{"id":15110,"date":"2021-09-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/26\/en-mozambique-igf-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-09-26T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T13:00:00","slug":"en-mozambique-igf-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/26\/en-mozambique-igf-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"1\u00aa Edi\u00e7\u00e3o do F\u00f3rum de Governa\u00e7\u00e3o da Internet em Mo\u00e7ambique (FGIMz2021 \/ 1st Mozambique 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-mozambique-igf-2021-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Mozambique IGF 2021 \u30de\u30d7\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-mozambique-igf-2021-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Mozambique IGF 2021 \u30de\u30d7\u30c8 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 3\u20135 November 2021, Mozambique&#39;s first national Internet Governance Forum, FGIMz2021, met in hybrid form at the Gl\u00f3ria Hotel in Maputo under the theme &#39;For an accessible and inclusive Internet.&#39;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Led by the science ministry MCTES and the ICT institute INTIC, a 19-member multistakeholder preparatory committee planned the event, and registration with the UN IGF Secretariat plugged Mozambique formally into the global IGF process.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In a country marked by high connectivity costs and a stark urban\u2013rural divide, putting access and inclusion first was emblematic \u2014 and FGIMz went on to become an annual fixture.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>1\u00aa Edi\u00e7\u00e3o do F\u00f3rum de Governa\u00e7\u00e3o da Internet em Mo\u00e7ambique (FGIMz2021 \/ 1st Mozambique 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-mozambique-igf-2021-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Mozambique IGF 2021 \u30de\u30d7\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>1\u00aa Edi\u00e7\u00e3o do F\u00f3rum de Governa\u00e7\u00e3o da Internet em Mo\u00e7ambique (FGIMz2021 \/ 1st Mozambique Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>3\u20135 November 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Gl\u00f3ria Hotel, Maputo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Por uma Internet acess\u00edvel e inclusiva (For an accessible and inclusive Internet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid (in-person with online transmission)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chair<\/td>\n<td>Preparatory Committee President Lourino Chemane (Chairman of INTIC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES) and the National ICT Institute (INTIC)<\/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-mozambique-igf-2021-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Mozambique IGF 2021 \u30de\u30d7\u30c8 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Making the First Edition Happen \u2014 a 19-Member Multistakeholder Committee<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: First preparatory session (15 October 2021) through the forum itself (3\u20135 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chaired by INTIC head Lourino Chemane, the 19-member committee drew on Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM-CIUEM), the media body MISA, the business confederation CTA and the government information office GabInfo, among others [1]<\/li>\n<li>The financial-sector fund FSDMo\u00e7 provided a 500-seat Zoom licence and venue payments, MCNET secured bilingual interpretation, and six entities offered sponsorship [1]<\/li>\n<li>The opening was to be led by the science minister, with invitations planned for the UN&#39;s Mozambican-born ICT chief Bernardo Mariano and Brazil&#39;s research network RNP [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. &#39;An Accessible and Inclusive Internet&#39; \u2014 the Agenda&#39;s Axis<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall forum theme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The theme put Mozambique&#39;s biggest digital problems \u2014 connectivity costs and the rural access gap \u2014 front and centre [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>Planners mandated a debate slot after every thematic presentation, deliberately designing a dialogue rather than a lecture series [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>INTIC frames the forum as the moment Mozambique was recognised by the UN IGF Secretariat as a country subscribing to global internet-governance principles [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Seven Years After SDIG \u2014 a First Edition That Was Really a Second Attempt<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Series background<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mozambique tried a EuroDIG-style dialogue (SDIG) in July 2014 that failed to take root \u2014 GISWatch concluded it never gained legitimacy \u2014 and no national IGF met from 2015 onward [4][3]<\/li>\n<li>The UN IGF&#39;s NRI record says the initiative was &#39;organized in 2014,&#39; but the annual forum that actually stuck begins with this 2021 first edition of FGIMz [4][3]<\/li>\n<li>It was a state-led restart with the government agency INTIC as secretariat, a different genesis from the civil-society-driven NRIs common elsewhere [4][3]<\/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. Mozambique&#39;s first national Internet Governance Forum: three days where government, academia, civil society and business debated access gaps and inclusion at the same table.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why is 2021 the &#39;first edition&#39;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A 2014 dialogue attempt fizzled out, so this was a restart seven years on \u2014 this time with the state ICT agency INTIC as secretariat and formal registration with the UN IGF Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Putting connectivity costs and the urban\u2013rural divide first is the signature agenda of Global South digital policy; national IGFs like this are a useful barometer for anyone watching Africa&#39;s digital markets.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Mozambique IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-mozambique-igf-2021-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Mozambique IGF 2021 \u30de\u30d7\u30c8 \u2014 About Mozambique IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Mozambique 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 2021 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.intgovforum.org\/en\/filedepot_download\/131\/20603\">S\u00edntese da 1\u00aa Sess\u00e3o preparat\u00f3ria do FGIMz2021\uff08\u7b2c1\u56de\u6e96\u5099\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\u5831\u544a\u3002\u8461\u8a9e\u3002\u65e5\u7a0b\u30fb\u4f1a\u5834\u30fb\u59d4\u54e1\u30fb\u30b9\u30dd\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc\u4f53\u5236\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Secretariat filedepot (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intic.gov.mz\/forum-de-governacao-da-internet-das-provincias-maputo-sofala-e-cabo-delgado\/\">F\u00f3rum de Governa\u00e7\u00e3o da Internet das Prov\u00edncias de Maputo, Sofala e Cabo Delgado\uff08\u7b2c1\u56deFGIMz\uff1d2021-11-03\u301c05\u30de\u30d7\u30c8\u958b\u50ac\u3068\u56fd\u9023\u627f\u8a8d\u306b\u8a00\u53ca\u3002\u8461\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 INTIC\uff08\u30e2\u30b6\u30f3\u30d3\u30fc\u30af\u56fd\u5bb6\u60c5\u5831\u901a\u4fe1\u6280\u8853\u9662\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/mozambique-igf\">Mozambique IGF\uff08NRI\u8a18\u9332\u30022021\u5e74\u5831\u544a\u63b2\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/giswatch.org\/en\/country-report\/internet-governance\/malawi-and-mozambique\">Internet governance: Malawi and Mozambique\uff08\u524d\u53f2SDIG 2014\u3068\u4e0d\u5b9a\u7740\u306e\u7d4c\u7def\uff09<\/a> \u2014 APC (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\u670810\u65e5 15\u664200\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 3\u20135 November 2021, Mozambique&#8217;s first national Internet Governance Forum, FGIMz2021, met in hybrid form at the Gl\u00f3ria Hotel in Maputo und<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,133,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2740,164],"class_list":["post-15110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-mozambique-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-mozambiqueigf2021","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110","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=15110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}