{"id":13126,"date":"2016-06-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/06\/23\/en-slovenia-igf-2016-overview\/"},"modified":"2016-06-23T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T07:00:00","slug":"en-slovenia-igf-2016-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/06\/23\/en-slovenia-igf-2016-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"SloIGF 2016 (Slovenian 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-slovenia-igf-2016-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2016 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \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-slovenia-igf-2016-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2016 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Slovenia&#39;s first national IGF, SloIGF 2016, met on 16 May 2016 at Technology Park Ljubljana, drawing participants from the public, non-governmental, academic and private sectors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three sessions \u2014 who governs the Internet (with regional best practice), why true net neutrality matters, and the digital divide \u2014 featured ICANN, ISOC, SEEDIG and even Croatia&#39;s telecom regulator HAKOM.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The UN IGF&#39;s records note that &#39;Slovenia national IGF was organized in 2016&#39;; this founding meeting shows how a small country bootstraps national dialogue with help from regional networks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>SloIGF 2016 (Slovenian 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-slovenia-igf-2016-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2016 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \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>SloIGF 2016 (Slovenian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>First edition \u2014 the inaugural SloIGF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>16 May 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Technology Park Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>In\u0161titut Digitas and Arnes (Slovenia&#39;s academic and research network, operator of Register.si); steering-committee coordinator Dr Du\u0161an Caf<\/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-slovenia-igf-2016-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2016 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Who Governs the Internet? \u2014 Learning from South-East European Practice<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1, 9:45\u201311:30 (moderator: Sorina Teleanu, DiploFoundation, Romania)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aida Mahmutovi\u0107 (IGF MAG, Bosnia), Andrea Beccalli (ICANN), Davor \u0160o\u0161tari\u010d (IZUM, Slovenia), D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Miloshevic (Internet Society) and Du\u0161an Stoji\u010devi\u0107 (SEEDIG, Serbia) shared Internet-governance basics and regional best practice [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Pov\u0161e Golob (Arnes\/Register.si) opened the forum, with a video message from Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Donck of the Internet Society&#39;s European bureau [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Why True Net Neutrality Matters<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 2, 12:00\u201313:30 (moderator: Ale\u0161 \u0160peti\u010d, CubeSensors)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alja Isakovi\u0107 (CodeCatz), Du\u0161an Caf (Council for Electronic Communications), Jan \u017dor\u017e (Internet Society), Zdravko Juki\u0107 (Croatia&#39;s regulator HAKOM) and Prof \u017diga Turk (University of Ljubljana) debated net neutrality from regulatory, technical, industry and academic angles [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Per dig.watch&#39;s record, the forum weighed how neutrality connects to policies at international and regional level, with a cross-border comparison thanks to the Croatian regulator&#39;s presence [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The Digital Divide \u2014 More Than an Access Gap<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 3, 14:30\u201316:00 (moderator: Domen Savi\u010d, civil society)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professors Andrej Brodnik and Tanja Oblak \u010crni\u010d (University of Ljubljana), publisher Darja Dem\u0161ar (Beletrina) and CodeWeek ambassador Katja K. O\u0161ljak examined the digital divide from education, publishing and grassroots perspectives [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>By making the divide a headline theme from year one, SloIGF launched as a forum for social inclusion, not just technology policy [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. So what did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 it was Slovenia&#39;s first national forum where government, academia, business and civil society discussed Internet policy as equals, laying the foundation for annual editions as the country&#39;s IGF-affiliated NRI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Who actually showed up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. ICANN and ISOC staff, SEEDIG organisers, Croatia&#39;s telecom regulator, university professors and coding-education activists \u2014 a strikingly international line-up for a small country&#39;s first edition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Net neutrality and the digital divide remain live issues everywhere, and Slovenia&#39;s model \u2014 with the academic network and registry operator Arnes backing the secretariat \u2014 is a template for sustainable national IGFs.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Slovenia IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-slovenia-igf-2016-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2016 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \u2014 About Slovenia IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Slovenia 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 2016 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:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/slovenian-internet-governance-forum-slo-igf16\">Slovenian Internet Governance Forum (Slo-IGF16)<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sloigf.si\/program-2016\/\">Program 2016\uff08\u7b2c1\u56deSloIGF\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 SloIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 sloigf.si\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sloigf.si\/o-sloigf\/\">O SloIGF\uff08SloIGF\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\uff09<\/a> \u2014 SloIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 sloigf.si\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/slovenia-igf-0\">Slovenia IGF\uff08NRI\u8a18\u9332: &quot;Slovenia national IGF was organized in 2016&quot;\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 23 June 2016, 09:00 (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>Slovenia&#8217;s first national IGF, SloIGF 2016, met on 16 May 2016 at Technology Park Ljubljana, drawing participants from the public, non-gover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,50],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2484,164],"class_list":["post-13126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-slovenia-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sloveniaigf2016","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13126","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=13126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}