{"id":12642,"date":"2025-06-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/03\/en-france-igf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:00:00","slug":"en-france-igf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/03\/en-france-igf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"FGI France 2025 (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-2025-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2025 \u30d0\u30cb\u30e7\u30ec \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-2025-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2025 \u30d0\u30cb\u30e7\u30ec \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 13 November 2025, FGI France met at Campus Fonderie de l&#39;Image in Bagnolet, near Paris, and online, marking the IGF&#39;s 20th anniversary with an opening plenary on the governance of responsible AI.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forward-looking workshops covered AI and the territories, the post-quantum internet and the right not to use the internet, while ICANN and Afnic briefed participants on the new gTLD application round opening in 2026; concrete proposals for nationwide AI literacy were tabled.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>France&#39;s paradox \u2014 generative AI everywhere while some 16 million people struggle with digital tools \u2014 mirrors digital divides elsewhere, and treating AI literacy as a governance issue is a lesson that travels.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>FGI France 2025 (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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; As in 2024, the venue was in Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis), immediately adjacent to Paris; officially billed as taking place &#39;in \u00cele-de-France and online&#39;<\/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-france-igf-2025-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2025 \u30d0\u30cb\u30e7\u30ec \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 2025 (French Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>13 November 2025 (8:30\u201320:00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Campus Fonderie de l&#39;Image \/ L&#39;\u00c9cole Multim\u00e9dia, 83 avenue Gallieni, Bagnolet, and online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Internet Society France and Afnic (organising committee co-chaired by Nicolas Chagny and Lucien Castex; partners include Renaissance Num\u00e9rique and CFA numiA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Note<\/td>\n<td>20 years since the Tunis phase of WSIS and the creation of the IGF<\/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-2025-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2025 \u30d0\u30cb\u30e7\u30ec \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Governing Responsible AI \u2014 Keeping 16 Million People From Being Left Behind<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening plenary &#39;What governance for a responsible artificial intelligence?&#39; (13 November 2025)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;(I want the FGI to become) a tool that combines discussion with proposals, to make the good and beautiful ideas concrete and operational&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Nicolas Chagny (co-chair, FGI France organising committee)<\/strong> [5][4][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lucas, general manager of Renaissance Num\u00e9rique, contrasted mass adoption of generative AI with the roughly 16 million people in France who struggle with digital tools, proposing three &#39;collective levers&#39; for AI literacy: stronger digital\/AI education in initial training, a national conference on digital and AI education, and a shared national skills framework [5][4][1]<\/li>\n<li>Speakers from CTRL-A, Rainer School and IGN debated how to define responsible AI governance and what blocks inclusive digital participation [5][4][1]<\/li>\n<li>The organising committee framed the forum as deliberately outward-looking \u2014 embracing the societal stakes of digital technology rather than staying &#39;self-centred&#39; on technical governance [5][4][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The 2026 New gTLD Round \u2014 The Domain Name Space Expands Again<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: ICANN\u2013Afnic panel on the next round of the new gTLD programme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Mondini (ICANN managing director), Benjamin Louis (CEO of Sparkling and creator of the .alsace regional TLD) and Pierre Bonis (Afnic CEO) walked participants through ICANN&#39;s new gTLD round opening in 2026 [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Ahead of the first expansion since 2012, the panel weighed the opportunities and caveats for French cities, businesses and communities [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Twenty Years After WSIS \u2014 A National Dialogue in a Milestone Year<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Cross-cutting theme across plenaries and workshops<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twenty years after the 2005 Tunis phase of WSIS created the IGF, the forum reflected on its own purpose \u2014 a national conversation running in the same year as the UN&#39;s WSIS+20 review [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>Co-chair Nicolas Chagny said in a pre-event interview that the anniversary should push the FGI from pure debate towards an implementation-minded space mixing discussion with proposals [2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Workshops on the Future \u2014 Post-Quantum, AI in the Territories, and the Right to Disconnect<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Four &#39;Ateliers de l&#39;Avenir Num\u00e9rique&#39; and interactive formats<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workshops looked past current regulation: AI and the territories, the post-quantum internet (migrating to quantum-resistant encryption), and the right not to use the internet [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>CollectivZ&#39;s interactive game &#39;ZOE vs ADAM&#39; ran all day in the main hall, letting visitors experience AI tools and collective intelligence, while regulators such as Arcep&#39;s Akim Oural joined the sessions \u2014 a deliberate shuttle between play and policy [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the theme?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Responsible AI. On the IGF&#39;s 20th anniversary, the forum asked how to govern AI and make sure everyone can use it \u2014 France counts some 16 million people who struggle digitally, so nationwide AI-literacy mechanisms were proposed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Any unusual topics?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Yes \u2014 workshops on the right not to use the internet and on the post-quantum internet. How do you guarantee the freedom to stay offline, and how do you protect encryption in the quantum era? Governance questions from just over the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. ICANN&#39;s new gTLD round opening in 2026 gives companies and cities everywhere a shot at their own domain endings, and the migration to quantum-resistant encryption is already on the to-do list of banks and governments worldwide.<\/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-2025-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"France IGF 2025 \u30d0\u30cb\u30e7\u30ec \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 2025 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-2025\/\">Forum sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet France 2025 : le 13 novembre 2025 en \u00cele-de-France et en ligne<\/a> \u2014 Internet Society France (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afnic.fr\/en\/observatory-and-resources\/expert-papers\/the-french-internet-governance-forum-fgi-france-2025\/\">The French Internet Governance Forum (FGI France) 2025<\/a> \u2014 Afnic\uff08\u89e3\u8aac\u8a18\u4e8b\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afnic.fr\/en\/observatory-and-resources\/agenda\/french-internet-governance-forum-2025-igf-france\/\">French Internet Governance Forum 2025 \u2013 IGF France\uff08\u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Afnic (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfa-numia.fr\/nos-actualites\/forum-sur-la-gouvernance-de-linternet-france-2025-4-questions-a-nicolas-chagny\/\">Forum sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet France 2025 : 4 questions \u00e0 Nicolas Chagny<\/a> \u2014 CFA numiA\uff08\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renaissancenumerique.org\/en\/events\/what-governance-for-a-responsible-artificial-intelligence\/\">Quelle gouvernance pour une IA responsable ?\uff08\u958b\u5e55\u30d7\u30ec\u30ca\u30ea\u30fc\u5831\u544a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Renaissance Num\u00e9rique (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igf-france.fr\/\">FGI France \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08\u6cbf\u9769\u30fb\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u30012025\u5e74\u7248\u30ea\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\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 2025, 16:00 (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 13 November 2025, FGI France met at Campus Fonderie de l&#8217;Image in Bagnolet, near Paris, and online, marking the IGF&#8217;s 20th anniversary wi<\/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":[163,161,160,2353,162,164],"class_list":["post-12642","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-franceigf2025","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12642","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=12642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}