[governance] Internet Governance Policy Training in Accra - May 13 and 14.
Nnenna
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Mon Apr 19 05:34:37 EDT 2010
Dear all
FOSSFA, in collaboration with Diplo will be holding a face to face Internet Governance Policy Training.
This is part of the pre-conference trainngs of the fourth African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons - IDLELO 4.
There are only 25 seats available, out of which half has already been taken. The organisers are supporting accommodation costs for trainees and covering other costs for 4 days.
Kindly visit: http://idlelo.net/content/pre-conference-training-programme to register.
Then send application to acpinfo at diplomacy.edu
Best regards
Nnenna Nwakanma | Founder and CEO, NNENNA.ORG | Consultants
Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for Development
Rue des Jardins, Près de Ste Cecile | Tel: 225 27144 | Fax 224 26471
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Table of contents:
1. Re: [governance] Reposting Workshop 3: Transnational enforcement -- Eric Dierker <cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net>
2. Re: [governance] Clinton Admits: "Free" Trade is Harmful to 3rd
World -- "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
3. Re: [governance] Breakdown of IGF 2009 participants by region and -- "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
4. [governance] Project Universal subtitles -- Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:15:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Eric Dierker <cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [governance] Reposting Workshop 3: Transnational enforcement
I seldom write in derision of my country. But this evil notion of embargo of
information and knowledge is not acceptable. Article 19 here is good and true
and holds to almost all Americans belief http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
Just a mere 6 months ago our SOS Hillary condemned in country censorship and
denial of access in multiple countries yet she stands by and supports denying
whole countries the same unfettered right to information.
Both of the statements below fall far short of what is needed. Diplomacy
between nations is great but when political agendas thwart basic human rights
that are universal they must be condemned with the strongest unambiguous
language. This is not a time or situation to coddle and appease and work out.
If this IGF cannot stand for this basic and well established notion then we
must look inside ourselves and check the tenants or our own reasons for
participation. Perhaps here we can see the true distinction between those here
from a deep abiding commitment and those here as part of a job.
--- On Sun, 4/18/10, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
From: Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
Subject: Re: [governance] Reposting Workshop 3: Transnational enforcement
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Adam Peake" <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 4:49 AM
Adam Peake wrote:
When the Geneva WSIS documents were being negotiated Cuba tried,
unsuccessfully, to get this paragraph in:
"56. Access to information and communication technologies shall be secured in
accordance with international law, bearing in mind that some countries are
affected by unilateral measures which are not compatible with it and which
create obstacles for international trade."
Adam
The Geneva Declaration of Principle does say, in para 46
In building the Information Society, States are strongly urged to take steps
with a view to the avoidance of, and refrain from, any unilateral measure not
in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations that
impedes the full achievement of economic and social development by the
population of the affected countries, and that hinders the well-being of their
population.
Parminder
Parminder
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Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
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<http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html>www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/dr
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:24:20 +1200
From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] Clinton Admits: "Free" Trade is Harmful to 3rd
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Thank you Joey. I enjoyed watching this clip. We also have food
security issues in Asia Pacific - with "rice shortages" and have to
deal with balancing food imports.
On 4/18/10, Joey Gray <jogray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings All, Semi-related (by contrast), here is the story of another
> Caribbean island's generations of dependence, hunger, and independence --
> Cuba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGuipXzxPFY I just learned about
> Kitchen Gardeners, which looks like a cool resource
> http://kitchengardeners.org/ Joey
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> I have been following this discussion with interest, particularly as I
>> belong to Saint Lucia, one of the banana producing countries of the
>> Windward
>> Islands in the Caribbean.
>> This morning I read this article
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8610427.stm which may interest some of
>> you. It also deals with the protection of local agriculture, in this case
>> in
>> some African countries, and in this case using intellectual property
>> rights,
>> specifically patents.
>> Can someone advise me please - Ginger?? - should I copy in the text of the
>> article or is the URL sufficient?
