{"id":15040,"date":"2018-08-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/06\/en-ecuador-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-08-06T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T18:00:00","slug":"en-ecuador-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/06\/en-ecuador-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Ecuador 2018 (Cuenca) \u2014 &#8216;Internet de Confianza&#8217; \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-ecuador-igf-2018-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Ecuador IGF 2018 \u30af\u30a8\u30f3\u30ab \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-ecuador-igf-2018-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Ecuador IGF 2018 \u30af\u30a8\u30f3\u30ab \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>IGF Ecuador 2018 convened on 10 November at the Universidad del Azuay in Cuenca \u2014 the rotation&#39;s third city after Manta and Loja \u2014 under the theme &#39;Internet de Confianza&#39;, a trusted internet.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>After education minister Fander Falcon\u00ed&#39;s opening keynote, four parallel mesas (academia; government and civil society; economy and development; cybersecurity) debated university curricula, the municipal telecom&#39;s privacy practices, e-commerce security and the absence of a national cybersecurity strategy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The day closed with the reading of a &#39;Pronunciamiento de Cuenca&#39; and remarks by the provincial prefect \u2014 a notably theme-focused model for a national IGF, built around cybersecurity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF Ecuador 2018 (Cuenca) \u2014 &#39;Internet de Confianza&#39;<\/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-ecuador-igf-2018-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Ecuador IGF 2018 \u30af\u30a8\u30f3\u30ab \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 Ecuador 2018 (Cuenca) \u2014 &#39;Internet de Confianza&#39;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>10 November 2018 (Saturday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Universidad del Azuay (UDA), Cuenca<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Internet de Confianza&#39; (A Trusted Internet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>A compact one-day format: opening plenary, four parallel mesas (academia; government and civil society; economy and development; cybersecurity \u2014 four speakers each), closing plenary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Coordinated by Carlos Vera Quintana (ISOC Ecuador \/ CORPECE); UDA rector Francisco Salgado formally inaugurated, education minister Fander Falcon\u00ed gave the opening keynote and Azuay prefect Pa\u00fal Carrasco closed the day. The site billed it as an official UN event, free to attend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>A &#39;Pronunciamiento de Cuenca&#39; was read at the closing plenary, alongside a video message from ISOC&#39;s Raquel Gatto<\/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-ecuador-igf-2018-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Ecuador IGF 2018 \u30af\u30a8\u30f3\u30ab \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. A Minister&#39;s Keynote and the &#39;Pronunciamiento de Cuenca&#39; \u2014 From Opening to Outcome in One Day<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening plenary (9:00\u20139:45) and closing plenary (13:40\u201314:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carlos Vera Quintana opened with a video from ISOC vice-president Ra\u00fal Echeberr\u00eda, education minister Fander Falcon\u00ed delivered the keynote, and rector Francisco Salgado formally inaugurated the forum [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>The closing plenary read out the &#39;Pronunciamiento de Cuenca&#39;, screened a video from ISOC&#39;s Raquel Gatto, and ended with Azuay prefect Pa\u00fal Carrasco \u2014 national government, university and province all on stage [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Academia Mesa \u2014 Cybersecurity as a Cross-Cutting Curriculum Thread<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: MESA ACADEMIA (10:20\u201311:50, rapporteur John Tucker Y\u00e9pez)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UDA&#39;s Pa\u00fal Crespo argued for cybersecurity as a transversal element of university curricula, and UIDE&#39;s Diego Beltr\u00e1n examined academia&#39;s role in national cybersecurity management [1]<\/li>\n<li>Universidad de Cuenca&#39;s Luis Espinoza shared his institution&#39;s trusted-internet practice and UNL&#39;s John Tucker drew lessons for training new professions \u2014 a mesa led by the host region&#39;s universities [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The Government and Civil Society Mesa \u2014 ETAPA&#39;s Privacy Duties and Protecting the Vulnerable<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: MESA GOBIERNO Y SOCIEDAD CIVIL (10:20\u201311:50, moderated by Humberto Arthos)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boris Piedra of ETAPA \u2014 