{"id":14584,"date":"2017-08-20T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/08\/20\/en-guatemala-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-08-20T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:00:00","slug":"en-guatemala-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/08\/20\/en-guatemala-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Guatemala 2017 (1st Guatemala 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-guatemala-igf-2017-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Guatemala IGF 2017 \u30b0\u30a2\u30c6\u30de\u30e9\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \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-guatemala-igf-2017-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Guatemala IGF 2017 \u30b0\u30a2\u30c6\u30de\u30e9\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 27 July 2017, the first IGF Guatemala convened 213 registered participants at the Casa Ariana venue in Guatemala City \u2014 the country&#39;s first national IGF bringing government, business, civil society, academia and the technical community to one table.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three parallel forums \u2014 human rights and the internet; open government and cybersecurity; a national IXP \u2014 plus a net-neutrality discussion produced conclusions announced as a &#39;Digital Manifesto&#39;, with concrete debate on cybercrime bill 5254 and an exchange-point roadmap.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A small Central American country launched multistakeholder dialogue on just USD 5,500 in grants plus in-kind donations \u2014 a textbook case of how an IGF grows from the grassroots.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF Guatemala 2017 (1st Guatemala 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-guatemala-igf-2017-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Guatemala IGF 2017 \u30b0\u30a2\u30c6\u30de\u30e9\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \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 Guatemala 2017 (1st Guatemala Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>27 July 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Casa Ariana convention venue, Avenida de la Reforma, Zone 9, Guatemala City<\/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>213 (The 2017 UN-submitted final report says &#39;two hundred registered people&#39; attended and its annex lists 213 registrants; the 2022 report&#39;s retrospective claims &#39;more than 350&#39;, but the contemporaneous 2017 figure is adopted here)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>A multistakeholder organizing committee anchored by the Internet Society Guatemala Chapter (COPREDEH, UNESCO, SIT, SENACYT, RAGIE, DEMOS Institute, Chamber of Industry, SOFEX\/AGEXPORT, Youth Observatory and others)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Conclusions and recommendations of the three forums plus the net-neutrality discussion, presented at closing as a &#39;Digital Manifesto&#39;<\/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-guatemala-igf-2017-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Guatemala IGF 2017 \u30b0\u30a2\u30c6\u30de\u30e9\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Human Rights and the Internet \u2014 a Video Message from Frank La Rue<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Forum I &#39;Human Rights and the Internet&#39; (coordinated by DEMOS, COPREDEH and UNESCO)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A video message from Frank La Rue, the Guatemalan former UN Special Rapporteur, framed multisector dialogue on access policy, connectivity problems and freedom of expression [1]<\/li>\n<li>The forum affirmed four fundamentals of the internet: human rights, accessibility at minimum cost, access to relevant content, and multisector dialogue [1]<\/li>\n<li>Language diversity and respect for cultures, digital literacy across all regions, and empowerment of youth, women and vulnerable groups were listed as national challenges [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Cybersecurity and Open Government \u2014 Bill 5254 and a National Strategy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Forum II &#39;Open Government, Cybersecurity and High Bandwidth&#39; (coordinated by the Chamber of Industry)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cybercrime bill 5254, based on the Budapest Convention, was presented with the goal of creating a 24\/7 network and a CSIRT-GT [1]<\/li>\n<li>Participants reviewed the National Cybersecurity Strategy being developed with OAS support, existing private-sector CERTs, and a proposed national CERT led by the Ministry of Defense [1]<\/li>\n<li>The SIT-led digital agenda &#39;Naci\u00f3n Digital&#39; was described, with reducing the country&#39;s digital gap as its main objective [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Building a National IXP \u2014 Keeping Traffic at Home<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Forum III &#39;Internet Exchange Point in Guatemala&#39; (coordinated by SIT and RAGIE)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Telecoms Superintendent Ra\u00fal Solares and LACNIC&#39;s C\u00e9sar D\u00edaz led discussion of why Guatemala needs an IXP and how to sustain one through multisector agreement among government, business and ISPs [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>The research network RAGIE presented a metropolitan fibre-ring project financed through the Yucat\u00e1n Fund of Mexico&#39;s AMEXCID cooperation agency [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>Two launch models were compared \u2014 start small and grow, or start with the largest ISPs to secure traffic volume; the IXP eventually went live as IXP.GT in 2020 [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Net Neutrality and Consumer Protection \u2014 the &#39;Zero Tariff&#39; Deception<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The net-neutrality discussion, approached through quality of service<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile ISPs&#39; unfulfilled &#39;zero tariff&#39; and triple-recharge offers were denounced as fraud, with calls to strengthen the consumer-protection agency DIACO [1]<\/li>\n<li>Participants catalogued opaque LTE 4G coverage claims, asymmetric links that block SMEs from e-commerce, and routine overselling that saturates links at peak hours [1]<\/li>\n<li>Concern was also raised about equipment practices that force users to sacrifice privacy to obtain service [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was this meeting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Guatemala&#39;s first national IGF. Volunteers who attended the 2016 Latin American IGF spent a year building a multistakeholder committee, then opened the forum in Guatemala City on 27 July 2017 with 213 registered participants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What did it decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 but the three forums&#39; conclusions were announced as a &#39;Digital Manifesto&#39;, including support for a Budapest Convention-style cybercrime bill and a roadmap for a national internet exchange point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It shows how far USD 5,500 in grants plus donated goods can go in starting multistakeholder dialogue. The IXP discussed here went live in 2020, tangibly strengthening the country&#39;s internet.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Guatemala IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-guatemala-igf-2017-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Guatemala IGF 2017 \u30b0\u30a2\u30c6\u30de\u30e9\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 About Guatemala IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Guatemala 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 2017 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\/715\">Final Report IGF Guatemala, July 2017\uff08\u7b2c1\u56de\u6700\u7d42\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u30fbUN\u63d0\u51fa\uff09<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/latin-american-and-caribbean-regional-group-grulac\">Latin American and Caribbean Regional Group (GRULAC) \u2014 Guatemala IGF\uff08\u8a2d\u7acb2017\u30fb\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\u30fb\u30b3\u30fc\u30c7\u30a3\u30cd\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/guatemala-igf\">Guatemala IGF\uff08NRI\u30df\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intgovforum.org\/en\/filedepot_download\/21\/24960\">IV Annual, 2022 Guatemala Internet Governance Forum Final Report\uff082022\u5e74\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u306e\u56de\u9867\u7ae0\u300cSix years of uninterrupted IGFs\u300d\uff09<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igf.gt\/\">IGF Guatemala \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8<\/a> \u2014 IGF Guatemala \/ ISOC Guatemala (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\u670820\u65e5 15\u664218\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 27 July 2017, the first IGF Guatemala convened 213 registered participants at the Casa Ariana venue in Guatemala City \u2014 the country&#8217;s fir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,3,19,11],"tags":[163,161,160,452,162,164],"class_list":["post-14584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guatemala-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-guatemalaigf2017","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14584","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=14584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}