{"id":15183,"date":"2023-06-01T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/01\/en-portugal-igf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:00:00","slug":"en-portugal-igf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/01\/en-portugal-igf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI 2023 \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-portugal-igf-2023-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2023 \u30ea\u30b9\u30dc\u30f3 \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-portugal-igf-2023-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2023 \u30ea\u30b9\u30dc\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 12 July 2023 the 10th Portuguese FGI initiative met at ANACOM headquarters in Lisbon, organising its agenda around the UN Global Digital Compact (GDC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Four sessions \u2014 connecting everyone, data governance and misleading content, internet fragmentation and the digital commons, and AI regulation \u2014 fed the Mensagens de Lisboa 2023.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It is a clear example of a national IGF pre-negotiating positions on a global instrument: the GDC would be adopted at the UN the following year.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI 2023<\/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-portugal-igf-2023-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2023 \u30ea\u30b9\u30dc\u30f3 \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>Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>10th edition (&#39;10\u00aa edi\u00e7\u00e3o&#39; per the official page)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>12 July 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>ANACOM headquarters, Lisbon; online participation available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>The UN Global Digital Compact (GDC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Mensagens de Lisboa 2023&#39; outcome document<\/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-portugal-igf-2023-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2023 \u30ea\u30b9\u30dc\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Connecting Everyone \u2014 Schools and the Last Mile<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1 (connectivity and digital inclusion)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#39;Connectivity is an essential vector for online inclusion&#39; (Mensagens 2023, translated from Portuguese) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Territorial coverage, affordability and digital literacy were discussed alongside pro-competitive spectrum and fibre policy [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Data Governance and Trust \u2014 The Growing &#39;Digital Asymmetry&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 2 (data, trust and misleading content)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#39;Digital asymmetry is an increasingly worrying fact&#39; \u2014 dark patterns and AI-driven manipulation widen the power gap around consumers (Mensagens 2023, translated from Portuguese) [2]<\/li>\n<li>Regulators across EU member states were urged to balance protection with innovation [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Internet Fragmentation and the Digital Commons \u2014 Messages for the GDC<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 3 (fragmentation and the digital commons)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preserving the open Internet against censorship, surveillance and commercial enclosure was set as the baseline position for the GDC (then due September 2024) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Lise Fuhr of the IGF Leadership Panel discussed linking the global process to national dialogue [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. AI Regulation \u2014 Regulate Uses, Not the Technology<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 4 (AI regulation; Kilian Gross of DG CONNECT presented the EU AI Act)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulation should target applications rather than AI technology itself \u2014 &#39;intelligent regulation&#39; (Mensagens 2023, translated from Portuguese) [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>Technology-neutral rules balancing innovation and fundamental rights were endorsed, with the then-in-negotiation EU AI Act as the reference [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The 10th edition of Portugal&#39;s national IGF, held 12 July 2023 at regulator ANACOM&#39;s headquarters, devoted to shaping national input to the UN&#39;s Global Digital Compact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the headline debate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. AI regulation. A European Commission official walked through the EU AI Act, and the forum endorsed regulating uses of AI rather than the technology itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The GDC was adopted at the UN in 2024 and binds the debate worldwide, and use-based AI regulation has become the dominant model far beyond Europe.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Portugal IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-portugal-igf-2023-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2023 \u30ea\u30b9\u30dc\u30f3 \u2014 About Portugal IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Portugal 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 2023 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:\/\/governacaointernet.pt\/pt\/evento_2023\/\">Evento 2023 \u2013 Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u30fb\u4e8b\u5f8c\u5831\u544a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI\uff08governacaointernet.pt\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/governacaointernet.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mensagens_lisboa2023.pdf\">Mensagens de Lisboa 2023\uff08\u6210\u679c\u6587\u66f8, PDF\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/governacaointernet.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230712_AI-ACT_Killian-Gross.pdf\">AI Act \u8b1b\u6f14\u8cc7\u6599\uff08Kilian Gross, \u6b27\u5dde\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1aCONNECT\u7dcf\u5c40, 2023-07-12, PDF\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI\uff08governacaointernet.pt\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/governacaointernet.pt\/\">Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI \u2014 \u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff08\u7cfb\u5217\u53f2\u30fb\u6b74\u4ee3\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b8\u96c6\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 governacaointernet.pt (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\u67089\u65e5 16\u664218\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 12 July 2023 the 10th Portuguese FGI initiative met at ANACOM headquarters in Lisbon, organising its agenda around the UN Global Digital <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,86,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2767,164],"class_list":["post-15183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-portugal-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-portugaligf2023","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15183","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=15183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}