Cuenca&#39;s municipal telecom and utilities firm \u2014 set out corporate policies for safeguarding customers&#39; security and privacy [1]<\/li>\n<li>Usuarios Digitales&#39; Daniel J\u00e1come addressed vulnerable groups online, and IXP Ecuador&#39;s Edwin Salazar proposed democratising secure access to the network [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. The Economy and Cybersecurity Mesas \u2014 Warning of a Missing National Strategy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: MESA ECONOM\u00cdA Y DESARROLLO and MESA CIBERSEGURIDAD (12:10\u201313:40)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The economy mesa \u2014 NIC.EC, hosting firm Ecuahosting, the cybersecurity association AECI.EC and CISMO \u2014 framed security as a competitiveness factor for the digital economy [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The cybersecurity mesa heard ISOC Ecuador&#39;s Arthos, Fundaci\u00f3n Huaira&#39;s Pedro Franco on the basics of a national strategy, CORPECE&#39;s Vera Quintana on the economic and geopolitical risks of lacking one, and CNT&#39;s Edith Mayorga on building a trusted ecosystem [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was this meeting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The 2018 edition of Ecuador&#39;s national IGF: one day at the Universidad del Azuay in Cuenca on 10 November, four parallel mesas under the single theme of a trusted internet, with the education minister giving the keynote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What did it decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding, but the day&#39;s conclusions were read out as the &#39;Pronunciamiento de Cuenca&#39;, and the repeated call for a national cybersecurity strategy was its substantive message.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A single-theme national IGF that mobilises the host city&#39;s university, municipality and public utility is a transferable design for regional internet-governance events.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Ecuador IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-ecuador-igf-2018-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Ecuador IGF 2018 \u30af\u30a8\u30f3\u30ab \u2014 About Ecuador IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Ecuador 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 2018 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:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181122141204\/https:\/\/igfecuador.ec\/\">IGF Ecuador \u2013 Foro de la Gobernanza de Internet\u300cINTERNET DE CONFIANZA\u300dCuenca 10 Noviembre 2018\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u6700\u7d42\u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c0\u3068\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u4e00\u89a7\u3001Wayback 2018\u5e7411\u670822\u65e5=\u4e8b\u5f8c\u53d6\u5f97\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Ecuador\uff08igfecuador.ec\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181022035408\/http:\/\/igfecuador.ec\/registro2018\">Registro \u2013 IGF Ecuador 2018\u300cFORO DE LA GOBERNANZA DE INTERNET \u2013 Cuenca, Noviembre 10\u300d\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u53c2\u52a0\u767b\u9332\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u30fb\u5968\u5b66\u91d1\u5fdc\u52df\u67a0\u3001Wayback 2018\u5e7410\u670822\u65e5\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Ecuador\uff08igfecuador.ec\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181101231138\/http:\/\/igfecuador.ec\/igf2017\/\">IGF Ecuador \u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c0\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff08\u958b\u4f1a\u30fb4\u30e1\u30b5\u30fb\u9589\u4f1a\u306e\u8a73\u7d30\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u3001Wayback 2018\u5e7411\u67081\u65e5\u3002\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u30b9\u30e9\u30c3\u30b0\u306f\u65e7\u5e74\u540d\u300cigf2017\u300d\u306e\u307e\u307e2018\u5e74\u7248\u306b\u66f4\u65b0\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u70b9\u306b\u6ce8\u610f\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Ecuador\uff08igfecuador.ec\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/latin-american-and-caribbean-regional-group-grulac\">Latin American and Caribbean Regional Group (GRULAC) \u2014 Ecuador IGF\uff08\u7cfb\u5217\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.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\u67082\u65e5 21\u664203\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>IGF Ecuador 2018 convened on 10 November at the Universidad del Azuay in Cuenca \u2014 the rotation&#8217;s third city after Manta and Loja \u2014 under the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,3,19,11],"tags":[163,161,643,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-15040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecuador-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-ecuadorigf2018","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15040","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=15040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}