{"id":14789,"date":"2022-07-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/07\/11\/en-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T06:00:00","slug":"en-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/07\/11\/en-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Pacific yIGF 2022, Singapore \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-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth AprIGF 2022 \u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb \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-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth AprIGF 2022 \u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 10\u201311 September 2022 the 13th yIGF met in hybrid form at Singapore&#39;s National Library Board: 25 onsite, 21 remote from 13 countries and 4 via a Taiwan hub \u2014 50 in all, and the first face-to-face gathering in three years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Under the theme &#39;Youth@Crossroads: Trusting in a Common Future With No One Left Behind&#39;, 21 guest speakers ranged across algorithmic bias, cybercrime and the transformations wrought by the metaverse and NFTs; youth statements fed into the APrIGF 2022 synthesis document (12\u201314 September, Grand Hyatt).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A Youth Leaders Dialogue convening representatives of youth IGF initiatives across the region made visible the series&#39; new role as a network-of-networks \u2014 and the Taiwan hub pioneered the local-hub model used in later years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Asia Pacific yIGF 2022, Singapore<\/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-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth AprIGF 2022 \u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb \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>Asia Pacific yIGF 2022, Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>13th edition \u2014 the first in-person (hybrid) outing in three years, returning to Singapore for the first time since 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>10\u201311 September 2022, a two-day hybrid meeting immediately before the parent APrIGF 2022 Singapore (12\u201314 September)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>National Library Board, Singapore, in hybrid format with a local hub in Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Youth@Crossroads: Trusting in a Common Future With No One Left Behind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>50 (25 onsite participants, 21 remote participants from 13 countries, and 4 more joining remotely from the Taiwan local hub (50 in total per the official announcement))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Organised by NetMission.Asia with a six-member organising committee (Luke Teoh, Stella Teoh, Bea Guevarra, Lam Nha Truc, Tien Nguyen Dao, Sourojit Dutta), supported by DotAsia Organisation, APNIC Foundation, Internet Society Foundation, TWNIC (Taiwan) and KISA (South Korea)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Youth statements developed by all participants, with the community&#39;s contribution reflected in the APrIGF 2022 synthesis document and discussions<\/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-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth AprIGF 2022 \u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. From Algorithmic Bias to the Metaverse \u2014 Emerging Tech at a Crossroads<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The two-day programme of panels and workshops with 21 guest speakers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Algorithmic bias, cybercrime, and the transformations of the metaverse and NFTs were treated as one continuous question [1]<\/li>\n<li>The &#39;no one left behind&#39; framing answered the reality that new technologies&#39; benefits and risks fall unevenly across generations and geographies [1]<\/li>\n<li>Outputs were consolidated into youth statements drafted with input from every participant [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Youth Leaders Dialogue \u2014 Networking the Region&#39;s Youth IGFs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Youth Leaders Dialogue with representatives of youth internet-governance initiatives across the Asia Pacific<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Representatives of youth internet-governance initiatives from across the region gathered to compare programmes and challenges [1]<\/li>\n<li>The session showed the yIGF evolving from a regional camp of the 2010s into a hub for a federation of national youth IGFs [1]<\/li>\n<li>With TWNIC and KISA among the supporters, a regional support web for youth capacity-building took visible shape [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Back in Person, Plus a Taiwan Hub \u2014 Participation Design for the Hybrid Era<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Hybrid operations: the National Library Board venue, online participation, and the Taiwan local hub<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A three-layer format \u2014 25 onsite, 21 remote from 13 countries, 4 at the Taiwan hub \u2014 modelled the post-pandemic return [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The local-hub concept, where remote participants gather to watch and debate together, grew into the core format of 2024 (Pakistan, the Philippines) and 2025 (Manila, Islamabad) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Youth statements carried into the synthesis document and debates of APrIGF 2022 Singapore on 12\u201314 September [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was this event?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A two-day youth meeting just before APrIGF 2022 Singapore. Fifty participants \u2014 onsite, online and via a Taiwan hub \u2014 debated algorithmic bias and the metaverse, producing youth statements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was new?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The first in-person gathering in three years, the first local hub (Taiwan), and a Youth Leaders Dialogue that positioned the yIGF as the hub of the region&#39;s national youth IGFs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Algorithmic bias and metaverse\/NFT governance are still open questions, and the hub model remains a practical way to cut the cost of youth participation in international meetings.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Youth AprIGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-apr-igf-2022-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth AprIGF 2022 \u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 About Youth AprIGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Youth AprIGF 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 2022 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.asia\/asia-pacific-yigf-2022-singapore\/\">Asia Pacific yIGF 2022 Singapore\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30fb\u6b74\u4ee3\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u30029\/10-11\u30fb\u56fd\u7acb\u56f3\u66f8\u9928\u5e81\u30fb\u53c2\u52a0\u5185\u8a33\u30fb\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u30fb\u904b\u55b6\u59d4\u54e1\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Asia Pacific Youth IGF\uff08yigf.asia\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yigf.asia\/reports-and-charter\/\">Reports and Charter\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30ec\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8\u4e00\u89a7\u3002Asia Pacific yIGF 2022, Singapore\u5831\u544a\u3092\u53ce\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Asia Pacific Youth IGF\uff08yigf.asia\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/netmission.asia\/youth-internet-governance-forum-yigf\/\">Youth Internet Governance Forum (yIGF)\uff08\u4e3b\u50ac\u56e3\u4f53\u306b\u3088\u308b\u7cfb\u5217\u89e3\u8aac\u3002\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\u306b2022\u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb\u3092\u660e\u8a18\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NetMission.Asia (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yigf.asia\/\">Asia Pacific Youth IGF \u2014 Home\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\u30fb\u7cfb\u5217\u6982\u8981\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Asia Pacific Youth IGF\uff08yigf.asia\uff09 (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\u670818\u65e5 21\u664207\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 10\u201311 September 2022 the 13th yIGF met in hybrid form at Singapore&#8217;s National Library Board: 25 onsite, 21 remote from 13 countries and 4<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2600],"class_list":["post-14789","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-sourced","tag-youthaprigf2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14789","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=14789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}