On July 29 we hosted the Youth LACIGF 2018 in partnership with Youth IGF Argentina, as Buenos Aires was the host city of LACIGF. In this meeting, we gathered young individuals from all the region to share knowledge, experiences and thoughts on the challenges we are facing in the LAC region. Due this year we are sharing common interests and for the sake of complement strategies, we decided to organize both events in the same day and venue.
The Youth IGF Argentina is a discussion forum and space of exchange of ideas that has a goal amply the voices of young individuals between 18 to 30 years that are interested in Internet Governance.
At the meeting we had 50 young participants from Latin America and the Caribbean interested on learning about several topics related to Internet Governance as well as acquiring knowledge from young persons of other countries. The topics addressed included freedom of expression in Internet, liability of intermediary platforms; cybersecurity and threats in digital spaces; at an informal environment when young persons could make all types of questions about the above said topics.
Moreover, the meeting counted with the presentation of Maia Daniel Levy (Youth IGF Argentina, on “Liability of intermediary platforms”) and Silvio Messina (Datas, on “Threats to digital rights in Argentina”). We also had a workshop facilitated by Romina Colman (part of the team of La Nación Data, an Argentine newspaper) and the presentation of a project created by the organization “Las De Sistemas” (an organization that empowers women on the usage of STEM). The meeting included presentations of youth initiatives of young leaders in the LAC region.
Thanks to the provided fellowships, we could have 8 guest fellows from Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Chile and Paraguay.
Access the full Report here (English).