>> Deirdre
>>
>> On 8 April 2010 22:19, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
>> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Jeanette,
>>>
>>> Your practical question reminds of something I may have read somewhere
>>> but can't for the life of me remember, it's about how consumers in the
>>> West post Copenhagen discussions are into buying green produce and
>>> chances are if they are consuming something that took so long to get
>>> to their country, it would have have not been environmentally
>>> efficient and consumers would soon rather purchase commodity from
>>> neighbouring region.
>>>
>>> I am reminded of bottled water how I watched a documentary (rerun)
>>> where it said that it takes 8 litres of water to make one bottled
>>> water etc and how people should just use filters and drink tap water.
>>>
>>> Where do we draw the line and how do we trade efficiently and be
>>> mindful of not trampling on others just because we are giants and we
>>> can.
>>>
>>> I have chillie growing in my yard in Suva, Fiji Islands and would love
>>> to send you some but quarrantine probably won't allow it. In Fiji,
>>> people also dry chillies to preserve them.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Sala
>>> On 4/6/10, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> So here's a practical question: Looking in my own refrigerator just
>>> now,
>>> >> I have noticed most of a pack of chillies (cost ?0.50) from Morocco,
>>> >> expiry date 22Mar and they have indeed grown some interesting looking
>>> >> mold. But I can't eat chillies quickly enough. So what should I do -
>>> not
>>> >> buy them again (smaller packets not available in that shop),
>>> >
>>> > You should freeze them. That way they last for many months without
>>> > losing their flavour. You defrost them within less than a minute by
>>> > putting them under hot water.
>>> >
>>> > and who
>>> >> should public policy seek to protect - Moroccan farmers, or Moroccan
>>> >> consumers - in the event that the UK market for chillies reduces,
>>> taking
>>> >> with it the wholesale price.
>>> >
>>> > Aren't Moroccan farmers also consumers? I wonder if this is really an
>>> > either/ or situation. Besides, there might be good reasons to produce
>>> > and buy food locally even if this implies higher prices. Avoiding long
>>> > distant transport, might be one, desirable qualities such as taste or
>>> > organic production methods might be reasons and poverty is certainly
>>> > also one.
>>> >
>>> > jeanette
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>>
>>
>> --
>> ?The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:28:22 +1200
From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] Breakdown of IGF 2009 participants by region and
Mere Samisoni did some research on this debate, let me get her to respond.
Kind Regards
ST
On 4/18/10, Eric Dierker <cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I think this is noble but old school logic. Our values and more's are no
> longer dictated by the region or sector we belong to. Cliche's and moribund
> stereotypes no longer fuel our logic. Those with the inclination to
> participate here are not restricted by location or social order or origin.
> Environmentalists are techies, soldiers are scientists, men care for babies,
> women orbit in space, Bangladeshis are agro business folks, Japanese are
> Christian and Muslims drink spirits. Some from England like American
> football, and in Siberia there are Africans, Eskimos enjoy fruits and green
> salads and Malaysians eat Caribou.
>
> But counting sectors and regions help politicians and census takers, guide
> marketers and sales. Even recognizing the georegional differences is a stage
> for bigotry, for classification and discrimination. How can we have rules
> that protect gender and age and disability but embrace segregation based on
> job and the dirt we stand on?
>
> --- On Thu, 4/15/10, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>
>
> From: Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca>
> Subject: Re: [governance] Breakdown of IGF 2009 participants by region and
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 3:03 PM
>
>
> Low but of high quality! :)
>
> Seriously, if Adam's concern is civil society participation, to go
> deeper into the reasons one needs more information on who exactly have
> been the participants per sector and region. Maybe this is available
> (the full roster, with the designation of each by interest group and
> region). Is the percentage of a region heavily biased by government and
> business, for example? LA&C could have a large percentage of government
> delegates, Asia of business and so on... is this data available?
