{"id":14863,"date":"2018-08-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/17\/en-colombia-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-08-17T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T20:00:00","slug":"en-colombia-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/17\/en-colombia-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"5to. Foro colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (5th Colombian Internet Governance Forum) \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-colombia-igf-2018-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2018 \u30dc\u30b4\u30bf \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-colombia-igf-2018-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2018 \u30dc\u30b4\u30bf \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 27-28 September 2018 the 5th Colombian IGF met at Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, in the now-standard course-plus-forum format.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>MAG chair Lynn St. Amour sent greetings; the regulator CRC unveiled Colombia&#39;s first digital-economy measurement; panels covered rural access, the multistakeholder model&#39;s real-world traction, and human rights online.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With GDPR and the EU copyright directive rippling into Latin America, the human-rights panel tackled the import of European norms head-on \u2014 and an OECD analyst on stage suited a country then negotiating accession.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>5to. Foro colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (5th Colombian Internet Governance Forum)<\/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-colombia-igf-2018-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2018 \u30dc\u30b4\u30bf \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>5to. Foro colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (5th Colombian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>27-28 September 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Universidad Externado de Colombia, Calle 12 No. 01-17 Este, Bogot\u00e1 \u2014 course in room H-401, forum in auditorium AH-202 (Block H)<\/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>Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>An official rapporteur&#39;s report was published; the CRC launched Colombia&#39;s first digital-economy measurement at the forum<\/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-colombia-igf-2018-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2018 \u30dc\u30b4\u30bf \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Measuring the Digital Economy for the First Time \u2014 the CRC Brings Numbers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel &#39;Digital Economy&#39; (28 Sept, 9:30-11:00, moderator: CRC Commissioner Germ\u00e1n Dar\u00edo Arias)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CRC unveiled Colombia&#39;s first digital-economy measurement at this panel, with economist Javier Lesmes explaining the methodology \u2014 building an empirical base for policy debates including net neutrality [1]<\/li>\n<li>The line-up completed the multistakeholder circle: statistics office DANE, Universidad Externado, Colnodo, OECD analyst Verena Weber, software federation FEDESOFT and the systems-engineers association ACIS [1]<\/li>\n<li>Its premise \u2014 you cannot make policy about what you cannot measure \u2014 made this a distinctive bridge between economic statistics and governance debate [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Rural Access and the Digital Divide \u2014 a Campesino Association on Stage<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel &#39;Digital Divide \/ Rural Access&#39; (28 Sept, 11:30-1:00, moderator: Martha Liliana Su\u00e1rez, director of spectrum agency ANE)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chaired by the head of spectrum agency ANE, the panel compared rural-access models: Telef\u00f3nica&#39;s wholesale arm, Nathaly Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez of the campesino association of La Esperanza (Cauca), Universidad de Cundinamarca and development NGO Makaia [1]<\/li>\n<li>It weighed commercial, community-led, university and NGO approaches to connecting rural and conflict-affected areas [1]<\/li>\n<li>A spectrum regulator moderating this debate foreshadowed the series&#39; 2025 argument that spectrum should be treated as a commons [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Does the Multistakeholder Model Deliver? \u2014 &#39;Can the IGF Move Policy?&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Dialogue &#39;Challenges of the Multistakeholder Model&#39; (28 Sept, 2:30-4:00 pm)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The session&#39;s self-critical framing asked outright whether the IGF process actually influences policy [1]<\/li>\n<li>It gathered the series&#39; core: CRC commissioner Juan Manuel Wilches, .CO&#39;s Eduardo Santoyo, Externado&#39;s Adriana Castro, Karisma&#39;s Pilar S\u00e1enz and Youth Observatory auditor Jhon Caballero [1]<\/li>\n<li>A youth representative as a fixture on this panel prefigured the standing Youth IGF Colombia summits that began in 2022 [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Human Rights and the Internet \u2014 GDPR, the EU Copyright Directive and Ley Lleras in One Sweep<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel &#39;Human Rights and the Internet&#39; (28 Sept, 4:30-6:00 pm, moderator: Luisa Fernanda Isaza, FLIP)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel systematically worked through the era&#39;s global flashpoints: censorship, fake news, the right to be forgotten, election interference and anonymity (expression); GDPR (data protection); articles 11 and 13 of the EU copyright directive and Ley Lleras (copyright); intermediary liability and takedowns (due process) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Moderated by press-freedom foundation FLIP, it featured lawyer Lorenzo Villegas, researcher Carlos Cort\u00e9s and Berkman-affiliated Andr\u00e9s Lombana of ISUR [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>MAG chair Lynn St. Amour opened the forum and MinTIC&#39;s Iv\u00e1n Casta\u00f1o closed it; in the previous day&#39;s course Karisma&#39;s Luc\u00eda Camacho taught human rights in digital environments [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was new?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The regulator CRC chose this forum to launch Colombia&#39;s first digital-economy measurement \u2014 the multistakeholder venue doubling as the stage for official statistics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was most contested?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. How to receive European rules: the human-rights panel audited how GDPR and the EU copyright directive&#39;s filtering model would affect free expression and due process in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. GDPR compliance and upload-filter debates reached practically every jurisdiction; and seating a campesino association beside telecom operators is a transferable lesson for any country with a rural divide.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Colombia IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-colombia-igf-2018-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2018 \u30dc\u30b4\u30bf \u2014 About Colombia IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Colombia 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 2018 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\/20210505132803\/https:\/\/www.gobernanzadeinternet.co\/evento2018\/\">5to. Foro colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8: \u6982\u8981\u30fb\u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c0\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u30fb\u52d5\u753b\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08Wayback Machine\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gobernanzadeinternet.co\/es\/foros-anteriores\">Foros anteriores\uff08\u7b2cV\u56de=2018\u5e749\u670827-28\u65e5\u30fbUniversidad Externado\u306e\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 gobernanzadeinternet.co (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191017170437\/https:\/\/gobernanzadeinternet.co\/es\/foros\">Foros Nacionales de Gobernanza\uff08\u65e7\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u4e00\u89a7\u30fb5o Foro\u306e\u958b\u50ac\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08Wayback Machine 2019\u5e74\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20251101115302\/https:\/\/colnodo.apc.org\/es\/alianzas-membresias\/mesa-colombiana-de-gobernanza-de-internet2-2\">Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08\u7cfb\u5217\u306e\u5e74\u6b21\u958b\u50ac\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Colnodo\uff08Wayback Machine\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\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 10\u664258\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 27-28 September 2018 the 5th Colombian IGF met at Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, in the now-standard course-plus-forum format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,3,19,11],"tags":[163,2641,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-14863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colombia-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-colombiaigf2018","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863","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=14863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}