Technical Innovation for Digital Policy
Conferences, Timeline Panels and conferences Internet governance and digital policy EventsData protection, freedom of information, and cybersecurity are increasingly in the focus of digital policy. Can technology provide adequate solutions to important policy issues? What are the options?
The conference on Technical Innovation for…
Cybersecurity competence building trends
Publications, TimelineDiplo's study 'Cybersecurity Competence Building Trends', commissioned by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, sets out the various measures that ten OECD countries applied to promote competence-building measures in the field of…
Internet Research Fair
Alumni, Timeline Panels and conferences EventsThe Internet affects society in all its dimensions. Due to its pervasive influence on society, the Internet has affected the object of scientific research in virtually all academic disciplines. At the same time, information technologies…
Cybersecurity and digital challenges for Europe
Events, TimelineOn the occasion of the visit of the College of Europe professors and students to International Geneva, the GIP and the College of Europe (CoE), with the support of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, organised a seminar on 'Cybersecurity and…
Cybersecurity for South‐Eastern Europe
Courses, TimelineA course on Cybersecurity for South‐Eastern Europe was launched in February 2016, in cooperation with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and with the support of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of…
Geneva Engage Award initiated….
Conferences, Milestones, TimelineDiplo and the GIP, in co-operation with the Republic and State of Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, and other international organisations in Geneva, with the support of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers…
The Internet as Common Heritage of Mankind
Events, Milestones, TimelineDr. Alex Sceberras Trigona, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Malta, proposed the Internet as a Common Heritage of Mankind, at the UN High-Level Meeting reviewing developments after 10 years since the World Summit on the Information Society…
Diplomatic training co-operation: Mexico, Malta, and Switzerland
Milestones, TimelineIn December 2015, Mexico, Malta, and Switzerland renewed their memorandum of understanding on diplomatic training which provides a framework allowing the Mexican MFA to enrol participants in Diplo's online courses. This co-operation was initiated…
Launch of Geneva Digital Watch newsletter
Milestones, TimelineThe first issue of Digital Watch, a new monthly newsletter on global and Geneva digital policy developments, came out on 28 September 2015.
Legal instruments for the Internet economy
Courses, TimelineDiplo organised the 9th edition of the pan-Commonwealth training workshop, 'Legal Instruments for the Internet Economy', in September 2015, in Malta. The workshop was organised on behalf of the Government of Malta and in association with the…
Internet governance in Africa
Courses, TimelineDiplo and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Agency provided an 11-week online training course, 'Internet Governance in Africa – An Introduction'. The course covered the fundamental aspects of Internet governance and Internet…
