The MIGLAC project is both a research process and an online tool that seeks to organize and make publicly available information about Internet governance initiatives in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region.
This effort started with the collection, systematization, and publication of information about national IGFs in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The MIGLAC platform provides accessible, up-to-date information about the different NRI (National and Regional IGF Initiatives) structures in the LAC region. The interactive map allows users to engage with information about their governance structure, objectives, outputs, funding, communication channels, and working mechanisms, as some of the main dimensions (2026 update in progress). Academia, civil society groups, students and policy-makers with varying levels of familiarity with Internet governance-related themes, can easily navigate the content and use it for evidence-based educational and policy development purposes.
In 2026, the Center for Technology and Society Studies (CETyS) at Universidad de San Andrés, with the support of LACNIC, is leading the update and expansion of this regional mapping to reflect the evolving Internet governance ecosystem across Latin America and the Caribbean. This current phase builds upon the original MIGLAC project launched in 2017–2018 under the sponsorship of the Internet Policy Observatory (IPO) and the research team then formed by Carolina Aguerre (CETyS | Universidad de San Andrés), Agustina Callegari (ISOC | CETyS), Diego R. Canabarro (CEGOV-UFRGS | INCT-DD-UFBA | NIC.br), Louise Hurel (London School of Economics), and Nathalia Sautchuk (NIC.br).
If you have any comments, suggestions, or updated information regarding your initiative, please contact us at cetys@udesa.edu.ar.
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| Codigo HighMaps | ar | cl | mx | br | pe | rd | gt | pa | ve | uy | cr | bo | ||||||||
| Country | Panama x | Republica Dominicana x | Guatemala x | Brazil x | Ecuador x | Trinidad and Tobago x | Barbados x | Costa Rica x | EL Salvador x | Honduras x | Venezuela x | Argentina x | Chile x | Peru x | Uruguay x | Colombia x | Bolivia x | Paraguay x | Mexico x | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines x |
| IGF Nacional Name | Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Panamá | IGF de la Republica Dominicana | IGF Guatemala | FIB - Fórum da Internet no Brasil | IGF Ecuador | TTIGF - Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum | Barbados Internet Governance Fórum | Diálogo de Gobernanza de Internet Costa Rica | Foro Nacional de Gobernanza de Internet El Salvador | Foro de la Gobernanza del Internet en Honduras | Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Venezuela | Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de Argentina | IGF Chile - Foro de Gobernanza de Internet | Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Perú | Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Uruguay | Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet | Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Bolivia | Foro de Gobernanza de Internet del Paraguay | Diálogos Sobre Gobernanza de Internet en México | Internet Governance Forum Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Start year | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2011 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2014 | 2018 | 2023 | 2016 | 2013 | 2018 |
| Number of Editions | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
| Status of the Initiative | Active | Dormant / Inactive | Active | Active | Active | Active | Dormant / Inactive | Active | Active | Dormant / Inactive | Dormant / Inactive | Active | Active | Dormant / Inactive | Active | Dormant / Inactive | Active | Active | Discontinued | Active |
| Formal IGF Affiliation? | Uncertain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Uncertain |
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