[governance] IG and ICT Policy workshop in Vilnius

[Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google]

Well said Ginger ...

Internet Governance, in particular, requires trained and knowledgeable
practitioners from all walks of life, from all facets of society.

Providing easy and meaningful access to fundamental training is a key
component of making the IG process open to all and not to a select few ...

The world of education and training is changing rapidly. Business Schools
now offer 1 and 2 week diplomas to experienced practitioners ... Online
Learning, Social Leaning, e-Leaning and m-Learning ensures that the last
mile of "distance education" is being shortened and rapidly so.

We would do well to recognize the work that DiploFoundation is doing in
closing the digital gap wrt IG learning.

Like most things in life, it's not perfect (what is?), but it's a helluva
lot better than basically all of the meaningless stuff floating around.

My 2c.

Rgds,

Tracy



On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

> In reply to:*
>
> 'Sit through a one day workshop and you get a certificate calling you a
> Diplomat?  What a deal!  Sure beats two years of grad school and passing
> the Foreign Service exam...'*
>
> Diplomacy is too important to be left only to 'diplomats', who are
> generally understood to be officials of a State's foreign service. Diplomacy
> is the core of international policy processes, addressing problems through
> negotiations and compromise. Traditional 'diplomats' are one very important
> part of this type of diplomacy. But the field is increasingly influenced by
> other government officials and non-state actors.
>
> Becoming a diplomat is not a matter of training for an elite diplomatic
> corps, it is the daily experience of thousands of people involved in global
> policy. It is matter of re-defining the term. IG is a good example of this
> change. In the IGF and ICANN policy processes, for example, new frameworks
> are being designed by a wide variety of players, including traditional
> dipomats. Lowering the entry threshold in global policy processes -
> including diplomacy - is the way to empower people, increase inclusiveness
> and give global policy processes more legitimacy. The multistakeholder IGF
> process in particular is preparing and involving professionals from all
> areas to ensure that the international IG policy processes take advantage of
> all possible resources.
>
> Clarification: I remind all of you that I coordinate DiploFoundation's
> online IG courses.
>
> Best, Ginger
>
>
>
> On 7/18/2010 11:29 AM, Nose ForBS wrote:
>
>  DiploFoundation is happy to announce its forthcoming training workshop in
> Internet Governance and ICT Policy within its ACP project.
>
> The workshop particularly targeting officials and professionals from ACP
> states that will participate at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in
> Lithuania in September will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 13
> September 2010, as the pre-event of the IGF meeting. Deadline for
> applications is 15 August 2010.
>
>
>  Certificate Ceremony
>
> Successful participants will receive an Internet Governance Diplomat
> certificate.
>
>
> Sit through a one day workshop and you get a certificate calling you a
> Diplomat?  What a deal!  Sure beats two years of grad school and passing
> the Foreign Service exam...
>
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