{"id":14578,"date":"2016-08-18T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/08\/18\/en-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:00:00","slug":"en-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/08\/18\/en-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"II National Internet Governance Forum of the Dominican Republic (II-FNGI-2016) \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-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Dominican Republic IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c8\u30c9\u30df\u30f3\u30b4 \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-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Dominican Republic IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c8\u30c9\u30df\u30f3\u30b4 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 23 August 2016, the second National Internet Governance Forum of the Dominican Republic (II-FNGI-2016) drew 115 participants to the Hotel Lina Barcel\u00f3 in Santo Domingo, organised by the local Internet Society chapter, ISOC-RD.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With speakers from regional bodies such as LACTLD and LACNIC, the forum debated net neutrality, human rights online, youth participation and e-commerce \u2014 producing concrete proposals including a charter of internet rights principles and new university cybersecurity programmes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It is a textbook case of a small Caribbean country seating regulators, telecoms and civil society at one table on a US$6,000 budget \u2014 proof that continuity matters more than scale in national internet governance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>II National Internet Governance Forum of the Dominican Republic (II-FNGI-2016)<\/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-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Dominican Republic IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c8\u30c9\u30df\u30f3\u30b4 \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>II National Internet Governance Forum of the Dominican Republic (II-FNGI-2016)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>23 August 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Sal\u00f3n La Mancha, Hotel Lina Barcel\u00f3 Santo Domingo (Av. M\u00e1ximo G\u00f3mez at 27 de Febrero), Santo Domingo<\/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>115 (115 on-site participants (45% women) plus 130 viewers on the YouTube stream; 99% from the Dominican Republic, with attendees from Uruguay, Cura\u00e7ao, Puerto Rico, Panama and the US)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>ISOC-RD (Internet Society Dominican Republic chapter, founded 2014); chaired by Amparo Arango (INDOTEL), with Osvaldo Larancuent (INTEC) as IGF coordinator<\/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-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Dominican Republic IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c8\u30c9\u30df\u30f3\u30b4 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. From Regional to National IGFs \u2014 Rooting the Dialogue at Home<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Keynote and multisectoral panel &#39;From the regional IGF to national IGFs: lessons, opportunities and challenges&#39; (9:10\u201310:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andr\u00e9s Piazza of LACTLD (the Latin American ccTLD association) keynoted on how good practices from regional forums can feed national dialogue spaces [1]<\/li>\n<li>Osvaldo Larancuent (INTEC), Wanda P\u00e9rez (ISOC-RD), Vianny Uribe (regulator INDOTEL) and Patricia Zorrilla (telecoms operator CLARO) debated the value of a national IGF from each sector&#39;s standpoint [1]<\/li>\n<li>ISOC-RD reported selecting the agenda through an open call, following the IGF principles of openness, transparency, inclusion, bottom-up process and non-commercial character [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Net Neutrality \u2014 A National Debate Carried Over from 2015<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel II &#39;Net neutrality: continuing the 2015 discussion&#39; (11:30\u201312:30, moderated by C\u00e9sar D\u00edaz, LACNIC)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C\u00e9sar D\u00edaz of the regional registry LACNIC moderated, joined by colleague Carlos Mart\u00ednez, Luis Shecker of regulator INDOTEL and Feliz J\u00e1quez of operator WIND TELECOM [1]<\/li>\n<li>The panel examined suspected net-neutrality violations detected in the country and their likely explanations, putting regulator and operators in direct dialogue for a second consecutive year [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Human Rights Online \u2014 A National Charter Takes Shape<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel III &#39;Human rights on the internet: privacy, free expression, security&#39; (14:00\u201315:00, moderated by Laura Breton, CIPAF)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Laura Breton of the women&#39;s organisation CIPAF, with Antonio Medina Calca\u00f1o (UASD law faculty) and Carlos Pimentel (Participaci\u00f3n