{"id":15016,"date":"2024-08-09T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/08\/09\/en-costarica-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:00:00","slug":"en-costarica-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/08\/09\/en-costarica-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica 2024 (Di\u00e1logo de Gobernanza de Internet, DGI CR) \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-costarica-igf-2024-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Costa Rica IGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30db\u30bb \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-costarica-igf-2024-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Costa Rica IGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30db\u30bb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 2024 Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica (DGI CR) met on 26 September at the Universidad Fid\u00e9litas auditorium in Montes de Oca, greater San Jos\u00e9.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three panels covered responsible AI \u2014 ethics, governance and AI&#39;s future; the metaverse and emerging technologies; and Internet fragmentation \u2014 barriers and horizons for global connectivity \u2014 with speakers including Meta and a Central American ccTLD leader.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It brought the year&#39;s global themes \u2014 generative AI and fragmentation \u2014 to a free campus event, closing with a broadcast of the Internet Society&#39;s Community Day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica 2024 (Di\u00e1logo de Gobernanza de Internet, DGI CR)<\/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-costarica-igf-2024-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Costa Rica IGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30db\u30bb \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>Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica 2024 (Di\u00e1logo de Gobernanza de Internet, DGI CR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>26 September 2024, 9:00\u201312:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Auditorium of Universidad Fid\u00e9litas, Montes de Oca, greater San Jos\u00e9<\/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>Organised by NIC Costa Rica with LACNIC and the ISOC Foundation; a UN IGF-recognised national initiative<\/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-costarica-igf-2024-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Costa Rica IGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30db\u30bb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Responsible AI \u2014 A National Dialogue on Ethics and Governance<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 1: &#39;Responsible AI: ethics, governance and the future of artificial intelligence&#39;, moderated by Marlon \u00c1valos (MICITT)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by MICITT&#39;s Marlon \u00c1valos, panellists Susana Soto (ISOC Costa Rica chapter), Daniel Rodr\u00edguez (ICT chamber CAMTIC) and Daniela Segura (Universidad Fid\u00e9litas) debated ethical, responsible AI use [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Civil society, industry and academia held the seats while the government \u2014 driving the national AI strategy \u2014 took the moderator&#39;s chair [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Metaverse and Emerging Technologies \u2014 Talking with the Platform<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 2: &#39;Building a digital environment: the role of the metaverse and new technologies&#39;, moderated by Christian Hidalgo (ISOC)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meta&#39;s Diego R. Canabarro and independent researcher Sigrid Segura discussed the promise and problems of immersive technologies in building digital environments [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>A major platform company taking a seat at a small national IGF gave concrete form to the private-sector leg of the multistakeholder table [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The Fragmenting Internet \u2014 Connectivity Barriers Seen from Central America<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 3: &#39;Fragmented Internet: barriers, challenges and horizons for global connectivity&#39;, moderated by Rosal\u00eda Morales (NIC Costa Rica)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by NIC Costa Rica&#39;s Rosal\u00eda Morales, panellists Lito Ibarra (El Salvador&#39;s ccTLD SV.NET), Paula Brenes (Fundaci\u00f3n YOD) and Jorge Mora (DeepSeas) weighed fragmentation risks and connectivity challenges [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The global IGF&#39;s headline theme of Internet fragmentation was digested from a Central American technical-community standpoint [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The day closed with a broadcast of the Internet Society&#39;s Community Day \u2014 free, public and on campus [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was discussed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Three things: responsible, ethical AI; the digital environments built by the metaverse and emerging tech; and the risk of the Internet fragmenting under regulation and geopolitics \u2014 the global IGF agenda, localised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Who took part?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Government (MICITT), ISOC, the ICT chamber CAMTIC and universities, plus Meta and El Salvador&#39;s ccTLD operator \u2014 with an information fair at Universidad Fid\u00e9litas alongside the panels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Generative AI and fragmentation dominate digital policy everywhere. A country of five million running the same debate as a free half-day campus event shows how low the barrier to national dialogue can be.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Costa Rica IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-costarica-igf-2024-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Costa Rica IGF 2024 \u30b5\u30f3\u30db\u30bb \u2014 About Costa Rica IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Costa Rica 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 2024 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:\/\/igf.cr\/edicion-2024\/\">Edici\u00f3n 2024\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30fb\u958b\u50ac\u30da\u30fc\u30b8: 2024-09-26 Universidad Fid\u00e9litas\u8b1b\u5802\u30fb3\u30d1\u30cd\u30eb\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Costa Rica\uff08igf.cr\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nic.cr\/2024\/09\/13\/sea-parte-del-viii-dialogo-de-gobernanza-de-internet-y-ayude-a-moldear-el-futuro-de-la-red-de-redes\/\">\u00a1Sea parte del VIII Di\u00e1logo de Gobernanza de Internet\u2026!\uff08\u544a\u77e5\u8a18\u4e8b: 3\u30d1\u30cd\u30eb\u306e\u30e2\u30c7\u30ec\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u540d\u30fb\u5165\u5834\u7121\u6599\u30fbISOC\u30b3\u30df\u30e5\u30cb\u30c6\u30a3\u30c7\u30fc\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NIC Costa Rica\uff08nic.cr\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igf.cr\/\">IGF &#8211; Di\u00e1logo de Gobernanza de Internet de Costa Rica\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u30fb\u904e\u53bb\u5927\u4f1a\u4e00\u89a7\u306b2024\u53ce\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NIC Costa Rica \/ IGF Costa Rica (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\u670811\u65e5 13\u664221\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>The 2024 Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica (DGI CR) met on 26 September at the Universidad Fid\u00e9litas auditorium in Montes de Oca, g<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,3,19,11],"tags":[163,2705,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-15016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-costarica-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-costaricaigf2024","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15016","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=15016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}