{"id":12958,"date":"2015-06-09T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/09\/en-azerbaijan-igf-2015-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-06-09T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:00:00","slug":"en-azerbaijan-igf-2015-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/09\/en-azerbaijan-igf-2015-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"RIGF-AZ 2015 \u2014 3rd Regional Internet Governance Forum, Azerbaijan (R\u0130GFAZ-2015) \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 3rd Regional Internet Governance Forum (R\u0130GFAZ-2015) met in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 3\u20134 December 2015, gathering some 250\u2013300 participants under the theme 'Creating an Environment for the Regional Development of ICT.'<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Co-organised by the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies, UNDP and ADA University, the forum aimed to strengthen cooperation and the exchange of experience between ICT-sector actors and international experts.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Three years after Baku hosted the global IGF in 2012, this was the period when government, the UN and academia kept a yearly national dialogue alive \u2014 a textbook example of a government- and UNDP-led national IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on RIGF-AZ 2015 \u2014 3rd Regional Internet Governance Forum, Azerbaijan (R\u0130GFAZ-2015)<\/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

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nRIGF-AZ 2015 \u2014 3rd Regional Internet Governance Forum, Azerbaijan (R\u0130GFAZ-2015)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n3\u20134 December 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nBaku, Azerbaijan (the specific venue facility could not be confirmed in surviving sources)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nCreating an Environment for the Regional Development of Information and Communication Technologies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCo-organised by the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies, UNDP and ADA University<\/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. Regional ICT Development \u2014 Government, the UN and Academia Convene on Enabling Environments<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Across the two-day programme (3\u20134 December)<\/p>\n