{"id":14851,"date":"2024-08-14T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/08\/14\/en-youth-lacigf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:00:00","slug":"en-youth-lacigf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/08\/14\/en-youth-lacigf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth LACIGF 2024 (9th edition) \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-2024-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \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-2024-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 4\u20136 November 2024 the ninth Youth LACIGF met at the Universidad de Chile&#39;s Casa Central in Santiago \u2014 the forum&#39;s first time in Chile, with 117 on site, 243 participants in total from 43 countries, and 16 hybrid sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Four tracks shaped the agenda: AI and data governance, digital rights and freedoms, cybersecurity and trust, and \u2014 a first as a headline theme \u2014 environmental sustainability and climate change. LACIGF 17 followed in the same city on 7\u20138 November, completing a regional governance week.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The edition finally delivered the Santiago plan cancelled by COVID in 2020, and its roster \u2014 including participants from Africa and Asia \u2014 showed a regional youth forum with global pull.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Youth LACIGF 2024 (9th edition)<\/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-2024-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \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 LACIGF 2024 (9th edition)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>9th edition (first time in Chile)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>4\u20136 November 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Casa Central of the Universidad de Chile (Av. Libertador Bernardo O&#39;Higgins 1058), Santiago de Chile (hybrid)<\/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>117 in-person participants and 243 in total from 43 countries; 16 sessions. On-site attendees came from 15 LAC countries, joined by participants from Ghana, Singapore, Australia, the US, Chad, Ethiopia, Tanzania, the UK, Nigeria and Cameroon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted and co-organised by the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI) of the Universidad de Chile, the ISOC Chile Chapter and Magliona Abogados, with support from NIC Chile and other digital-ecosystem organisations<\/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-2024-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Santiago, Four Years Late \u2014 A University-Hosted Governance Week<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The 9th Youth LACIGF as a whole (4\u20136 November, Casa Central, Universidad de Chile)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Santiago meeting planned for 2020 and cancelled by COVID finally happened, hosted locally by the Universidad de Chile&#39;s Institute of International Studies (IEI), the ISOC Chile Chapter and law firm Magliona Abogados, with support from NIC Chile [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>LACIGF 17 followed on 7\u20138 November at Santiago&#39;s Telef\u00f3nica Building \u2014 a back-to-back week in which the youth forum (three days) now outlasted the main meeting (two days) [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>With 117 on site, 243 in total and 43 countries, national reach hit a series record, including participants from Ghana, Singapore, Australia, the US, Chad, Ethiopia, Tanzania, the UK, Nigeria and Cameroon [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Environment Meets Digital \u2014 Climate Change Becomes a Headline Track<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The &#39;environmental sustainability and climate change&#39; track and related sessions (4\u20136 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alongside AI and data governance, digital rights and freedoms, and cybersecurity and trust, environmental sustainability and climate change entered the series&#39; headline tracks for the first time [2][4][5]<\/li>\n<li>Sessions tackled AI-generated disinformation, meaningful connectivity in rural schools, environmental sustainability through digital education, child safety online, autonomous weapons systems and indigenous communities&#39; digital access [2][4][5]<\/li>\n<li>Host-university students \u2014 Patricia Cantero and Noem\u00ed N\u00fa\u00f1ez \u2014 served as panellists on &#39;connected childhoods and gender diversity: building spaces for internet access&#39; [2][4][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Margins to Centre \u2014 Indigenous, LGBTIQ+ and Afro-Descendant Voices on Stage<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions across the digital rights and freedoms track<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;These spaces, though still incipient and advancing timidly, are fundamental for carrying with us the voices, experiences, knowledge and resistance of our communities (translated from Spanish)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Alithu Bazan Talavera (research coordinator, Hiperderecho, Peru)<\/strong> [3][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Alithu Bazan Talavera, a trans researcher with Peru&#39;s Hiperderecho, wrote that panels were built from &#39;historically excluded groups&#39; \u2014 sexual and gender minorities, Afro-descendants, indigenous peoples \u2014 speaking as experts, not subjects [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>Civil-society organisations on gender and digital rights filled the stage: IPANDETEC, the ISOC Chile and Brazil chapters, Technovation Girls Chile, Amaranta ONG, Luchadoras, DataG\u00e9nero and Derechos Digitales among them [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The running theme: the fight for digital rights is inseparable from the broader fight for social justice [3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the headline?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. First time in Chile \u2014 finally delivering the Santiago plan COVID killed in 2020 \u2014 and climate change debuting as a headline track, with a record 43 countries represented.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. How did it relate to the main LACIGF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Same city, back to back: the youth forum ran 4\u20136 November, then LACIGF 17 followed on 7\u20138 November. The youth event is now the longer of the two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Treating digital governance and climate change as one conversation \u2014 alongside AI disinformation and child safety \u2014 previews where governance agendas everywhere are heading.<\/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-2024-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \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 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:\/\/nic.cl\/anuncios\/20241105-gobernanza-lac.html\">Santiago recibe los eventos regionales de la Gobernanza de Internet Youth LACIGF 2024 y LACIGF 17\uff0811\u67084\u301c6\u65e5\u30c1\u30ea\u5927\u5b66\u672c\u90e8\u68df\uff0f11\u67087\u301c8\u65e5\u30c6\u30ec\u30d5\u30a9\u30cb\u30ab\u30d3\u30eb\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NIC Chile (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iei.uchile.cl\/noticias\/222580\/iei-fue-anfitrion-y-coorganizador-de-youth-lacigf-2024-\">IEI fue anfitri\u00f3n y coorganizador de Youth LACIGF 2024\uff08\u30c1\u30ea\u5927\u5b66\u56fd\u969b\u554f\u984c\u7814\u7a76\u6240\u306e\u958b\u50ac\u5831\u544a\uff1a\u7b2c9\u56de\u30fb\u30c1\u30ea\u521d\u30fb4\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u9818\u57df\u30fb\u53c2\u52a0\u56fd\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u30c1\u30ea\u5927\u5b66\u56fd\u969b\u554f\u984c\u7814\u7a76\u6240\uff08IEI\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hiperderecho.org\/2024\/11\/ser-voz-lgtbiq-resiliente-sur-global-youthlacigf2024\/\">Una voz LGBTIQ+ resiliente del Sur Global en el Foro de Gobernanza Digital #YouthLACIGF2024\uff08\u53c2\u52a0\u8a18\uff1a\u30a2\u30ea\u30c8\u30a5\u30fb\u30d0\u30b5\u30f3\u30fb\u30bf\u30e9\u30d9\u30e9\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Hiperderecho\uff08\u30da\u30eb\u30fc\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youthlacigf.lat\/ediciones-anteriores\/\">Ediciones anteriores\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\uff1a2024\u5e74\u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4\u30fb\u5bfe\u9762117\u4eba\uff0f\u7dcf\u52e2243\u4eba\u30fb43\u30ab\u56fd\u30fb16\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth LACIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/isoc.live\/18535\/\">WEBCAST 4 &#8211; 6 NOV &#8211; Youth LACIGF Edici\u00f3n 2024\uff08\u30a6\u30a7\u30d6\u30ad\u30e3\u30b9\u30c8\u544a\u77e5\u30fb\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 ISOC Live (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\u67089\u65e5 9\u664201\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 4\u20136 November 2024 the ninth Youth LACIGF met at the Universidad de Chile&#8217;s Casa Central in Santiago \u2014 the forum&#8217;s first time in Chile, wi<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2636],"class_list":["post-14851","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-youthlacigf2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851","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=14851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}