{"id":14904,"date":"2014-06-24T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/06\/24\/en-spain-igf-2014-overview\/"},"modified":"2014-06-24T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T13:00:00","slug":"en-spain-igf-2014-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/06\/24\/en-spain-igf-2014-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2014) \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-spain-igf-2014-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2014 \u30b5\u30e9\u30b4\u30b5 \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-spain-igf-2014-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2014 \u30b5\u30e9\u30b4\u30b5 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 29-30 May 2014, IGF Spain&#39;s 4th annual meeting left Madrid for the first time, gathering over 150 participants in Zaragoza with a Latin American focus.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Assessing the NETmundial conference held in Brazil a month earlier topped the agenda, alongside surveillance and privacy, cybersecurity and child protection.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Argentina&#39;s Olga Cavalli delivered the keynote, reading post-Snowden governance reform through the lens of Spanish-speaking solidarity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>4th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2014)<\/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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; The only edition held outside Madrid. The catalogue&#39;s &#39;Madrid&#39; is incorrect: official records place the meeting in Zaragoza, with the city&#39;s deputy mayor, the Aragon government and the University of Zaragoza rector at the opening. Catalogue needs correction<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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-spain-igf-2014-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2014 \u30b5\u30e9\u30b4\u30b5 \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>4th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2014)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>4th Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>29\u201330 May 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain<\/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 150 participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>8 (Eight roundtables and expert presentations over two days)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Coordinated by Jorge P\u00e9rez (ETSIT-UPM); organising committee chaired by Pedro J. Canut Zazurca; supported by Fundaci\u00f3n Telef\u00f3nica, Google, Orange and Vodafone<\/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-spain-igf-2014-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2014 \u30b5\u30e9\u30b4\u30b5 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Governance After NETmundial \u2014 Reading the S\u00e3o Paulo Declaration<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Internet governance after NETmundial (Brazil)&#39; (29 May, 12:00-13:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Panellists weighed the significance and limits of the non-binding Multistakeholder Statement adopted in S\u00e3o Paulo in April 2014 \u2014 ten Internet principles plus an ecosystem roadmap [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Brazil&#39;s Marco Civil Internet-rights law, passed just before the conference and not fully aligned with NETmundial&#39;s outcome, also came under scrutiny [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Speakers included Christoph Steck (Telef\u00f3nica), Gema Campillos (SETSI), Francisco Ruiz (Google), IGF MAG member Olga Cavalli and Panamanian civil-society delegate L\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Latin American Perspective \u2014 Internet Governance in the Spanish-Speaking World<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Keynote &#39;Internet governance: a view from Latin America&#39; by Olga Cavalli (29 May)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Olga Cavalli, Argentina&#39;s representative on ICANN&#39;s GAC, keynoted on governance challenges as seen from Latin America [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The meeting explicitly foregrounded Latin American realities, debating how Spanish-speaking countries could amplify their voice in global rule-making [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Surveillance and Privacy in the Post-Snowden Era<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables on privacy and surveillance in the digital era, and cybersecurity<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A year after the Snowden revelations, the tension between privacy and surveillance was a headline theme [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity, the digital economy and tech entrepreneurship ran in parallel, with participants endorsing inclusive, multilateral and transparent governance [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Children and the Internet \u2014 The Protection-versus-Access Dilemma<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Children and the Internet&#39; (led by Miguel P\u00e9rez Sub\u00edas and Ana Moreno)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel confronted the tension between children&#39;s freedom of expression and information under Article 13 of the UN CRC and protection through content blocking [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>With children then already spending over six hours a day with screens, speakers questioned protective rules that are unenforceable online in practice [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 but held right after NETmundial, where the world debated rebuilding Internet governance post-Snowden, it distilled Spain&#39;s reading of that moment into published messages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why Zaragoza?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is the series&#39; only meeting outside Madrid, opened jointly by the city, the Aragon government and the University of Zaragoza \u2014 a deliberate regional outreach paired with the Latin American focus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The S\u00e3o Paulo Multistakeholder Statement assessed here became a cornerstone of the governance model most democracies, including Japan, still champion.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Spain IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-spain-igf-2014-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2014 \u30b5\u30e9\u30b4\u30b5 \u2014 About Spain IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Spain 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 2014 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:\/\/igfspain.org\/igf-spain-2014\/\">IGF Spain 2014 \u2013 IV Jornada anual<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/iv-jornadas-anuales-igf-spain-2014\/\">IV Jornadas Anuales IGF Spain 2014\uff08\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u8a73\u7d30\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jornadasigfspain.es\/2018\/10\/25\/historia-de-los-10-anos-del-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet-spain\/\">Historia de los 10 a\u00f1os del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Spain<\/a> \u2014 IGF Spain\uff0810\u5468\u5e74\u53f2, jornadasigfspain.es\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/acerca-de\/\">Acerca de IGF Spain\uff08\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u6982\u8981\u30fb\u30b3\u30fc\u30c7\u30a3\u30cd\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.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\u670815\u65e5 13\u664228\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 29-30 May 2014, IGF Spain&#8217;s 4th annual meeting left Madrid for the first time, gathering over 150 participants in Zaragoza with a Latin A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11,85],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2658],"class_list":["post-14904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-spain-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-spainigf2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14904","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=14904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}