{"id":14961,"date":"2016-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/10\/13\/en-belarus-igf-2016-overview\/"},"modified":"2016-10-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:00:00","slug":"en-belarus-igf-2016-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2016\/10\/13\/en-belarus-igf-2016-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus IGF 2016 \u2014 the 1st Belarus Internet Governance Forum \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. Belarus's first national IGF met on 17 May 2016 at the Hotel Beijing in central Minsk, organised by hoster.by \u2014 technical operator of .by\/.\u0431\u0435\u043b \u2014 with support from ICANN and RIPE NCC.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The agenda spanned the legal side of doing business online, cybersecurity and internet success stories, with foreign guests including ICANN VP Mikhail Yakushev, Russia's internet ombudsman and an Estonian e-governance expert \u2014 plus student debates.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. It delivered on the organiser's promise of a first venue where state, business and society could discuss Bynet's future as equals, seeding annual editions through 2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Belarus IGF 2016 \u2014 the 1st Belarus 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

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nBelarus IGF 2016 \u2014 the 1st Belarus Internet Governance Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nFirst edition \u2014 the true debut of the Belarus national IGF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n17 May 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nHotel Beijing (\u041f\u0435\u043a\u0438\u043d), 36 Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Minsk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nhoster.by (technical administrator and largest registrar of .by\/.\u0431\u0435\u043b), with support from ICANN and RIPE NCC; IGFSA among partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Why the Debut Mattered \u2014 Bynet's First Multistakeholder Dialogue<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Overall programme, 17 May 2016<\/p>\n

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    "The Internet Governance Forum in our country will become a unique discussion platform where representatives of the state, business and society can meet to discuss the development of the internet in Belarus (translated from Russian)"
    \n\u2014 Sergey Povalishev, director of hoster.by and forum organiser<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n