{"id":11936,"date":"2019-06-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/18\/en-eurodig-2019-hague-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-06-18T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T08:00:00","slug":"en-eurodig-2019-hague-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/18\/en-eurodig-2019-hague-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroDIG 2019 The Hague \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-eurodig-2019-hague-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2019 \u30cf\u30fc\u30b0 \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-eurodig-2019-hague-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2019 \u30cf\u30fc\u30b0 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 12th EuroDIG met at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, on 19\u201320 June 2019: 818 registrations and about 600 on-site participants under the theme &quot;Cooperating in the Digital Age.&quot;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Just nine days after its release, the UN High-Level Panel report The Age of Digital Interdependence got its first in-person debate here. Ethics by design for AI and IoT, cybersecurity norms and the GDPR&#39;s first year filled the agenda, distilled into the Messages from The Hague.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The framing that multilateralism and multistakeholderism are complementary, plus support for an &#39;IGF+&#39; model, foreshadowed the Global Digital Compact and WSIS+20 debates \u2014 and Europe&#39;s emerging approach to AI regulation took shape in these rooms.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>EuroDIG 2019 in The Hague<\/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<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2019-hague-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2019 \u30cf\u30fc\u30b0 \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>12th EuroDIG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>19\u201320 June 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>World Forum The Hague, Netherlands (main hall: King Willem-Alexander Auditorium)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Cooperating in the Digital Age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>about 600 participants picking up badges (818 registrations online and on the spot)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Registrations<\/td>\n<td>818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy with ECP (Platform for the Information Society), the Municipality of The Hague and SIDN (the .nl registry)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Messages from The Hague<\/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-eurodig-2019-hague-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2019 \u30cf\u30fc\u30b0 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The UN Digital Cooperation Report \u2014 Its First In-Person Debate<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &quot;Digital Cooperation \u2013 Report of the UN high level panel&quot; Part I (19 June, 16:00) and Part II (20 June, 9:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nine days after its 10 June release, the UN Secretary-General&#39;s High-Level Panel report The Age of Digital Interdependence received its first physical discussion anywhere, here at EuroDIG [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Participants framed multilateralism and multistakeholderism as complementary rather than fundamentally opposed; cooperation should &#39;connect the dots&#39; among existing processes, not be imposed on them [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The &#39;IGF+&#39; model \u2014 building on the IGF&#39;s strengths while fixing weaknesses in norm-making and state participation \u2014 was debated, with European input to be compiled for the IGF in Berlin that November [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. AI Ethics \u2014 &quot;Technology Is Not Value-Neutral&quot;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Keynote by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel (19 June, 12:20) and plenary &quot;Ethics by design \u2013 Moving from ethical principles to practical solutions&quot; (PL 5, 20 June, 11:00)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Technology is not value-free or value neutral. On the contrary, it is permeated by the values.&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Mariya Gabriel (European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society)<\/strong> [4][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Do we want a society that is at the service of people or a society where people are manipulated by digital actors?&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Mariya Gabriel<\/strong> [4][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Opinions converged on governing AI and IoT through ethics, guiding principles and &#39;by design&#39; measures without hampering innovation \u2014 ethics and trust by design emerged as the most promising route to privacy and data protection [4][1]<\/li>\n<li>The Council of Europe voiced concern about AI deepening discrimination and eroding human oversight, reporting work to align ethics frameworks across its member states [4][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Cyber Norms \u2014 A Stability Framework from the City of Peace and Justice<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary &quot;Making norms work \u2013 Pursuing effective cybersecurity&quot; (PL 4, 20 June, 9:30) and pre-event &quot;Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace \u2013 Towards a cyber stability framework&quot; (PRE 7, 18 June)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fittingly for The Hague, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace held a pre-event presenting its cyber stability framework, months before its final report that November [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>While many noted the abundance of existing norms and declarations, a growing majority argued soft law and non-binding rules are not enough; giving the IGF greater norm-proposing powers was cautiously floated [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>The Council of Europe promoted the Budapest Convention and its Second Additional Protocol, then under negotiation, to tackle cross-border electronic evidence [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. GDPR at One Year \u2014 and the Backlash Against the Copyright Directive and e-Evidence<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Workshop &quot;GDPR Implementation&quot; (WS 2), flash &quot;Does GDPR work?&quot; and plenary &quot;The European Copyright Reform&quot; (PL 6, 20 June, 14:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The GDPR was lauded as a regulatory approach reflecting the will of a group of states with common values, with &#39;upscaling&#39; such regional rules into global solutions seen as a promising avenue [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The freshly adopted EU Copyright Directive came under fire for siding too strongly with rights holders such as publishers and record labels, accepting the risk of over-blocking online content [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The e-Evidence proposal was contested for exposing platform providers to requests from all EU member states rather than the authorities where they are located [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. So what did the conference actually decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. EuroDIG doesn&#39;t decide \u2014 but this edition compiled Europe&#39;s first collective response to the UN digital cooperation report, released just nine days earlier, and sent it with the Messages from The Hague to the IGF in Berlin that November.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The freshly adopted EU Copyright Directive. A plenary titled &#39;what just happened, what&#39;s next&#39; pitted rights-holder protection against fears of over-blocking \u2014 a sharp contrast with the praise heaped on the GDPR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. &#39;Ethics by design&#39; championed here became the backbone of AI regulation, including the EU AI Act, and the IGF+ debate feeds directly into today&#39;s Global Digital Compact and WSIS+20 negotiations.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is EuroDIG? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2019-hague-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2019 \u30cf\u30fc\u30b0 \u2014 About EuroDIG\"><\/p>\n<p>EuroDIG 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 2019 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:\/\/eurodigwiki.org\/mw04\/images\/9\/9b\/Messages_from_The_Hague_EuroDIG_2019.pdf\">Messages from The Hague (PDF)<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG Association (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/eurodig-2019\">EuroDIG 2019<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/EuroDIG_2019\">EuroDIG 2019<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG Wiki (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/Keynote_01_2019\">Keynote 01 2019\uff08\u30de\u30ea\u30e4\u30fb\u30ac\u30d6\u30ea\u30a8\u30eb\u57fa\u8abf\u8b1b\u6f14\u3001\u66f8\u304d\u8d77\u3053\u3057\uff09<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG Wiki (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/EuroDIG_2019_%E2%80%93_Details\">EuroDIG 2019 \u2013 Details<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG Wiki (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/EuroDIG_Archiv\">EuroDIG Archiv\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG Wiki (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 18 June 2019, 10:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 10 July 2026, 23:16 (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 12th EuroDIG met at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, on 19\u201320 June 2019: 818 registrations and about 600 on-site participants <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11],"tags":[163,161,160,888,162,164],"class_list":["post-11936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-eurodig2019","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11936","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=11936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}