{"id":14877,"date":"2025-08-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/08\/05\/en-colombia-igf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:00:00","slug":"en-colombia-igf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/08\/05\/en-colombia-igf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"12\u00ba Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (12th 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-2025-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2025 \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-2025-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2025 \u30dc\u30b4\u30bf \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 15-16 September 2025 the 12th Colombian IGF met in hybrid form at Universidad EAN in Bogot\u00e1 \u2014 the 4th Youth Summit and five workshops on day one, five panels on day two.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The agenda ranged from AI governance under national policy CONPES 4144 and community connectivity with spectrum-as-commons arguments, to financial accessibility for blind users, the new child online-safety Law 2489 of 2025, and a stocktake of governance itself \u2014 conclusions published as the &#39;Mensajes&#39; outcome document.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The pivotal announcement: twelve years of dialogue would continue year-round through five thematic working groups, while workshops like online-fraud prevention for deaf users made inclusion ever more concrete.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>12\u00ba Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (12th 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-2025-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2025 \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>12\u00ba Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (12th Colombian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>15-16 September 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Auditorio Fundadores, Edificio Fundadores, Universidad EAN, Carrera 11 # 78-47, Bogot\u00e1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid (on site plus Zoom and YouTube)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet (forum coordinator: Juli\u00e1n Casasbuenas G., director of Colnodo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Outcome document &#39;Mensajes centrales y conclusiones&#39; of the 12th forum, published as a PDF on the official site<\/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-2025-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2025 \u30dc\u30b4\u30bf \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. AI Governance \u2014 Can CONPES 4144 Be Implemented Participatively?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 4 &#39;What AI do we want for Colombia?&#39; (16 Sept, moderator: Umut P\u00e1jaro Vel\u00e1squez, president of ISOC Colombia)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taking national AI policy CONPES 4144 as the starting point, the outcome document sets the task of building a participatory governance mechanism involving state, business, academia and civil society that learns from international good practice without copying it blindly [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Its conclusions: map and capacitate distinct populations first so debate is not left to experts, because public policy without participatory governance loses efficacy and errs [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>With ALAI&#39;s Pablo Nieto and Fundaci\u00f3n Corona&#39;s Diana Dajer on stage, AI&#39;s impact zones were named: democracy (disinformation, funding fraud), health, data protection and copyright [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Community Connectivity \u2014 Redefining Spectrum as a Commons<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 2 &#39;Community connectivity in Colombia&#39; (16 Sept, moderator: Olga Paz, Colnodo)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The outcome document states that spectrum should be understood not just as an economic resource but as a common good generating inclusion and social welfare, with allocation models beyond auctions to be examined [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory advances were confirmed: MinTIC Decree 1079 of 2023 institutionalising fixed community internet (ICF) and CRC Resolution 7712 of 2025 setting differentiated conditions [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>With a builder of the Indigenous community network Jxa&#39;h Wejxa (&#39;Network of the Wind&#39;, Cauca), MinTIC, spectrum agency ANE, Universidad ICESI and Nokia at one table, debate spanned the 900 MHz band, access to the FUTIC fund and energy-inclusive sustainability [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Children&#39;s Digital Safety \u2014 Implementing Law 2489 of 2025 through Co-Responsibility<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 5 &#39;Safe digital environments&#39; (16 Sept)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Implementation of Law 2489 of 2025 on children&#39;s digital safety led the session, concluding that it must proceed through co-responsibility among state, private sector, civil society and families, balancing innovation with rights protection [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Requisites for genuinely safe digital environments were listed: digital literacy as a cross-cutting axis, early-warning systems, recognition of territorial inequalities, and differentiated approaches for disability and diverse cultural contexts [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>A day-one workshop on online fraud against deaf people grounded the safety agenda in a concrete community [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Financial Accessibility