{"id":13037,"date":"2020-06-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/06\/08\/en-moldova-igf-2020-overview\/"},"modified":"2020-06-08T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T08:00:00","slug":"en-moldova-igf-2020-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/06\/08\/en-moldova-igf-2020-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova IGF 2020 (MIGF 2020) \u2014 1st Moldova 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-moldova-igf-2020-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2020 \u30ad\u30b7\u30ca\u30a6 \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-moldova-igf-2020-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2020 \u30ad\u30b7\u30ca\u30a6 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Moldova&#39;s first national Internet Governance Forum (MIGF 2020) met on 23\u201324 November 2020 in hybrid form \u2014 at Digital Park in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and online \u2014 with more than 40 speakers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The agenda spanned COVID-19&#39;s digitalisation lessons, a constitutional right to Internet access, trust and security in cyberspace, and GDPR compliance, with ISOC, ICANN and RIPE NCC backing the new dialogue.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Originally slated for March and postponed by the pandemic to November, it stands as a record of a multistakeholder dialogue being born in the middle of a crisis.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Moldova IGF 2020 (MIGF 2020) \u2014 1st Moldova 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-moldova-igf-2020-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2020 \u30ad\u30b7\u30ca\u30a6 \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>Moldova IGF 2020 (MIGF 2020) \u2014 1st Moldova Internet Governance Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>23\u201324 November 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid: Digital Park (15 Mihai Viteazul St), Chi\u0219in\u0103u, plus online participation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Speakers<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Supporters<\/td>\n<td>ISOC, ICANN, RIPE NCC, the Internet Society Foundation, IGFSA, the SecDev Foundation, SEEDIG, Digital Park, StarNet and multiple government entities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Association &#39;Comunitatea Internet&#39;, the NGO serving as the neutral secretariat of the Moldova 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-moldova-igf-2020-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2020 \u30ad\u30b7\u30ca\u30a6 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. A First Edition Born in the Pandemic \u2014 From March Postponement to a November Hybrid<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1 session on COVID-19 lessons and accelerating digitalisation (23 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Originally planned for 20 March 2020, the inaugural forum was postponed by COVID-19 and finally held on 23\u201324 November as a hybrid at Digital Park in Chi\u0219in\u0103u plus online \u2014 billed as &#39;the first ever virtual national IGF in Moldova&#39; [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>Day 1 featured a session on COVID-19&#39;s lessons and the acceleration of digitalisation, sharing how the pandemic sped up the digital transition of government and the economy [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. A Constitutional Right to Internet Access? \u2014 A Former Constitutional Court President Weighs In<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1 session on a constitutional right to Internet access (23 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 1 devoted a standalone session to a constitutional right to Internet access, with former Constitutional Court President Victor Pu\u0219ca\u0219 among the speakers [1]<\/li>\n<li>Within the forum&#39;s broader concern for balancing privacy and freedom, whether access should rank as a fundamental right was addressed head-on [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Trust and Security in Cyberspace \u2014 Disinformation, Cybercrime and Cyber Hygiene<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1 session on trust and security; Day 2 sessions on cybercrime, fake news and propaganda, and cyber hygiene<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 2 turned to cybercrime, the impact of fake news and propaganda, and cyber hygiene and a culture of digital safety, with SecDev Group CEO Rafal Rohozinski, ICANN&#39;s Mikhail Anisimov and RIPE NCC&#39;s Chris Buckridge among the international experts [1]<\/li>\n<li>Secretary of State Vitalie Tarlev joined for the government; with 40-plus speakers across sectors, the multistakeholder format was in place from the very first edition [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. GDPR and Business Digitalisation \u2014 Aligning with EU Standards<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2 sessions on IoT, AI and business digitalisation, and on GDPR compliance and personal data protection (24 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 2 was built around the opportunities of IoT, AI and business digitalisation, alongside GDPR compliance and personal-data protection [1]<\/li>\n<li>For Moldova, aligning its laws with the EU under the Association Agreement, GDPR readiness is a practical concern for firms and government alike \u2014 and got its own slot on the agenda [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing \u2014 like the UN&#39;s IGF, it is a venue where government, business, civil society and the technical community talk as equals. What made it news was that Moldova had never held a national forum of this kind before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. How did COVID-19 affect it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Profoundly. Planned for 20 March 2020, it was pushed to November by the pandemic and launched as a hybrid, with a venue at Chi\u0219in\u0103u&#39;s Digital Park plus online participation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It captures how a small country debated 2020&#39;s universal problems \u2014 remote dialogue, government digitalisation, disinformation \u2014 and how GDPR alignment doubles as market access, a dynamic familiar to any firm moving data across borders.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Moldova IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-moldova-igf-2020-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2020 \u30ad\u30b7\u30ca\u30a6 \u2014 About Moldova IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Moldova 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 2020 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:\/\/2020.igf.md\/\">Moldova Internet Governance Forum 2020\uff08\u7b2c1\u56de\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Comunitatea Internet\u5354\u4f1a\uff08MIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/moldova-igf-2020\">Moldova IGF 2020<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/moldova-igf-2\">Moldova IGF \u2014 NRI record<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2021.igf.md\/\">Moldova Internet Governance Forum 2021\uff08\u7b2c2\u56de\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u7cfb\u5217\u306e\u7d99\u7d9a\u78ba\u8a8d\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Comunitatea Internet\u5354\u4f1a\uff08MIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\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 8 June 2020, 10:00 (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>Moldova&#8217;s first national Internet Governance Forum (MIGF 2020) met on 23\u201324 November 2020 in hybrid form \u2014 at Digital Park in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,69,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,644,164],"class_list":["post-13037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-moldova-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-moldovaigf2020","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037","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=13037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}