{"id":11886,"date":"2024-08-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/08\/08\/en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:00:00","slug":"en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/08\/08\/en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"LACIGF 2024 Santiago \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 17th Latin American and Caribbean IGF (LACIGF) met on 7\u20138 November 2024 at the Telef\u00f3nica Building in Santiago de Chile, drawing 260+ on-site and 350+ Zoom participants across 22 sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For the first time under its new bylaws, the forum crowdsourced its themes and sessions through open calls vetted by a new Workshop Selection Committee. Debates spanned AI, human rights, gender and environmental sustainability, and the resulting messages were carried to the UN IGF in Riyadh that December.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Migration without surveillance, disinformation as gender-based violence, sustainable connectivity in the Pan-Amazon \u2014 an agenda built bottom-up from regional realities, making LACIGF 17 a model of community-driven internet governance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>LACIGF 2024 in Santiago<\/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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; The catalogue lists &#39;Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2024&#39;, but official records show the 17th LACIGF (2024) was held in Santiago de Chile. No LACIGF took place in Santo Domingo in 2024; Dominican participants (e.g. the ISOC Dominican Republic chapter) attended the Santiago meeting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>17th edition (LACIGF 17)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>7\u20138 November 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Telef\u00f3nica Building, Providencia, Santiago de Chile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>On-site participants<\/td>\n<td>260+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Secretariat: Colnodo. Local coordination by Fundaci\u00f3n Datos Protegidos with NIC Chile, the University of Chile&#39;s CS department, ISOC Chile, ACTI, Fundaci\u00f3n Kamanau, Derechos Digitales and Chile&#39;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Key messages and proposals carried to the global UN IGF in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (December 2024)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Milestone<\/td>\n<td>First edition with community topic calls, an open call for sessions and a Workshop Selection Committee (CST) under the new bylaws<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The Evolution of Governance \u2014 After NetMundial+10, En Route to Riyadh<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary &#39;Evolution of Governance (NRIs \/ NetMundial)&#39; (7 November, 9:15\u201310:45)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Digitalisation has been integrated into every sphere of life, creating both opportunities and challenges for our human rights, security and sustainability (translated from Spanish)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Chengetai Masango (Head, UN IGF Secretariat)<\/strong> [1][2][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>For the first time under the new bylaws, themes were chosen by open community consultation and sessions by open call vetted by a Workshop Selection Committee \u2014 a shift to community-driven agenda-setting [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>The forum&#39;s key messages and proposals were carried to the UN IGF in Riyadh in December 2024, an explicit pipeline from the region into the global debate [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Human Rights and Gender \u2014 Migration Without Surveillance, Digital Violence<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Parallel sessions on migration without surveillance, safe digital inclusion for women and LGBTQIA+ people, and disinformation as gender violence (7 November)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Today we gather with a common purpose: to reflect, debate and build together an internet that is inclusive, safe and at the service of human rights (translated from Spanish)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Jessica Matus (Director, Fundaci\u00f3n Datos Protegidos; local host)<\/strong> [2][3][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Sessions centred people in vulnerable situations: digital surveillance in migration processes, and safe digital inclusion for women and LGBTQIA+ communities [2][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The gender-technology intersection ran through the agenda \u2014 from framing disinformation as a form of gender-based violence to protection strategies in sexting practices [2][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Universal Access \u2014 The Case for Coexisting Connectivity Models<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Access and connectivity sessions, including the network fees \/ fair share roundtable (7 November)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;We must think about and propose the coexistence of different connectivity provision models \u2014 including those born from communities&#39; own management, creativity and initiative (translated from Spanish)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Olga Paz Mart\u00ednez (Colnodo)<\/strong> [3][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Regional collaboration is key to universalising access to quality connectivity and contributing to a sustainable digital ecosystem (translated from Spanish)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Pablo Garc\u00eda