{"id":15242,"date":"2025-06-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/03\/en-switzerland-igf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:00:00","slug":"en-switzerland-igf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/03\/en-switzerland-igf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss IGF 2025 (10th Swiss 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-switzerland-igf-2025-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\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-switzerland-igf-2025-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 10th Swiss IGF met at Welle 7 in Bern on 9 October 2025, with eight sessions spanning AI regulation in practice, the Swiss eID&#39;s next steps and digital sovereignty amid geopolitical turmoil.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Debates centred on a right to offline life after the freshly approved eID, a sovereignty strategy built on subsidiarity, economic freedom and individual responsibility, and the 2026 consultation on the secondary-data-use framework law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its concrete sovereignty to-do list \u2014 alternative software procurement for government, a federal digital coordination body \u2014 offers a ready benchmark for gov-cloud debates elsewhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Swiss IGF 2025 (10th Swiss 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-switzerland-igf-2025-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\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>Swiss IGF 2025 (10th Swiss Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>9 October 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Welle 7, Bern, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>8 (Eight sessions: AI regulation in practice, child protection, the Swiss eID, digital democracy, digital sovereignty, code\/copyright\/competence, data governance, and inclusive AI transformation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Managed by the Swiss Internet &amp; Digital Governance association (SIDG) under OFCOM patronage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>The &#39;Messages 2025&#39;, published in German, French and English, feeding into the UN IGF and EuroDIG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Note<\/td>\n<td>The 10th edition since 2015; moved from the usual June slot to October<\/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-switzerland-igf-2025-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. AI Regulation from Policy to Practice \u2014 From Corporate Self-Responsibility to a National Vision<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1 &#39;From Policy to Practice: Can AI Regulation Align Competitiveness with Responsible AI Adoption?&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI has established itself as a permanent component of society; appropriate regulation is needed to create legal certainty for public and private sectors alike \u2014 the status quo relies heavily on corporate self-responsibility [1]<\/li>\n<li>A more comprehensive national vision is needed; Switzerland has the potential to assume a pioneering role [1]<\/li>\n<li>AI regulation should contain provisions promoting AI literacy \u2014 for citizens and, no less, policy competence among decision-makers, with comprehensive continuing education for all relevant actors [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Digital Sovereignty \u2014 Positioning Switzerland Amid Geopolitical Turmoil<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 5 &#39;Digital sovereignty in geopolitical turmoil: How should Switzerland position itself?&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two developments raise sovereignty&#39;s stakes: changes in the international order and AI-sharpened global competition; digitally connected Switzerland has profited greatly, but digital dependencies are becoming security-policy challenges [1]<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland&#39;s sovereignty strategy under development rests on three core values: subsidiarity, economic freedom and individual responsibility [1]<\/li>\n<li>Timely action is required: procuring alternative software for the administration, examining cooperation with European initiatives, and establishing a federal coordinating body for digital affairs [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The Swiss eID&#39;s Next Step \u2014 How Far Does a Right to Offline Life Go?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 3 &#39;Swiss eID, what&#39;s next?&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The eID&#39;s technical implementation demonstrates Swiss competence, but raises strategic questions \u2014 including where and to what extent a right to offline presence and alternative access options should exist [1]<\/li>\n<li>The participatory approach chosen for the eID&#39;s development proved valuable and should model future processes, with better communication from the citizens&#39; perspective [1]<\/li>\n<li>Trust in state digital solutions must be strengthened proactively; overarching principles ensuring coherence between different pieces of legislation should be prioritised [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Protecting Children and Youth \u2014 Three Levels of Defence<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 2 &#39;Child and youth protection&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The digital world brings children both risks (profiling, tracking, security flaws) and opportunities (innovative education, participation); minors&#39; digital footprints \u2014 including data shared by guardians \u2014 pose particular challenges, and responsibility cannot rest on often-overwhelmed guardians alone [1]<\/li>\n<li>Effective protection requires equal work on three levels: privacy by design from the procurement of learning apps (technical), child-centred processes in schools, platforms and authorities (institutional), and digitally competent guardians and teachers (societal) [1]<\/li>\n<li>The best interests of the child must be established as the supreme principle of action in the digital space [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Toward the Secondary-Use Framework Law \u2014 2026 Consultation and Data Spaces<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 7 &#39;Data, data protection and data governance&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Federal Council will open consultation on a framework law for the secondary use of data in 2026 and has made it the focus of its digitalisation goals for that year [1]<\/li>\n<li>The discussion must proceed at various levels with different stakeholders, respecting differences between data categories in fundamental-rights protection, innovation and economic interests [1]<\/li>\n<li>Trustworthy data spaces are needed to make informational self-determination practical; secondary use should serve both individual and economic benefit [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did it decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 eight sessions were distilled into the trilingual &#39;Messages 2025&#39; for the UN IGF and EuroDIG. It was the 10th edition since 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Biggest issue?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The right to offline life after the eID&#39;s approval \u2014 the more digital the state, the more seriously the analogue option must be protected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The sovereignty to-do list \u2014 alternative software for government, a federal digital coordination body \u2014 mirrors gov-cloud sovereignty debates in many countries.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Switzerland IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-switzerland-igf-2025-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 About Switzerland IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Switzerland 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 2025 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:\/\/igf.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Messages2025_final.pdf\">Messages Swiss IGF 2025\uff08\u72ec\u30fb\u4ecf\u30fb\u82f1\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Swiss IGF (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.swiss\/en\/swiss-igf-2025\/\">Swiss IGF 2025\uff08\u5927\u4f1a\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igf.swiss (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.swiss\/en\/about-the-swiss-igf\/\">About the Swiss IGF<\/a> \u2014 igf.swiss (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260217071529\/https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/western-european-and-others-regional-group-weog\">National IGFs \u2014 WEOG\uff08Swiss IGF\u5e74\u6b21\u4f1a\u5408\u300c9 October 2025, Bern\u300d\u306e\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08Wayback\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\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\u67087\u65e5 13\u664245\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>The 10th Swiss IGF met at Welle 7 in Bern on 9 October 2025, with eight sessions spanning AI regulation in practice, the Swiss eID&#8217;s next st<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11,107],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2791],"class_list":["post-15242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-switzerland-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-switzerlandigf2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242","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=15242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}