{"id":12994,"date":"2022-06-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/13\/en-georgia-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:00:00","slug":"en-georgia-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/13\/en-georgia-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoIGF 2022 (8th 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-2022-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2022 \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-2022-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2022 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 8th GeoIGF met in hybrid form in Tbilisi on 21 November 2022, co-hosted by the Economy Ministry, ComCom, ISOC Georgia and the Council of Europe \u2014 some 20 sessions, with over 30 member organisations behind the forum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cybersecurity, personal data protection, information transparency, the regional digital-hub vision, IP address challenges and internet exchange points led the agenda; the IP office previewed a new anti-piracy regime in its &#39;Copyright Online&#39; session.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In the year of Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine, Georgia&#39;s ambition as a Black Sea digital hub \u2014 and its cyber defences \u2014 took on real urgency, echoing route-diversification debates worldwide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>GeoIGF 2022 (8th 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-2022-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2022 \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 2022 (8th Georgian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>21 November 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Tbilisi (hybrid format)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Supporters<\/td>\n<td>Supported by ISOC, ICANN and the RIPE NCC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Communications Commission, ISOC Georgia and the Council of Europe, coordinated by the Association of Small and Medium Telecommunications Operators (TOA)<\/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-2022-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2022 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Cybersecurity and Data Protection \u2014 The Backbone of 20 Sessions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Across roughly 20 sessions, cybersecurity, personal data protection and information transparency formed the backbone of the programme (Economy Ministry announcement) [1]<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Minister Guram Guramishvili stressed that involving all parties, public and private, serves &#39;the further development of the digital economy and information society&#39; (Economy Ministry announcement) [1]<\/li>\n<li>Parliament committee first deputy chair Eka Sefashvili and ISOC senior director David Frautschy also spoke \u2014 evidence that the parliament partnership sealed by the 2021 memorandum was holding [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Regional Digital Hub, IP Addresses and IXPs \u2014 Routes That Matter in Wartime<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sessions took up the development of a regional digital hub, IP address challenges and internet exchange points (Economy Ministry announcement) [1]<\/li>\n<li>With the geopolitics of connectivity upended by Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine, Black Sea routes and a Caucasus transit hub were debated as far more than industrial policy [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Copyright Online \u2014 Towards a Notice-and-Takedown Regime<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session &#39;Copyright Online&#39; (IP office Sakpatenti, Technopark)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sakpatenti&#39;s deputy chair reported on the threat of online piracy, its toll on the creative industries and the limits of existing enforcement (Sakpatenti announcement) [2]<\/li>\n<li>The office unveiled plans for a notice-and-takedown enforcement mechanism developed with the EU Intellectual Property Office (Sakpatenti announcement) [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. No resolutions, but plenty of policy previews \u2014 most concretely the IP office&#39;s plan for a notice-and-takedown regime against online piracy. At some 20 sessions, it was the largest GeoIGF programme yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The digital-hub vision. The invasion of Ukraine exposed the risk of Russia-dependent routes, sharpening debate over whether Georgia can become a Black Sea transit hub.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Route diversification is now a security question everywhere, and notice-and-takedown design is the same debate carried by the EU&#39;s DSA and intermediary-liability laws worldwide.<\/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-2022-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2022 \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 2022 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.economy.ge\/?page=news&#038;nw=2072&#038;lang=en\">Internet Governance Forum \u2013 GeoIGF 2022<\/a> \u2014 \u30b8\u30e7\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u7d4c\u6e08\u6301\u7d9a\u958b\u767a\u7701 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sakpatenti.gov.ge\/ka\/news_and_events\/486\/\">\u300c\u10e1\u10d0\u10d0\u10d5\u10e2\u10dd\u10e0\u10dd \u10e3\u10e4\u10da\u10d4\u10d1\u10d4\u10d1\u10d8 \u10dd\u10dc\u10da\u10d0\u10d8\u10dc\u300d\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u5831\u544a\uff08\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u8457\u4f5c\u6a29\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Sakpatenti\uff08\u30b8\u30e7\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u56fd\u5bb6\u77e5\u8ca1\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.ge\/%E1%83%93%E1%83%A6%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1-%E1%83%AC%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%98-2022\/\">\u10d3\u10e6\u10d8\u10e1 \u10ec\u10d4\u10e1\u10e0\u10d8\u10d2\u10d8 \u2013 IGF 2022\uff08GeoIGF 2022\u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c0\u3001\u30b8\u30e7\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 GeoIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08igf.ge\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/multilingual\/content\/georgia-igf-0\">Georgia IGF\uff08NRI\u767b\u9332\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (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 13 June 2022, 11:00 (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 8th GeoIGF met in hybrid form in Tbilisi on 21 November 2022, co-hosted by the Economy Ministry, ComCom, ISOC Georgia and the Council of<\/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":[163,161,160,1020,162,164],"class_list":["post-12994","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-georgiaigf2022","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994","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=12994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}