Sponsor for Participation in the [governance] Summer School on

[carlos a. afonso]

Excellent information, Seiiti.

--c.a.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Seiiti Arata" <seiiti.lists at googlemail.com>
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:11:54 +0100
Subject: Re: Sponsor for Participation in the [governance] Summer School
on Governance of the Internet

> Hi all
> 
> I work for Diplo and would like informally to complement the
> information
> below.
> 
> Diplo does offer fellowships as part of its Internet governance
> capacity
> building programme (IGCBP). These fellowships are granted to our
> Diplo
> Alumni for the Summer School and also to other important initiatives
> such as
> ICANN Studienkreis (who happens to be also run under the leadership
> of
> Wolfgang). Other fellowships I can think of now are IGF Secretariat
> and
> Connect Africa (ITU), but there are several others.
> 
> I will be happy to discuss new partnerships with the initiatives of
> your
> institutions - do write me off-list so we can exchange ideas.
> 
> Because of the positive results and the impact of the IGCBP, we are
> able to
> run the fourth annual edition. Applications can be made at
> http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/Activities/display.asp?Topic=Call
> 
> For those of you interested to know more, check
> http://www.diplomacy.edu/links/emerging_leaders - the Emerging
> Leaders
> publication illustrates the stories of some of the hundreds of people
> who
> are part of our Diplo Alumni community.
> 
> Best,
> Seiiti
> 
> 
> On Feb 11, 2008 4:41 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
> wrote:
> 
> >  Aaron, DIPLO has a lot of funding available.  So they can offer,
> and
> > publicize, fellowships.
> >
> >
> >
> > A university in Germany – perhaps not as much?
> >
> >
> >
> > Perhaps the material can be posted online or some other e-learning
> > measures can be worked out – they will work out cheaper, in both
> the short
> > and the long run than flying people to Germany for a summer's worth
> of
> > courses.
> >
> >
> >
> > AFNOG – held along with AFRINIC meetings – does have a
> fellowships program
> > that may be relevant to Internet issues, and possibly to some
> internet
> > governance issues though from a technical standpoint.  I manage the
> > fellowships for two similar conferences, but they are focused on
> the asiapac
> > and on south asia respectively, so there's a regional requirement
> for
> > fellows, besides the obvious background / qualification etc
> requirements
> >
> >
> >
> > Not to mention the "fun" developing country residents who don't
> have a
> > previous history of foreign travel can have when trying to apply
> for a
> > visa.
> >
> >
> >
> > Of course, there is a very high incidence of fraudulent
> applications at
> > any visa post, so they're bound to do due diligence.  And that can
> result in
> > situations where a process that can take minutes to apply + maybe a
> couple
> > of days to process for some people from developing countries can
> easily
> > become a long drawn out process for others.
> >
> >
> >
> >                 suresh
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Nyangkwe Agien Aaron [mailto:nyangkweagien at gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2008 9:03 PM
> > *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; Suresh Ramasubramanian
> > *Subject:* Re: Sponsor for Participation in the [governance] Summer
> School
> > on Governance of the Internet
> >
> >
> >
> > Suresh wrote
> >
> > "How would approaching an entire mailing list of people who, though
> they
> > know and respect Prof Kleinwachter, have no affiliation with this
> course,
> > or authority to award fellowships for it, assuming, of course, that
> a
> > fellowship program exists and that fellowships are being awarded?"
> >
> >  A strategic and apt question. But then, one must understand that
> it was
> > due to the fact that no avenue was provided as to where to seek for
> > sponsorship. In normal cases, hints are provided about scholarships
> and
> > applicants called upon to channel their demands. DIPLO excels at
> this.
> >
> > The organizers of the excellent programme (perharps so bogged down
> by
> > curricula activities involved in such a programme) took this aspect
> of
> > sponsorship lightly.
> >
> > It is not late my very dear Suresh, just do provide the link where
> > applications for scholarship could be fowarded. This can help  in
> setting
> > up a data bank of some resources for the programme... for future
> use, who
> > knows.
> >
> >
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> >
> >
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