{"id":15139,"date":"2014-08-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/08\/20\/en-paraguay-igf-2014-overview\/"},"modified":"2014-08-20T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:00:00","slug":"en-paraguay-igf-2014-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/08\/20\/en-paraguay-igf-2014-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"First Internet Governance Forum Paraguay (IGFPY 2014) \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. The first Internet Governance Forum Paraguay (IGFPY) met on 4 August 2014 at the Sheraton Asunci\u00f3n Hotel with 76 participants, under the theme 'Internet Governance, a Paraguayan challenge'.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The ISOC Paraguay chapter teamed with the state ICT secretariat SENATICs to debate net neutrality, free expression and privacy, and unequal access to the international backbone, with ICANN's Daniel Fink keynoting on the NetMundial experience.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. A closing workshop seeded a standing working group that carried the forum into annual editions. Centering a landlocked country's connectivity costs made this a distinctly Paraguayan starting point.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on First Internet Governance Forum Paraguay (IGFPY 2014)<\/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

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    📍 The catalogue listed the location as TBD; the official report filed with the UN IGF fixes it as the Sheraton Asunci\u00f3n Hotel<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>\nFirst Internet Governance Forum Paraguay (IGFPY 2014)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nFirst edition \u2014 a genuine debut; the official site states 'La primera reuni\u00f3n del Foro fue llevada a cabo en Paraguay en el 2014'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n4 August 2014, 9:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nSheraton Asunci\u00f3n Hotel, Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\n'Internet Governance, a Paraguayan challenge'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n76 (Per the official report: 105 registered on Eventbrite, 76 attended, all from Paraguay, with remote participants from Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted by the ISOC Paraguay chapter in cooperation with the national ICT secretariat SENATICs; sponsored by ISOC and supported by ICANN<\/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. Net Neutrality \u2014 Taking Stock Through Laws and Indicators<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Panel 2 'Net Neutrality', from 10:40 \u2014 Christian O'Flaherty (ISOC), Jos\u00e9 Usher (ISOC Paraguay), Marcelo Maltese (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)<\/p>\n