By tracking the journey of Internet traffic from our personal computers to big platforms, we will learn about potential challenges to our local (personal, home, and office) connectivity, and monitor what happens with telecom, Internet providers, and ...
Online meetings and conferences are now a necessity for most organisations.
In this highly interactive, practice-based course participants learn how to plan, manage, and run successful online events: choosing and using an appropriate te...
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An interactive online capacity development programme
Internet governance (IG) has become one of the most important policy areas of our time. Topics like privacy protection, human rights online, and cybersecurity are increasingly in the focus of gl...
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An expert in remote participation, Mr Arvin Kamberi heads up Diplo’s Webinar Team. Based in Belgrade, he has been working on webinars and other web-based remote participation since 2011. Arvin has been part of the remote participation team for many i...
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Born (and currently residing) in the United States, Ms Virginia (Ginger) Paque lived in Venezuela for more than 35 years. An educator and administrator by profession, she has 25 years’ experience in business and manufacturing systems consulting. As a...
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The annual Geneva Engage Awards recognise the efforts in social media outreach by various actors in International Geneva. The awards are part of theGeneva Engageinitiative, aimed at fostering effective links between International Geneva a...
7 Feb 2017
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Active links between International Geneva and communities worldwide that are affected by the policies discussed and negotiated in Geneva, such as climate change, human rights, development, and migration. Geneva Engage is an initiative of the Geneva I...
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The critical Internet infrastructure is no longer a dry tech-geek topic.
It has drawn attention from the wider Internet community through discussions on Internet names and numbers (domain names such as .amazon, .wine), the Internet of Things (sel...
Start date: 26 Jul 2021
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It doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out. Of course in situ gatherings, including both meetings and kids’ games, came first, probably around campsites and campfires. Interesting to note, then, that the 2015 World Championship Leagu...
11 Dec 2015
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How to improve inclusion in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) process through online resources, tools, and facilitation was one of the points of discussion at the IGF 2015 Open Consultations and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) meetings in Gen...
11 Dec 2014
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Where did all the people go? The general impression today was that there were too few people in the rooms. With formal confirmation that over 1500 people collected badges, it seemed that only about half were really there … maybe the others wer...
25 Oct 2013
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The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2013 is almost upon us. Pre-events start before the actual meeting 22-26 October. Reservations have been made, and last-minute hotel arrangements are rushing across the Internet, a bit more tensely than usual...
8 Oct 2013
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Thanks to broadcast and remote participation options, the outreach of the event was beyond Geneva. Participants mainly included:
Diplomats from permanent missions,
representativ...
19 Jun 2013
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In his recent guest blog, Giulio Quaggiotto, UNDP argues that citizen engagement is more about design than technology.
This is particularly relevant for Diplo’s E-Participation day conference where we will discover how governments, internation...
17 Jun 2013
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The short answer is YES! A bit longer answer could be prompted by questions… why, over the last few days, have we not heard news about ambassadors presenting demarches in Washington, with reasonable doubts whether their e-mails have been inter...
13 Jun 2013
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This is a recent interview withAnders Norsker, Chief, Information Services Department, International Telecommunication Union. Anderswill be speaking at the forthcoming E-Participation day on 19 June.
Anders, how ...
13 Jun 2013
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"The growth in social media represents a shift in power from traditional top-down communication to the individual. For the first time in history, anybody (given access to the technology and digital literacy) can potentially make their voices heard an...
12 Jun 2013
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e-Participation Day - 19 June 2013
E-Protocol and Immunities Breakout session by Dr Jovan Kurbalija - DiploFoundation
Protocol and immunities are ancient cornerstones of diplomacy. Traditionally, diplomatic immunities protect embassy building...
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On the international level, online channels create new possibilities for overcoming barriers to participation, such as a lack of human and financial resources, or environmental constraints, which may affect both non-governmental actors and actors fro...
7 Jun 2013
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E-participation is a buzzword right now, on everybody's mind and agenda, it seems. Those who know me will not be surprised to read the following statement: Remote participation embodies the best of e-participation, and when remote participation is no...
5 Jun 2013
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