[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC @ Durban?

Sat Jun 8 14:08:37 CEST 2013

Hi to all of you !

I would like to participate to the NCUC activities but as an ICANN FELLOW,
I suuppose to leave my country on 13 july and arrive in Durban ine the
morning of 14 july.
Is it possible to rebook my travel to Durban as a Fellow ?
Thanks in advance for your kind response.
Cheers !
-Olevie-

2013/6/8 David Cake <dave at difference.com.au>

> 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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