{"id":12631,"date":"2019-06-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/03\/en-france-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-06-03T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T11:00:00","slug":"en-france-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/03\/en-france-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"FGI France 2019 (French Internet Governance Forum) \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-france-igf-2019-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ea \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-france-igf-2019-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ea \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 4 July 2019, FGI France met at Universit\u00e9 Paris Descartes, opened by digital-affairs minister C\u00e9dric O, with a full day of 12 workshops across four tracks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The opening plenary, &quot;From Paris to Berlin,&quot; made the mission explicit: carry the Paris Messages of the global IGF, hosted in Paris the previous November, toward the Berlin IGF that autumn. A dedicated plenary tackled content regulation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It is a case study of how a national IGF repositions itself right after its country hosts the global forum \u2014 with conclusions delivered on video by the heads of Afnic and ISOC France.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>FGI France 2019 (French Internet Governance Forum)<\/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<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-france-igf-2019-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ea \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>Official name<\/td>\n<td>FGI France 2019 (French Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>4 July 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Universit\u00e9 Paris Descartes, Saints-P\u00e8res site, 45 rue des Saints-P\u00e8res, Paris (6th arr.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Plenaries and keynotes plus 12 workshops in four tracks (8:30\u201319:30)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Multistakeholder organising committee led by ISOC France, co-chaired by Nicolas Chagny and Lucien Castex, with 15+ members from government, civil society, academia, ICANN, Afnic, ARCEP and the private sector<\/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-france-igf-2019-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ea \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. From Paris to Berlin \u2014 Bridging Two Global IGFs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening plenary &quot;De Paris \u00e0 Berlin&quot; (opened by C\u00e9dric O, Secretary of State for Digital Affairs)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;This edition falls within a particular agenda: the event will bridge the global Internet Governance Forum held in Paris last November and its next edition in Berlin this autumn&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Nicolas Chagny (President of ISOC France; co-chair of the FGI France organising committee)<\/strong> [1][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The forum&#39;s stated mission was to flesh out the Paris Messages adopted at the November 2018 global IGF at UNESCO and hand them on to the Berlin IGF of November 2019 [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>Digital minister C\u00e9dric O opened the day, with Afnic CEO Pierre Bonis moderating \u2014 government, registry and civil society all up front [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>An example of a national IGF acting as the transmission mechanism for the global forum&#39;s outcome documents [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Twelve Workshops in Four Tracks \u2014 Responsibility, Inclusion, Regulation, Data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Ateliers de l&#39;Avenir Num\u00e9rique (all day)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The four tracks were &quot;Num\u00e9rique responsable&quot; (responsible digital), &quot;Num\u00e9rique excluant ou num\u00e9rique inclusif ?&quot; (exclusive or inclusive digital?), &quot;Internet entre Gouvernance et R\u00e9gulation&quot; and &quot;Les donn\u00e9es au centre du Num\u00e9rique&quot; (data at the centre of digital) [1]<\/li>\n<li>Twelve workshops spanned France&#39;s live policy questions, from digital&#39;s environmental and social responsibility to the data economy [1]<\/li>\n<li>The 15+ member organising committee \u2014 government, civil society, academia, technical bodies (ICANN, Afnic, ARCEP) and business \u2014 meant the programme itself was multistakeholder-made [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. A Plenary on Content Regulation \u2014 Amid the Hate-Speech Bill<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Dedicated plenary on content regulation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A stand-alone plenary took up net neutrality and content regulation just as the Avia bill against online hate was before the National Assembly (passed at first reading on 9 July), with free expression the central tension [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>After the 2018 law on information manipulation, France was leading Europe on state involvement in online content \u2014 and the forum put that course under open, multistakeholder scrutiny [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>Civil-society outlets such as the education platform Educavox reported on the debates, carrying the regulation question beyond expert circles [3][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Making Conclusions Visible \u2014 The Afnic\u2013ISOC France Wrap-Up Video<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Closing conclusions (Pierre Bonis and Nicolas Chagny)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afnic CEO Pierre Bonis and ISOC France president Nicolas Chagny delivered joint conclusions, published by Afnic as a video on 17 July [2]<\/li>\n<li>Recording and archiving the wrap-up made the national IGF&#39;s outcomes traceable for the policy community rather than ephemeral [2]<\/li>\n<li>The conclusions reaffirmed the year&#39;s through-line: connecting the Paris IGF to Berlin [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was this edition&#39;s role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. &quot;From Paris to Berlin&quot; \u2014 an explicit relay point carrying the Paris Messages from the global IGF France had just hosted toward the Berlin IGF that autumn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the hottest topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Content regulation. The Avia bill against online hate was moving through parliament that very month, and a dedicated plenary weighed it against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Every democracy is drawing the line between tackling harmful content and protecting speech; France was doing it first and in public. And for any country that hosts the global IGF \u2014 as Japan did in Kyoto in 2023 \u2014 this shows how a national forum can carry the momentum forward.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is France IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-france-igf-2019-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ea \u2014 About France IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>France IGF 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 2019 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:\/\/www.isoc.fr\/fgi-france-2019-le-4-juillet-2019-a-paris\/\">FGI France 2019, le 4 juillet 2019 \u00e0 Paris<\/a> \u2014 Internet Society France (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afnic.fr\/en\/observatory-and-resources\/expert-papers\/video-conclusions-on-the-internet-governance-forum-igf-france-2019\/\">[Video] Conclusions on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) France 2019<\/a> \u2014 Afnic (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educavox.fr\/agenda-2\/forum-sur-la-gouvernance-de-l-internet-2019-le-4-juillet-a-paris\">Forum sur la gouvernance de l&#39;internet 2019, le 4 juillet \u00e0 Paris<\/a> \u2014 Educavox\uff08An@\u00e9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igf-france.fr\/\">Forum sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet France\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u6cbf\u9769\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igf-france.fr (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 3 June 2019, 13:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 16 July 2026, 20:09 (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 4 July 2019, FGI France met at Universit\u00e9 Paris Descartes, opened by digital-affairs minister C\u00e9dric O, with a full day of 12 workshops a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,91,3,11],"tags":[163,161,160,818,162,164],"class_list":["post-12631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-france-igf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-franceigf2019","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12631","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=12631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}