{"id":11969,"date":"2022-08-25T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/08\/25\/en-lacigf-2022-panama-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T18:00:00","slug":"en-lacigf-2022-panama-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/08\/25\/en-lacigf-2022-panama-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"LACIGF 2022 Virtual \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-2022-panama-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2022 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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-2022-panama-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2022 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 15th Latin American and Caribbean IGF (LACIGF 15) met online on 24\u201326 October 2022: a &#39;day zero&#39; for youth and national initiatives on the 24th, followed by four open sessions on 25\u201326 October.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Under the theme &#39;A Resilient Internet for a Shared, Sustainable and Common Future&#39;, aligned with the UN Global Digital Compact, it tackled four community-chosen topics: meaningful connectivity, human rights online, data protection and disinformation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It closed three straight virtual years and fell in the transition of the secretariat from LACNIC to Colnodo \u2014 a showcase of a regional IGF channelling its region&#39;s voice into UN digital-cooperation processes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>LACIGF 2022 in Virtual<\/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 this event as held in Panama City, but official records show the 15th LACIGF (24\u201326 October 2022) was held online. Panama City hosted the 10th edition in 2017; the forum was virtual for three straight years, 2020\u20132022<\/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-2022-panama-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2022 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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>15th edition (LACIGF 15)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>24\u201326 October 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Held online: 24 October served as &#39;day zero&#39; (Youth LACIGF and national\/regional initiatives), with four open sessions on 25\u201326 October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;A Resilient Internet for a Shared, Sustainable and Common Future&#39;, aligned with the priorities of the UN Secretary-General&#39;s Global Digital Compact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>LACIGF Secretariat (LACNIC, in its final full year as secretariat) and the Program Committee; Derechos Digitales handled logistical coordination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Four regional priority topics, chosen through a trilingual public consultation (deadline 28 August 2022), were debated as the region&#39;s input into the UN Global Digital Compact process<\/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-2022-panama-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2022 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The Global Digital Compact \u2014 A Public Consultation to Send Regional Priorities to the UN<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Agenda-setting process (public consultation, deadline 28 August 2022) and overall theme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Through a trilingual (ES\/EN\/PT) public consultation, the community picked the four Global Digital Compact topics most relevant to Latin America and the Caribbean, systematised by the Program Committee [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>The starting premise: &#39;digital governance has not kept pace with the intrinsically informal and decentralised nature of the internet&#39; (translated from Derechos Digitales, Spanish) [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>The aim was for the region to contribute to the desired digital future &#39;from its needs, realities and priorities&#39; (translated from Derechos Digitales, Spanish) [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Meaningful Connectivity \u2014 Being Online Is Not Enough<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Open session on meaningful connectivity and regional challenges (25\u201326 October), with speakers including Nathalia Foditsch (World Wide Web Foundation)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Debate moved beyond binary access to &#39;meaningful connectivity&#39; \u2014 speed, devices, affordability and skills \u2014 as the regional yardstick [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>The day-zero NRIs sessions also took up universal access and internet fragmentation [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Human Rights Online and Data Protection \u2014 &#39;Myths and Realities&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Open sessions on human rights protection online and on data-protection myths and realities (25\u201326 October), with speakers including Francisco Brito Cruz (InternetLab)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sessions separated myth from reality in data protection and tested the effectiveness of the region&#39;s data-protection frameworks [1][6]<\/li>\n<li>Reframing cybersecurity as a concept that includes rights \u2014 access to information, freedom of expression and privacy \u2014 was a pillar of the year&#39;s regional agenda (Derechos Digitales annual report) [1][6]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Disinformation and Content Responsibility \u2014 The Regional Regulatory Debate<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Open session on misinformation and content responsibility (25\u201326 October)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulatory responses to hate speech and disinformation featured prominently on the regional agenda (Derechos Digitales annual report) [1][6]<\/li>\n<li>With elections across Latin America, the balance between content regulation and freedom of expression was the crux [1][6]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Secretariat Transition \u2014 From LACNIC to Colnodo, Implementing the Bylaws Reform<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Cross-cutting institutional topic (transition process under the 2021 bylaws)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2021 bylaws targeted secretariat rotation from the 15th edition; 2022 fell within that transition. LACNIC served as secretariat from 2008 until June 2023, when Colnodo took over [4][5][6]<\/li>\n<li>In 2022 Derechos Digitales handled logistical coordination and sat on the Program Committee \u2014 a step toward civil society at the operational core [4][5][6]<\/li>\n<li>The 16th edition returned to an in-person format in Bogot\u00e1 in 2023, opening the Colnodo-secretariat era [4][5][6]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Wasn&#39;t this held in Panama City?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. No. Official records show the 15th LACIGF (2022) was held online; Panama City hosted the 10th edition back in 2017. The forum ran virtually for three straight years, 2020\u20132022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was discussed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Four topics chosen by public consultation to feed the region&#39;s voice into the UN Global Digital Compact: meaningful connectivity, human rights online, data protection, and disinformation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The Global Digital Compact debated here was adopted at the UN Summit of the Future in 2024 and now frames digital policy worldwide. The model \u2014 pick regional priorities by open consultation, then feed them into the UN \u2014 is one other regions study.<\/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-2022-panama-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"LACIGF 2022 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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 2022 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:\/\/eventos.lacigf.org\/lacigf-15\/\">LACIGF 15\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.derechosdigitales.org\/19200\/construyamos-la-agenda-de-lacigf15\/\">\u00a1Construyamos la agenda de LACIGF15!\uff08\u30b9\u30da\u30a4\u30f3\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Derechos Digitales (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gobernanzadeinternet.co\/es\/noticias\/15-edicion-del-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe-lacigf15\">15\u00aa edici\u00f3n del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe, LACIGF15\uff08\u30b9\u30da\u30a4\u30f3\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Gobernanza de Internet Colombia (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lacigf.org\/foros-anteriores\/\">Foros anteriores\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u4e00\u89a7\u3002LACIGF 15\uff1d2022\u5e7410\u670824\u301c26\u65e5\u30fbVirtual\u3001LACIGF 10\uff1d2017\u5e74\u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3\u3092\u660e\u8a18\uff09<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lacigf.org\/nosotros\/\">Nosotros\uff08LACIGF\u306e\u6b74\u53f2\u30022020\u301c2022\u5e74\u306e\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u958b\u50ac\u3068LACNIC\u2192Colnodo\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\u79fb\u884c\u3092\u8a18\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 LACIGF (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.derechosdigitales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MemoriaDD-2022.pdf\">Derechos Digitales Reporte Anual 2022\uff08PDF\u3001\u30b9\u30da\u30a4\u30f3\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Derechos Digitales (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 24 August 2022, 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 15th Latin American and Caribbean IGF (LACIGF 15) met online on 24\u201326 October 2022: a &#8216;day zero&#8217; for youth and national initiatives on t<\/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":[163,161,160,917,162,164],"class_list":["post-11969","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-lacigf2022","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11969","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=11969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}