{"id":12002,"date":"2017-05-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/05\/21\/en-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T14:00:00","slug":"en-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/05\/21\/en-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"SEEDIG 2017 Ohrid \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-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2017 \u30aa\u30d5\u30ea\u30c9 \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-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2017 \u30aa\u30d5\u30ea\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 24\u201325 May 2017 the third SEEDIG met in Ohrid, in what is now North Macedonia, under the theme &#39;Digital development: Turning challenges into opportunities&#39; \u2014 its first two-day edition, held jointly with the International Regulatory Conference (IRC) 2017.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fake news and media literacy, broadband, IoT, open data and cybersecurity dominated; the takeaways became the SEEDIG 2017 Messages, and the first Youth School and Fellowship Programme ran alongside.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By bringing the Internet governance and telecom-regulatory communities into one room, Ohrid tested a bridge-building formula that regional forums elsewhere still cite.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>SEEDIG 2017 in Ohrid<\/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; Held in Ohrid as catalogued; at the time the country was known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (renamed North Macedonia in 2019)<\/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-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2017 \u30aa\u30d5\u30ea\u30c9 \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>Dates<\/td>\n<td>24\u201325 May 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Ohrid, North Macedonia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Digital development: Turning challenges into opportunities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>First two-day edition: capacity development on day one, policy discussions on day two; held jointly with the International Regulatory Conference (IRC) 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK), with the Ministry of Information Society and Administration and MARNET as local partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>SEEDIG 2017 Messages and annual report; first editions of the SEEDIG Youth School and Fellowship Programme<\/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-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2017 \u30aa\u30d5\u30ea\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Internet Governance: A Puzzle or a Tower of Babel? \u2014 Rebuilding Trust<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session &#39;Internet governance: A puzzle or a Tower of Babel?&#39; (policy day)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restoring trust through multistakeholder models was the central thread, with participants affirming that preserving the openness and network neutrality of the Internet is important [2]<\/li>\n<li>The session flagged the tension between fast-evolving technology and slower regulatory processes, calling for collaborative action to modernise governance frameworks [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Fake News and Media Literacy \u2014 A Remedy for &#39;Fast Food Media&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session on fake news, misinformation and media literacy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Propaganda, fake news and poor journalism should be distinguished from one another [2]<\/li>\n<li>&#39;Media literacy consists of digital skills, critical thinking, and communication skills&#39; (SEEDIG 2017 Messages) [2]<\/li>\n<li>Countering the problem of &#39;fast food media&#39; requires addressing socio-economic environments, not education alone [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Broadband, IoT and Open Data \u2014 Scaffolding for Digital Development<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions on broadband, IoT and open data<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Competition is important for broadband deployment, but government support for market conditions remains essential; clearer definitions of access speeds were a practical recommendation [2]<\/li>\n<li>IoT benefits were acknowledged across sectors, but privacy and security concerns ran deep \u2014 the Messages recorded the warning that &#39;data can be protected, but people will always find a way to misuse it&#39; [2]<\/li>\n<li>On open data, participants urged involving non-state actors and having public institutions use platforms to increase citizen understanding, flagging centralised architectures and inconsistent data standardisation as obstacles [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Cybersecurity and IDNs \u2014 A Region Short on Policy Consistency<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions on cybersecurity and internationalised domain names<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Education, awareness and a good security strategy were affirmed as the foundations of cybersecurity, with high-level stakeholder coordination proposed to fix policy inconsistencies across countries [2]<\/li>\n<li>IDNs, which support multilingualism in this diverse region, face implementation barriers; the primary recommendation was an awareness campaign involving all stakeholders [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Merging with the Regulators \u2014 Joint IRC 2017 and the First Youth School<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall format (24 May: capacity development; 25 May: policy discussions)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The meeting was held jointly with the International Regulatory Conference (IRC) 2017, deliberately bridging the Internet governance and telecom-regulatory communities [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The host was the national regulator, the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK); planning stayed bottom-up, with 74 open proposals and public online organising meetings [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The first SEEDIG Youth School and Fellowship Programme ran here, launching what became flagship capacity-building tracks [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. So what did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It&#39;s a dialogue forum, not a decision-making body \u2014 but the takeaways were documented as the SEEDIG 2017 Messages and circulated to governments, regulators and international processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most debated topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. How to deal with fake news. Participants separated propaganda, fake news and poor journalism, and argued that education alone won&#39;t fix it \u2014 the socio-economic environment behind &#39;fast food media&#39; needs addressing too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Ohrid&#39;s experiment of fusing an Internet governance forum with a telecom regulators&#39; conference is a template for connecting technical policy communities that usually talk past each other.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is SEEDIG? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-seedig-2017-ohrid-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2017 \u30aa\u30d5\u30ea\u30c9 \u2014 About SEEDIG\"><\/p>\n<p>SEEDIG 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 2017 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:\/\/seedig.net\/seedig2017\/\">SEEDIG 2017<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seedig.net\/seedig2017-messages\/\">Messages from SEEDIG 2017<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/seedig-2017\">SEEDIG 2017<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seedig.net\/annual-report-2017\/\">SEEDIG Annual Report 2017<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giswatch.org\/en\/internet-governance\/south-eastern-european-dialogue-internet-governance-seedig\">South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG)<\/a> \u2014 APC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Eastern_European_Dialogue_on_Internet_Governance\">South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance<\/a> \u2014 Wikipedia\uff08\u82f1\u8a9e\u7248\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/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 21 May 2017, 16:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 11 July 2026, 02:14 (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>On 24\u201325 May 2017 the third SEEDIG met in Ohrid, in what is now North Macedonia, under the theme &#8216;Digital development: Turning challenges in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,21],"tags":[163,161,160,162,908,164],"class_list":["post-12002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-seedig","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-seedig2017","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002","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=12002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}