{"id":14942,"date":"2016-08-13T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/08\/13\/en-argentina-igf-2016-overview\/"},"modified":"2016-08-13T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T13:00:00","slug":"en-argentina-igf-2016-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/08\/13\/en-argentina-igf-2016-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Argentina 2016 \u2014 First Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Argentina \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-argentina-igf-2016-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Argentina IGF 2016 \u30d6\u30a8\u30ce\u30b9\u30a2\u30a4\u30ec\u30b9 \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-argentina-igf-2016-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Argentina IGF 2016 \u30d6\u30a8\u30ce\u30b9\u30a2\u30a4\u30ec\u30b9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 24\u201325 October 2016 the first forum branded IGF Argentina met at the Centro Cultural Borges in Buenos Aires \u2014 free, registration-based, and packing seven themes into two days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The seven pillars: human rights, local regulation, cybersecurity and surveillance, infrastructure, inclusion and access, governance and participation, and the internet economy. Six ministries and agencies of the Macri government shared the public-policy panel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The event was explicitly framed as national preparation for the global IGF in Guadalajara that December \u2014 institutionalising the link between a national IGF and the global one.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF Argentina 2016 \u2014 First Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Argentina<\/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\/08\/en-argentina-igf-2016-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Argentina IGF 2016 \u30d6\u30a8\u30ce\u30b9\u30a2\u30a4\u30ec\u30b9 \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>IGF Argentina 2016 \u2014 First Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>24\u201325 October 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Centro Cultural Borges, Viamonte 525, Buenos Aires<\/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>A Comit\u00e9 Multisectorial with representatives of government, the private sector, civil society, the technical community and academia, chosen by consensus within each sector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Framed as the national preparatory process for the global IGF in Guadalajara that December; seven discussion themes were set through open consultation<\/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\/08\/en-argentina-igf-2016-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Argentina IGF 2016 \u30d6\u30a8\u30ce\u30b9\u30a2\u30a4\u30ec\u30b9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Seven Community-Set Themes \u2014 a Nationally Consulted Agenda<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall programme (24\u201325 October, Auditorio Williams)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seven themes were set collaboratively: human rights online, local regulatory challenges, cybersecurity\/surveillance\/cybercrime, infrastructure, inclusion and access, governance and participation, and the internet economy [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The multisector committee chose its members by consensus within each sector, an explicit design against capture by any one interest [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Building on the 2015 Di\u00e1logo, the edition aimed to institutionalise the national ecosystem [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Six Government Bodies in a Row \u2014 the Macri Administration&#39;s Digital Agenda on Stage<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;Public-sector initiatives on internet development and regulation&#39; (24 October, from 2 pm)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Communications Ministry, regulator ENACOM, and the Modernisation, Production, Science and Foreign ministries presented the administration&#39;s digital policies side by side [3]<\/li>\n<li>The evening opening panel paired Communications undersecretary H\u00e9ctor Huici with CABASE president Ariel Graizer and others across sectors [3]<\/li>\n<li>Less than a year after the change of government, the forum gave civil society and the technical community direct access to question the new administration&#39;s internet policy [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Human Rights, Data Protection and Content Removal<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;Human rights online: free expression and privacy&#39; (25 Oct, 11:15) and &#39;Data protection and content removal&#39; (2 pm)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google&#39;s Eleonora Rabinovich, UBA&#39;s Molina Quiroga and Vladimir Chorny of Mexico&#39;s R3D debated free expression, big data and privacy, and the regulatory battles around them [3]<\/li>\n<li>Content and search-result removal \u2014 a live issue in Argentine case law \u2014 was moderated by civil-society groups ADC and CELE [3]<\/li>\n<li>The cybersecurity session brought in Horacio Azzolin of federal cybercrime unit UFECI on surveillance, vulnerabilities and regulation [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Inclusion and Access \u2014 Community Networks and IXPs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;Inclusion and internet access&#39; (25 October, 4:30 pm)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AlterMundi&#39;s Nicol\u00e1s Echaniz (community networks), CABASE&#39;s Graizer and ASIET&#39;s Andr\u00e9s Sastre discussed IXPs, self-provisioned connectivity and competition [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>&#39;Connecting the unconnected&#39; carried over from the 2015 Di\u00e1logo, examined through both regulatory models and community self-provision [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>The closing session, with CETyS&#39;s Carolina Aguerre and Access Now&#39;s Javier Pallero among others, took stock of the multistakeholder model&#39;s consolidation [3][1]<\/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 \u2014 by design. It was a dialogue across seven themes, explicitly framed as national preparation for the global IGF in Guadalajara that December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What stood out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Six ministries and agencies on one panel: a full sweep of the new administration&#39;s digital policy, open to questioning from every other sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The &#39;national IGF feeds the global IGF&#39; pattern and the open theme consultation are reusable designs for any country&#39;s internet governance community.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Argentina IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-argentina-igf-2016-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Argentina IGF 2016 \u30d6\u30a8\u30ce\u30b9\u30a2\u30a4\u30ec\u30b9 \u2014 About Argentina IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Argentina 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 2016 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.ar\/es\/enterate\/novedades\/primer-foro-de-gi\">Primer Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Argentina\uff08\u7b2c1\u56de\u5927\u4f1a\u516c\u5f0f\u544a\u77e5: \u65e5\u4ed8\u30fb\u4f1a\u5834\u30fb7\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u30fb\u591a\u90e8\u9580\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NIC Argentina (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.argentina.gob.ar\/noticias\/argentina-celebrara-su-primer-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet\">Argentina celebrar\u00e1 su primer Foro de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08\u30b0\u30a2\u30c0\u30e9\u30cf\u30e9IGF\u3078\u306e\u6e96\u5099\u4f1a\u5408\u3068\u306e\u4f4d\u7f6e\u3065\u3051\uff09<\/a> \u2014 argentina.gob.ar (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191206023638\/https:\/\/www.igfargentina.org\/?page_id=667\">IGF Argentina 2016\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8: 2\u65e5\u9593\u306e\u8a73\u7d30\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u3068\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u540d\u7c3f\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Argentina \u65e7\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08Wayback Machine\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lacigf.org\/iniciativas-nacionales\/\">Iniciativas de gobernanza \u2014 \u56fd\u5225\u30a4\u30cb\u30b7\u30a2\u30c1\u30d6\u4e00\u89a7\uff08\u30a2\u30eb\u30bc\u30f3\u30c1\u30f3\u306eFGI\u8a2d\u7acb\u5e74\u306e\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 lacigf.org (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/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\u5e748\u67088\u65e5 20\u664246\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 24\u201325 October 2016 the first forum branded IGF Argentina met at the Centro Cultural Borges in Buenos Aires \u2014 free, registration-based, an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,3,19,11],"tags":[163,2673,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-14942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argentina-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-argentinaigf2016","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14942","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=14942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}