<div dir="ltr">Hi Brenden,<div><br></div><div>in fact, Beck is a NCSG member and is looking to share info in the list too :)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Rafik <br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-04-24 0:23 GMT+09:00 Brenden Kuerbis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bkuerbis@internetgovernance.org" target="_blank">bkuerbis@internetgovernance.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8000001907349px">Potentially of interest to some of our LAC region organizational members. Could be helpful in building exposure to specific policy issues that straddle ICANN/IGF.</span><br clear="all"><div><div><br></div></div><div>-- Brenden</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Becky Lentz</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca" target="_blank">roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca</a>></span><br></span>Date: Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:22 AM<br>Subject: Capacity building assistance offer to digital rights advocates<br>To: "<a href="mailto:GIGANET-MEMBERS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">GIGANET-MEMBERS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>" <<a href="mailto:GIGANET-MEMBERS@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">GIGANET-MEMBERS@listserv.syr.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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<div>Greetings from Montreal. As part of an ongoing experiment in researching and cultivating collaborative (vs. extractive) models for university-civil society partnerships in IG, I’m writing to invite expressions of interest from potential civil society partners
(for Fall 2015, in the Americas only, preferably not in Canada or the US) seeking research that supports their Internet-related policy advocacy work. Of particular interest are proposals from groups involved in the IGF (or considering becoming involved in
it). Other proposals for research assistance are also invited, but discussions would be needed to ensure the appropriate history/context can be accommodated in the research timeframe allotted.</div>
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<div>As background, previous civil society partners have included Derechos Digitales (DD) in Santiago and the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) in Kampala. Outcomes for two semester-long projects with DD include the following research brief, which was developed
by students and then edited/translated/formatted by DD: <a href="https://www.derechosdigitales.org/wp-content/uploads/PP05.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.derechosdigitales.org/wp-content/uploads/PP05.pdf</a>; we are now completing a second project featuring
a review of the literature (scholarly, news, government, and civil society sources) about the benefits of the IGF for civil society organizations, a report that anticipates the 2015 IGF in Latin America. Testimonials and references from DD are available about
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<div>The third semester-long project resulted in establishing 3 university-supported internships to help WOUGNET with a variety of capacity building needs: an Information/ Communications Intern (<a href="http://wougnet.org/2014/02/internship-opportunity-informationcommunications-deadline-28th-february" target="_blank">http://wougnet.org/2014/02/internship-opportunity-informationcommunications-deadline-28th-february</a>/),
a Technical Support Intern (<a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/files/arts-internships/wougnet_tech_support_intern.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/files/arts-internships/wougnet_tech_support_intern.pdf</a>), and Gender
and ICT Policy Advocacy (<a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/files/arts-internships/wougnet_gender_and_ict_policy_advocacy_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/files/arts-internships/wougnet_gender_and_ict_policy_advocacy_0.pdf</a>).
Testimonials and references from WOUGNET are also available.</div>
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<div>The process for identifying a civil society partner for the Fall semester 2015 is now underway; it consists of the following steps: 1) an expression of interest by a potential civil society partner; 2) based on a possible match, an invitation for a short
proposal (template will be provided); and 3) if selected, a jointly-crafted memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the selected civil society partner and my class. There are no costs to the partner organization other than a modest commitment of time during
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<div>If you have advocacy-related research needs and you think a September-December timeframe for working together with a report available to you in late December 2015 meets your needs, please feel free to contact me off-list.</div>
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