{"id":14817,"date":"2021-06-08T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/06\/08\/en-youth-igf-germany-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:00:00","slug":"en-youth-igf-germany-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/06\/08\/en-youth-igf-germany-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Jugend Internet Governance Forum Deutschland 2021 (JIGF-D 2021) \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-igf-germany-2021-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Germany 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-youth-igf-germany-2021-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Germany 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 11\u201312 September 2021 the Jugend-IGF Deutschland (JIGF-D 2021) met fully online \u2014 two half-days (9:00\u201314:00) on the weekend immediately before the online IGF-D 2021 of 14 September, open to under-30s living in Germany.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In a federal-election year when vaccine passes and laptop schooling had made digitalisation everyone&#39;s issue, the programme combined talks and debate to distil young people&#39;s questions and demands for the main forum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The edition also marked a hand-over: from the GI-run 2019 format to a self-organised youth group inside IGF-D \u2014 raising the perennial question of who sustains youth participation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Jugend Internet Governance Forum Deutschland 2021 (JIGF-D 2021)<\/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-igf-germany-2021-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Germany 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>Jugend Internet Governance Forum Deutschland 2021 (JIGF-D 2021)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>11\u201312 September 2021 (two half-days, 9:00\u201314:00 each)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Fully online<\/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>A self-organised youth group within IGF-D (the announcement introduces itself: &#39;We are part of the Internet Governance Forum Deutschland and a self-organised group of young people&#39;)<\/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-igf-germany-2021-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Germany 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Digital Policy in an Election Year \u2014 &#39;No Fear of Neuland&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The two-day online programme of talks, debate and joint drafting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The call to participate urged &#39;digital self-determination and plenty of good ideas&#39; instead of &#39;fear of Neuland&#39; \u2014 a pointed inversion of Chancellor Merkel&#39;s famous 2013 description of the internet as &#39;uncharted territory&#39; [1]<\/li>\n<li>In the federal-election year of 2021, with vaccine passes on smartphones and lessons via laptop, the announcement framed digitalisation as everyone&#39;s issue and asked participants to bring their own questions and demands [1]<\/li>\n<li>Beyond talks, the format stressed exchange, debate and joint solution-building \u2014 the application form even asked how applicants would carry the resulting youth positions into their own circles and organisations [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Shift to Self-Organisation \u2014 Feeding into IGF-D 2021<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: (Background)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The organisers introduced themselves as &#39;part of the IGF-D and a self-organised group of young people&#39; whose own passion for internet governance &#39;started at youth IGFs&#39; \u2014 signalling the hand-over from the GI-run 2019 edition to youth self-organisation [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>The 13th IGF-D followed on 14 September, online for the second pandemic year with only speakers broadcasting from the economics ministry in Berlin; the JIGF-D was slotted into the weekend just before it [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>GI meanwhile poured its energy into the international YouthxPolicyMakers programme that year (over 1,700 applications, with roundtables between youth ambassadors and international policymakers in October) \u2014 making 2021 a two-track year for German youth IG work [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What kind of event was it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A two-day online pre-event on the weekend before the online IGF-D 2021 (14 September), for under-30s living in Germany \u2014 half-days of talks and debate to distil youth demands for the main forum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Is there a record of what was discussed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. No post-event report has surfaced; what we know comes from the official announcement \u2014 an election-year digital-policy agenda and a plan to draft and disseminate youth positions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. This was the year the event passed from an academic society (GI) to a self-organised youth group \u2014 a case study in the hardest question of youth participation anywhere: who keeps it running.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Youth IGF Germany? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-igf-germany-2021-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth IGF Germany 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 About Youth IGF Germany\"><\/p>\n<p>Youth IGF Germany 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:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210811164230\/https:\/\/www.igf-d.de\/digitalpolitik-u30-beim-jugend-internet-governance-forum-deutschland-2\/\">Digitalpolitik u30 beim Jugend Internet Governance Forum Deutschland\uff08JIGF-D 2021\u516c\u5f0f\u544a\u77e5\u30fb\u5fdc\u52df\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Internet Governance Forum Deutschland (IGF-D) \u203bWayback\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff082021\u5e748\u670811\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dot.berlin\/das-deutsche-internet-governance-forum-2021\/\">Das deutsche Internet-Governance-Forum 2021\uff08IGF-D 2021\u306f\u30b3\u30ed\u30ca\u798d\u306e\u305f\u3081\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u958b\u50ac\uff09<\/a> \u2014 dotBERLIN GmbH &amp; Co. KG\uff08\u53c2\u52a0\u5831\u544a\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/youth-initiatives\">Youth Initiatives\uff08German Youth IGF: established in 2013\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211028135229\/https:\/\/yigf.de\/\">Youth Internet Governance Forum\uff082021\u5e74\u79cb\u306eGI\u5074\u306e\u6d3b\u52d5\u72b6\u6cc1: YouthxPolicyMakers\u4e2d\u5fc3\uff09<\/a> \u2014 yigf.de\uff08GI\uff09\u203bWayback\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff082021\u5e7410\u670828\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\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\u670821\u65e5 21\u664232\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 11\u201312 September 2021 the Jugend-IGF Deutschland (JIGF-D 2021) met fully online \u2014 two half-days (9:00\u201314:00) on the weekend immediately be<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2616],"class_list":["post-14817","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-youthigfgermany2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14817","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=14817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}