{"id":15108,"date":"2025-09-05T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/09\/05\/en-morocco-igf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:00:00","slug":"en-morocco-igf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/09\/05\/en-morocco-igf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Forum Marocain de la Gouvernance de l&#8217;Internet (MIGF&#8217;25 \/ 1st Moroccan Internet Governance Forum) \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-morocco-igf-2025-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Morocco IGF 2025 \u30e9\u30d0\u30c8 \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-morocco-igf-2025-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Morocco IGF 2025 \u30e9\u30d0\u30c8 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>In February\u2013March 2025, Morocco&#39;s first national Internet Governance Forum, MIGF&#39;25, met at the INPT engineering school in Rabat \u2014 convened by the Internet Society&#39;s Moroccan chapter (MISOC) under the theme &#39;Internet governance in the age of AI and media.&#39;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital-transition minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni opened, the CNDP data-protection authority&#39;s president gave the keynote, and four sessions tackled AI and disinformation, data governance, and the future of AI and media in Morocco.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The first national School on Internet Governance (MSIG&#39;25) launched in the same period, marking Morocco&#39;s entry into the NRI family \u2014 though official notices (17 March) and press reports (a three-day forum opening 17 February) leave the exact dates unresolved.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Premier Forum Marocain de la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet (MIGF&#39;25 \/ 1st Moroccan 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<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-morocco-igf-2025-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Morocco IGF 2025 \u30e9\u30d0\u30c8 \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>Premier Forum Marocain de la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet (MIGF&#39;25 \/ 1st Moroccan Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>17 March 2025 (per MISOC&#39;s official announcement and programme)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Institut National des Postes et T\u00e9l\u00e9communications (INPT), Rabat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet \u00e0 l&#39;\u00e8re de l&#39;IA et des M\u00e9dias (Internet governance in the age of AI and media)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Side events<\/td>\n<td>The first national School on Internet Governance (MSIG&#39;25) ran in the same period<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>MISOC (Internet Society Morocco chapter)<\/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-morocco-igf-2025-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Morocco IGF 2025 \u30e9\u30d0\u30c8 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. AI and Disinformation \u2014 &#39;Equipping&#39; Media Professionals<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1, &#39;AI and the fight against disinformation: challenges for the media,&#39; and related sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MISOC president Abdelaziz Hilali argued that AI has become an essential part of daily life with direct impact on information, and that the forum&#39;s focus was equipping media professionals with methods to identify fake news and misleading information (translated summary of MAP-syndicated reports) [2][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>UM6P professor Lamiae Azizi and others analysed AI&#39;s impact on fake news and deep fakes, with a session on practical monitoring tools for journalists [2][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>Raising cybersecurity awareness and practical measures to protect the data of individuals and institutions were also stressed [2][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Data Governance and Privacy \u2014 the CNDP President&#39;s Keynote<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 2, &#39;Data governance and privacy protection in the AI era&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CNDP president Omar Seghrouchni called for reconciling AI development with respect for human rights under a global, inclusive vision (translated summary of MAP-syndicated reports) [4][3]<\/li>\n<li>He urged clarifying and unifying data-protection concepts and drawing up a roadmap to strengthen Morocco&#39;s international positioning in the field [4][3]<\/li>\n<li>Technical and commercial efficiency through AI, he argued, must not come at the expense of ethical principles \u2014 with innovation support and human-resource training to match [4][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. A Minister Opens NRI Year One \u2014 Twinned with the MSIG&#39;25 School<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session and overall design<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official programme had digital-transition minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni deliver the opening address, with MISOC&#39;s Hilali presenting MIGF&#39;25&#39;s objectives: understanding AI&#39;s impact, stimulating dialogue, building an innovation ecosystem, and public\u2013private\u2013startup collaboration [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon round tables covered &#39;AI and media: perspectives for Morocco&#39; and &#39;Digital transformation and media inclusion,&#39; drawing participants from the Digital Development Agency (ADD) and the telecoms sector [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<li>MISOC ran the multi-day first national School on Internet Governance (MSIG&#39;25) in the same period \u2014 a forum-plus-capacity-building launch strategy; as of July 2026 Morocco had still not been added to the UN IGF&#39;s African NRI listing, leaving formal registration as the next step [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What got started here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Morocco&#39;s first national internet-governance forum: launched by the ISOC chapter, opened by the digital minister, with the data-protection authority&#39;s chief giving the keynote on governing media and data in the AI era.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why AI and media as the theme?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Because generative-AI disinformation and deep fakes were shaking media trust at that very moment \u2014 the forum even drilled down to practical tools for journalists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Putting AI disinformation and data protection at the heart of a first edition is the current shape of IGF agendas worldwide \u2014 and the date discrepancy between official notices and press coverage is a lesson in how hard record-keeping is for brand-new NRIs.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Morocco IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-morocco-igf-2025-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Morocco IGF 2025 \u30e9\u30d0\u30c8 \u2014 About Morocco IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Morocco 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 2025 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:\/\/www.isoc.ma\/premier-forum-national-sur-la-gouvernance-de-linternet-migf25-au-maroc\/\">Premier Forum National sur la gouvernance de l&#39;Internet (MIGF&#39;25) au Maroc\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u4e88\u544a: 2025-03-17\u30fbINPT\u30fb\u76ee\u7684\u3002\u4ecf\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 MISOC\uff08\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30bd\u30b5\u30a8\u30c6\u30a3\u30fb\u30e2\u30ed\u30c3\u30b3\u652f\u90e8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isoc.ma\/programme-premier-forum-marocain-de-la-gouvernance-de-linternet-migf25\/\">Programme : Premier Forum Marocain de la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet (MIGF&#39;25)\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0: \u958b\u4f1a\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u30fb4\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u3002\u4ecf\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 MISOC (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/industries.ma\/en\/rabat-accueille-le-forum-marocain-de-la-gouvernance-de-linternet\/\">Rabat accueille le Forum marocain de la gouvernance de l&#39;internet\uff08MAP\u914d\u4fe1\u30022025-02-18\u4ed8\u3002\u6708\u66dc\u958b\u5e55\u30fb3\u65e5\u9593\u30fb\u30d2\u30e9\u30ea\/\u30bb\u30b0\u30eb\u30fc\u30b7\u30e5\u30cb\u767a\u8a00\u3002\u4ecf\u8a9e\u3002\u5f15\u7528\u306f\u7ffb\u8a33\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Industrie du Maroc Magazine (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavieeco.com\/influences\/ia-ouverture-a-rabat-du-forum-marocain-de-la-gouvernance-de-linternet\">IA: Ouverture \u00e0 Rabat du Forum marocain de la gouvernance de l&#39;internet\uff08MAP\u914d\u4fe1\u30022025-02-17\u4ed8\u3002\u958b\u5e55\u5831\u9053\u3002\u4ecf\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 La Vie \u00c9co (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/african-regional-group\">African Regional Group\uff08\u30a2\u30d5\u30ea\u30abNRI\u4e00\u89a7\u3002\u30e2\u30ed\u30c3\u30b3\u306e\u9805\u76ee\u306a\u3057\uff1d\u672a\u767b\u9332\u306e\u508d\u8a3c\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (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\u67086\u65e5 12\u664210\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>In February\u2013March 2025, Morocco&#8217;s first national Internet Governance Forum, MIGF&#8217;25, met at the INPT engineering school in Rabat \u2014 convened <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,101,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2739,164],"class_list":["post-15108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afigf","category-igf","category-morocco-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-moroccoigf2025","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15108","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=15108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}