{"id":11954,"date":"2014-08-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/08\/09\/en-lacigf-2014-salvador-overview\/"},"modified":"2014-08-09T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:00:00","slug":"en-lacigf-2014-salvador-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/08\/09\/en-lacigf-2014-salvador-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"LACIGF 2014 San Salvador \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-2014-salvador-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2014 \u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30eb\u30d0\u30c9\u30eb \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-2014-salvador-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2014 \u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30eb\u30d0\u30c9\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 7th LACIGF met on 16\u201318 July 2014 at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Salvador, El Salvador \u2014 the forum&#39;s first Central American edition \u2014 with about 170 on-site and over 2,000 remote participants across three language channels.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Coming just months after NETmundial in S\u00e3o Paulo, the meeting&#39;s eight thematic sessions tackled the regional implementation of the multistakeholder model, net neutrality, human rights and open data, with NETmundial-style remote participation feeding questions into every session.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Programme Committee also struck a deal with the eLAC process to co-locate the 2015 edition with the region&#39;s Ministerial Conference in Mexico City \u2014 a turning point that wired the regional IGF into governmental policy-making.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>LACIGF 2014 in San Salvador<\/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&#39;s &#39;Salvador&#39; refers to San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador \u2014 not Salvador (Bahia), Brazil. The year and edition match the official list (7th edition, 16\u201318 July 2014); the one-year offset found for 2023\u20132025 does not affect this edition.<\/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-2014-salvador-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2014 \u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30eb\u30d0\u30c9\u30eb \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>7th edition (LACIGF 7)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>16\u201318 July 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hotel Real Intercontinental, San Salvador, El Salvador<\/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>170 (Approximately 170 on-site participants \u2014 another attendance record)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Remote participants<\/td>\n<td>2,000 (More than 2,000 followed via remote channels in Spanish, Portuguese and English, with strong social-media impact under #lacigf7)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Scholarships<\/td>\n<td>32 (Supported through a joint fund (APC, ISOC, ICANN, Google, CGI.br\/NIC.br, Telef\u00f3nica, LACTLD, Conexi\u00f3n El Salvador, LACNIC) covering LACIGF 7 and the IGF in Istanbul)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>LACNIC served as Technical Secretariat; Conexi\u00f3n El Salvador was the local organiser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Milestone<\/td>\n<td>First LACIGF held in Central America; the Programme Committee agreed with the eLAC Coordination Board to co-locate the 8th edition with the 2015 Ministerial Conference in Mexico City<\/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-2014-salvador-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2014 \u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30eb\u30d0\u30c9\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. After NETmundial \u2014 Bringing the S\u00e3o Paulo Consensus Home<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions on &#39;The Internet governance ecosystem in 2014&#39; and the NETmundial process<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With NETmundial (April 2014, S\u00e3o Paulo) having just adopted its multistakeholder principles and roadmap, the forum focused on translating that outcome into regional governance practice [3][5]<\/li>\n<li>Remote participation was modelled on the NETmundial experience, and every session fielded five or more questions via chat or Twitter \u2014 the most successful remote engagement of any edition to date [3][5]<\/li>\n<li>An opening session on &#39;the Internet governance ecosystem in 2014&#39; mapped the region&#39;s position in a turbulent year [3][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. A Broadening Regional Agenda \u2014 Net Neutrality, Human Rights and Open Data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Eight thematic sessions (16\u201318 July)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Net neutrality had its own session as legislation advanced across the region \u2014 including Brazil&#39;s newly enacted Marco Civil \u2014 letting the forum consolidate shared positions [5][3]<\/li>\n<li>The eight sessions spanned safeguarding human rights, open data, national governance initiatives and the eLAC2015 working group, keeping development and rights at the core [5][3]<\/li>\n<li>Per ICANN&#39;s report, more than 150 representatives from over 20 countries convened to sharpen the regional agenda [5][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. First Time in Central America \u2014 Widening the Forum&#39;s Reach<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The meeting overall (local organiser: Conexi\u00f3n El Salvador)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the first time in seven editions the forum came to Central America \u2014 one of the regional Internet community&#39;s most important events of the year, as ICANN&#39;s blog put it [3][2]<\/li>\n<li>Open-call selectee Conexi\u00f3n El Salvador hosted locally, with Google, CGI.br, LACNIC, the Internet Society, ICANN, APC and Telef\u00f3nica funding the event [3][2]<\/li>\n<li>A joint scholarship fund supported 32 participants to attend both LACIGF 7 and the IGF in Istanbul that September, keeping under-resourced voices in the room [3][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Another Participation Record \u2014 2,000 Attend Remotely in Three Languages<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The meeting overall (remote participation channels)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On-site attendance matched the previous record at roughly 170, while remote channels in Spanish, Portuguese and English drew more than 2,000 participants [2]<\/li>\n<li>The #lacigf7 hashtag generated significant social-media traction \u2014 cementing a hybrid regional forum where remote participation outnumbers the room by an order of magnitude [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Linking Up with eLAC \u2014 Toward Co-Location with the 2015 Ministerial<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Agreement between the Programme Committee and the eLAC Coordination Board<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a first, the LACIGF Programme Committee agreed with the eLAC Coordination Board to hold the 8th edition jointly with the programme&#39;s Ministerial Conference in Mexico City in August 2015 [2]<\/li>\n<li>The deal bridged the multistakeholder regional forum and an intergovernmental policy process, paving the way for expanded government participation the following year [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the forum actually decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It&#39;s a dialogue venue without binding decisions \u2014 but this year brought a big organisational one: the 2015 edition would be co-located with the eLAC Ministerial Conference in Mexico City, plugging the forum into an intergovernmental process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Wait \u2014 Salvador or San Salvador?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador \u2014 not Salvador in Bahia, Brazil. Easy to confuse, entirely different places. This was the first LACIGF ever held in Central America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. 2014 was the year global Internet governance moved \u2014 NETmundial, the IANA transition announcement. This forum showed how a region can pool its voice, with over 2,000 people joining remotely in three languages.<\/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-2014-salvador-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2014 \u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30eb\u30d0\u30c9\u30eb \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 2014 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:\/\/archive.lacigf.org\/sp\/lacigf7\/index.html\">lacigf 7 \u2014 VII Reuni\u00f3n Regional Preparatoria para el FGI\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacnic.net\/innovaportal\/file\/152\/1\/2014memoria-es.pdf\">LACNIC Memoria Anual 2014 (PDF)<\/a> \u2014 LACNIC\uff08\u5f53\u6642\u306eLACIGF\u30c6\u30af\u30cb\u30ab\u30eb\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/es\/blogs\/details\/lacigf-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-convene-for-their-7th-regional-igf-29-7-2014-es\">LACIGF: Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe se re\u00fanen para celebrar su 7\u00b0 IGF regional<\/a> \u2014 ICANN\uff08\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lacigf.org\/foros-anteriores\/\">Foros anteriores\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuni%C3%B3n_Regional_Preparatoria_para_el_Foro_para_la_Gobernanza_de_Internet\">Reuni\u00f3n Regional Preparatoria para el Foro para la Gobernanza de Internet<\/a> \u2014 Wikipedia\uff08\u30b9\u30da\u30a4\u30f3\u8a9e\u7248\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 2014, 15:00 (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 7th LACIGF met on 16\u201318 July 2014 at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Salvador, El Salvador \u2014 the forum&#8217;s first Central American e<\/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":[163,161,160,825,162,164],"class_list":["post-11954","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-lacigf2014","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11954","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=11954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}