{"id":14569,"date":"2016-10-15T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/10\/15\/en-bosnia-igf-2016-overview\/"},"modified":"2016-10-15T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T12:00:00","slug":"en-bosnia-igf-2016-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/10\/15\/en-bosnia-igf-2016-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"BHIGF 2016 (Bosnia and Herzegovina 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-bosnia-igf-2016-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Bosnia IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30e9\u30a8\u30dc \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-bosnia-igf-2016-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Bosnia IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30e9\u30a8\u30dc \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The second Bosnia and Herzegovina IGF, BHIGF 2016, met in Sarajevo on 21 October 2016 under the pointed theme &#39;BH Internet: Open and secure?&#39;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three panels \u2014 universal access, online extremism and press freedom, and human rights in the Internet economy \u2014 anchored the day, while a Day 0 brought 30 students from across the country into the State Parliament building to study Internet freedom.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Framing the open-versus-secure tension as the national question was the year&#39;s signature; the civil-society-led insistence on keeping human rights at the centre held firm.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>BHIGF 2016 (Bosnia and Herzegovina 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-bosnia-igf-2016-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Bosnia IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30e9\u30a8\u30dc \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>BHIGF 2016 (Bosnia and Herzegovina Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>Second edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>21 October 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Day 0 student programme took place in the State Parliament building; the main venue name is not confirmed in primary sources)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&quot;BH Internet: Open and secure?&quot;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Supporters<\/td>\n<td>Afilias, ICANN, IGFSA, APC, the Council of Europe and the OSCE (2016 funders per the GISWatch report)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>An organising committee centred on One World Platform and the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA), with members from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of Sarajevo computing centre UTIC<\/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-bosnia-igf-2016-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Bosnia IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30e9\u30a8\u30dc \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Universal Access \u2014 &#39;Are We All Equal?&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel I: &#39;Universal access \u2013 Are we all equal?&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel tackled equal and affordable access to technology and information head-on, including accessibility for people with disabilities [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Treating the empowerment of girls and women as inseparable from connectivity was a signature of a forum led by the women&#39;s-rights group One World Platform [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Online Extremism and Media Freedom \u2014 Between Security and the Right to Report<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel &#39;Violent extremism, terrorism and reporting rights&#39; (listed in the GISWatch report as &#39;Security, extremism online and the freedom of media&#39;)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Government, media and civil society sat together over the tension between violent extremism and terrorism on one side and journalists&#39; reporting rights on the other [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>As the theme &#39;Open and secure?&#39; signalled, the impact of surveillance and security measures on free expression ran through the whole meeting [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Human Rights and Business \u2014 Growth and Responsibility in the BH Internet Economy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel &#39;Human rights and business in the BH Internet economy&#39;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Without us, human rights as an issue would not be presented&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>One World Platform (GISWatch country report, by Valida Hromadzic)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel examined what human-rights responsibilities business should carry in a growing Internet economy, in the BiH context [2]<\/li>\n<li>Yet the private sector made up just 7.5% of participants; the GISWatch report logs business, technical and media buy-in \u2014 and funding \u2014 as perennial challenges [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Day 0 \u2014 Thirty Students Study Internet Freedom in the Parliament Building<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 0 student programme, State Parliament building<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thirty students from across the country gathered in the State Parliament building for a tour and presentations [2]<\/li>\n<li>Ana Gasc\u00f3n Marc\u00e9n of the Council of Europe opened with &#39;What is internet freedom?&#39;, joined by European civil-society groups Metamorphosis, BlueLink, GreenNet, StrawberryNet and APC&#39;s Rolf Kleef [2]<\/li>\n<li>Bringing youth into the seat of government became a fixture, carried into the 2017 edition&#39;s student Day 0 [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What kind of meeting was this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Bosnia and Herzegovina&#39;s second national IGF. Under &#39;BH Internet: Open and secure?&#39; it ran three panels: universal access, online extremism versus press freedom, and human rights in the Internet economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What stood out most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The Day 0 student programme: 30 students from across the country were hosted in the State Parliament building and taught about Internet freedom by Council of Europe experts \u2014 a rare case of pulling youth into the seat of government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The open-versus-secure question is the same one every democracy now faces over disinformation and platform regulation. A small national IGF made it the national question \u2014 literally putting it in the title.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Bosnia IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-bosnia-igf-2016-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Bosnia IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30e9\u30a8\u30dc \u2014 About Bosnia IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Bosnia 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\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-internet-governance-forum\">Bosnia and Herzegovina Internet Governance Forum\uff082016\u5e74\u5927\u4f1a\u306e\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/giswatch.org\/en\/country-report\/internet-governance\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-igf\">Bosnia and Herzegovina IGF\uff08GISWatch 2017\u7279\u96c6\u53f7\u30fb\u56fd\u5225\u5831\u544a\u3001\u57f7\u7b46: Valida Hromadzic\uff0fOne World Platform\uff09<\/a> \u2014 APC (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\uff08BHIGF\u306e\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\u306b2016\u5e74\u7248\u3092\u63b2\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhigf.ba\/en\/about-us\/\">About us \u2013 BH IGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8: \u300c2015\u30fb2016\u30fb2017\u30fb2023\u5e74\u306b\u958b\u50ac\u300d\uff09<\/a> \u2014 BH IGF\uff08bhigf.ba\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>\u66f4\u65b0\u5c65\u6b74<\/h2>\n<p>\u7b2c1\u7a3f\u6295\u7a3f 2026\u5e747\u670820\u65e5 8\u664221\u5206\uff08\u8a18\u4e8b\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30c4\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\uff09<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second Bosnia and Herzegovina IGF, BHIGF 2016, met in Sarajevo on 21 October 2016 under the pointed theme &#8216;BH Internet: Open and secure?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,3,11],"tags":[163,2518,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-14569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bosnia-igf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-bosniaigf2016","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569","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=14569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}