<div>Great news Anriette. Seems your link below has a slight error though.</div><div> </div><div>Best Regards,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">This is fantastic Anriette. :)<br>
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On Jun 3, 2013, at 9:27 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Dear all<br>
><br>
> I am very pleased to be announcing the call for applications for the<br>
> first African School on Internet Governance (ASIG) scheduled to take<br>
> place from 10-12 July, immediately prior to the ICANN meeting in Durban<br>
> South Africa. Thanks to the many people - including those on on this<br>
> list - who have contributed the input and support that managed to get us<br>
> to the point of being able to launch ASIG next month.<br>
><br>
> Details below and in the attached PDF. Please distribute widely.<br>
><br>
> Anriette<br>
><br>
> *Call for Applications to Participate in the First African School on<br>
> Internet Governance in Durban South Africa, July 2013*<br>
><br>
> The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the NEPAD<br>
> Planning and Coordinating Agency–e-Africa Programme are pleased to<br>
> announce the call for applications for the first African School on<br>
> Internet Governance to be held in Durban, South Africa, from 10-12 July<br>
> 2013.<br>
><br>
> Internet Governance (IG) is usually defined as the development and<br>
> application, by governments, the private sector, and civil society of<br>
> principles, policies, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and<br>
> programmes that shape the evolution and use of the internet. While few<br>
> contest the definition itself, the respective roles, responsibility,<br>
> power and influence of various stakeholder groups continue to be the<br>
> subject of intense debate. Also contested is the institutional ecosystem<br>
> within which decisions that impact on the internet are being made, as<br>
> well as the principles on which such governance should be based.<br>
><br>
> What is not contested is that (a) IG is complex and and participating<br>
> effectively in IG processes is not easy, (b) African participation in<br>
> IG, be it in technical, social or political spheres, is insufficient and<br>
> (b) few African countries have established sustainable open and<br>
> inclusive policy discussion forums where government, civil society,<br>
> businesses and technical people are able to interact effectively and<br>
> collaborate to develop consistent national and institutional strategies<br>
> aimed at mobilising the internet for economic, social, political and<br>
> cultural development.<br>
><br>
> The first Summer School on IG <<a href="http://www.euro-ssig.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.euro-ssig.eu/</a>> (SSIG) was held<br>
> in Europe in Meissen in July 2007. It has become an annual event and has<br>
> given rise to the South School on IG<br>
> <<a href="http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/" target="_blank">http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/</a>> held annually in Latin America for<br>
> the last four years and an Asia Pacific school that took place in 2011.<br>
> The African School on IG will build on their experience but customise<br>
> session content to meet the needs of African IG interest groups. We will<br>
> utilise the expertise that exists within the continent as well as that<br>
> of international academics and practitioners in the field. Topics to be<br>
> covered include:<br>
><br>
> *<br>
><br>
> History and overview of IG<br>
><br>
> *<br>
><br>
> Policy, development and human rights<br>
><br>
> *<br>
><br>
> Regulation and management: standards, protocols, gTLDs, ccTLDs,<br>
> internet intermediaries<br>
><br>
> *<br>
><br>
> Multi-stakeholder approaches to IG: roles and processes, challenges<br>
> and opportunities<br>
><br>
><br>
> APC/NPCA can support two groups of successful applicants:<br>
><br>
> *<br>
><br>
> Those who are already planning to come to ICANN47<br>
> <<a href="http://meetings.icann.org/ICANN47" target="_blank">http://meetings.icann.org/ICANN47</a>> but who would need to arrive<br>
> earlier to attend the School (accommodation and meals)<br>
><br>
> *<br>
><br>
> Those who are not currently planning to come to ICANN47 but who want<br>
> to participate in the school (travel, visas and meals and<br>
> accommodation for the duration of the School)<br>
><br>
> The organisers of the School are not able to support accommodation and<br>
> other costs for particpation in ICANN47, only for participation in the<br>
> African School on IG.<br>
><br>
><br>
> To apply please fill in the form at *<a href="http://tw.gs/Q7uehW*by" target="_blank">http://tw.gs/Q7uehW*by</a> *12 June<br>
> 2013*. For more information contact *<a href="mailto:emilar@apc.org">emilar@apc.org</a>*<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> ------------------------------------------------------<br>
> anriette esterhuysen <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a><br>
> executive director, association for progressive communications<br>
> <a href="http://www.apc.org" target="_blank">www.apc.org</a><br>
> po box 29755, melville 2109<br>
> south africa<br>
> tel/fax +27 11 726 1692<br>
><br>
</div></div>> <Call for Applications AfriIG_31052013.pdf><br>
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