[governance] Call for Applications - Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme 2008

[Vladimir Radunovic]

Dear colleagues,

DiploFoundation is happy to announce the fourth round of the annual Internet
Governance Capacity Building Programme (http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/).  
Moreover, this year several bilingual groups will be created as well:
English and Arabic, French, Portuguese or Spanish.
 

Please feel free to disseminate the call to all the organisations
(governmental, non-governmental, business, international, media,
academia...) and individuals that might be interested - both from developing
and developed countries.

Best!

            Vladimir Radunovic
            DiploFoundation




CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
INTERNET GOVERNANCE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME 2008


DiploFoundation is currently accepting applications for the 2008 Internet
Governance Capacity Building Training Programme (IG CBP). This online
programme is designed to improve Internet governance (IG) related knowledge
and skills for participants mainly from developing countries. The Programme
also facilitates community-building among individuals with different
national, cultural, and professional backgrounds.


The Programme

The programme is open for applicants from government institutions, business,
civil society, and other organisations. The programme includes an online
training phase - foundation and advanced courses - a policy research phase,
and a policy immersion phase. The programme is conducted entirely online. 

Participants from developing countries are eligible to receive full
scholarship support for the foundation course, while for the advanced
course, scholarships will be offered to a number of the most successful
participants from the foundation course. For the policy research phase,
fellowships will be awarded to a number of successful participants from the
previous phases.


Timeline

3 March-29 April 2008 - Foundation Course on Internet Governance
5 May-29 June 2008 - Advanced Course on Internet Governance
September-November 2008 - Policy Research Phase (optional)
July 2008 through 2009 - Policy Immersion (fellowships)


To Apply

For further information and to apply, please visit 
http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/.  

The deadline for applications is 14 February 2008.







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