{"id":283,"date":"2013-09-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/09\/25\/en-afigf-2013-nairobi-overview\/"},"modified":"2013-09-25T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T06:00:00","slug":"en-afigf-2013-nairobi-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/09\/25\/en-afigf-2013-nairobi-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"AfIGF 2013 Nairobi \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The second AfIGF met at Multimedia University in Nairobi, Kenya, on 23\u201326 September 2013, with 195 participants from 29 countries under the theme 'Building Bridges'.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Recommendations urged formalising public participation in policy-making at legislative or constitutional level \u2014 as Kenya and South Africa had done \u2014 and introducing 'scorecards' to track WSIS principles. The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms was agreed here.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Nairobi 2013 is remembered as the starting point of the movement to anchor online rights in Africa's human-rights charter tradition \u2014 the seed of the continent's digital-rights agenda.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on AfIGF 2013 in Nairobi<\/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

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nSecond meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n23\u201326 September 2013 (Pre-conference workshops on 23\u201324 September; the main forum opened on the afternoon of the 24th. English Wikipedia's '11\u201313 September' conflicts with the official report and UNECA (23\u201326, main sessions 24\u201326) and is incorrect)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nMultimedia University, Nairobi, Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nBuilding Bridges \u2013 Enhancing Multi-stakeholder Cooperation for Growth and Sustainable Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participating countries<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCo-organised by the Government of Kenya (Ministry of Communication), the Communications Commission of Kenya, the African Union Commission, UNECA and TESPOK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nThematic recommendations (institutionalising multi-stakeholder participation, WSIS scorecards). The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms was agreed at this meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms \u2014 Born in Nairobi<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Session on Openness: human rights, freedom of expression and free flow of information (26 September) and related discussions<\/p>\n