{"id":2202,"date":"2018-06-08T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/08\/en-albania-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-06-08T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T12:00:00","slug":"en-albania-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/08\/en-albania-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania IGF 2018 (Albanian Internet Governance Forum, AlbIGF) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-albania-igf-2018-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Albania IGF 2018 \u30c6\u30a3\u30e9\u30ca \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-albania-igf-2018-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Albania IGF 2018 \u30c6\u30a3\u30e9\u30ca \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Albania&#39;s first national IGF, Albania IGF 2018, met in Tirana on 29 March 2018 (per organiser announcements) \u2014 a compact half-day debut with just two sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sessions on Internet-governance awareness and on cybersecurity drew the ministry, regulator AKEP, RIPE NCC, academia and the ICT industry, with the UN IGF Secretariat&#39;s Chengetai Masango joining via WebEx.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Though UN records list the NRI as established in 2017, this is its only verifiable annual meeting \u2014 a case study both in a minimal viable national IGF and in how hard continuity can be.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Albania IGF 2018 (Albanian Internet Governance Forum, AlbIGF)<\/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\/07\/en-albania-igf-2018-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Albania IGF 2018 \u30c6\u30a3\u30e9\u30ca \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>Albania IGF 2018 (Albanian Internet Governance Forum, AlbIGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>First edition \u2014 the only meeting verifiable in primary sources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>29 March 2018 (based on organiser announcements)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Tirana, Albania (official-site address: Bulevardi D\u00ebshmor\u00ebt e Kombit)<\/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>AlbIGF (Albanian Internet Governance Forum); coordinator Fotjon Kosta (Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy)<\/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\/07\/en-albania-igf-2018-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Albania IGF 2018 \u30c6\u30a3\u30e9\u30ca \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Internet Governance Awareness \u2014 Albania&#39;s First Step<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1 &#39;Internet Governance: Promotion and Awareness in Albania&#39;, 10:00\u201311:00<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ana Gasc\u00f3n Marc\u00e9n (University of Zaragoza), Petrit Hasani (RIPE NCC Registration Services), Irena Malolli (Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy) and Dritan Mezini (Albanian ICT Association) discussed Internet-governance fundamentals and how to raise awareness in Albania [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Coordinator Fotjon Kosta and Deputy Minister Dorina Cinari gave welcoming speeches; the UN IGF Secretariat&#39;s Chengetai Masango joined via WebEx, with video messages from IGFSA, EuroDIG and SEEDIG [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The official site framed AlbIGF as an &#39;open, inclusive and informal national initiative&#39; built on the multistakeholder approach, with an emphasis on marginalised communities and youth [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Cybersecurity \u2014 A Safer Internet for Albania<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 2 &#39;Cybersecurity: Safer Internet in Albania&#39;, 11:00\u201312:00<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vilma Tom\u00e7o, director-general of the National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cybersecurity, Alban Karapici of the telecom regulator AKEP and Xhafer Rakipllari (UAMD, academia\/media) took the floor [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The trio \u2014 security authority, telecom regulator and academia\/media \u2014 mapped what a safer Internet in Albania would require [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What kind of meeting was this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Albania&#39;s first national IGF \u2014 a half-day morning event with two sessions: raising awareness of Internet governance, and making the Internet safer. The UN IGF Secretariat cheered it on via WebEx.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What happened to the Albania IGF afterwards?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. UN records list it as an NRI established in 2017, but this March 2018 meeting is the only verifiable annual edition. The official site later went stale and no annual reports were filed, so the initiative appears dormant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is a textbook &#39;minimum viable national IGF&#39; \u2014 and a cautionary tale that first-year enthusiasm needs a secretariat and funding to become an annual institution.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Albania IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-albania-igf-2018-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Albania IGF 2018 \u30c6\u30a3\u30e9\u30ca \u2014 About Albania IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Albania 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 2018 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=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180330052717\/http:\/\/www.albigf.al\/\">AlbIGF \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff082018-03-30\u6642\u70b9\u306eWayback Machine\u4fdd\u5b58\uff09<\/a> \u2014 AlbIGF\uff08albigf.al\u3001Internet Archive\u7d4c\u7531\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180330041427\/http:\/\/www.albigf.al\/agenda.php\">AlbIGF AGENDA\uff082018-03-30\u6642\u70b9\u306eWayback Machine\u4fdd\u5b58\uff09<\/a> \u2014 AlbIGF\uff08albigf.al\u3001Internet Archive\u7d4c\u7531\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/albania-igf\">Albania IGF\uff08NRI\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30da\u30fc\u30b8: &quot;Hosted in Tirana, Albania&quot;\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/eastern-european-regional-group\">Eastern European Regional Group \u2014 NRI records\uff08&quot;Albania IGF was established in 2017&quot;\u30fb\u30b3\u30fc\u30c7\u30a3\u30cd\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc: Fotjon Kosta\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/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>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 8 June 2018, 14:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 17 July 2026, 12:32 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania&#8217;s first national IGF, Albania IGF 2018, met in Tirana on 29 March 2018 (per organiser announcements) \u2014 a compact half-day debut with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,3,11],"tags":[163,287,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albania-igf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-albaniaigf2018","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","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=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}