{"id":11855,"date":"2011-09-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2011\/09\/27\/en-igf-2011-nairobi-overview\/"},"modified":"2011-09-27T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T06:00:00","slug":"en-igf-2011-nairobi-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2011\/09\/27\/en-igf-2011-nairobi-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Global IGF 2011 Nairobi \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 6th IGF met at the UN Office at Nairobi, Kenya, on 27\u201330 September 2011 \u2014 the first IGF in sub-Saharan Africa. Over 2,000 badges were issued (a record) for 122 workshops under the theme "Internet as a catalyst for change."<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. In the year of the Arab Spring, human rights and internet shutdowns ran through every session, alongside Kenya's M-Pesa mobile-money revolution, the question of internet access as a human right, and the USD 185,000 price tag of new gTLDs.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. This was the first IGF to confront head-on the tension between social media as a force for democratisation and governments that switch the internet off \u2014 the template for debates that continue worldwide today.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Global IGF 2011 in Nairobi<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n27\u201330 September 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nUnited Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), Nairobi, Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nInternet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\nMore than 2,000 badges issued \u2014 the highest IGF attendance to date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Governments<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Accredited media<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Workshops<\/td>\n122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Remote participants<\/td>\nMore than 823 remote participants; ~2,500 connections from 89 countries; 38 joined as remote panellists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Remote hubs<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Regional distribution<\/td>\nAfrican 53%, WEOG 29%, Asian 11%, GRULAC 4%, Eastern Europe 3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nGovernment of Kenya (Ministry of Information and Communications) and the United Nations; chaired by Alice Munyua, Kenya Internet Governance Steering Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Milestone<\/td>\nFirst IGF ever held in sub-Saharan Africa (6th meeting)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Next hosts<\/td>\nAt the closing ceremony Azerbaijan reiterated its invitation to host IGF 2012 and Indonesia offered to host the 2013 meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. The Arab Spring and Internet Shutdowns \u2014 Two Sides of a Catalyst for Change<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Main Session "Security, Openness and Privacy" (chaired by Michael Katundu, CCK; panellists included Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression)<\/p>\n

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    "Certainly the so-called Arab spring has driven a number of actions by governments across the world and they are taking a much deeper look at the Internet"
    \n\u2014 Lynn St. Amour (President and CEO, Internet Society)<\/strong> [1][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n