{"id":13119,"date":"2022-06-01T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/01\/en-serbia-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T10:00:00","slug":"en-serbia-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/01\/en-serbia-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Serbia 2022 (Serbian 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-serbia-igf-2022-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Serbia IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30aa\u30b0\u30e9\u30fc\u30c9 \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-serbia-igf-2022-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Serbia IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30aa\u30b0\u30e9\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Serbia held its first national IGF, IGF Serbia 2022, on 26 May 2022 at Dom Omladine in Belgrade \u2014 a hybrid meeting with two plenary debates and four panel debates across two parallel stages.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Debates covered digital sovereignty and the &#39;splinternet&#39;, cybersecurity skills, the data economy and digital literacy; the outcome messages concluded the Internet would remain one global Internet, though with some elements of a &#39;splinternet&#39;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The head of the UN IGF Secretariat told the room that Internet governance &#39;begins at home&#39; \u2014 a fitting motto for a country launching its national IGF under its 2021 information-society strategy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF Serbia 2022 (Serbian 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-serbia-igf-2022-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Serbia IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30aa\u30b0\u30e9\u30fc\u30c9 \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 Serbia 2022 (Serbian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>First edition \u2014 Serbia&#39;s debut under the IGF Serbia name and as part of the global IGF&#39;s NRI network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>26 May 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Dom Omladine Beograda (Belgrade Youth Centre), Belgrade, Serbia<\/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 (two parallel stages \u2014 the Amerikana and Klub halls \u2014 plus Zoom and YouTube streams)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by RNIDS (Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation); co-organised with the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, DiploFoundation, the Internet Society of Serbia (Belgrade chapter) and Gransy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Messages IGF Serbia 2022 (outcome messages)<\/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-serbia-igf-2022-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Serbia IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30aa\u30b0\u30e9\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Launching a National IGF \u2014 &#39;Internet Governance Begins at Home&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session, 10:00\u201310:30 (Chengetai Masango, UN IGF Secretariat; Dejan \u0110uki\u0107, RNIDS; State Secretary Milan Dobrijevi\u0107; RIPE community Chair Mirjam K\u00fchne)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Internet governance &#39;begins at home&#39;&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Chengetai Masango (Head, UN IGF Secretariat)<\/strong> [1][2][5]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The first meeting held under the IGF Serbia name and as part of the global IGF&#39;s NRI network \u2014 delivering a goal of Serbia&#39;s Information Society and Information Security Development Strategy approved in autumn 2021 [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<li>It built on earlier groundwork: a 2009 panel debate on Serbia in the international information-society process and the annual Serbian Internet Dialogue of 2012\u20132014 [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Digital Sovereignty and the Splinternet \u2014 Will the Internet Stay Whole?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Debate on digital sovereignty<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Panellists weighed the risk of state-driven Internet fragmentation (&#39;splinternet&#39;) against EU digital policies and reaffirmed the case for one open Internet [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>The outcome messages concluded that the Internet &#39;would continue to be one global Internet, though with some elements of a splinternet&#39; [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Cybersecurity and the Human Factor \u2014 Awareness, Education, Competencies<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel &#39;Cybersecurity and the human factor: awareness, education, competencies&#39; (moderator: Milan Sekuloski)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speakers included Dr Marko Krsti\u0107 (Serbian National CERT), RNIDS director Dejan \u0110uki\u0107 and Neboj\u0161a Joki\u0107 (Cyber Security Network) [4]<\/li>\n<li>Their shared assessment: investing in people is essential and there is ample room to raise skills \u2014 the state plays the lead role, but other organisations must help build educational programmes [4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Data Economy and Digital Literacy \u2014 Digitalisation That Protects Citizens&#39; Rights<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Parallel panels (data economy and the public interest \/ media, human rights and digital literacy \/ IT entrepreneurship)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sessions addressed user control over personal data, media skills in formal and informal education, state digitalisation and support for IT entrepreneurship [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>The outcome messages recommended stronger data-protection frameworks, expanded digital-literacy programmes, public-private cybersecurity partnerships and broader multistakeholder participation [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. So what did the meeting actually decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. National IGFs don&#39;t &#39;decide&#39; \u2014 this was the first UN-recognised forum where Serbia&#39;s government, business, civil society and technical community discussed Internet policy as equals. The debates were distilled into outcome messages feeding national digital policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why did it only start in 2022?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Serbia&#39;s information-society strategy, approved in autumn 2021, set the creation of a national IGF as a goal. There was earlier groundwork \u2014 the Serbian Internet Dialogue of 2012\u20132014 \u2014 but this was the first meeting under the IGF Serbia name within the global NRI network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. First editions show how a country builds a national dialogue from scratch. Serbia&#39;s model \u2014 with the domain registry RNIDS as host \u2014 is a useful comparison for any country weighing who should anchor its Internet-governance conversation.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Serbia IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-serbia-igf-2022-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Serbia IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30aa\u30b0\u30e9\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 About Serbia IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Serbia 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 2022 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.rs\/en\/messages-igf-srbija-2022\/\">Messages IGF Srbija 2022<\/a> \u2014 IGF Serbia\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 igf.rs\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.rs\/en\/about-us\/\">About us \u2014 IGF Serbia<\/a> \u2014 IGF Serbia\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 igf.rs\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.igf.rs\/\">IGF Srbija 2022\uff08\u5927\u4f1a\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Serbia\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cert.rs\/rs\/vest\/832-U-Beogradu-odr%C5%BEan-srpski-forum-o-upravljanju-internetom.html\">U Beogradu odr\u017ean srpski forum o upravljanju internetom\uff08\u30d9\u30aa\u30b0\u30e9\u30fc\u30c9\u3067\u30bb\u30eb\u30d3\u30a2IGF\u958b\u50ac\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u30bb\u30eb\u30d3\u30a2\u56fd\u5bb6CERT\uff08Nacionalni CERT Republike Srbije\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/eastern-european-regional-group\">Eastern European Regional Group \u2014 NRI records\uff08Serbia IGF: recognized in 2022\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40 (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 1 June 2022, 12:00 (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>Serbia held its first national IGF, IGF Serbia 2022, on 26 May 2022 at Dom Omladine in Belgrade \u2014 a hybrid meeting with two plenary debates <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,87],"tags":[163,161,160,162,567,164],"class_list":["post-13119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-serbia-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-serbiaigf2022","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13119","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=13119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}