{"id":14844,"date":"2021-10-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/10\/28\/en-youth-lacigf-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T16:00:00","slug":"en-youth-lacigf-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/10\/28\/en-youth-lacigf-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"6th Youth LACIGF (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-lacigf-2021-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 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-lacigf-2021-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 9\u201310 October 2021 the sixth Youth LACIGF met online: 89-plus participants from 16 countries, 15 presentations in four languages, Zoom studios named &#39;Cartagena&#39;, &#39;Rio de Janeiro&#39; and &#39;Santo Domingo&#39;, and networking breaks in Spatial.io.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The agenda ranged from gender, racism and new technologies to content moderation and elections, an introduction to multistakeholderism, and the post-pandemic reshaping of education and work. Prof. Fl\u00e1vio Wagner (ISOC Brazil) opened as invited guest, and the forum hosted an official IGF 2021 preparatory session ahead of Katowice.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It was the mature form of the online format \u2014 including a now-established French-language track led by young Haitians. Note the date discrepancy: the organiser&#39;s site says 9\u201310 October, the UN IGF page 8\u20139; this record follows the primary source.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>6th Youth LACIGF (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-lacigf-2021-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 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>6th Youth LACIGF (2021)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>6th edition (second consecutive online year)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>9\u201310 October 2021 (UTC-3) (The organiser&#39;s own event site (archived 10 October 2021) states &#39;October 9, 2021 &#8211; October 10, 2021&#39; with full session grids for both days, whereas the UN IGF NRI page says 8\u20139 October 2021. This JSON follows the organiser&#39;s primary source (9\u201310 October))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Online (Zoom studios plus Spatial.io networking spaces)<\/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>Over 89 young people from 16 countries; 15 presentations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Zoom studios were named after regional cities \u2014 Cartagena (Main Stage), Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo \u2014 with networking breaks in the virtual space Spatial.io<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Languages<\/td>\n<td>Sessions in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>The Youth LACIGF organising committee (the Youth Observatory \/ Internet Society SIG Youth community)<\/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-lacigf-2021-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Gender, Racism and New Technologies \u2014 &#39;Who Decides What Gets Removed?&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Thematic area &#39;G\u00e9nero, Racismo y Nuevas Tecnolog\u00edas&#39; (9 October, 16:15\u201317:15, Cartagena Main Stage in Spanish; and 17:30\u201318:15, Rio de Janeiro studio in Portuguese)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Spanish session asked head-on: &#39;Who decides what should stay online and what should be removed \u2014 and who is in charge of that task?&#39;, interrogating the power dynamics of moderation [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>The Portuguese session &#39;Between anti-democratic attacks and inequalities: youth for digital rights&#39; featured Ana Carolina da Hora, the prominent young Brazilian computer scientist and activist [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>Making the gender-race-technology intersection a standing thematic area carried into the in-person editions from 2023 (the digital-rights-and-inclusion track) [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Learning Multistakeholderism \u2014 From the IETF to NETmundial<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session on multistakeholderism (9 October, 16:15\u201317:15, Cartagena Main Stage; speakers Nicol\u00e1s Fiumarelli and David Aragort, mediator Juliana Novaes)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using NETmundial and the UN High-Level Panel (HLPDC) as case studies, the session mapped bottom-up processes \u2014 IETF, the RIRs, ICANN \u2014 as concrete entry points for young people [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The &#39;future of internet governance&#39; area also featured a session on youth initiatives across the region, presented by Juan P\u00e1jaro Vel\u00e1squez and Benjamin Chong Castillo [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Pairing institutional literacy with participation pathways extended the capacity-building line begun with the Open Course, whose second edition had launched on 1 July 2021 [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Four Languages and Virtual City Studios \u2014 A French Track Run by Young Haitians<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Language-track sessions (9\u201310 October; the French session was run entirely by young Haitians \u2014 three panellists, a moderator and two rapporteurs)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naming the Zoom studios after regional cities \u2014 Cartagena (Main Stage), Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo \u2014 gave the locked-down event a sense of touring the region [1]<\/li>\n<li>The French session was staffed entirely by young Haitians, from panellists to rapporteurs, while the English track featured Tracy Hackshaw of Trinidad and Tobago [1]<\/li>\n<li>Spatial.io networking breaks between sessions tried to recreate the hallway conversations of an in-person meeting [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Plugging into the Global IGF \u2014 An Official Preparatory Session for Katowice<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The &#39;IGF 2021 at Youth LACIGF&#39; preparatory and engagement session, plus the opening session (9 October, 15:00\u201315:30, invited guest Prof. Fl\u00e1vio Wagner of ISOC Brazil)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The UN IGF programme listed &#39;IGF 2021 at Youth LACIGF&#39; as an official preparatory and engagement session, channelling regional youth voices toward the 16th IGF in Katowice that December [1][3][5]<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Fl\u00e1vio Wagner, president of ISOC Brazil, joined the organising committee as invited guest for the opening session [1][3][5]<\/li>\n<li>The UN IGF site&#39;s listing of Youth LACIGF among its recognised youth initiatives cemented the forum&#39;s international standing in this period [1][3][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. How did year two online evolve?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Stagecraft and connection. Zoom studios were named after regional cities, breaks moved to Spatial.io, and an official UN IGF preparatory session piped the region&#39;s youth voices straight into Katowice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Which debates stood out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The moderation-power question \u2014 who decides what gets removed from the internet \u2014 and the Portuguese session on anti-democratic attacks and digital rights featuring computer scientist Ana Carolina da Hora.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Registering a regional youth forum as an official IGF preparatory session is a concrete route for youth communities anywhere to get a seat at the global table.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Youth LACIGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-lacigf-2021-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 About Youth LACIGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Youth LACIGF 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=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211010005040\/https:\/\/youthlacigf2021.youthlacigf.org\/\">6th Youth LACIGF &#8211; 2021\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u4f1a\u671f\u4e2d\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff1a10\u67089\u301c10\u65e5\u306e\u5168\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u8868\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\uff09<\/a> \u2014 youthlacigf2021.youthlacigf.org\uff08Internet Archive Wayback Machine\u30fb2021\u5e7410\u670810\u65e5\u53d6\u5f97\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210926085250\/http:\/\/youthlacigf.org\/\">Youth LACIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff082021\u5e749\u670826\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff1a\u7b2c6\u56de\u306e\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u958b\u50ac\u544a\u77e5\u30fb\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\u30b9\u7b2c2\u671f\uff09<\/a> \u2014 youthlacigf.org\uff08Internet Archive Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/youth-lacigf-1\">Youth LACIGF\uff08\u56fd\u9023IGF\u306e\u516c\u5f0fNRIs\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u3002\u958b\u50ac\u65e5\u306f\u300c8-9 October 2021\u300d\u3068\u8a18\u8f09\u3055\u308c\u4e3b\u50ac\u8005\u8cc7\u6599\u30681\u65e5\u305a\u308c\u308b\uff09<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youthlacigf.lat\/ediciones-anteriores\/\">Ediciones anteriores\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\uff1a2021\u5e74\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u30fb89\u4eba\u8d85\u30fb16\u30ab\u56fd\u30fb\u767a\u886815\u4ef6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth LACIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/igf-2021-at-youth-lacigf\">IGF 2021 Preparatory &amp; Engagement Session: IGF 2021 at Youth LACIGF<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org (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 15\u664246\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 9\u201310 October 2021 the sixth Youth LACIGF met online: 89-plus participants from 16 countries, 15 presentations in four languages, Zoom stu<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2632],"class_list":["post-14844","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-youthlacigf2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14844","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=14844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}