for Blind Users \u2014 from Braille ATMs to CAPTCHAs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 3 &#39;Accessibility for the financial consumer with visual disability&#39; (16 Sept, Digital Wellbeing group)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barriers in digital finance were itemised first-hand: inaccessible wallet apps and credit cards, visual-only ATMs, and unempathetic customer service [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Recorded recommendations: WCAG 2.1 compliance, labelled buttons, removal of security barriers like CAPTCHAs, tactile card markers, ATMs with braille keypads and flexible timing, and staff training [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>With speakers including the co-founder of accessible-tech firm CODAC, the session concluded that despite normative advances, universal accessibility remains distant [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Taking Stock at Twelve \u2014 Making Dialogue Year-Round through Working Groups<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1 &#39;Visions and reflections on internet governance in Colombia&#39; (16 Sept, moderator: Adriana Castro, Universidad Externado) and the closing synthesis<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening remarks converged on governance existing only as the sum of all stakeholders&#39; wills, with tasks named in the outcome document: wider territorial participation, youth and gender perspectives, and recognition of organised communities [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>Five year-round working groups were announced \u2014 meaningful access, safe digital environments, embedding governance, AI, disinformation \u2014 moving dialogue beyond one-off events [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>With founding-era figures such as .CO&#39;s Eduardo Santoyo and Karisma&#39;s Pilar S\u00e1enz on stage, the recorded conclusions demanded broad participatory debate before internet legislation and transparency from every participating actor about its motivations [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did it decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 but conclusions were published as the &#39;Mensajes&#39; outcome document, and five standing working groups (AI, disinformation, meaningful access, safe digital environments, embedding governance) turned an annual event into year-round dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most striking debate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Spectrum as a commons: a builder of the Indigenous-run &#39;Network of the Wind&#39; sat with the regulator and Nokia to discuss non-auction spectrum allocation and the 900 MHz band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Child online-safety law and accessible digital finance are on legislative agendas worldwide; the practice of putting affected communities on stage and recording conclusions in an outcome document travels well.<\/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-2025-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Colombia IGF 2025 \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 2025 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:\/\/gobernanzadeinternet.co\/apc-aa-files\/bb9cdd26e110b7763a22e4becac32240\/mensajes-centrales-y-conclusiones-del-12-foro-colombiano-de-gobernanza-de-internet.pdf\">Mensajes centrales y conclusiones del 12 Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08\u6210\u679c\u6587\u66f8PDF: \u51685\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u306e\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u30fb\u7d50\u8ad6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 gobernanzadeinternet.co (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gobernanzadeinternet.co\/es\/recursos\/mensajes-del-foro-colombiano-de-gobernanza-de-internet-2025\">Mensajes del Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet 2025\uff08\u6210\u679c\u6587\u66f8\u306e\u516c\u5f0f\u63b2\u8f09\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 gobernanzadeinternet.co (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250904223458\/https:\/\/www.gobernanzadeinternet.co\/es\/foro-de-gobernanza\">Foro de Gobernanza 2025 \u2014 Acerca del 12\u00ba Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08\u4f1a\u671f\u524d\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8: \u4f1a\u5834\u30fb\u65e5\u7a0b\u30fb\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u30fbYouth\u30b5\u30df\u30c3\u30c8\u30fb\u30bf\u30e9\u30fc\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08Wayback Machine 2025\u5e749\u67084\u65e5\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gobernanzadeinternet.co\/es\/foros-anteriores\">Foros anteriores\uff08\u7b2cXII\u56de=2025\u5e749\u670815-16\u65e5\u30fbUniversidad EAN\u306e\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 gobernanzadeinternet.co (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\uff082025\u5e74\u7b2c12\u56de\u306eEAN\u5927\u5b66\u958b\u50ac\u30fb\u30b3\u30fc\u30c7\u30a3\u30cd\u30fc\u30bf\u30fcJuli\u00e1n Casasbuenas\u30fbNRI\u516c\u8a8d\u306e\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\u670810\u65e5 10\u664241\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 15-16 September 2025 the 12th Colombian IGF met in hybrid form at Universidad EAN in Bogot\u00e1 \u2014 the 4th Youth Summit and five workshops on <\/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":[163,2646,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-14877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colombia-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-colombiaigf2025","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877","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=14877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}