{"id":541,"date":"2015-09-06T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/09\/06\/en-afigf-2015-addis-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-09-06T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T06:00:00","slug":"en-afigf-2015-addis-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/09\/06\/en-afigf-2015-addis-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"AfIGF 2015 Addis Ababa \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 fourth AfIGF met at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 6\u20138 September 2015, with over 150 participants from more than 41 countries, right after the AU's first ministerial-level ICT committee.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Participants drafted an African contribution to the UN's year-end WSIS+10 review and backed renewing the IGF mandate for at least five years; net neutrality, connecting the next billion, and Malabo Convention ratification were also on the table.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The meeting is remembered for governments' open discomfort with the multistakeholder model \u2014 a tension between multilateralism and multistakeholderism that foreshadowed the WSIS+20 debates a decade later.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on AfIGF 2015 in Addis Ababa<\/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>\nFourth meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n6\u20138 September 2015 (Pre-conference workshops on 6 September; plenary sessions ran 7\u20138 September)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nAfrican Union Commission headquarters (New Conference Center), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n150 (Over 150 on-site participants from more than 41 countries, plus about 30 remote participants and three remote hubs (Nigeria, The Gambia, Uganda))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Opening<\/td>\nOfficially opened by Hon. Prof. Hlengiwe Mkhize, South Africa's Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services; the first AU Specialized Technical Committee on Communication and ICT met at the same venue on 31 August \u2013 4 September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCo-organised by the African Union Commission and UNECA, in cooperation with the NEPAD Agency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nOutcome document, including the AfIGF contribution to the WSIS+10 review non-paper<\/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. WSIS+10 and IGF Mandate Renewal \u2014 Drafting Africa's First Common Position<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary on WSIS+10, the AU Declaration on Internet Governance and IGF renewal (7 September)<\/p>\n

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    "As Africa what is our role in the Internet ecosystem, where do we see ourselves in the next five to ten years? We need to find ways to ensure that Africa benefits from the digital era"
    \n\u2014 Hon. Prof. Hlengiwe Mkhize (Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, South Africa)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n