[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: Capacity building assistance offer to digital rights advocates

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi Brenden,

in fact, Beck is a NCSG member and is looking to share info in the list too
:)

Rafik

2015-04-24 0:23 GMT+09:00 Brenden Kuerbis <bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org>:

> 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.
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> -- Brenden
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Becky Lentz <roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca>
> Date: Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:22 AM
> Subject: Capacity building assistance offer to digital rights advocates
> To: "GIGANET-MEMBERS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" <GIGANET-MEMBERS at listserv.syr.edu>
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>  (Please forward/post as appropriate, and excuse any unavoidable
> cross-postings)
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>        Dear colleagues,
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>  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.
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>  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:
> https://www.derechosdigitales.org/wp-content/uploads/PP05.pdf; 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 how they benefited from both of these collaborations.
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>  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 (
> http://wougnet.org/2014/02/internship-opportunity-informationcommunications-deadline-28th-february/),
> a Technical Support Intern (
> https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/files/arts-internships/wougnet_tech_support_intern.pdf),
> and Gender and ICT Policy Advocacy (
> https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/files/arts-internships/wougnet_gender_and_ict_policy_advocacy_0.pdf).
> Testimonials and references from WOUGNET are also available.
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>  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 the semester-long project.
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>  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.
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>  Best,
> Becky Lentz
>  McGill University
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