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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues and friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am pleased to share this <b><span lang="EN-GB">UNESCO Call for proposals on Defining Internet Universality Indicators, for your interest and information.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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UNESCO’s adoption of the CONNECTing the Dots Outcome document in 2015 as its new approach to Internet issues as well as the successful development and application of the IPDC Media Development Indicators,
<b>UNESCO is pleased to launch a new project: “Defining Internet Universality Indicators”.</b> This project aims to elaborate appropriate Internet indicators which can enrich stakeholders’ capacity to assess Internet development, broaden international consensus
and foster online democracy and human rights towards knowledge societies engaged in sustainable development. This study will be founded on the UNESCO concept of Internet Universality as the guiding framework</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">
which promotes an Internet based on human Rights, and the principles of Openness, Accessibility and Multi-stakeholder participation (abbreviated as the R.O.A.M principles).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">For this new project,
<b>UNESCO launches a call for proposals to carry out the key deliverable and related tasks</b> within a one-year time frame from April 2017 to April 2018.
<span style="color:black;background:white">UNESCO, therefore, invites interested researchers, institutions, research consortiums, entities and organizations to submit their proposals, according to the
<b><u><a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/news/internet_universality_indicators_tors.pdf">General Terms of Reference</a></u></b> by email to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:internetstudy@unesco.org"><span style="background:white">internetstudy@unesco.org</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background:white">.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;background:white"> The
deadline for submitting is </span></span><b><span style="color:black;background:white">28 February 2017, before</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">
<b>noon (CET).</b> </span></span><span style="color:black;background:white">For further enquiries, you may contact
<a href="mailto:x.hu@unesco.org">Ms Xianhong Hu </a>and <a href="mailto:j.guillarmou@unesco.org">
Mr Josselyn Guillarmou</a>.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">The final deliverable will take the form of a policy paper in English with maximum 100 standard pages
<span style="color:black;background:white">(minimum of 320 words each) excluding annexes and bibliography, as well as a project online platform/website on Internet Universality indicators under UNESCO domain name and server. The draft deliverable will be presented
on the project’s website for further consultation, and the final version will likely be released as a UNESCO publication. If the budget allows it, the publication will be translated into 4-6 UN official languages, which will inform UNESCO’s 195 Member States
and other international policy-makers on internet-related policy making.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;background:white">It is important to note that UNESCO has commissioned preliminary research on the Internet indicators which should be considered as a basis to develop this final deliverable.
This initial background paper will be provided to interested submitters upon request via the same email address:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('wksvdy4sxdobxodcdeniJexocmy8ybq');"><span style="color:#214A87;background:white">internetstudy(at)unesco.org</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;background:white">For all information related to this new project, please follow the link of
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background:white">CI<span style="color:black"> news release:
<a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_call_for_proposals_defining_internet_universality_in/">
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_call_for_proposals_defining_internet_universality_in/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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