{"id":13041,"date":"2023-06-16T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/16\/en-moldova-igf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:00:00","slug":"en-moldova-igf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/16\/en-moldova-igf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova IGF 2023 (MIGF 2023) \u2014 3rd 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-2023-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2023 \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-2023-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2023 \u30ad\u30b7\u30ca\u30a6 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 3rd Moldova IGF (MIGF 2023) met on 27\u201328 April 2023 in hybrid form at FinTech Hub Moldova, inside Chi\u0219in\u0103u&#39;s Academy of Economic Studies, with the digital agenda in times of crisis as its focus.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With war continuing in neighbouring Ukraine, sessions tackled Internet governance under crisis pressure, the resilience of digital government and infrastructure, digital ethics, and civil society&#39;s safety capacity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It also drew the sitting chair of the UN IGF&#39;s advisory group \u2014 and its core question, keeping infrastructure and government running next door to a war, resonates far beyond Moldova.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Moldova IGF 2023 (MIGF 2023) \u2014 3rd 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-2023-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2023 \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 2023 (MIGF 2023) \u2014 3rd Moldova Internet Governance Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>27\u201328 April 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>FinTech Hub Moldova (ASEM Bloc B, 59 B\u0103nulescu-Bodoni St), Chi\u0219in\u0103u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>The digital agenda in times of crisis \u2014 resilience and digital transformation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid (in-person and online)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Languages<\/td>\n<td>Romanian, Russian and English<\/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-2023-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2023 \u30ad\u30b7\u30ca\u30a6 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Internet Governance under Crisis Pressure \u2014 War Next Door and Resilience<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions &#39;Internet Governance Under Crisis Pressure: National Practices and International Experience&#39; and on digital-infrastructure resilience and security (27 April)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With war continuing in neighbouring Ukraine, national practices and international experience of Internet governance under crisis pressure took centre stage [1]<\/li>\n<li>Digital-infrastructure resilience and security had its own session, joined by SecDev Group&#39;s Rafal Rohozinski and security expert Robert Muggah, co-founder of the Igarap\u00e9 Institute [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Resilient Digital Government \u2014 Roadmaps for Change and Adaptation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session &#39;Resilience of Digital Government: Roadmaps for Change and Adaptation&#39; (27 April)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E-Government Agency director Olga Tumuruc and colleagues discussed roadmaps for keeping public services running through crisis [1]<\/li>\n<li>ANRCETI deputy director Silvia Bojoga and Ion Co\u0219uleanu of the Information Society Development Institute added the regulatory and research perspective [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The UN IGF&#39;s MAG Chair in the Room \u2014 Deepening Global Ties<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session and throughout (27\u201328 April)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Mitchell, chair of the UN IGF&#39;s Multistakeholder Advisory Group, attended, alongside ICANN&#39;s Mikhail Anisimov, RIPE NCC&#39;s Vahan Hovsepyan and CAIGF chair Tattu Mambetalieva [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Hosting inside ASEM&#39;s FinTech Hub Moldova wove academia into the forum as both venue and partner \u2014 a hallmark of the NRI model [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Digital Ethics and Civil-society Safety \u2014 Day 2&#39;s Focus<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions on ethical issues in the digital environment and strengthening civil society&#39;s digital-safety capacity (28 April)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 2 turned to ethical issues in the digital environment and to strengthening civil society&#39;s digital-safety capacity, with Council of Europe AI Committee member Veronica Cre\u021bu framing the ethics and AI questions [1]<\/li>\n<li>The forum&#39;s stated balance \u2014 human-rights protection, security and digital innovation \u2014 was reaffirmed under crisis conditions [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What made this edition special?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It put the digital agenda in times of crisis front and centre: with war ongoing next door in Ukraine, experts spent two days on how to protect government services, infrastructure and civil society digitally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Was there no forum in 2022?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Correct \u2014 the official archive lists no 2022 edition, so this was the first forum in about eighteen months, which gave the crisis-and-resilience theme real urgency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Keeping public services and connectivity alive through emergencies is every country&#39;s problem; this is a rare record of practitioners next door to a war comparing notes on how.<\/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-2023-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Moldova IGF 2023 \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 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:\/\/2023.igf.md\/\">Moldova Internet Governance Forum 2023\uff08\u7b2c3\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:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/moldova-igf-2\">Moldova IGF \u2014 NRI record\uff082023\u5e74\u5e74\u6b21\u4f1a\u5408\u306e\u65e5\u4ed8\u30fb\u30cf\u30a4\u30d6\u30ea\u30c3\u30c9\u5f62\u5f0f\u3092\u8a18\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2024.igf.md\/\">Moldova Internet Governance Forum 2024\uff08\u7b2c4\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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/logos-pres.md\/en\/article\/moldova-igf-2025-digital-dialogue-without-borders\/\">Moldova IGF 2025: digital dialogue without borders\uff08\u300e\u7b2c5\u56de\u56fd\u5185IGF\u300f\u306e\u660e\u8a18\u306b\u3088\u308a\u56de\u6b21\u3092\u88cf\u4ed8\u3051\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Logos Press\uff08\u30e2\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u7248\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 16 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 3rd Moldova IGF (MIGF 2023) met on 27\u201328 April 2023 in hybrid form at FinTech Hub Moldova, inside Chi\u0219in\u0103u&#8217;s Academy of Economic Studies<\/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":[163,161,160,162,885,164],"class_list":["post-13041","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-moldovaigf2023","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13041","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=13041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}