{"id":14658,"date":"2017-09-06T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/09\/06\/en-southafrica-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:00:00","slug":"en-southafrica-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/09\/06\/en-southafrica-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) 2017 \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 28\u201329 November 2017, the South African IGF (ZAIGF) held its second annual meeting under the relaunched structure in Johannesburg, as recorded in the UN IGF's list of NRI annual meetings.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. No detailed programme survives in public records, but the GISWatch report published that year frankly documented the young forum's growing pains \u2014 an unclear secretariat and weak links between discussions and domestic policy.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. This was a year when simply keeping the forum alive was the test; later moves such as rotating host cities and youth programmes read as answers to the criticisms recorded here.<\/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) 2017<\/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

    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) 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n28\u201329 November 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nJohannesburg, South Africa (venue not publicly recorded)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/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. Institutionalisation in Progress \u2014 'Where Is the Secretariat?'<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: (Contemporary assessment in the GISWatch 2017 South Africa report)<\/p>\n

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    "The discussions help to elevate issues but it is not clear if there are correlations between the discussions and domestic policy"
    \n\u2014 A ZAIGF participant (anonymous, interviewed for the GISWatch 2017 South Africa report)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n