[governance] African School on IG: call for applications

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear all

I am very pleased to be announcing the call for applications for the
first African School on Internet Governance (ASIG) scheduled to take
place from 10-12 July, immediately prior to the ICANN meeting in Durban
South Africa. Thanks to the many people - including those on on this
list - who have contributed the input and support that managed to get us
to the point of being able to launch ASIG next month.

Details below and in the attached PDF. Please distribute widely.

Anriette

*Call for Applications to Participate in the First African School on
Internet Governance in Durban South Africa, July 2013*

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the NEPAD
Planning and Coordinating Agency–e-Africa Programme are pleased to
announce the call for applications for the first African School on
Internet Governance to be held in Durban, South Africa, from 10-12 July
2013.

Internet Governance (IG) is usually defined as the development and
application, by governments, the private sector, and civil society of
principles, policies, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and
programmes that shape the evolution and use of the internet. While few
contest the definition itself, the respective roles, responsibility,
power and influence of various stakeholder groups continue to be the
subject of intense debate. Also contested is the institutional ecosystem
within which decisions that impact on the internet are being made, as
well as the principles on which such governance should be based.

What is not contested is that (a) IG is complex and and participating
effectively in IG processes is not easy, (b) African participation in
IG, be it in technical, social or political spheres, is insufficient and
(b) few African countries have established sustainable open and
inclusive policy discussion forums where government, civil society,
businesses and technical people are able to interact effectively and
collaborate to develop consistent national and institutional strategies
aimed at mobilising the internet for economic, social, political and
cultural development.

The first Summer School on IG <http://www.euro-ssig.eu/> (SSIG) was held
in Europe in Meissen in July 2007. It has become an annual event and has
given rise to the South School on IG
<http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/> held annually in Latin America for
the last four years and an Asia Pacific school that took place in 2011.
The African School on IG will build on their experience but customise
session content to meet the needs of African IG interest groups. We will
utilise the expertise that exists within the continent as well as that
of international academics and practitioners in the field. Topics to be
covered include:

  *

    History and overview of IG

  *

    Policy, development and human rights

  *

    Regulation and management: standards, protocols, gTLDs, ccTLDs,
    internet intermediaries

  *

    Multi-stakeholder approaches to IG: roles and processes, challenges
    and opportunities


APC/NPCA can support two groups of successful applicants:

  *

    Those who are already planning to come to ICANN47
    <http://meetings.icann.org/ICANN47> but who would need to arrive
    earlier to attend the School (accommodation and meals)

  *

    Those who are not currently planning to come to ICANN47 but who want
    to participate in the school (travel, visas and meals and
    accommodation for the duration of the School)

The organisers of the School are not able to support accommodation and
other costs for particpation in ICANN47, only for participation in the
African School on IG.


To apply please fill in the form at *http://tw.gs/Q7uehW*by *12 June
2013*. For more information contact *emilar at apc.org*


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anriette esterhuysen anriette at apc.org
executive director, association for progressive communications
www.apc.org
po box 29755, melville 2109
south africa
tel/fax +27 11 726 1692

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