{"id":11982,"date":"2015-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/08\/09\/en-caribbean-igf-2015-barbados-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-08-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T15:00:00","slug":"en-caribbean-igf-2015-barbados-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/08\/09\/en-caribbean-igf-2015-barbados-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean IGF 2015 Port of Spain \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 11th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 26\u201328 August 2015 \u2014 the world's oldest regional IGF, convened by the CTU and the CARICOM Secretariat since 2005.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The agenda centred on the IANA stewardship transition and ICANN accountability, building national multistakeholder structures, and growing Caribbean digital content beyond the region's new Internet exchange points.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. A year before the IANA transition became reality, the forum showed how small island states organise a collective regional voice in a global Internet governance reform.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Caribbean IGF 2015 in Port of Spain<\/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

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    📍 The catalogue lists Bridgetown, Barbados, but the CTU's official record (Caribbean Internet Governance Policy Framework Issue 3.0, Appendix 2) places the 11th CIGF (26\u201328 August 2015) in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Suriname had been announced as host in 2014 but the venue changed; no record supporting a Barbados staging was found<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n11th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n26\u201328 August 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCaribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the CARICOM Secretariat<\/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. IANA Stewardship Transition \u2014 Understanding the Handover Before It Happened<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Day 3 (28 Aug): 'IANA Stewardship Transition & Enhancing ICANN Accountability' by Albert Daniels (ICANN)<\/p>\n