{"id":13047,"date":"2017-07-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/03\/en-nepal-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-07-03T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:00:00","slug":"en-nepal-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/03\/en-nepal-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Internet Governance Forum 2017 (1st Nepal IGF) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. On 18\u201319 August 2017, Nepal held its first national IGF at Hotel Yellow Pagoda in Kathmandu: over 150 industry leaders, officials, academics and users debated 'Building Sustainable Internet Ecosystem in Nepal'.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Across two days the forum covered IoT and smart cities, cybersecurity, IPv6 adoption, management of the .np ccTLD, and digital inclusion and human rights \u2014 and floated the launch of a Nepal Youth IGF for the first time.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Nine years in the making since the first informal discussion in 2008, Nepal IGF 2017 is a textbook case of how a national IGF is born \u2014 and of how to get every stakeholder group around one table.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Nepal Internet Governance Forum 2017 (1st Nepal IGF)<\/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

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nNepal Internet Governance Forum 2017 (1st Nepal IGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n18\u201319 August 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nHotel Yellow Pagoda, Kantipath, Kathmandu, Nepal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nBuilding Sustainable Internet Ecosystem in Nepal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\nOver 150 industry leaders, government representatives, academics, students and internet users (official summary report)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted by the Internet Society Nepal with support from the government and other national and international organisations, under the multistakeholder steering group (MSG)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Nine Years in the Making \u2014 From Declaration to First Forum<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Inaugural plenary and the session 'Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance: Opportunities for Developing Countries' (18 August)<\/p>\n