IGF Perú 2021 (Fifth National IGF of Peru) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

The fifth IGF Perú ran online again on 1–3 December 2021, with the academic institute ISICRI (La Salle University) newly seated on the committee and coordinating the event for the first time.
Six panels covered post-COVID legislative initiatives, transparency in public procurement through digital tools, digital citizenship, Peru's digital economy, citizen innovation across Latin America, and data protection in electoral processes.
International voices — the OECD, Privacy International — joined a programme pointedly focused on elections and data protection as Peru headed into a volatile political season.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF Perú 2021 (Fifth National IGF of Peru) draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.

Conference at a Glance (from official records)

Item	Detail
Official name	IGF Perú 2021 (Fifth National IGF of Peru)
Dates	1–3 December 2021
Venue	Fully online for the second year running, streamed on the Facebook fan page
Theme	Regional governance themes
Host	Eight-member organising committee: Marushka Chocobar (SGTD/PCM), Elaine Ford (D&D / ISOC Peru), Maritza Agüero (CGI USMP), Jaime Dupuy (ComexPerú), Sandro Marcone (Cultura Digital), Rolando Toledo (RCP), Lucía León (Hiperderecho) and Carlos Guerrero (ISICRI); newcomer ISICRI was appointed main coordinator
Outcome	Six panels were held, all videos posted on the official site, with participation aggregated under #IGFPERU

(See the source list at the end of this article.)

Discussion Digest — from the Session Records

Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.

1. Elections and Data Protection — Privacy International Meets the Justice Ministry

Sessions: Panel 6 'Data Protection in Electoral Processes' (3 December)

Privacy International's Laura Lázaro, Hiperderecho's María José Lira and Peru's justice ministry (MINJUS) debated rules for personal-data use in campaigns [1]
The panel, chaired by Hiperderecho's Lucía León, spoke directly to the polarised, social-media-driven 2021 presidential election [1]

2. Transparent Public Procurement — Anti-Corruption Meets Digital Practice

Sessions: Panel 2 'Transparency on Public Purchases using digital tools' (1 December)

Procurement watchdog OSCE, the private Anti-Corruption Council and platform Ebiz Latin America discussed publishing and monitoring procurement data digitally [1]
Procurement-and-corruption is rare on national-IGF agendas; the panel pulled governance dialogue toward concrete administrative practice [1]

3. Citizen Innovation — OECD and Regional Labs Compare Notes

Sessions: Panel 5 'Citizen Innovation: Lessons from Latin America'

OECD's Barbara Ubaldi, a Colombian data-analytics lab, Public Digital and the Ibero-American innovation-lab network compared citizen-driven government innovation [1]
Moderated by SGTD's Chocobar — the government's own digital-transformation office hosting the international comparison [1]

4. ISICRI's First Turn as Coordinator — Rotating the Organising Burden

Sessions: Organising process (committee reshuffle in mid-2021)

The UN report records that ISICRI, having time and resources, was appointed main coordinator — shifting the operational centre from the NGO Hiperderecho to academia [1][2]
The agenda came from private and public consultations, with the registration form again inviting speaker nominations and side-event proposals [1][2]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What kind of year was it?

A. A second fully-online edition, with the academic institute ISICRI coordinating for the first time and a headline panel on data protection in elections.

Q. What was discussed?

A. Post-COVID legislation, transparent procurement, digital citizenship, the digital economy, citizen innovation and electoral data protection — with the OECD and Privacy International among the speakers.

Q. Why should I care?

A. Campaign data use and open procurement are live issues everywhere, and the committee's habit of rotating the organising burden is a practical sustainability lesson.

What Is Peru IGF? (for first-time readers)

Peru IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.

Why It Matters to You

What was discussed here becomes the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years. The principles confirmed at the 2021 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.