{"id":14918,"date":"2021-06-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/06\/06\/en-spain-igf-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-06-06T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T07:00:00","slug":"en-spain-igf-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/06\/06\/en-spain-igf-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"11th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 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-spain-igf-2021-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2021 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \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-2021-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2021 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 16-17 November 2021, the 11th IGF Spain annual meeting ran as a hybrid at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid and online, with over 50 speakers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It debated the EU&#39;s DSA and DMA then under negotiation, Spain&#39;s Charter of Digital Rights, the digital divide, environmental sustainability, and teleworking with the right to disconnect.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A people-centred digital transformation was the through-line, and the meeting&#39;s findings were carried to the UN IGF in Katowice.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>11th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; Resolves the catalogue&#39;s TBD: hybrid format at ETSIT-UPM, Madrid, 16-17 November 2021<\/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-2021-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2021 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \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>11th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2021)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>11th Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>16\u201317 November 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid: ETSIT-UPM (Madrid) and online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;The Internet that unites us: the network as an engine of transformation, recovery and sustainability&#39;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>8 (Eight roundtables over two days in hybrid format)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Speakers<\/td>\n<td>Over 50 speakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Coordinated by Jorge P\u00e9rez; opened by State Secretary Carme Artigas and closed by State Secretary Roberto S\u00e1nchez<\/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-2021-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2021 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. EU Platform Regulation \u2014 Inside the DSA and DMA Negotiations<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables on European platform regulation, the Digital Markets Act and free expression under the Digital Services Act<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three roundtables dissected the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act then in negotiation, focusing on how to regulate gatekeepers of Internet access [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>How the DSA would reshape the rules for expression and information on social networks was weighed against both removal duties and over-removal risks [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Charter of Digital Rights \u2014 A People-Centred Transformation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session (16 November, State Secretary Carme Artigas)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State Secretary Artigas presented the Charter of Digital Rights adopted by the government in July 2021 as the reference framework for an inclusive, safe digital environment, stressing a people-centred transformation [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Coordinator Jorge P\u00e9rez said the meeting would identify Spain-specific issues to share at the UN IGF in Katowice that December [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The Digital Divide and the Right to Disconnect \u2014 The Flip Side of Recovery<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables &#39;Eliminating the digital divide&#39; and &#39;Digitalisation, employment and digital disconnection&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Closing the meeting, State Secretary Roberto S\u00e1nchez urged urgent action on digital divides and a stronger European digital environment for an equitable, sustainable transformation [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>A dedicated roundtable treated the right to digital disconnection as a worker&#39;s right born of mass teleworking [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Google, Vodafone, Fundaci\u00f3n Telef\u00f3nica and Orange presented programmes on skills, innovation and divide reduction, with 5G roll-out and digital talent framed as recovery keys [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Environmental Sustainability and Data Strategy \u2014 The Twin Green-Digital Transition<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables on environmental sustainability and climate change, the European data strategy, and trust in the digital ecosystem<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In line with the EU&#39;s twin transition, panellists weighed the environmental footprint of networks and data centres against technology&#39;s emission-cutting potential [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Personal data under the European data strategy and building trust in the digital ecosystem \u2014 with AI and digital identity as the next frontiers \u2014 completed the agenda [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 while the EU&#39;s DSA and DMA were being negotiated, it distilled Spain&#39;s positions and carried them to the UN IGF in Katowice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What is the Charter of Digital Rights?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A non-binding framework adopted by Spain&#39;s government in July 2021 to guarantee rights in the digital sphere \u2014 a forerunner of the EU&#39;s 2022 Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The DSA and DMA debated here became the global template for platform regulation, referenced from Brussels to Tokyo, and the right to disconnect is now a worldwide labour issue.<\/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-2021-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2021 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \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 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=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/igf-spain-2021\/\">IGF Spain 2021 \u2013 Internet que nos une<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/conclusiones-igf-spain-2021\/\">Conclusiones del 11\u00ba Foro de la Gobernanza de Internet en Espa\u00f1a\uff08\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u5225\u7d50\u8ad6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Programa-Jornadas-IGF-Spain-16-17-de-noviembre.pdf\">Programa Jornadas IGF Spain 16-17 de noviembre\uff08\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0PDF\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<\/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\u670819\u65e5 16\u664253\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 16-17 November 2021, the 11th IGF Spain annual meeting ran as a hybrid at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid and online, with over 50 speakers.<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2664],"class_list":["post-14918","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-spainigf2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14918","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=14918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}