{"id":14654,"date":"2011-09-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2011\/09\/27\/en-southafrica-igf-2011-overview\/"},"modified":"2011-09-27T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T09:00:00","slug":"en-southafrica-igf-2011-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2011\/09\/27\/en-southafrica-igf-2011-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) 2011 \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. On 25\u201326 August 2011, South Africa's Department of Communications hosted the 'first ever' South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) at the Birchwood Hotel in Ekurhuleni, near Johannesburg.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Framed around building an inclusive information society, the forum launched a multistakeholder platform to discuss critical internet resources and forge a common South African position for global internet governance debates.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The inaugural meeting proved a one-off: the forum went dormant for roughly five years until its 2016 relaunch \u2014 an early lesson in how hard it is to sustain a national IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) 2011<\/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

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    📍 Held in Kempton Park in the Ekurhuleni metro adjacent to Johannesburg. Later official documents state the ZAIGF was 'established in September 2011', while the government advisory announced the event for 25\u201326 August 2011<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nSouth African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n25\u201326 August 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nBirchwood Hotel, Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nDepartment of Communications (DoC), Republic of South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. An Inclusive Information Society \u2014 Bringing the Tunis Agenda Home<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary discussions (25\u201326 August 2011)<\/p>\n