🍃Strategy

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About

This page contains describes the The IO Foundation's strategy corresponding for Season 2025.

Introduction

The IO Foundation is committed to establishing its Data-Centric Digital Rights advocacy as a cornerstone of citizen's digital life. As technology becomes increasingly integrated into every aspect of life, the management and protection of data and, most importantly, the algorithms that act upon it have long become critical to ensuring individual freedoms and societal trust. During Season 2025, TIOF's mission remains to provide technologists, end users and organizations with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to understand and manage their digital life responsibly.

Through education, research and practical solutions, The IO Foundation advocates for a world where rights are clearly defined and respected in the development and application of technology under the guide of the DCDR Principles.

Key Objectives

For Season 2025, The IO Foundation will focus its resources in achieving the following Key Objectives:

Grow its revenue through alternative mechanisms Among other approaches, by designing, implementing and providing unique services and products that are aligned with the organization's advocacy.
Strengthen its participation in relevant Standard Developing Organizations (SDOs) While maintaining its participation in IETF, ITU-T and ICANN, the organization will explore how to participate in other core SDOs.
Increase engagement in Policy Developing Organizations (PDOs) Following the establishment of the Global Digital Compact (GDC), the organization will extend its participation in fora such as the Internet Governance Forum and the GDC itself.
Building an educational platform The organization will establish the TechUp Academy, a platform dedicated to delivering technologists with the education and training in essential technological skills and to become proponents of the DCDR Framework.
Enhance content generation The organization will focus on expanding its content production, including articles, blogs, podcasts and other media, to engage a wider audience.