[NCUC-DISCUSS] African School on IG: call for applications

Mon Jun 3 11:45:29 CEST 2013

Hi

Further to my previous messages, this is the event at which NCUC will be doing an outreach session & reception.  NCUC members from Africa may wish to consider applying…

Best,

Bill

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> From: Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
> Subject: [governance] African School on IG: call for applications
> Date: June 3, 2013 11:27:33 AM GMT+02:00
> To: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> Reply-To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org,Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
> 
> Dear all
> 
> I am very pleased to be announcing the call for applications for the
> first African School on Internet Governance (ASIG) scheduled to take
> place from 10-12 July, immediately prior to the ICANN meeting in Durban
> South Africa. Thanks to the many people - including those on on this
> list - who have contributed the input and support that managed to get us
> to the point of being able to launch ASIG next month.
> 
> Details below and in the attached PDF. Please distribute widely.
> 
> Anriette
> 
> *Call for Applications to Participate in the First African School on
> Internet Governance in Durban South Africa, July 2013*
> 
> The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the NEPAD
> Planning and Coordinating Agency–e-Africa Programme are pleased to
> announce the call for applications for the first African School on
> Internet Governance to be held in Durban, South Africa, from 10-12 July
> 2013.
> 
> Internet Governance (IG) is usually defined as the development and
> application, by governments, the private sector, and civil society of
> principles, policies, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and
> programmes that shape the evolution and use of the internet. While few
> contest the definition itself, the respective roles, responsibility,
> power and influence of various stakeholder groups continue to be the
> subject of intense debate. Also contested is the institutional ecosystem
> within which decisions that impact on the internet are being made, as
> well as the principles on which such governance should be based.
> 
> What is not contested is that (a) IG is complex and and participating
> effectively in IG processes is not easy, (b) African participation in
> IG, be it in technical, social or political spheres, is insufficient and
> (b) few African countries have established sustainable open and
> inclusive policy discussion forums where government, civil society,
> businesses and technical people are able to interact effectively and
> collaborate to develop consistent national and institutional strategies
> aimed at mobilising the internet for economic, social, political and
> cultural development.
> 
> The first Summer School on IG <http://www.euro-ssig.eu/> (SSIG) was held
> in Europe in Meissen in July 2007. It has become an annual event and has
> given rise to the South School on IG
> <http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/> held annually in Latin America for
> the last four years and an Asia Pacific school that took place in 2011.
> The African School on IG will build on their experience but customise
> session content to meet the needs of African IG interest groups. We will
> utilise the expertise that exists within the continent as well as that
> of international academics and practitioners in the field. Topics to be
> covered include:
> 
>  *
> 
>    History and overview of IG
> 
>  *
> 
>    Policy, development and human rights
> 
>  *
> 
>    Regulation and management: standards, protocols, gTLDs, ccTLDs,
>    internet intermediaries
> 
>  *
> 
>    Multi-stakeholder approaches to IG: roles and processes, challenges
>    and opportunities
> 
> 
> APC/NPCA can support two groups of successful applicants:
> 
>  *
> 
>    Those who are already planning to come to ICANN47
>    <http://meetings.icann.org/ICANN47> but who would need to arrive
>    earlier to attend the School (accommodation and meals)
> 
>  *
> 
>    Those who are not currently planning to come to ICANN47 but who want
>    to participate in the school (travel, visas and meals and
>    accommodation for the duration of the School)
> 
> The organisers of the School are not able to support accommodation and
> other costs for particpation in ICANN47, only for participation in the
> African School on IG.
> 
> 
> To apply please fill in the form at *http://tw.gs/Q7uehW*by *12 June
> 2013*. For more information contact *emilar at apc.org*
> 
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> anriette esterhuysen anriette at apc.org
> executive director, association for progressive communications
> www.apc.org
> po box 29755, melville 2109
> south africa
> tel/fax +27 11 726 1692
> 
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William J. Drake
International Fellow & Lecturer
  Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, 
  ICANN, www.ncuc.org
william.drake at uzh.ch  
www.williamdrake.org
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