>
> Southern civil society is constrained by resources and by the lack of
> interest in the IGF. Only now some civil society sectors are perceiving
> the importance of following IG issues, and maybe this is the case in all
> regions. The latest South SSIG had a significant participation of ngo
> students who had never before considered IG as relevant -- and their
> reaction after the course was very positive.
>
> Interesting to note that the World Social Forum, as an example of
> massive worldwide mobilization of ngos and social movements, mostly
> ignores the issue or treats it as fringe.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> Adam Peake wrote:
>> Again, participants from Latin America and the Caribbean is low. Has
>> been for all IGFs (expect Rio... when LAC participants represented 35%
>> of the total, but of those 29% were from Brazil.)
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>> Interesting indeed, Ginger. I assume the classification is on the basis
>>> of self-defined categories as written in the registration forms. I am
>>> particularly curious about the relatively large participation of the
>>> "technical and academic" community.
>>>
>>> []s fraternos
>>>
>>> --c.a.
>>>
>>> Ginger Paque wrote:
>>>> FYI:
>>>>
>>>> Breakdown of IGF participants:
>>> >
>>>
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/87-programme/484-igf-s
harm-el-sheikh-attendance-statistics
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:05:30 -0300
From: Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
Subject: [governance] Project Universal subtitles
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A very interesting project has been launched: Universal Subtitles (
http://blog.universalsubtitles.org/) Please advertise it and help to develop
this idea.
The project is supported by Mozilla Drumbeat (http://www.drumbeat.org/)
Subtitles and Captions for Every Video on the Web
*Here?s the problem:* web video is beginning to rival television, but there
isn?t a good open resource for subtitling. *Here?s our mission:* we?re
trying to make captioning, subtitling, and translating video publicly
accessible in a way that?s free and open, just like the Web.
*Our approach:*
- Make a simple and ubiquitous way to request, create, and translate
subtitles for any video
- Work with others to define open protocols so that whenever subtitles
for a video exist, any website or video player will be able to retrieve them
- Create a community space for people who subtitle video, to encourage
contributions and facilitate collaboration
*Tools we?re building*
*1) Subtitle Widget:* We?re developing an incredibly user friendly interface
for adding captions to almost any video on the web (without the hassle of
re-transcoding or re-uploading). We?ll be launching a demo very soon, but
here?s a sneak peek:
Subtitles and Captions for Every Video on the Web
*Here?s the problem:* web video is beginning to rival television, but there
isn?t a good open resource for subtitling. *Here?s our mission:* we?re
trying to make captioning, subtitling, and translating video publicly
accessible in a way that?s free and open, just like the Web.
*Our approach:*
- Make a simple and ubiquitous way to request, create, and translate
subtitles for any video
- Work with others to define open protocols so that whenever subtitles
for a video exist, any website or video player will be able to retrieve them
- Create a community space for people who subtitle video, to encourage
contributions and facilitate collaboration
*Tools we?re building*
*1) Subtitle Widget:* We?re developing an incredibly user friendly interface
for adding captions to almost any video on the web (without the hassle of
re-transcoding or re-uploading). We?ll be launching a demo very soon, but
here?s a sneak peek:
*2) Universal Subtitles Protocol:* A new open standard that will allow
clients such as Firefox extensions, desktop video players, websites, or
browsers to look up and download matching subtitles from a whitelist of
subtitle databases when they play video.
*3) Collaborative Subtitling Site: *An online community for collaboratively
subtitling and translating the world?s videos (like a Wikipedia for
subtitles). The site will have special tools for versioning, incentives for
different types of collaboration, and all subtitles created here will be
available in any context via our open protocol. The site will exist to
encourage dynamics like:
- Formation of teams for subtitling a program, or a topic.
- Tracking which subtitling or translation tasks are the most requested,
and mobilizing volunteers.
- Volunteers recruiting their friends for help transcribing or
translating a video.
- Splitting large tasks into smaller parts
--
Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
FGV Direito Rio
Center of Technology and Society
Getulio Vargas Foundation
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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FGV Direito Rio
Center of Technology and Society
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