{"id":15185,"date":"2024-06-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/15\/en-portugal-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:00:00","slug":"en-portugal-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/15\/en-portugal-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Iniciativa Portuguesa do FGI 2024 \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-2024-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2024 \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-2024-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2024 \u30ea\u30b9\u30dc\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 19 November 2024 the Portuguese FGI initiative met at Universidade Aberta in Lisbon around four pillars: AI, digital human rights, cybersecurity, and digital trust and cooperation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#39;Always a human in the AI loop&#39; and submarine-cable resilience headlined the conclusions, compiled as the Mensagens de Lisboa 2024 and delivered to the global IGF in Riyadh the following month.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With Google, ICANN, UNESCO-linked academics and regulators on stage, it shows a national IGF feeding its messages straight into the UN process.<\/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 2024<\/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-2024-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2024 \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 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>19 November 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Universidade Aberta (Saldanha campus), Lisbon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>AI, human rights in the digital realm, cybersecurity, and digital trust and cooperation (cross-cutting: sustainability, emerging tech, gender equality)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>.PT, ANACOM, APDC, APDSI, CNCS, CIS, DECO, FCT, Women in Tech and other partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Mensagens de Lisboa 2024&#39; (22 pages), presented at the global IGF in Saudi Arabia (15\u201319 December 2024)<\/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-2024-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2024 \u30ea\u30b9\u30dc\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Privacy, Inclusion and Freedom \u2014 The Rights Most at Risk<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1 on privacy, inclusion and freedom (Jos\u00e9 Magalh\u00e3es; Paulo Fonseca, DECO; Raquel Br\u00edzida Castro, Univ. of Lisbon Law; mod. Lu\u00eds Vidigal, APDSI)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#39;Privacy, inclusion and freedom, in their many dimensions, stand out as the fundamental rights most threatened by digitalisation&#39; (Mensagens 2024, translated from Portuguese) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The rights-innovation intersection demands adaptive regulation that keeps pace with change [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. AI for the Common Good \u2014 &#39;Always a Human in the Loop&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 2 &#39;AI for the Common Good&#39; (Helena Martins, Google; Joana Gon\u00e7alves de S\u00e1; Joaquim Jorge, UNESCO\/IST; mod. Sandra Fazenda Almeida, APDC)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#39;There must always be a human in the AI loop&#39; \u2014 to guarantee ethical decision-making and stop biases from being perpetuated (Mensagens 2024, translated from Portuguese) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Industry (Google), UNESCO-linked academia and data scientists debated side by side [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Critical-Infrastructure Resilience \u2014 Submarine Cables Go Multilateral<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 3 on critical-infrastructure resilience (Felipe Path\u00e9 Duarte, NOVA; Frederico Dias, SIBS; Jo\u00e3o Alves, ANACOM; Rui Pereira, CNCS)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submarine-cable incidents require coordinated international response, with the International Advisory Group for Submarine Cable Systems Resilience (est. September 2024) cited [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Payments infrastructure (SIBS), the regulator and the national cybersecurity centre reviewed dependencies at one table [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. International Cooperation \u2014 Multistakeholderism as the Basis of Trust<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 4 on digital services and international cooperation (Ana Neves, FCT; Andrea Beccalli, ICANN; Joana Duarte, ERC; Manuela Quintano, ANACOM)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#39;The multistakeholder model is essential for mutual trust to exist&#39; (Mensagens 2024, translated from Portuguese) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The messages were delivered to the IGF in Riyadh that December \u2014 the national-to-global circuit in action [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Digital Humanism \u2014 Balancing Efficiency and Humanity<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 5 on digital humanism (Jo\u00e3o Cruz, BCSD Portugal; Rui Maia Rego and Sandra Caeiro, Universidade Aberta)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Technology should improve human life, not replace it; efficiency gains must be balanced with sustainability and room for human reflection [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Faculty of the host distance-learning university led the sustainability strand [1][2]<\/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 2024 edition of Portugal&#39;s national IGF, held 19 November at Universidade Aberta in Lisbon around AI, digital rights, cybersecurity and trust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. The main message?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. &#39;Always a human in the AI loop.&#39; The other headline was submarine-cable resilience, debated just after the new international advisory group was created in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Cable security and human-centric AI are the same debates running through every national digital agenda, and the forum&#39;s messages went straight to the UN IGF in Riyadh.<\/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-2024-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Portugal IGF 2024 \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 2024 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_2024\/\">Evento 2024 \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\/2024\/12\/mensagens_lisboa2024.pdf\">Mensagens de Lisboa 2024\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\/\">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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/portugal-igf-1\">Portugal IGF\uff08NRI\u516c\u5f0f\u767b\u9332\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\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\u67081\u65e5 12\u664221\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 19 November 2024 the Portuguese FGI initiative met at Universidade Aberta in Lisbon around four pillars: AI, digital human rights, cybers<\/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":[163,161,160,162,2768,164],"class_list":["post-15185","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-portugaligf2024","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15185","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=15185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}