{"id":13075,"date":"2019-06-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/02\/en-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-06-02T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T14:00:00","slug":"en-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/02\/en-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF MKD 2019 (North Macedonia IGF) \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-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"North Macedonia IGF 2019 \u30b9\u30b3\u30d4\u30a8 \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-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"North Macedonia IGF 2019 \u30b9\u30b3\u30d4\u30a8 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 28 October 2019 the third IGF MKD filled the Makedonski Telekom headquarters in Skopje with over 100 participants from every sector \u2014 the forum&#39;s biggest edition to date.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three panels tackled disinformation and media literacy, the legal side of IG (IP, human rights, data protection) and cybersecurity, distilled into official messages such as &#39;education on media literacy is urgently needed in all society segments&#39;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With the incumbent telecom as sponsor and a minister, MPs and the president&#39;s office in the room, this was the all-hands edition \u2014 a model of how corporate backing can scale up a national IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF MKD 2019 (North Macedonia 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<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"North Macedonia IGF 2019 \u30b9\u30b3\u30d4\u30a8 \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>IGF MKD 2019 (North Macedonia IGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>3rd annual meeting (officially &#39;Third Annual Internet Governance Forum&#39;)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>28 October 2019 (The annual report&#39;s text says &#39;29 October 2019&#39;, but the official banner reproduced on the same report&#39;s cover reads &#39;28 october 2019, registration 10.00, start 11.00&#39;, and the full ~5-hour recording was published on the evening (CET) of 28 October \u2014 so 28 October is taken as the actual date and the &#39;29th&#39; in the report text as a likely typo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Makedonski Telekom AD headquarters, Skopje<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>100 (The official annual report records &#39;over 100 participants from all sectors&#39;)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>IGF MKD, sponsored by Makedonski Telekom (T-Mobile), with the Ministry of Information Society and the Office of the President as institutional partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>MKD 2019 Messages (included in the annual report)<\/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-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"North Macedonia IGF 2019 \u30b9\u30b3\u30d4\u30a8 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The Long War on Disinformation \u2014 Media-Literacy Education &#39;Urgent&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 1: media \u2014 regulation, self-regulation, the fight against disinformation (11:45\u201312:45)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official messages state that &#39;there is urgent need for education on media literacy in all society segments&#39;, that &#39;fact checking is standard, that needs to be included in any news media by default&#39;, and that disinformation, though global, &#39;can have severe results in local and regional context&#39; [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The government&#39;s anti-disinformation adviser Marjan Zabrcanec, Media Ethics Council chair Katerina Sinadinovska, news editor Goran Mihajlovski and Metamorphosis&#39; Filip Stojanovski compared state, self-regulatory and civil-society responses [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The panel&#39;s candid verdict: the fight is a long-term, all-stakeholder process \u2014 &#39;so far there are many initiatives, but they include only limited number of stakeholders&#39; [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Biggest Edition Yet \u2014 T-Mobile Sponsorship and a Merkel Opening<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session (11:00\u201311:45)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Already in 2019, we made the biggest event with the participation and sponsorship by one of the largest Telecom providers worldwide, T-mobile, and as institutional partners we had representatives of the government and the office of the President \u2014 that year the global IGF was held in Berlin and Ms. Angela Merkel&#39;s opening speech was used as the opening theme of our annual event (from the IGFSA statement, abridged)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Aleksandar Icokaev (founding coordinator, 2023 IGFSA statement)<\/strong> [1][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Makedonski Telekom CEO Nikola Ljushev opened, followed by minister Robert Popovski, deputy minister Aleksandar Bajdevski, MP Snezana Kaleska Vanceva and Metamorphosis director Bardhyl Jashari [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>EuroDIG&#39;s Sandra Hoferichter joined online; hosting at the incumbent telecom&#39;s headquarters marked a further step from the foreign-ministry and university venues of the first two years [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Cybersecurity and the National IXP \u2014 Trust as the Foundation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 3: technical and cybersecurity (14:45\u201315:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official messages flagged trust as &#39;a key enabler of the cyber security&#39;, called for metrics and reference models to assess national cyber-maturity, and stressed the growing demand for security professionals [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Vladislav Bidikov of IXP.MK spoke, and the panel affirmed &#39;the importance of the national internet exchange points, both from security, but also from the point of view of accessibility to national services and content&#39; \u2014 a telling debate about a small country&#39;s internet self-reliance [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. IP, Human Rights and Data Protection \u2014 The Lawyers&#39; Take on Governance<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 2: legal aspects of internet governance (13:45\u201314:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>React&#39;s Eli Mufisovski, Konekt&#39;s Nikica Kusinikova and Metamorphosis privacy expert Elena Stojanovska spoke, moderated by law professor Neda Zdraveva [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Bundling IP, human rights and data protection into one legal panel has been the forum&#39;s signature since 2017, framed by the country&#39;s EU-candidate law-reform agenda [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Retrospective Panel \u2014 Regional Ties, Youth IGF and Local Government<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Retrospective session (13:00\u201313:45)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oliana Sula of IGF Albania shared regional best practice, and Marko Paloski reported on the Youth IGF MKD&#39;s challenges and next steps [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>ZELS director Dusica Perisic covered municipal internet-governance initiatives and Prof. Boro Jakimovski the national Digital Forum&#39;s policy-advisory role \u2014 central, local and regional layers on one panel [1][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. It&#39;s a dialogue forum, but it left official messages \u2014 media-literacy education is urgent, fact-checking should be standard in every newsroom \u2014 reported back to the UN IGF Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What stood out most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Scale. The incumbent telecom (a T-Mobile affiliate) hosted and sponsored, and a minister, deputy minister, MPs and the president&#39;s office joined 100-plus participants \u2014 the forum&#39;s high-water mark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The fact-checking and media-literacy conclusions mirror every country&#39;s disinformation debate, and the case for national internet exchange points is a universal lesson in keeping local traffic resilient.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is North Macedonia IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nmacedonia-igf-2019-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"North Macedonia IGF 2019 \u30b9\u30b3\u30d4\u30a8 \u2014 About North Macedonia IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>North Macedonia 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 2019 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:\/\/igfmkd.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MKD-Annual-2019-Report.pdf\">IGF MKD 2019 Annual Meeting \u2014 Annual Report\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u66f8PDF\u30fbMKD 2019 Messages\u53ce\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF MKD\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfmkd.mk\/en\/agenda-2019\/\">Agenda 2019\uff08IGF MKD 2019 \u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF MKD\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfsa.org\/assets\/candidate-statements\/2023\/nov2023\/SOI-Aleksandar-Icokaev.pdf\">Aleksandar Icokaev &#8211; Statement of Interest\uff08\u521d\u4ee3\u30b3\u30fc\u30c7\u30a3\u30cd\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u306eIGFSA\u63d0\u51fa\u58f0\u660e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Internet Governance Forum Support Association (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TvIXVIOi9rQ\">IGD MKD 2019\uff08\u5168\u7de8\u53ce\u9332\u6620\u50cf\u30fb\u7d045\u6642\u9593\u30fb2019\u5e7410\u670828\u65e5\u516c\u958b\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF MKD\uff08YouTube\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfmkd.mk\/en\/messages-2019\/\">Messages 2019\uff08\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u306e\u516c\u5f0f\u914d\u5e03\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF MKD\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\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 2 June 2019, 16:00 (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>On 28 October 2019 the third IGF MKD filled the Makedonski Telekom headquarters in Skopje with over 100 participants from every sector \u2014 the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2470,164],"class_list":["post-13075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-northmacedonia-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-northmacedoniaigf2019","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13075","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=13075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}