{"id":14724,"date":"2021-07-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/07\/18\/en-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-07-18T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T04:00:00","slug":"en-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/07\/18\/en-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth IGF Bangladesh 2021 (1st full edition, fully virtual) \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-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Bangladesh Youth IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Bangladesh Youth IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 30\u201331 July 2021, Bangladesh&#39;s first full-scale youth IGF convened on Zoom under COVID-19 lockdown, themed &#39;Towards an Inclusive, Sustainable and Trusted Internet&#39; \u2014 396 registrations, 150+ participants and 31+ speakers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Google, Facebook, ICANN and APNIC sponsored; BIGF Chair and MP Hasanul Haq Inu presided. The closing agenda demanded recognising Internet access as a fundamental right, scrapping taxes on smartphones and enacting data-protection law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Youth who had been confined to a single session slot within the main BIGF finally ran their own two-day forum \u2014 and planted focal points in all eight divisions of the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Youth IGF Bangladesh 2021 (1st full edition, fully virtual)<\/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-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Bangladesh Youth IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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>Youth IGF Bangladesh 2021 (1st full edition, fully virtual)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>30\u201331 July 2021 (3:00\u20136:30 pm each day)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Fully virtual via Zoom webinar, under COVID-19 lockdown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Towards an Inclusive, Sustainable and Trusted Internet&#39;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>150 (150+ actual participants (per the BIGF chair&#39;s closing remarks); 396 online registrations, 31+ speakers (9 international), 2,700+ reached on the Facebook event page. The report inconsistently states 9 and 12 sessions)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Organised by Youth IGF Bangladesh under the Bangladesh IGF (BIGF) umbrella; sponsored by Google, Facebook, ICANN and APNIC; chaired by Sayda Kamrun Jahan Ripa, with BIGF Chair Hasanul Haq Inu MP presiding<\/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-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Bangladesh Youth IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. From a Session Slot to a Full Forum \u2014 What &#39;the First Full Youth IGF&#39; Meant<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Inaugural ceremony (30 July, from 3:00 pm; keynote discussion by BIGF Secretary-General Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu and BNNRC CEO AHM Bazlur Rahman)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official report repeatedly states that youth had only been allocated a session within the BIGF programme before \u2014 this was the first time they organised a full Youth IGF [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>Billed as a programme &#39;by the youth, of the youth, and for the youth&#39;, it defined itself as a youth- and young-women-led multistakeholder platform [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>Chairperson Sayda Kamrun Jahan Ripa framed the goal as amplifying youth knowledge and influencing power-holders to reduce digital discrimination [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Platforms and Institutions in Force \u2014 Google, Facebook, ICANN and APNIC<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Guests of honour at the inaugural (Google&#39;s Nick Bauer, Facebook&#39;s Bangladesh public-policy head Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, ICANN&#39;s Samiran Gupta, APNIC&#39;s Sunny Chendi)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google described COVID-era support to Bangladesh including flood early-warning coverage for some 100 million people; Facebook cited the Surokkha vaccination app, support for women-led SMEs and digital-citizenship education [1]<\/li>\n<li>ICANN covered the multilingual Internet including the .bangla domain and DNS stability; APNIC its youth capacity-building across national, regional and global levels [1]<\/li>\n<li>The line-up captured platform companies engaging Global South youth communities directly amid pandemic-driven digitalisation [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The Closing Policy Agenda \u2014 Access as a Right, No Phone Taxes, Data-Protection Law<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Closing ceremony &#39;Youth IGF Bangladesh 2021 Way Forward&#39; (31 July, from 6:19 pm; chief guest Hasanul Haq Inu MP)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair Hasanul Haq Inu MP declared an age of &#39;digital interdependence&#39;, calling for digital peace, sustainability and human-rights plans anchored at global, regional and national levels [1]<\/li>\n<li>Concrete demands included recognising Internet access as a fundamental right, urgently ensuring affordable high-speed connectivity, withdrawing all taxes on Android smartphones, instalment purchase schemes, and urgent data-protection and e-commerce laws [1]<\/li>\n<li>From the press, the TRNB president urged a &#39;non-controversial&#39; data-protection law and action on pandemic-era mis\/disinformation [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Eight Divisional Focal Points and the Influencer Hunt \u2014 Recruiting Beyond Dhaka<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Divisional focal point session (31 July) and the Influencer Hunt results<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focal points across all eight divisions \u2014 Dhaka, Barishal, Chattogram, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Mymensingh and Sylhet \u2014 built a nationwide structure from day one [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>An &#39;Influencer Hunt&#39; with a 10,000-taka prize gamified outreach, recruiting youth to spread the initiative on social media [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Transgender actress and news anchor Tashnuva Anan Shishir appeared as special guest, insisting all people are equal and rejecting the label &#39;marginalised&#39; [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What exactly was a &#39;first&#39;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It was the first time Bangladeshi youth ran a full two-day IGF of their own \u2014 until then they had a single youth session inside the adult BIGF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. How big was the virtual turnout?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. 396 registrations, 150+ participants, 31+ speakers including 9 international \u2014 organised nationwide through focal points in all eight divisions despite lockdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Demands like scrapping smartphone taxes and recognising access as a right show digital policy through the lens of young people&#39;s living costs \u2014 a perspective that travels well beyond Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Bangladesh Youth IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-bangladesh-youth-igf-2021-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Bangladesh Youth IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 About Bangladesh Youth IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh Youth 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:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/filedepot_download\/52\/22342\">Youth IGF Bangladesh 2021 Report\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u5831\u544a\u66f8PDF\uff1a30-31 July\u30fb396\u767b\u9332\u30fb31+\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u30fb\u653f\u7b56\u8981\u6c42\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth IGF Bangladesh \/ \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40 filedepot (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210704060514\/http:\/\/youth.bangladeshigf.org\/\">Youth IGF Bangladesh 2021\uff08\u5f53\u6642\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u306eWayback\u4fdd\u5b58\u7248\uff1aDate 30-31 July\u30fbZoom Webinar\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth IGF Bangladesh\uff08Internet Archive Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/bangladesh-youth-igf\">Bangladesh Youth IGF\uff08\u56fd\u9023IGF NRI\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff1aBIGF\u5098\u4e0b\u30fb\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u66f82021\/2022\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/filedepot_download\/21\/22343\">Youth IGF Bangladesh 2022 Report\uff08\u7fcc\u5e74\u516c\u5f0f\u5831\u544a\u8cc7\u6599\uff1a2021\u5e74\u5b9f\u7e3e\u30922\u65e5\u959312\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30fb32\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u30fb396\u767b\u9332\u3068\u96c6\u8a08\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth IGF Bangladesh \/ \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40 filedepot (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/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\u670813\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>On 30\u201331 July 2021, Bangladesh&#8217;s first full-scale youth IGF convened on Zoom under COVID-19 lockdown, themed &#8216;Towards an Inclusive, Sustaina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[163,2568,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-14724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-youth-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-bangladeshyouthigf2021","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14724","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=14724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}