<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Dear all,</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">(Apologies for cross-posting)</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We're delighted to unveil two new modules of our online training series </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">“How to engage in cyber policy: tools for human rights defenders”: </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><u>Regulatory frameworks</u>, and <u>Cyber capacity building</u>. </span></font>The series<font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">aims
 to help human rights defenders develop the tools, skills and knowledge 
they need to engage effectively in cyber policy debates.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Regulatory frameworks module videos address the issues of regulatory frameworks in cyberspace, and who has a stake in cyberspace, and the Cyber capacity building module videos cover the issues of capacity building between states, and capacity building as development and education.<br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">You can watch them </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCow9ZGJMNsZtAkz4ZvTtcJA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">on the online training YouTube channel</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">. <br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">T</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">here will be a Q&A session complementing these two modules tomorrow, <b>Wednesday 24 August</b></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> at 13:00 UTC, </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">which will allow you to pose questions to experts in the field.</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p>The discussants for this session will be:<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></font></p><ul><li>Matthew Shears, Internet policy expert, Co-chair Freedom Online Coalition's Working Group 1<br></li><li>Tatiana Tropina, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.</li><li>Marilia Maciel, Internet policy expert. <br></li><li>Vladimir Radunovic, Diplo Foundation. <br></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">You can join the Q&A session by following </span><a href="https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M6UIZXWW9M02FCTJD5VEWKCQJ0-OY93&rnd=565127.52120" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this link </span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">on the day, and following the on-screen prompts.</span></p><font size="2"><br></font><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Check </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.gp-digital.org/watch-our-new-online-series-on-cyber-policy-for-human-rights-defenders/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">for
 regular updates on subsequent modules and the dates of upcoming Q&A
 sessions, and please feel free to share with anyone who might be 
interested.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><span>Best</span> wishes,</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Daniela </span></font></p><br clear="all">-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><font color="#888888"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font color="#073763" face="verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font color="#073763" face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Daniela Schnidrig<br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font color="#073763" face="verdana, sans-serif">Project Coordinator | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL</font><div><div><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1">Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL<br></font><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span><font color="#888888"><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1">T: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29203%20818%203258" value="+442038183258" target="_blank">+44 (0)203 818 3258</a> </font></font></span>| </font><span><font color="#888888"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Skype: daniela.<font color="#888888">globalpartners </font></span><br><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="http://gp-digital.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">gp-digital.org</a></div></div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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