{"id":14698,"date":"2021-06-02T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/06\/02\/en-ukraine-igf-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-06-02T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T10:00:00","slug":"en-ukraine-igf-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/06\/02\/en-ukraine-igf-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-UA 2021 (12th Ukrainian 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-ukraine-igf-2021-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2021 \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-2021-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2021 \u30ad\u30fc\u30a6 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 12th Ukrainian IGF (IGF-UA 2021) ran by videoconference on 11\u201312 November 2021: over 50 Ukrainian and international experts across eleven sections on cybersecurity, IoT, AI, the new electronic-communications law and EU integration.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It produced a head-on critique that the government was drifting toward a &#39;Russian-style&#39; security model that protects the state itself, while the IoT section brought in international experts from the IGF&#39;s DC-ISSS coalition. It would be the last forum before the full-scale invasion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The warning that &#39;internet security&#39; was displacing &#39;internet freedom&#39; would take on a different meaning three months later \u2014 a valuable snapshot of Ukraine&#39;s peacetime internet-policy debate.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF-UA 2021 (12th Ukrainian 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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; Catalogued as Kyiv, but the official annual report states it &#39;was held on November 11-12, 2021 via video conference&#39;; Kyiv is the nominal host city. The archive header&#39;s &#39;10\u201312 November&#39; includes the 4th Youth IGF-UA held online on 10 November<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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-2021-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2021 \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>IGF-UA 2021 (12th Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>12th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>11\u201312 November 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Online (videoconference); organised from Kyiv<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Internet Association of Ukraine (InAU), Commission on Science and IT of the USPP, RIPE NCC, Internews-Ukraine and Hostmaster Ltd; sponsored by ICANN, IGFSA and the Internet Society, supported by the Digital Transformation Ministry, the NKRZI regulator and the NSDC Office<\/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-2021-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2021 \u30ad\u30fc\u30a6 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Cybersecurity and Human Rights \u2014 A Head-On Critique of the &#39;Russian Model&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Section 1 &#39;Cybersecurity and Human Rights in Ukraine; Cybersecurity Standards&#39; (mod. I. Pietukhov, co-mod. O. Semeniaka)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In unusually blunt language for a national IGF, the section concluded that &#39;in choosing a model for cybersecurity, the current Ukrainian government has chosen the wrong Russian way: providing security for the government itself&#39; \u2014 and recommended abandoning it [1]<\/li>\n<li>It warned that the share of individual freedom to be ceded as &#39;payment&#39; for protection from cyber threats had never been defined, itself creating risks of socio-economic instability and new threats to national security [1]<\/li>\n<li>Risks in draft critical-infrastructure law No. 5219 to constitutional rights and private property were flagged, with national standards to be built on ITU, ISO\/IEC and NIST frameworks [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. IoT Security and International Standards \u2014 Plugged Into the Global IGF<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sections 5 &#39;The Internet of Things and Security Issues&#39; and 11 &#39;Internet Standards&#39; (mods. Yu. Kargapolov \/ O. Semenyaka)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wout de Natris (chair of the IGF&#39;s DC-ISSS coalition), IoT security expert Peter Waher and UK internet-governance veteran Mark Carvell joined; Carvell presented the &#39;security by default&#39; principle and the actions each stakeholder group must take [1]<\/li>\n<li>Participants proposed a National Internet Governance Steering Committee built on multistakeholder, consensus principles, and de Natris invited Ukrainian IoT developers and users to join DC-ISSS [1]<\/li>\n<li>With Ukraine&#39;s technical community underrepresented in IETF and RIPE standards work, the section called for state and business support \u2014 from English-language training to targeted grants [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Internet Freedom \u2014 Warning of Erosion by the &#39;Security&#39; Frame<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Section 2 &#39;Internet Freedom and Digital Rights&#39; (mod. Vitalii Moroz, Internews-Ukraine)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The section&#39;s diagnosis: the concept of &#39;internet security&#39; is gradually displacing &#39;internet freedom&#39; \u2014 as the internet fragments and states pile on regulation, digital rights including anonymity risk being narrowed [1]<\/li>\n<li>Speakers included Vita Volodovska (Digital Security Lab), Gulsanna Mamedieva (Digital Ministry&#39;s