[governance] Call for Applications: European Capacity Development Programme in Internet Governance (apps. by 10 April)

[Hanane Boujemi]

Call for Applications

EUROPEAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE

(online)



Organised by DiploFoundation
Supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)





Are you a government or civil society expert who needs to know more about 
international Internet and Internet Governance policies to be more 
effective? Are you a tech expert who would like to know more about the 
social aspects of the impact of the Internet on today's society? Or are you 
a legal expert who needs to understand a bit more about the technical 
facets, a teacher who would like to put the small pieces of the puzzle 
together to help your students understand the current big picture?...

Join us if you would like to learn about and discuss who governs the 
Internet, IP and DNS issues, the role of Internet Service Providers and 
regulators, jurisdiction and legal mechanisms, intellectual property rights, 
cyber-security, privacy and freedom of speech, e-commerce, cultural 
diversity online, multilingualism and more!



We are currently accepting applications for the European Capacity 
Development Programme in Internet Governance. This Programme is designed to 
improve Internet Governance (IG) related knowledge and skills for European 
policy-makers. The Programme is organised through online training, policy 
research and policy immersion.



THE PROGRAMME - TRAINING & RESEARCH

The programme offers places for professionals from diverse stakeholder 
backgrounds in IG-related fields and is open to 20 individuals from European 
countries. The programme will start on 20 April 2009, and will last for 12 
weeks.

The training is conducted entirely online. Participation takes place through 
an online learning platform enabling a variety of interactive learning and 
communication tools and encouraging sharing of knowledge and experiences. 
Participants will work under the guidance of certified Diplo online tutors 
and with support from trained professionals and experts from the region.

Learning activities take place in an online classroom and include the 
analysis of course materials, interactive group discussions, assignments and 
exams.

The Programme includes policy research on IG issues of relevance of 
particular countries in Europe. The policy research will result in short 
case study-based research papers.

The online training consists of a 12-week long course covering the following 
topics:

1)     Introduction to Internet Governance

(Evolution of Internet Governance, International Context, Basic Terminology, 
Approaches and Patterns, Guiding Principles, Analogies and other Cognitive 
Tools for IG)

2)     Infrastructure and Standardisation Basket

(Telecommunications Infrastructure, Domain Name System, Root Servers, 
Internet Service Providers, Internet Bandwidth Providers, Economic Models of 
Internet Connectivity, Internet Security and Safety)

3)     Legal Basket

(Legal Mechanisms, Jurisdiction, Arbitration, Intellectual Property Rights, 
Cybercrime)

4)     Economic Basket

(E-Commerce, Consumer Protection, Taxation, Digital Signatures, E-Banking 
and E-Money)

5)     Socio-Cultural Basket

(Content Policy, Privacy and Data Protection, Multilingualism and Cultural 
Diversity, Global Public Goods, Education)

6)     Development Basket

(Digital Divide, Universal Access, Developing Telecommunications and 
Internet Infrastructures, Socio-Cultural Aspects, Telecommunication Policy 
and Regulation)

7)     Internet Governance Process

(Process, Actors, Negotiations)


Successful participants will receive a certificate of completion of the 
programme. The most successful participants will be awarded a policy 
fellowship to participate at the EuroDIG meeting in September 2009 in 
Geneva. The selected participants will have the opportunity to present 
findings of their research.



LANGUAGE

The programme materials and platform are fully in English. Applicants are 
asked to consider whether their reading and writing skills in English are 
sufficient to follow university level materials and discussion.



PARTICIPANTS

The training programme seeks applications from:

§         Officials in government ministries and departments dealing with 
IG-related issues;

§         Postgraduate students and researchers interested in IG issues;

§         Civil Society activists in the IG field;

§         Journalists covering IG issues;

§         Educators

§         Individuals in Internet-business fields (e.g., ISPs, software 
developers, Registrars etc).

Applicants from European countries - member states of Council of Europe - 
are eligible to apply. Priority in the selection process will be given to 
participants from countries in transition.





TIMELINE

§         10 April - application deadline

§         13 April - selection results

§         20 April - start of the course

§         17 July - end of the course & submission of research projects



FEE

There is no participation fee. Selected participants will be provided by 
scholarships offered by the Swiss Federal Office for Telecommunication 
(OFCOM) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).





DEADLINE

The deadline for applications is 10 April 2009, by midnight UTC/GMT.



HOW TO APPLY

For further information and to apply, please visit: 
http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/
Do not hesitate to contact us at ig at diplomacy.edu.


Hanane Boujemi 

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