   Activities Future of the Internet Diplo Associates at IGF in Athens were interviewed on the Future of the Internet by the Pew Internet Project team from Elon University.
Diplo's IG Village on Second Life There is a village dedicated to Internet Governance on Diplomacy Island which will host panels, round tables and conferences on Internet Governance issues. Visitors will also have the chance to consult various books, articles and other materials on Internet Governance. More...
Global Internet Policy Activities in Geneva Between the 13th and the 25th of May, Geneva will host numerous activities related to global Internet policy. These will include the World Summit on Information Society follow-up and implementation meetings, others organized by the International Telecommunications Union, and the meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology. The meeting that will discuss preparations for the next Internet Governance Forum (Rio de Janeiro, November 2007) will take place between 23 and 25 May. Diplo will actively participate in these activities. On 21 May, Diplo will organize a global launch of “Diplomacy Island.” Diplo will also organize a seminar on issues related to Internet governance.
Fellowship in Geneva Two participants from last year's capacity building programme have been selected for a two month fellowship with the Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum in Geneva. The Secretariat, has been keen to support participants from least developed and African countries. Ulemu Nyasulu from Malawi and John Walubengo from Kenya, were both chosen based on their participation during the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme and their contribution to the broader IG community in their region. They will be commencing their internships in summer 2007.
Association for Technology and Internet (APTI) and Strawberrynet Foundation held a workshop to raise Internet Governance awareness in Romania. by the ICT Policy Portal Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications. More...
ICTD and e-Governance Community of Practice Meeting Jovan Kurbalija was one of the speakers at the first joint Asia-Pacific and Europe-CIS inter-regional ICTD/e-Governance Community of Practice meeting. Attending the meeting were government counterparts, representatives of the business community and civil society. The meeting was organised by the UNDP Regional Centre Bangkok (RCB), UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre (BRC) and the e-Governance Academy of Estonia. More…
Diplo in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International Studies and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation organized a seminar on Internet and Diplomacy, which was held at the Institute in Geneva. Photo Gallery. More...
The Malta Communications Authority held their annual conference on – eSecurity: building national strategies that work – from the 30 November to 1 December. Jovan Kurbalija, Director of DiploFoundation, participated as one of the speakers at the conference. He talked about a global perspective on e-security through the World Summit on Information Society process and beyond. More...
SecureMED Conference, Malta 2006 The SecureMED conference was held on the 16th November to precede the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary assembly 2006 Fall Meeting which was held in Malta from Friday 17 November to Sunday 19 November. This conference aimed to address this vacuum in knowledge and coordination in the Mediterranean by discussing a number of security issues of current interest, such as critical infrastructure protection, and attempting to get together European organisations from across the security spectrum- from research institutes to large companies and public entities to SMEs. The setting up of the European Mediterranean Security Centre (EMSeC) was also discussed with a case being presented for a Malta-based EMSeC. The Centre would provide high quality security consultancy and innovative products to EU agencies, international organizations and NGOs. More...
Diplo associates meet Viviane Reding Diplo associates met Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, and Annette Muehlberg, the Chair of ALAC, during the reception of the At-Large Advisory Committee of ICANN in Athens.
DiploFoundation's IGCBP participants meet Vint Cerf “The Internet is a mirror of society,” Google’s vice president Vinton Cerf explained during an hour-long private meeting with participants and tutors of DiploFoundation’s Internet Governance Capacity Buliding Programme (IGCBP).
Diplo at Internet Governance Forum Diplo took part in various activities of the first Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting which was held in Athens. This event was the culmination of nine months of training for participants of Diplo’s Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP).
7th meeting of the ICANN Studienkreis DiploFoundation associates Vladimir Radunovic from Serbia, Veronica Cretu from Moldova and Andrei Mikheyev from Russia made a presentation on the Internet development status in the countries of Eastern Europe.
Three associates from DiploFoundation attended PacINET 2006 held in Apia, Samoa from 21 to 26 August. Gisa Fuatai Purcell generated a great deal of interest with her presentation about Diplo’s capacity building activities.
Former participants of Diplo’s Capacity Building Programme, Dr Nihil Agarwal, Dr Dhrupad Mathur and Priyanthi Dalwatte, attended this year’s eGov meeting in New Delhi India.
Eva Tanner, Diplo’s project development manager, attended this year’s 5th European Global Event on domain names and address systems on Internet (EGENI).
DiploFoundation supported the participation of Dr Nikhil Agarwal and Fuatai Purcell in the United Nations' recent launch of Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development (GAID) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A total of 52 scholars from 30 countries, representing more than 40 academic institutions from around the world, met from 15 to 18 June 2006, in Kurort Rathen, Germany, to discuss a global research agenda on internet governance.
Internet Governance: The Way Forward The aim of the Malta Conference was to contribute to the IGF process by facilitating an informed and constructive discussion. This was achieved through the participation of the major actors in the IG field and by using available knowledge, expertise, and experience as inputs to the policy process. In their discussions, participants and panellists examined the following:
Diplo has been contributing to the WSIS process through a gradual building of capacities among various stakeholders, via courses, publications, and awareness-building activities. Diplo has organised training activities, workshops and seminars related to Internet Governance, throughout the WSIS process, starting from the first PrepCom held in mid-2002 to the second WSIS summit held in November 2005, involving participants from developing countries.
International Conference on Multistakeholder Diplomacy This conference examined the multistakeholder approach to diplomacy in general, with particular focus on the role and impact of various stakeholders in the WSIS process. The conference aimed to contribute to the World Summit on the Information Society and Internet Governance processes by providing policy and practical recommendations.
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