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Mark your calendar, the Internet Governance Forum is the place to be!

From the 14th to 17th September, the IGF will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania with over 1000 participants expected to attend.  A workshop is planned specifically to assist ACP country participants prior to this global event on the 13th of September.  An important way to prepare for what lies ahead during the following four days of plenaries and workshops.
The Call for applications is currently open

16 July 2010


More Internet Governance workshops planned

The Pacific region wll be the next stop with workshops planned in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and in Suva, Fiji.  Our IG experts will be island hopping in order to work with two regional institutions, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in bringing IG and ICT policy training to officials and professionals.
 
In Rarotonga, ITU's workshop on numbering and licensing is the perfect occasion to include discussions on Internet Governance and its diplomatic processes.  Participation at this Rarotonga event is now closed.
Call for applications for the Suva, Fiji workshop is currently open.

16 July 2010

"Internet Governance Diplomacy" welcomed in Jamaica
From Nairobi to Ghana, and now to Kingston, Jamaica! The Internet Governance Diplomacy workshop was once again training participants in the multidisciplinary field of Internet Governance and its diplomatic process.


The workshop was held over two days from June 30th to July 1st bringing together participants from both Jamaica and several other Caribbean countries.  The lively discussions covered issues such as infrastructure and standardisation, legal, economic, socio-cultural and development.  Participants role-played as different stakeholders in an interactive simulation exercise focusing on content management, universal broadband access and e-commerce taxation.  Follow the daily discussions on ‘Twitter’ . 

Discussions don't just stop at the end of the workshop!  Diplo and ICT4D Jamaica are now continuing what started during the workshop through the project’s online community site.   Join in on these discussions! 


5 July 2010


Foundation Phase ends; Advanced Phase kicks off

The Internet Governance (IG) Course has just entered into an exciting new phase!

Over 80% of participants taking part in the IG Foundation Phase have successfully completed the first leg, and have been given the opportunity to proceed to the Advanced Phase.

Among the successful participants are 127 professionals from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, they will work alongside 14 European professionals  and 57 from other parts of the world including the US, Asia and the Middle East.

The initial Foundation Phase saw the participants discuss IG issues from five main baskets – Infrastructure, Legal, Economic, Socio-Cultural and Development – finishing off with a final exam at the end of the course.

The Advanced Phase, which kicked off on June 14, will see eight groups of participants discuss specific topics – Infrastructure, Intellectual Property Rights, Security, Privacy, E-voting and ICT Strategy - in more depth. The eight-week course will lead up to the research phase of the programme.

22 June, 2010



Accra welcomes IG Diplomacy

The Internet Governance Diplomacy workshop, delivered in Accra, Ghana on May 13-14, was met with overwhelming interest from over 80 applicants!

Over 20 shortlisted participants, mostly from Ghana and Nigeria, successfully completed the workshop which took place a few days prior to the IDLELO 4 conference in Ghana. The participants learnt about the multidisciplinary nature of Internet Governance and the international and regional processes, with a special focus on the effects of Internet Governance on local policies.

1 June, 2010


“Internet Governance Diplomacy” workshop at Ghana’s IDLELO 4 conference

If you’re planning to attend the Fourth African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons (IDLELO 4), in Accra, Ghana, on May 17-21, you can’t miss out on Diplo’s “Internet Governance Diplomacy” pre-conference workshop.

The workshop, an ideal prequel to the open source conference, provides a window into the multidisciplinary field of Internet Governance, the international and regional processes, and the effects of IG issues on national and regional policies.

The workshop will take place at the conference venue, the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) on May 13-14. It is open to professionals from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, whose local costs for participating in the workshop will be covered by the organisers (international travel costs are to be paid by the participant or sending institution).

Participation is limited to the first 20 applicants, so hurry up! Send an e-mail with your full name, country of residence, institution and position to acpinfo@diplomacy.edu by April 30.

April 15, 2010


Diplo ups number of ACP DIG groups

Thanks to the overwhelming number of excellent applications, Diplo has decided to offer more places and create additional classroom groups for participants from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

The seven groups, forming part of the ACP Capacity Development programme in IG and ICT Policy, gather 127 participants from 48 ACP countries. All participants are being offered a fellowship to attend this online Internet Governance training course.

Since the start of the course on March 1, all classrooms are experiencing a transformation from empty spaces to vibrant communities as witnessed by the huge volume of hypertext entries and Forum posts. Participants are busy sharing their knowledge, relevant expertise and interesting experiences, in both the classrooms and through interactive online sessions.

March 25, 2010


IG trainees praise Nairobi workshop

Last week, 27 participants from 15 ACP countries took part in Diplo’s Internet Governance Diplomacy workshop, held within the ICANN meeting in Nairobi.

The workshop, held on March 11-12, 2010, attracted a good number of representatives from government, regulators, civil society, business, academia and the media, who welcomed the hands-on approach.

The trainees learnt about the multifaceted aspects of IG, the complex negotiations which often challenge traditional methods, the pressing IG issues for their regions, and the challenges their regions needed to overcome. They also took part in exercises through which they simulated meetings with stakeholders from different sectors. This enabled them to learn about new perspectives other stakeholders may have.

The trainees praised the opportunities of interaction the workshop created, and called for more training events to take place in their region.

March 20, 2010

Record number of applications for IGCBP 2010

Almost 600  people, from every region in the world , have applied to the DiploFoundation 2010 Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme in the four weeks since the call opened in January.
The resounding success of the programme has made this year’s number of applications an absolute record. As a result, this year, additional classes will be opened to accommodate a bigger group, with as widespread a geographical representation as possible.
The high quality of applications has made Diplo’s selection task very difficult; yet is also promising a great start to the programme – on March 1 – leading up to the fifth Internet Governance Forum in September.

February 26, 2010