European-integration directorate) and CEDEM&#39;s Ihor Rozkladai; the private sector&#39;s lack of lead time for the new data-protection law and vague liability definitions were flagged as risks [1]<\/li>\n<li>Government representatives argued effectiveness should be measured not by fines imposed but by real changes in companies&#39; privacy policies [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Implementing the Electronic Communications Law \u2014 Rewriting Market Rules<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Section 7 &#39;Telecommunications Infrastructure; Introduction of the Law on Electronic Communications&#39; (mod. O. Harutyunyan, InAU)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MP Oleksandr Fedienko, three members of the NKRZI regulator, the Digital Ministry, InAU&#39;s chair and operator Lifecell convened on implementing the new Law on Electronic Communications [1]<\/li>\n<li>Key issues: how network sharing will work, market-definition procedures, protecting smaller players from being squeezed out, and the regulator&#39;s role as arbitrator in infrastructure-access disputes [1]<\/li>\n<li>Participants insisted Ukrtelecom&#39;s duct-tariff increases be preceded by economic justification, and warned that a de facto import duty on cable products threatened rural digitalisation programmes [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. The EU Digital Single Market \u2014 Aiming to Be the First Third Country In<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Section 8 &#39;Stakeholders of Ukraine&#39;s Integration into the Digital Single Market&#39; (mod. O. Prykhodko)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The assessment: Ukraine has a chance to become the first third country to gain access to the EU&#39;s Digital Single Market \u2014 furthest along in trust services, furthest behind in audiovisual services [1]<\/li>\n<li>With ISOC&#39;s David Frochi, ICANN, RIPE NCC and the International Renaissance Foundation in the room, the section urged stronger bottom-up Ukrainian participation in European and international decision-making [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did year two under Covid look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A second fully-online edition: 50-plus experts across eleven sections. &#39;Kyiv&#39; was only the nominal host \u2014 everyone joined by videoconference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The charge that the government&#39;s cybersecurity build-out was sliding toward a &#39;Russian-style&#39; model that protects the state itself. Civil society and industry openly recommended a course change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The tension between &#39;security&#39; and freedom online is universal. And this was the last IGF-UA before Russia&#39;s full-scale invasion \u2014 which, three months later, transformed the premises of every debate held here.<\/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-2021-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine IGF 2021 \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 2021 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:\/\/2021.igf-ua.org\/files\/news\/1007\/igf-ua-2021.zip\">Ukrainian IGF-UA 2021 Annual Report\uff08XII \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043c \u516c\u5f0f\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u30fb\u82f1\u8a9eDOCX\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-UA\u7d44\u7e54\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2021.igf-ua.org\">IGF-UA 2021 \u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff0812-\u0439 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043c \u0437 \u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0456\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0406\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e\u043c IGF-UA 2021\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-UA\u7d44\u7e54\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/interfax.com.ua\/news\/press-release\/780092.html\">\u0417\u0430\u043a\u0456\u043d\u0447\u0438\u0432 \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0443 12-\u0439 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043c \u0437 \u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0456\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0406\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e\u043c IGF-UA\uff08\u7b2c12\u56deIGF-UA\u9589\u5e55\u30fb\u30d7\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Interfax-Ukraine (accessed 2026-07-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-ua.tv\/projects\/igf-ua\/28047-12-i-ukrainskyi-forum-z-upravlinnia-internetom\">12-\u0439 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043c \u0437 \u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0456\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0406\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e\u043c\uff08\u5168\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u52d5\u753b\uff09<\/a> \u2014 I-UA.tv\uff08\u7dcf\u5408\u60c5\u5831\u30b9\u30dd\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc\uff09 (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\u670818\u65e5 19\u664203\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 12th Ukrainian IGF (IGF-UA 2021) ran by videoconference on 11\u201312 November 2021: over 50 Ukrainian and international experts across eleve<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,904],"class_list":["post-14698","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-ukraineigf2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14698","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=14698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}