{"id":12011,"date":"2021-05-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/05\/18\/en-seedig-2021-virtual-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T07:00:00","slug":"en-seedig-2021-virtual-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/05\/18\/en-seedig-2021-virtual-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"SEEDIG 2021 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-seedig-2021-virtual-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2021 \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-seedig-2021-virtual-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>In 2021 SEEDIG, the regional IGF for South Eastern Europe, turned its seventh annual meeting into the &#39;SEEDIG 7 Series&#39; \u2014 seven online events rolled out from 21 June to 29 November, a second pandemic-year experiment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Each event dug into one theme: universal acceptance of native-language domains, approaches to regulating AI, managing data for the public good, and even reforming the IGF model itself.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its challenge \u2014 turning &#39;once-a-year, same-people&#39; meetings into permanently operational platforms \u2014 speaks to policy-dialogue design far beyond the region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>SEEDIG 2021 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; Matches the catalogue&#39;s &#39;virtual&#39; designation. Online for a second consecutive year \u2014 instead of a single annual meeting, seven events were rolled out from June to November 2021<\/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-2021-virtual-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2021 \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>7th edition (SEEDIG 7 Series, marking SEEDIG&#39;s seventh anniversary)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>21 June \u2013 29 November 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Online \u2014 the &#39;SEEDIG 7 Series&#39; of rolling events via Zoom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Messages and recordings from each event published on the SEEDIG website<\/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-2021-virtual-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Unbundling the Annual Meeting \u2014 Seven Events for a Seventh Anniversary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The SEEDIG 7 Series as a whole (21 June \u2013 29 November 2021, via Zoom)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With the regional health situation ruling out an in-person meeting, the Executive Committee made the format itself the experiment, unbundling the annual meeting into rolling events [1]<\/li>\n<li>Every event favoured interaction: experts shared hands-on experience and addressed participants&#39; practical concerns instead of delivering long presentations [1]<\/li>\n<li>The Programme Committee had been recruited for a traditional meeting and rebuilt the plan into a series on the fly [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Internet in Your Native Language \u2014 Universal Acceptance<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Event 1: &#39;Internet in your native language: Universal Acceptance&#39; (21 June 2021)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a multilingual, partly Cyrillic-script region, universal acceptance \u2014 making non-Latin domain names and email addresses work in all software \u2014 was debated as an urgent local issue [1]<\/li>\n<li>Choosing it as the series opener signalled that the region treats linguistic diversity as an infrastructure problem [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Regulating AI and Data for Public Good \u2014 Which Approach to Follow?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Event 3: &#39;Regulating AI: Which approach to follow?&#39; (23 Sep) \/ Event 6: &#39;How are countries managing data for public good?&#39; (28 Oct)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2021, as the EU&#39;s AI Act was under negotiation, a region mixing EU members and non-members debated head-on which regulatory model to follow [1]<\/li>\n<li>Governments&#39; experiences in managing data for the public good were compared, alongside the &#39;twin&#39; green and digital transitions discussed on 6 September [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Rethinking the IGF Model \u2014 Beyond the Once-a-Year Reunion<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Event 4: &#39;SEE brain netting: How to build more inclusive and efficient Internet governance?&#39; (15 October 2021)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anja Gengo (UN IGF Secretariat), Jennifer Chung (Asia Pacific Regional IGF), Sandra Hoferichter (EuroDIG) and Olga Kyryliuk (SEEDIG) took stock of global and regional IGFs [2]<\/li>\n<li>The session argued for transforming IGF-type meetings from &#39;once-a-year same-people-talking-same-things events&#39; into permanently operational platforms linking problem owners with decision makers [2]<\/li>\n<li>Rinalia Abdul Rahim (Internet Society) led a capacity-building workshop, with ICANN&#39;s Andrea Beccalli moderating [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Honouring Regional Internet History \u2014 The Pioneer Behind the Iron Curtain<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Event 5: &#39;SEEtalk: Interview with a legend&#39; (21 October 2021) \/ Event 7: intergenerational dialogue (29 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A SEEtalk interviewed Mirjana Tasi\u0107, adviser to Serbia&#39;s .rs registry RNIDS, who set up Belgrade&#39;s first EARN network node behind the Iron Curtain in 1988, administered the .yu domain from 1994 to 2008, and drove the Cyrillic ccTLD .\u0441\u0440\u0431 [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>On 29 November an intergenerational dialogue paired the ecosystem&#39;s pathfinders with Youth School alumni, closing the series [3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Where did SEEDIG meet in 2021?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nowhere, physically. In its second pandemic year it became the &#39;SEEDIG 7 Series&#39; \u2014 seven online events from June to November, one for each year of its existence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most interesting debate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The IGF questioning itself: how to stop being a &#39;once-a-year, same people, same talk&#39; event and become a standing platform that connects problem owners with decision makers all year round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The universal-acceptance debate \u2014 whether the Internet fully works in your native language \u2014 applies to every non-Latin script, and the question of which AI-regulation model to follow is one most countries outside the EU are still wrestling with.<\/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-2021-virtual-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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 2021 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\/seedig7\/\">SEEDIG 7 Series<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seedig.net\/seedig-7-series-brain-netting\/\">SEEDIG 7 Series | SEE brain netting: How to build more inclusive and efficient Internet governance?<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seedig.net\/seedig7-series-seetalk-legend\/\">SEEDIG 7 Series | SEEtalk: Interview with a legend<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diplomacy.edu\/event\/seedig-7-series-faces-of-internet-governance-in-see-intergenerational-dialogue\/\">[SEEDIG 7 Series] Faces of Internet Governance in SEE+: Intergenerational Dialogue<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation\uff08\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u544a\u77e5\uff09 (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 en (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 18 May 2021, 09:00 (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>In 2021 SEEDIG, the regional IGF for South Eastern Europe, turned its seventh annual meeting into the &#8216;SEEDIG 7 Series&#8217; \u2014 seven online event<\/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":[163,161,160,162,442,164],"class_list":["post-12011","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-seedig2021","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12011","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=12011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}