Ciudadana) examining how the constitution and laws protect rights online [1]<\/li>\n<li>A pre-event workshop on &#39;Principles for Human Rights on the Internet&#39; fed its results into the forum, where they were approved [1]<\/li>\n<li>The organisers report three initiatives born of the dialogue: a Charter of Principles for Human Rights on the Internet, new university cybersecurity degrees, and dedicated events on security and data privacy [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Youth, Women and E-commerce \u2014 &#39;The Internet We Aspire To&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel IV &#39;The internet we aspire to: a youth perspective&#39; and Panel V &#39;Challenges for innovation in e-commerce&#39; (15:30\u201317:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The youth panel \u2014 including Ana Ortega of the Presidency and Alberto Fortunato of the SIG Youth Observatory \u2014 discussed building a trustworthy internet inclusive of young people and women [1]<\/li>\n<li>The e-commerce panel brought together the Industry and Commerce Ministry, INDOTEL, payment processor CARDNET and Ecommerce.com.do to tackle the creation and monetisation of local digital content [1]<\/li>\n<li>The organisers concluded that internet and ICT issues had never before been addressed in the country with such an open, multi-perspective methodology, noting a ripple effect of invitations for ISOC-RD members to speak at regulator and university events [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the meeting actually decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 it is a national dialogue forum where government, telecoms, academia and civil society talk as equals. But it did launch concrete follow-ups: a charter of internet rights principles and new university cybersecurity programmes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why &#39;second edition&#39; \u2014 wasn&#39;t 2016 the first?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. No. The first forum was held in July 2015; 2016 was the second (II-FNGI-2016). The organisers&#39; own report to the UN states they ran the forum in both 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Because it shows a minimum viable national IGF: 115 people and a US$6,000 budget were enough to get a regulator and operators debating net neutrality in public. A useful blueprint for any small country or community.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Dominican Republic IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-dominicanrepublic-igf-2016-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Dominican Republic IGF 2016 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c8\u30c9\u30df\u30f3\u30b4 \u2014 About Dominican Republic IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Dominican Republic 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:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/filedepot_download\/3568\/719\">Foro Nacional de Gobernanza Internet (FNGI) Rep\u00fablica Dominicana \u2014 Reporte 2016 (II-FNGI-2016)<\/a> \u2014 ISOC-RD\uff08\u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40 filedepot \u63b2\u8f09\u30fb\u897f\u8a9e\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/dominican-republic-igf\">Dominican Republic IGF\uff08\u56fd\u9023NRI\u8a18\u9332\uff1a2015\u5e74\u958b\u59cb\u30fb\u30b3\u30fc\u30c7\u30a3\u30cd\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u60c5\u5831\u30fb2016\u5e74\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\uff09<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/isoc.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Programa-y-Agenda-del-III-Foro-Gobernanza-de-Internet-RD-2017.pdf\">Programa y Agenda del III Foro de Gobernanza de Internet RD 2017\uff08\u7b2c1\u56de\u304c2015\u5e747\u6708\u958b\u50ac\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u660e\u8a18\uff09<\/a> \u2014 isoc.do (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/isoc.do\/isoc-do-dio-clausura-a-cuarto-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet-de-rep-dominicana\/\">ISOC-DO dio clausura a cuarto Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Rep. Dominicana\uff082019\u5e74\u9589\u4f1a\u8a18\u4e8b\u3002\u300c2015\u5e74\u4ee5\u67654\u56de\u76ee\u300d\u3068\u7cfb\u5217\u306e\u56de\u6b21\u3092\u660e\u8a18\uff09<\/a> \u2014 isoc.do (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/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\u670815\u65e5 13\u664256\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>On 23 August 2016, the second National Internet Governance Forum of the Dominican Republic (II-FNGI-2016) drew 115 participants to the Hotel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,3,19,11],"tags":[163,161,973,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-14578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dominicanrepublic-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-dominicanrepublicigf2016","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578","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=14578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}