{"id":15211,"date":"2013-09-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/09\/12\/en-senegal-igf-2013-overview\/"},"modified":"2013-09-12T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T07:00:00","slug":"en-senegal-igf-2013-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/09\/12\/en-senegal-igf-2013-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l&#8217;Internet au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal (FGI-SN) 2013 \u2014 first edition of the current series \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-senegal-igf-2013-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2013 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \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-senegal-igf-2013-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2013 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 19 September 2013 the first edition of Senegal&#39;s current national Internet Governance Forum series (FGI-SN) met at the UCAD 2 conference centre in Dakar, organised by the ISOC Senegal Chapter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The digital-economy minister personally chaired the high-level panel; government, the regulator, operators, a UN agency and civil society debated the new national digital-economy strategy and effective liberalisation of the internet, with ISOC calling for a digital-economy development fund.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It is the founding record of one of West Africa&#39;s oldest national IGFs \u2014 and the ISOC president&#39;s line, &#39;our ambition is that everyone can reach the internet&#39;, made the local headlines.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal (FGI-SN) 2013 \u2014 first edition of the current series<\/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-senegal-igf-2013-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2013 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \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>Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal (FGI-SN) 2013 \u2014 first edition of the current series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>19 September 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>UCAD 2 conference centre, Universit\u00e9 Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>The ISOC Senegal Chapter (president Alex Corenthin), with support from the Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Google Senegal and the regulator ARTP<\/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-senegal-igf-2013-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2013 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Launching the Current FGI-SN \u2014 Multistakeholder Dialogue on Campus<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: FGI-SN 2013 overall (19 September 2013, UCAD 2 conference centre)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;\u00ab Notre ambition est de permettre \u00e0 tout le monde d&#39;acc\u00e9der \u00e0 l&#39;internet \u00bb (Our ambition is to enable everyone to access the internet)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Alex Corenthin (President, ISOC Senegal) \u2014 from the headline of local outlet Rondelleplus, translated from French<\/strong> [1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>ISOC Senegal&#39;s official blog records that &#39;FGI 2013&#39; was organised with the support of the communications ministry, Google Senegal and the regulator ARTP [1]<\/li>\n<li>In his introductory address, president Corenthin presented ISOC Senegal&#39;s founders and its Next Generation team, and reviewed what had become of the 2012 session&#39;s recommendations [1]<\/li>\n<li>Notably, the blog itself calls this the &#39;3rd national forum&#39;, counting the 2010 and 2012 WAIGF-process meetings \u2014 while the current series counts it as edition one [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. A Minister-Chaired High-Level Panel \u2014 State, Market and International Bodies Together<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: High-level panel (19 September, 16:30\u201318:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel was chaired by Cheikh Mamadou Abiboulaye Dieye, Minister of Communication, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, and moderated by Fatimata S\u00e8ye Sylla [1]<\/li>\n<li>Panellists spanned the ecosystem: Khassoum Wone (DG of the state IT agency ADIE), Antoine Ngom (president of industry body OPTIC), Mahfoud Brahim (deputy CEO, Expresso), Diadi\u00e9 Tour\u00e9 (representing the ITU) and Amadou Top (president of OSIRIS) [1]<\/li>\n<li>Five stakeholder groups on one stage \u2014 government, regulator, operators, international organisations and civil society \u2014 set the template for later editions [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Demands on the Digital-Economy Strategy \u2014 a Development Fund and Liberalisation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The debate as covered by the local press (per the ISOC blog&#39;s press review)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State daily Le Soleil reported ISOC Senegal demanding the creation of a digital-economy development fund [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Business outlet Lejecos headlined the plea for effective liberalisation of the internet, and afriqueitnews a proposed &#39;shock therapy&#39; for Senegalese internet access [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The official 2015 announcement looks back on this 2013 edition&#39;s &#39;lively debate around defining a new national digital-economy strategy&#39; as the series&#39; point of origin [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Prehistory from 2010 \u2014 the WAIGF Process and National Meetings<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The lineage of Senegal&#39;s national IGF (per the WAIGF site)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The WAIGF site records a Senegalese IGF meeting on 29 July 2010 at the Place du Souvenir, Dakar, organised by ISOC Senegal with ICT-ministry support [3]<\/li>\n<li>Its sessions covered the internet&#39;s socio-economic aspects, access and diversity, education and research, cloud computing, critical resources, and security, privacy and open systems [3]<\/li>\n<li>This prehistory makes Senegal&#39;s national IGF one of West Africa&#39;s oldest; the current series (from 2013) institutionalised that lineage under ISOC&#39;s leadership [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 it launched Senegal&#39;s current national IGF series. A minister-chaired panel debated the national digital-economy strategy, and ISOC pressed government to create a development fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. First edition \u2014 or third?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Both labels appear: organiser ISOC then counted the 2010 and 2012 precursor meetings and called it the third; today&#39;s official numbering (2024 = 11th) starts the series at 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Civil society challenging a national digital strategy with the minister on the same stage is multistakeholder dialogue in action \u2014 a template relevant to any country&#39;s IGF community.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Senegal IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-senegal-igf-2013-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Senegal IGF 2013 \u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 About Senegal IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Senegal 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 2013 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:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131026013651\/http:\/\/blog.isoc.sn\/fgi2013\">Forum Gouvernance Internet 2013 \u2014 ISOC\u30bb\u30cd\u30ac\u30eb\u516c\u5f0f\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\uff08\u4e8b\u5f8c\u8a18\u9332\uff1a\u30d1\u30cd\u30eb\u69cb\u6210\u30fb\u652f\u63f4\u8005\u30fb\u30d7\u30ec\u30b9\u30ec\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\uff09<\/a> \u2014 ISOC\u30bb\u30cd\u30ac\u30eb\u652f\u90e8\uff08Wayback Machine\u4fdd\u5b58\u30fb2013\u5e7410\u6708\u6642\u70b9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151027070628\/http:\/\/www.itmag.sn\/agenda\/fgisn2015\/\">Forum national sur la Gouvernance de l&#39;Internet\uff08FGISN2015\u544a\u77e5\uff1a2013\u5e74\u5927\u4f1a\u306e\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u56de\u9867\u3092\u542b\u3080\uff09<\/a> \u2014 ITmag.sn\uff08Wayback Machine\u4fdd\u5b58\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20101220144552\/http:\/\/www.waigf.org:80\/countries\/senegal\/\">Report of the Senegalese IGF\uff08\u524d\u53f2\uff1a2010\u5e747\u670829\u65e5\u30c0\u30ab\u30fc\u30eb\u4f1a\u5408\u306e\u5831\u544a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 WAIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08Wayback Machine\u4fdd\u5b58\uff09 (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\u67084\u65e5 15\u664220\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 September 2013 the first edition of Senegal&#8217;s current national Internet Governance Forum series (FGI-SN) met at the UCAD 2 conference <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,11,41],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2778,164],"class_list":["post-15211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afigf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-senegal-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-senegaligf2013","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211","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=15211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}