de Castro (ASIET, Inter-American Association of Telecommunications Companies)<\/strong> [3][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Civil society championed a &#39;coexistence&#39; approach that combines large operators with community-run networks rather than betting on a single model [3][2]<\/li>\n<li>A roundtable on network fees (&#39;fair share&#39;) put the question of who pays for network investment squarely on the table between operators and civil society [3][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. AI Regulation and Ethics \u2014 Innovation and Rights from the Region<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary &#39;Artificial Intelligence&#39; (8 November, 9:00\u201310:30) plus parallel sessions on AI in Latin America and AI ethics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI and emerging technologies \u2014 with their ethical and legal challenges \u2014 ranked among the community-voted themes, filling a plenary and several parallel sessions [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Rule-making for the AI era ranged widely: content governance through the lens of the OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, digital market regulation, and an evaluation of UNESCO&#39;s Internet Universality Indicators [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Environment and Sustainability \u2014 Connecting the Pan-Amazon<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Parallel session &#39;Sustainable connectivity and socio-environmental justice: how to promote sustainable connectivity in the Pan-Amazon?&#39; and others (8 November)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Governance allows us to believe in this collective dream: building technology that sustains life (translated from Spanish)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Lilian Chamorro (LACIGF Secretariat Coordinator, Colnodo)<\/strong> [1][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>&#39;Environment and sustainability&#39; was one of the community-chosen themes, with a dedicated session linking Amazon-basin connectivity to socio-environmental justice [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>The forum posed a question distinctive to a resource-rich region: how to expand connectivity infrastructure while protecting ecosystems and the communities that depend on them [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. So what did the forum actually decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It doesn&#39;t decide \u2014 but the output of its 22 sessions was distilled into key messages and delivered to the UN IGF in Riyadh the following month, a visible pipeline from regional debate to the global stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was new this time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The agenda was no longer set from above. For the first time, themes and sessions were crowdsourced through open calls and vetted by a new Workshop Selection Committee \u2014 which is how gender and the environment rose to the top of the agenda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Disinformation policy, AI regulation and the &#39;fair share&#39; fight over who pays for network investment are live debates worldwide. Note: this event is catalogued as &#39;Santo Domingo 2024&#39;, but the 17th LACIGF actually met in Santiago de Chile.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is LACIGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-lacigf-2024-santo-domingo-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 About LACIGF\"><\/p>\n<p>LACIGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2024 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lacigf.org\/novedad\/balance-y-resultados-del-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2024\/\">Balance y resultados del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe 2024<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eventos.lacigf.org\/en\/lacigf-17\/\">LACIGF 17 \u2014 event page &amp; agenda<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/colnodo.apc.org\/es\/EXPERIENCIAS\/17-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe-un-espacio-clave-para-el-dialogo-regional\">17\u00b0 Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe: Un espacio clave para el di\u00e1logo regional<\/a> \u2014 Colnodo\uff08LACIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\u30fbAPC\u52a0\u76df\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/datosprotegidos.org\/lacigf-stgo-chile\/\">Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe (LACIGF) en Santiago, Chile<\/a> \u2014 Fundaci\u00f3n Datos Protegidos\uff08\u73fe\u5730\u4e3b\u50ac\u30fb\u30c1\u30ea\u5e02\u6c11\u793e\u4f1a\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isocfoundation.org\/project\/17th-latin-american-and-caribbean-internet-governance-forum-lacigf-2024\/\">17th Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum &#8211; LacIGF 2024\uff08\u52a9\u6210\u4e8b\u696d\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Internet Society Foundation (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lacigf.org\/foros-anteriores\/\">Foros anteriores\uff08\u904e\u53bb\u5927\u4f1a\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 8 August 2024, 01:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 10 July 2026, 14:28 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 17th Latin American and Caribbean IGF (LACIGF) met on 7\u20138 November 2024 at the Telef\u00f3nica Building in Santiago de Chile, drawing 260+ on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,11],"tags":[163,161,160,708,162,164],"class_list":["post-11886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-lacigf2024","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}