{"id":12028,"date":"2023-09-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/09\/06\/en-west-african-igf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:00:00","slug":"en-west-african-igf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/09\/06\/en-west-african-igf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"West African IGF 2023 Abidjan \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 Government of C\u00f4te d'Ivoire hosted the 15th West African IGF (WAIGF) in Abidjan on 25\u201326 May 2023, in hybrid format, drawing stakeholders from across the region's fifteen member states.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The 6th WASIG school ran on 22\u201324 May and the Youth West African IGF met on 24 May, consolidating the now-standard one-week package of school, youth forum and main meeting.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Staged in West Africa's commercial hub in the second post-pandemic in-person year, the edition showcased the region's capacity-building-first model for running an IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on West African IGF 2023 in Abidjan<\/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 Lom\u00e9, but records show the 15th edition (2023) was hosted in Abidjan, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire. Lom\u00e9 does not appear in the list of past hosts in the official 2024 communiqu\u00e9, and no record of a Lom\u00e9 WAIGF 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>\n15th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n25\u201326 May 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nAbidjan, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire (hybrid)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes (The official theme of the 2023 edition could not be confirmed in primary sources during this research and is therefore omitted.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Pre-event<\/td>\nPreceded by the 6th West Africa School on Internet Governance (WASIG), 22\u201324 May; the Youth West African IGF held its annual meeting on 24 May in Abidjan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted by the Government of C\u00f4te d'Ivoire; organized by the ECOWAS Commission as WAIGF 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. C\u00f4te d'Ivoire as Host \u2014 Meeting in West Africa's Commercial Hub<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n