WSIS Fund in Trust

The WSIS Trust Fund was established in 2011 with the adoption of Plenipotentiary Conference Resolution 140. Building on this mandate, Council Resolution 1332, as modified by the ITU Council in 2024, reaffirms the continuation of the WSIS Fund in Trust to support ITU activities that facilitate the implementation of WSIS outcomes. It calls for partnerships and strategic alliances and invites the ITU Membership to make voluntary contributions to the fund.

Since its creation, information on the WSIS Fund in Trust and stakeholder contributions has been reflected here—the dedicated website of the WSIS Fund in Trust. ITU thanks all those who have contributed to the Fund to date for their dedication and commitment to WSIS implementation, particularly towards the annual WSIS Forum events (2009–2025). Moving forward, and foll​owing the multistakeholder approach, the WSIS Forum will build upon the outcomes of the WSIS+20 Review and continue to advance efforts aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 was held from 7 to 11 July 2025, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD and co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation. The Event gathered over 11,000 participants onsite and online, including nearly 60 ministers, deputies, and heads of regulatory authorities. With representation from 169 countries, the Event featured around 250 sessions with over 1,000 speakers. The outcome reports and highlights of the 2025 Event can be found here.

WSIS Forum 2026 is scheduled to be held from 6 to 10 July 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland, with support for remote participation. The trust and unwavering support from all stakeholders, especially the contributors to the WSIS Fund in Trust are greatly appreciated.

All ITU membership and other interested stakeholders are encouraged to contribute to the WSIS Fund in Trust for the year 2026, and all stakeholders are invited to partner with the WSIS Forum 2026.

Partnership Packages:
​ EN Pa​ckages​​​​

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders) who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2025 to accelerate the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.
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Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN in Geneva, Wallonia-Brussels in Geneva	Japan​	Malaysia​	Rwanda
Saudi Arabia	South Africa	United Kingdom	Afnic​
CAICT	EY	ICANN	IEEE
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IFIP	ISOC	TakingITGlobal	​ WSA

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders) who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2024 to accelerate the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.

Japan	Rwanda	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
United Arab Emirates	United Kingdom	Wallonia-Brussels in Geneva, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN	ICANN
Digital Cooperation Organisation	EY	Global Coalition on Aging	Huawei
IEEE	IFIP	Internet Society

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders) who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2023 to accelerate the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.​​​​
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Bahrain (Kingdom of)	Belgium, The General Delegation of Wallonia-Brussels	Japan	Rwanda ​(Republic of)
S​audi Arabia (Kingdom of)	Switzerland (Confederation of)	United Arab Emirates	United Kingdom
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Global Coalition On Aging	Huawei	ICANN	IEEE
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IFIP	ISOC	OIF

2022 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders) who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2022 to accelerate the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.​​
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Japan	Qatar (State of)	Rwanda ​(Republic of)	Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
Switzerland (Confederation of)	United Arab Emirates	United Kingdom	Ernst & Young
Global Coalition On Aging	Huawei	IEEE	IFIP
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ISOC

2021 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders) who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2021 to accelerate the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.​​

Japan	Qatar (State of)	Rwanda (Republic of)	Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
Switzerland (Confederation of)	United Arab Emirates	Global Coalition On Aging	Huawei
IEEE	IFIP	ISOC

2020 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders) who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2020 to accelerate the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.​​

Japan	Rwanda (Republic of)	Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)	Switzerland (Confederation of)
United Arab Emirates	ICANN	IEEE	IFIP
ISOC	Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative	Global Coalition on Aging

2019 Contributors

Member states,​ sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders)​ who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2019 to accelerate ​the implementation of​ the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.​

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Japan​	​Oman​	​Poland​ ​(Republic of)​​​	​​​Rwanda ​(Republic of)​​​​
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​Saudi ​​​​Arabia ​(Kingdom of)	​​​Switzerland (Confederation of)​	United Arab Emirates​	​Elm​​​
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​ICANN	​IEEE​​​	​IFIP	​​​ISOC​
Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative

2018 Contributors

Member states,​​ sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders)​ who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2018 to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.

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​​Japan	​​Oman	​Poland​ ​(Republic of)​​​	​Rwanda ​(Republic of)​​​
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​Saudi ​​​​Arabia ​(Kingdom of)	​​​Switzerland (Confederation of)​	United Arab Emirates	​ICANN
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​IEEE	​INWES​	​ISOC

2017 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders)​ who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2017 to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.

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​​Japan	Philippines ​(Republic of the)​​​	​Poland​ ​(Republic of)​​​	​Rwanda ​(Republic of)​​​
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​​Switzerland (Confederation of)​​	CMAI & TEMA India​	GeSI​	​ICANN​
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​IEEE​	​IFIP​	​ISOC​	​Swiss Engineering​
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​VEON​​	​World's Global Telecom​

2016 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates (and WSIS Stakeholders)​ who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2016 to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activi​ties undertaken by ITU.​​​

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​​Japan	​Poland​ ​(Republic of)​​​	​Rwanda​ ​(Republic of)​​	Saudi Arabia (​Kingdom of)​​
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​​Switzerland (Confederation of)​​	​​United Arab Emirates	​ICANN​	​IEEE​
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​IFIP​	​ISOC​	​Swiss Engineering​	​VimpelCom​

2015 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2015 to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.

Official L​etter: AR, EN, ES, FR, RU, ZH​

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​Democratic Republic of the Congo	​Japan	​Kuwait (State of)	​Poland (Reublic of)
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​Rwanda ​(Republic of)	​Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)	​Switzerland (Confederation of)​	​​United Arab Emirates​
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ICANN	IFIP	​Intel​​​	ISOC​​

2014 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2014 to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.

Official L​etter: AR, EN, ES, FR, RU, ZH​

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​Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of)	​Japan	​Kuwait (State of)	​Mexico​
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​Oman (Sultanate of)​	​Poland (Republic of)	​Qatar (State of)	​Rwanda (Republic of)
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​Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)​	​Switzerland (Confederation of)	​Tunisia	​United Arab Emirates
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​Intel	​ICANN	​IFIP	​ISOC​

2013 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2013 to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.​​

Official L​etter: AR, EN, ES, FR, RU, ZH​

2012 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2012 to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.

​Official L​etter: AR, EN, ES, FR, RU, ZH​

2011 Contributors

Member states, sector members and associates who have contributed to the WSIS Fund in Trust in 2011​ to accelerate ​the implementation of the WSIS related activities undertaken by ITU.