Haiti IGF — main venue
Port-au-Prince
Hotel Montana
Hosts the national Forum on 5 November 2026 and the broadcast to all connected hubs.
Haiti IGF 2026 · Thursday 5 November 2026
The national dialogue on the future of the Internet in Haiti.
The Haiti Internet Governance Forum is the country’s annual multi-stakeholder gathering on digital policy. One day to confront viewpoints, identify national priorities and draft recommendations that commit their authors.
What an IGF is
A space for dialogue, not a decision-making body
Internet Governance Forums bring together, on an equal footing, actors who share neither the same interests nor the same power: ministries and regulators, operators and Internet service providers, universities, civil society organisations, the technical community and youth organisations.
They do not vote and produce no binding text. Their value lies elsewhere: they make trade-offs visible, oblige each party to argue its case in front of the others, and produce documented recommendations that decision-makers can take up. The Haiti IGF applies this principle to the national context.
The Forum follows directly from HaitiSIG: those trained the week before arrive with a shared vocabulary and common references, which raises the level of the debate.
Practical information
Date
Thursday 5 November 2026.
Main venue
Hotel Montana, Port-au-Prince.
Connected hubs
ESIH, Jérémie, Saint-Marc, Cap-Haïtien.
Participation
Open, with prior registration.
Venues and hubs
The Forum takes place wherever there is a hub
A national forum held only in Port-au-Prince would not be national. Regional hubs enable genuine participation from the Grand’Anse, the Artibonite and the North, with speaking slots and contributions fed back into the plenary.
HaitiSIG — main hub
Port-au-Prince
Faculty of Sciences (FDS)
Production centre for the School from 26 to 30 October 2026: studio, control room and national facilitation.
Connected hub
Port-au-Prince
École Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haïti (ESIH)
Host hub for both the School and the Forum, with local facilitation and group work.
Regional hub
Jérémie
Venue to be confirmed
Participation from the Grand’Anse department in the School and the Forum, with local facilitation.
Regional hub
Saint-Marc
Venue to be confirmed
Participation from the Artibonite department in the School and the Forum, with local facilitation.
Regional hub
Cap-Haïtien
Venue to be confirmed
Participation from the North department in the School and the Forum, with local facilitation.
Structure of the day
Session formats
The agenda is built from the public call for contributions. Selected proposals are assessed on national relevance, diversity of speakers, feasibility and neutrality.
Multi-stakeholder roundtable
Three to five speakers from different stakeholder groups on a public policy question, with moderation and audience discussion.
Working session
A participatory format producing a concrete output: an actor mapping, a draft recommendation, an assessment grid.
Policy laboratory
Work on a real Haitian case: groups develop options, test them against each other and document their trade-offs.
Short intervention
Five to seven minutes to present an initiative, a research project or field experience.
Youth Leadership Forum
A dedicated space for youth organisations and the youth ambassadors trained at HaitiSIG.
Report-back and recommendations
Rapporteurs' synthesis, adoption of key messages and presentation of the follow-up working groups.
Role of HaitiSIG graduates
From training to engagement
Those who complete the School are not mere spectators at the Forum. They take on active roles, which is both a practical application and a real transfer of responsibility.
- Moderating sessions
- Rapporteuring and synthesising debates
- Speaking on panels
- Facilitating workshops and hubs
- Youth ambassadorship and outreach
After the Forum
A cycle that continues
The Forum is not an endpoint. Recommendations are taken up by follow-up structures that work year-round and prepare the next edition.
- Haiti IGF working groups
- Monthly webinars
- AI Ethics Community of Practice
- Youth Leadership Network
- Mentorship programme
- National AI working groups
- Research collaborations
- Participation in regional and global Internet governance events
Help build the Forum agenda.
The public call for contributions is open to organisations and individuals alike. Propose a topic, a session, an intervention or an activity — the agenda for 5 November is built from these proposals.