[governance] African School on Internet Governance: call for applications

Mon Jun 3 09:08:51 EDT 2013

-----Original Message-----
From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Anriette Esterhuysen
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 8:19 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] African School on IG: call for applications

Thanks for the nice words Sala. As you can guess there are many people who have worked to get us this far. Nnenna, Towela Nyirenda Jere, Nnenna Nwakanma, Emilar Vushe, Dorothy Gordon, Makane Faye among others. We have had lots of moral and other support from the European School people (Wolfgang, Avri, Bill) and from Diplo.

Babatope, I checked the link and it does work.. but one needs to be careful not to include the *.

Here it is again, in Tiny URL and long form:

https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/753225/lang-en

http://tw.gs/Q7uehW

Best 

Anriette

On 03/06/2013 12:14, Babatope Soremi wrote:
> Great news Anriette. Seems your link below has a slight error though.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro < 
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is fantastic Anriette. :)
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2013, at 9:27 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org> wrote:
>>
>>> 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*
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> 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
>>>
>>> <Call for Applications AfriIG_31052013.pdf> 
>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>>> To be removed from the list, visit:
>>>     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>>>
>>> For all other list information and functions, see:
>>>     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
>>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>>>     http://www.igcaucus.org/
>>>
>>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>      governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> To be removed from the list, visit:
>>      http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>>
>> For all other list information and functions, see:
>>      http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>>      http://www.igcaucus.org/
>>
>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>>
>>
>

--
------------------------------------------------------
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

-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t