[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC @ Durban?

David Cake dave at difference.com.au
Sat Jun 8 10:58:04 CEST 2013 

I'll be attending Durban, and it looks as if I will get in the morning of the 12th, so will be able to attend the outreach event and reception on Friday. Happy to do whatever I can to help with these events. 
Regards

	David

On 05/06/2013, at 8:58 PM, William Drake <william.drake at UZH.CH> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> At the ICANN meeting in Durban, NCUC
> 
> 1.  will do an outreach event in the context of the African School on Internet Governance on the afternoon of Friday 12 July.
> 
> 2.  will sponsor a reception/dinner after the school.  This will be organized by the Association for Progressive Communications, and I guess be like the APC parties held at the annual global IGF meetings, maybe @ 50-60 people milling around eating and drinking at a restaurant near the school event.  
> 
> 3.  has applied to organize a workshop on closed generics within the main ICANN program.
> 
> 4.  is talking to some government representatives, as well at the ATRT team, about meeting with us on Constituency Day, Tuesday 16th.
> 
> It would help a great deal in deciding how to take these activities forward if I knew who from NCUC will be able to attend in Durban.  In particular, I really need an accurate head count to give the restaurant for the reception/dinner.  I would therefore greatly appreciate it if people could be in touch and let me know if they are coming to Durban, and if so on what date and whether they can attend the Friday events.
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> On Jun 3, 2013, at 11:45 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>> <Call for Applications AfriIG_31052013.pdf>
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>>   Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>>   University of Zurich, Switzerland
>> Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, 
>>   ICANN, www.ncuc.org
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