{"id":14681,"date":"2012-06-01T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/06\/01\/en-ukraine-igf-2012-overview\/"},"modified":"2012-06-01T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T09:00:00","slug":"en-ukraine-igf-2012-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/06\/01\/en-ukraine-igf-2012-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum (IGF-UA 2012) \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-ukraine-igf-2012-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2012 \u30ad\u30fc\u30a6 \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-ukraine-igf-2012-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2012 \u30ad\u30fc\u30a6 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 3rd Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum met at the Kyiv College of Communications on 28 September 2012, with 120+ in the room and thousands more following a two-language stream from 59 countries and 250+ cities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Industry&#39;s core complaint \u2014 some 20 million Ukrainian internet users aged 15+ but no national digital strategy \u2014 framed debates on telecom-law modernisation, data protection and cybercrime, ending in a resolution of joint priorities with government.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With the Council of Europe, ICANN and Russia&#39;s .RU domain coordinator on stage, and remote participation fully embraced, the one-day forum showed a national IGF maturing into a policy-shaping venue.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>3rd Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum (IGF-UA 2012)<\/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-ukraine-igf-2012-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2012 \u30ad\u30fc\u30a6 \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>3rd Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum (IGF-UA 2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>28 September 2012 (one day)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Kyiv College of Communications, Kyiv<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>On-site participants<\/td>\n<td>Over 120 on-site participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>A resolution setting out collaborative priorities for the ICT community and government representatives<\/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-ukraine-igf-2012-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2012 \u30ad\u30fc\u30a6 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. No National Digital Strategy \u2014 Homework for a Country of 20 Million Users<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session and plenary debate (28 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ivan Petukhov (vice-president, Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs) reported roughly 20 million Ukrainian internet users aged 15+ \u2014 and named the absence of a national digital strategy as the biggest gap [2]<\/li>\n<li>Opening the forum, presidential adviser Anatolii Kinakh stressed the importance of an information-society development strategy [2]<\/li>\n<li>Mykola Sokirko of regulator NKRZI presented the &#39;Digital District&#39; national project for universal internet access [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Modernising Telecom Law \u2014 Easing the Pressure on Operators<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions on telecom legislation and the ICT market (28 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>InAU board chair Sergii Boiko proposed rebalancing regulation and reducing administrative pressure on telecom providers [2]<\/li>\n<li>Anatolii Dovhyi of mobile operator MTS argued for legislative changes to spur infrastructure build-out, while UA-IX&#39;s Vadim Harbuz outlined how backbone modernisation would expand services over three to five years [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Data Protection and Cybercrime \u2014 Lessons from Europe and Russia<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions on personal data protection and cybersecurity (28 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volodymyr Kozak, deputy head of the data-protection service, recommended that providers inform users of privacy risks and let them use pseudonyms [2]<\/li>\n<li>The Council of Europe&#39;s Kyiv office head Vladimir Ristovski stressed human rights and internet freedom, CoE expert Marie George shared European cybersecurity experience, and the Interior Ministry&#39;s cybercrime chief Maksym Litvinov discussed providers&#39; role in investigations [2]<\/li>\n<li>Leonid Todorov of Russia&#39;s .RU domain coordination presented Russia&#39;s cybersecurity concept, adding a comparative angle from next door [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Remote Participants from 59 Countries \u2014 Hybrid Before Hybrid Was Normal<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall forum operations (28 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A real-time stream in two languages drew thousands of remote participants from 59 countries and 250+ cities, with 69,000+ total visits (organisers&#39; figures) \u2014 an ambitious remote-participation experiment for 2012 [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>The forum closed by adopting a resolution of joint priorities for the ICT community and government, establishing the pattern of turning dialogue into a written outcome [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did this meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A resolution listing the priorities the ICT community and government would tackle together \u2014 not binding, but a formal channel for handing industry&#39;s asks to the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. How heavy regulation should be. Industry demanded less administrative pressure on operators, while government pushed access projects and investigative cooperation; user protections like pseudonym use cut across both.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The 2012 dilemma \u2014 millions of users, no national strategy \u2014 is one most countries have faced. And the forum&#39;s full-scale remote participation anticipated hybrid conferencing a decade before the pandemic made it standard.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Ukraine IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-ukraine-igf-2012-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2012 \u30ad\u30fc\u30a6 \u2014 About Ukraine IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine 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 2012 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:\/\/2012.igf-ua.org\">IGF-UA 2012 \u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff08\u30d8\u30c3\u30c0\u306b\u7b2c3\u56de\u30fb2012\u5e749\u670828\u65e5\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30a6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-UA\u7d44\u7e54\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2012.igf-ua.org\/news\/pidsumky-igf-ua-2012\">\u041f\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0443\u043c\u043a\u0438 IGF-UA 2012\uff08IGF-UA 2012\u7dcf\u62ec\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u306e\u5831\u544a\u3068\u6c7a\u8b70\u63a1\u629e\u3092\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-UA\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2012.igf-ua.org\/news\/vidbuvsia-tretii-ukrainskyi-forum-po-upravlinniu-internetom-igf-ua\">\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0431\u0443\u0432\u0441\u044f \u0422\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0456\u0439 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043c \u043f\u043e \u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0456\u043d\u043d\u044e \u0406\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e\u043c IGF-UA\uff08\u7b2c3\u56de\u958b\u50ac\u5831\u544a\u30fb\u53c2\u52a0\u898f\u6a21\u3068\u9060\u9694\u53c2\u52a0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-UA\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/filedepot_download\/3568\/179\">VII Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum IGF-UA \u2014 Annual report\uff082010\u5e74\u521d\u56de\u304b\u3089\u306e\u6bce\u5e74\u958b\u50ac\u3092\u660e\u8a18\u30fb\u7cfb\u5217\u306e\u7d99\u7d9a\u6027\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-UA\u7d44\u7e54\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\uff08\u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\u63d0\u51fa\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u66f8\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\u670814\u65e5 20\u664217\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 3rd Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum met at the Kyiv College of Communications on 28 September 2012, with 120+ in the room and thousa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11,110],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2556],"class_list":["post-14681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-ukraine-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-ukraineigf2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14681","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=14681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}