{"id":12995,"date":"2023-06-05T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/05\/en-georgia-igf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:00:00","slug":"en-georgia-igf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/05\/en-georgia-igf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoIGF 2023 (9th 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-2023-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2023 \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-2023-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2023 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 9th GeoIGF met on 14 December 2023 at Rooms Hotel Tbilisi and online, opened by a Communications Commission member, the deputy economy minister and a USAID programme head.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By the regulator&#39;s account, the agenda centred on Georgia&#39;s digital potential, 5G rollout and building media literacy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It proved to be the last annual edition for a while: no forum is recorded for 2024 or 2025, and the 10th did not follow until February 2026 \u2014 a reminder of how fragile national IGFs can be.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>GeoIGF 2023 (9th 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-2023-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2023 \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 2023 (9th Georgian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>14 December 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Rooms Hotel Tbilisi (14 Merab Kostava Street) and online<\/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>Hybrid (the official IGF NRI page records the meeting as held &#39;in Tbilisi and online&#39;)<\/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-2023-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2023 \u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Digital Potential and 5G \u2014 The Ninth Edition&#39;s Core Agenda<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ComCom reported that the forum discussed the country&#39;s digital potential, 5G and media-literacy development opportunities and challenges (ComCom news item, confirmed via search snippets) [3]<\/li>\n<li>The opening featured ComCom member Natia Kukuladze, Deputy Economy Minister Guram Guramishvili and USAID private-sector development head David Tsiklauri \u2014 a new supporting cast that now included the US development agency [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. A Two-Year Gap Before the 10th \u2014 When the Annual Rhythm Broke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official IGF NRI page records the 9th meeting on 14 December 2023 in Tbilisi and online; the official agenda placed it at Rooms Hotel Tbilisi (igf.ge) [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>No 2024 or 2025 edition is recorded anywhere in the organisers&#39; materials; the 10th forum came on 11 February 2026, hosted by ComCom, the Economy Ministry and the telecom operators&#39; association (ComCom announcement) \u2014 ending, for a time, an annual run unbroken since 2015 [1][2][4]<\/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 was the annual dialogue of government, regulator, business and civil society, this time centred on 5G and media literacy, with USAID newly at the opening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What stood out most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. What came after: no forum in 2024 or 2025, with the 10th edition only in February 2026. Keeping a volunteer-driven national IGF running every year is harder than it looks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Media literacy against disinformation is urgent everywhere, and the struggle to simply keep a dialogue forum alive is one every national IGF community shares.<\/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-2023-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Georgia IGF 2023 \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 2023 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:\/\/igf.ge\/en\/agenda-2023\/\">Agenda 2023\uff08GeoIGF 2023\u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c0\u30fb12\u670814\u65e5\u3001\u30eb\u30fc\u30e0\u30ba\u30fb\u30db\u30c6\u30eb\u30fb\u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7\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\u30fb\u7b2c9\u56de\u306f2023\u5e7412\u670814\u65e5\u306b\u30c8\u30d3\u30ea\u30b7\u3068\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u3067\u958b\u50ac\u3068\u8a18\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comcom.ge\/en\/search\/0\/194\">\u7b2c9\u56de\u30b8\u30e7\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2IGF\u53c2\u52a0\u5831\u544a\uff08\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u4e00\u89a7\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u7d4c\u7531\u3067\u5b58\u5728\u78ba\u8a8d\u30fb\u8a18\u4e8b\u5358\u4f53URL\u672a\u7279\u5b9a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u30b8\u30e7\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u901a\u4fe1\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\uff08ComCom\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comcom.ge\/en\/yvela-siaxle\/comcom-ministry-of-economy-and-association-of-telecom-operators-hold-the-10th-internet-governance-forum.page\">ComCom, Ministry of Economy and Association of Telecom Operators Hold the 10th Internet Governance Forum<\/a> \u2014 \u30b8\u30e7\u30fc\u30b8\u30a2\u901a\u4fe1\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\uff08ComCom\uff09 (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 5 June 2023, 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 9th GeoIGF met on 14 December 2023 at Rooms Hotel Tbilisi and online, opened by a Communications Commission member, the deputy economy m<\/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":[163,161,160,498,162,164],"class_list":["post-12995","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-georgiaigf2023","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12995","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=12995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}