{"id":14747,"date":"2024-07-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/07\/10\/en-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T05:00:00","slug":"en-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/07\/10\/en-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth IGF Nepal 2024 (3rd edition, Hotel Himalaya) \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-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Nepal Youth IGF 2024 \u30ab\u30c8\u30de\u30f3\u30ba \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-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Nepal Youth IGF 2024 \u30ab\u30c8\u30de\u30f3\u30ba \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 14 September 2024 the third Youth IGF Nepal drew 125 participants to Kathmandu&#39;s Hotel Himalaya \u2014 69 women outnumbering 51 men, with 5 non-binary participants, a notably diverse cohort.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourteen sessions covered AI governance, misinformation and data protection, headlined by a roundtable with MPs and policymakers: confronted with youth being sidelined from the policies governing their internet, a lawmaker committed to convening youth roundtables.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With the UN IGF&#39;s Anja Gengo and ICANN&#39;s Samiran Gupta on stage, the forum matured into a device for carrying youth voices into parliament.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Youth IGF Nepal 2024 (3rd edition, Hotel Himalaya)<\/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-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Nepal Youth IGF 2024 \u30ab\u30c8\u30de\u30f3\u30ba \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 Nepal 2024 (3rd edition, Hotel Himalaya)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>14 September 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hotel Himalaya, Kathmandu, and online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>125 (125 participants (51 male, 69 female, 5 non-binary, per the official report); 49.6% students\/end-users, 20.8% civil society, 13.6% private sector, 12% technical community, 4% government)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by the Internet Society Nepal Chapter with the National Youth Council as policy partner; supported by the ISOC Foundation, IGFSA, ISOC Youth Standing Group and ICANN, with APNIC-backed fellowships<\/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-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Nepal Youth IGF 2024 \u30ab\u30c8\u30de\u30f3\u30ba \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The MP Roundtable \u2014 Challenging &#39;Main Users, Bit-Part Policymakers&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Promoting the Role of Youth in ICT Policy Discourses with MPs and Policy Makers&#39; (14:45\u201316:00; Ananda Gautam, Babu Ram Aryal, Hon. Pratima Gautam and others)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth dominate Internet use yet are routinely sidelined in ICT policymaking \u2014 the forum put that contradiction squarely before lawmakers [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Hon. Pratima Gautam committed to organising youth roundtables to feed young voices into future digital policy processes [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>With the National Youth Council as policy partner and a provincial assembly member at the opening, the design pulled in multiple layers of the legislature [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Fragmentation, Cybercrime and Access \u2014 Global Threats in a Nepali Frame<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening plenary (scene-setting by Hempal Shrestha; panel moderated by Ashirwad Tripathy)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;It is essential that we address the current looming threats on the internet, including fragmentation, security concerns, privacy, gender-based violence and cybercrime, to enjoy the internet as the transformative good in our lives.&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Amrita Choudhury (Chair, APrIGF)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;It is very critical that we make it accessible, affordable, safe, secure and resilient for all, regardless of wherever we are, regardless of geographic location and any other criteria.&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Anja Gengo (UN IGF Secretariat)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The international panel named Internet fragmentation and cybercrime as top threats, countering with universal access and inclusive governance [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Youth Innovation Lab founder Pradip Khatiwada noted Nepal has been &#39;a little slow to catch up&#39; with the Internet&#39;s growth but sees plenty of potential for Nepali youth [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Acting Out Platform Governance \u2014 Role Play and Flash Talks<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Role play on platform governance (13:30\u201314:30) and flash talks on AI governance, misinformation vs disinformation, and Nepal&#39;s data-protection laws<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playing business, government, civil society and technologists, participants mediated data-privacy, content-moderation and local-regulation conflicts over a simulated app [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Three flash talks \u2014 AI governance, misinformation vs disinformation, and Nepal&#39;s data-protection laws \u2014 injected rapid-fire policy content [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>ICANN&#39;s Samiran Gupta advised &#39;Before you grab opportunities, understand the uniqueness of the internet governance model&#39;, while the ISOC Foundation&#39;s Upasana Hembram praised youth&#39;s fresh consensus-building perspectives [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. 125 Participants, Majority Women \u2014 Inclusion by the Numbers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Event-wide participation statistics and the fellowship<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official statistics \u2014 51 male, 69 female, 5 non-binary \u2014 show a female majority and explicit non-binary counting, progressive for a South Asian IG meeting [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Half the room (49.6%) were students and end-users, backed by civil society, industry, technologists and government \u2014 a youth space with full multistakeholder representation [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>APNIC-supported fellows reported deepened skills in online safety, digital rights and policy advocacy [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What came out of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It&#39;s not a decision-making body, but there was a win: a member of parliament publicly committed to youth roundtables feeding digital policy \u2014 moved by the charge that youth dominate Internet use yet sit on the policy sidelines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Who attended?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Of 125 participants, roughly half were students and end-users; 69 women outnumbered 51 men, and 5 non-binary participants were officially recorded \u2014 diversity in hard numbers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Getting lawmakers and young people at one roundtable is exactly the policy connection youth IGFs everywhere aim for \u2014 Nepal shows it can be done.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Nepal Youth IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nepal-youth-igf-2024-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Nepal Youth IGF 2024 \u30ab\u30c8\u30de\u30f3\u30ba \u2014 About Nepal Youth IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Nepal 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 2024 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:\/\/yigf.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Youth-IGF-Nepal-2024-Event-Final-Report-1.pdf\">Youth IGF Nepal 2024 Event Final Report\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u6700\u7d42\u5831\u544a\u66f8PDF\uff1a125\u540d\u306e\u5185\u8a33\u30fb14\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30fb\u9010\u8a9e\u767a\u8a00\uff09<\/a> \u2014 yigf.org.np (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yigf.org.np\/youth-igf-nepal-2024-concluded\/\">Igniting Digital Futures: Youth IGF Nepal 2024 Wraps Up\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u958b\u50ac\u5f8c\u8a18\u4e8b\uff09<\/a> \u2014 yigf.org.np (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/nepal-youth-igf-2024\">Nepal Youth IGF 2024\uff08\u56fd\u9023IGF\u4f1a\u5408\u30ce\u30fc\u30c9\uff1a2024\u5e749\u670814\u65e5\u30fb\u30ab\u30c8\u30de\u30f3\u30ba\uff0b\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/nepal-youth-igf\">Nepal Youth IGF\uff08\u56fd\u9023IGF NRI\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (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\u670819\u65e5 17\u664247\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 14 September 2024 the third Youth IGF Nepal drew 125 participants to Kathmandu&#8217;s Hotel Himalaya \u2014 69 women outnumbering 51 men, with 5 no<\/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":[163,161,160,162,2577,164],"class_list":["post-14747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-youth-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-nepalyouthigf2024","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747","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=14747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}