governance, cybersecurity, data, artificial intelligence, and other emerging tech issues;
promoting and developing digital tools for inclusive and impactful governance and policymaking.

Over the years, Diplo has successfully trained over 7,500 alumni from 208 countries and territories, including individuals working in governments, the private and civil sector, media, and academia.

Since 2014, Diplo has been operating the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) which provides a neutral and inclusive space for digital policy debates, digital policy monitoring and analysis, and capacity development. Its activities are implemented through just-in-time briefings and events, policy research, and the Digital Watch online observatory which serves as a comprehensive one-stop shop for the latest digital policy developments, overviews, trends, events, actors, instruments, and other resources.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

How does DiploFoundation’s work and activities specifically touch upon e-commerce and the digital economy?

Diplo’s comprehensive Digital Commerce online course is designed to assist governmental and non-governmental actors to better understand what digitization and the internet bring to trade discussions, and help them reap the benefits of the digital economy.
Diplo and the GIP provide just-in-time reporting from key digital commerce-related events, such as the UNCTAD E-commerce Week and the WTO Public Forum.
The Digital Watch observatory, part of the Geneva Internet Platform, an initiative of the Swiss authorities, operated by DiploFoundation, is a comprehensive digital policy observatory, which provides a neutral one-stop shop for updates on the negotiations taking place in the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on e-commerce, and recent developments related to the digital economy.