{"id":12983,"date":"2016-06-17T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/06\/17\/en-georgia-igf-2016-overview\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:00:00","slug":"en-georgia-igf-2016-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/06\/17\/en-georgia-igf-2016-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoIGF 2016 (2nd Georgian 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-georgia-igf-2016-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2016 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \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-georgia-igf-2016-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2016 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 2nd GeoIGF met on 5 September 2016 at Tech Park Georgia, Tbilisi&#39;s state innovation hub, organised by a multistakeholder group of more than 30 organisations and individuals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In a single day it swept across e-governance, online child protection, domain names, copyright, privacy and data protection, and new media \u2014 the issues defining Georgia&#39;s internet space.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Broadening out from the human-rights framing of the first edition to everyday practical topics, this meeting shows a small country&#39;s IGF settling into an annual institution.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>GeoIGF 2016 (2nd Georgian 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-georgia-igf-2016-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2016 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \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>GeoIGF 2016 (2nd Georgian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>5 September 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Tech Park Georgia, Tbilisi<\/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>A multistakeholder group of more than 30 individuals and organisations<\/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-georgia-igf-2016-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2016 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Online Safety and Child Protection \u2014 The Headline Theme<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>News outlet agenda.ge headlined the meeting &#39;Experts discuss Georgia&#39;s internet safety&#39; \u2014 ensuring online safety ran through the whole day [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>Online protection of children was among the main agenda items, examined jointly by NGOs, government and industry experts (dig.watch) [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. E-Governance and Domain Names \u2014 Shoring Up the Digital Foundations<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E-governance and domain names both featured as session topics \u2014 foundational debates on digitising public services and running the country-code domain (dig.watch) [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>The venue, Tech Park Georgia, was the state innovation hub opened only the year before, deliberately placing the governance dialogue amid the startup scene [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Privacy, Copyright and New Media \u2014 Updating the Rules of Rights<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Privacy and data protection, copyright and new media were debated side by side, spanning user rights and the rules of content circulation (dig.watch) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The stated aim was &#39;to promote dialogue among all interested parties, and to raise awareness on Internet governance issues&#39; (dig.watch) [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did this meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 it is an annual dialogue where government, business, civil society and experts meet. This second edition surveyed everything from e-governance to child protection in one day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What stood out most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Ownership: a multistakeholder group of over 30 organisations and individuals ran the forum, a step from the internationally driven first edition towards Georgian co-management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Online child safety and privacy are the same worries families face everywhere, and how a small country prioritises them is instructive well beyond Georgia.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Georgia IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-georgia-igf-2016-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2016 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \u2014 About Georgia IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Georgia 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 2016 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:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/georgian-internet-governance-forum\">Georgian Internet Governance Forum 2016<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agenda.ge\/en\/news\/2016\/2071\">Georgian Internet Governance Forum: Experts discuss Georgia&#39;s internet safety<\/a> \u2014 agenda.ge\uff08\u30b8\u30e7\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u653f\u5e9c\u7cfb\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rm.coe.int\/16806a02ce\">Georgian Internet Governance Forum \u2013 GeoIGF TBILISI 2016\uff08\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u6b27\u5dde\u8a55\u8b70\u4f1a\uff08Council of Europe\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripe.net\/meetings\/calendar\/geoigf\/\">GeoIGF\uff08\u4f1a\u5408\u30ab\u30ec\u30f3\u30c0\u30fc\u30fb2016\u5e749\u67085\u65e5 9:00\u201317:00\uff09<\/a> \u2014 RIPE NCC (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 17 June 2016, 15:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 17 July 2026, 12:32 (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>The 2nd GeoIGF met on 5 September 2016 at Tech Park Georgia, Tbilisi&#8217;s state innovation hub, organised by a multistakeholder group of more t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,3,11],"tags":[163,161,160,2436,162,164],"class_list":["post-12983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia-igf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-georgiaigf2016","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983","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=12983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}