[governance] Fwd: IGF Academy announces fellows, commences work to build successful NRIs

Wed Sep 14 02:59:35 EDT 2016

Dear Lorena,

Thanks for sharing and congratulations for these efforts which are helping strenghen local IG initiatives.

I really hope you will be able to expand the Academy to include more countries, more fellows for a much greater reach. I will be glad to discuss how you can include Congo (Kinshasa) among the next countries to be chosen.

For y'all information, there are other efforts being developped by some colleagues and IG experts in creating a fund to support NRIs Coordinators to attend global IGF. These types of initiatives are welcome as they allow these local actors to be acquainted with what's going on in IG at a much higher level and how to better plan local or Regional meetings.

Best regards,
A
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Arsène Tungali,
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+243 993810967
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Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

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> On Sep 13, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Great project. On line with several local and regional initiatives like ours in Ecuador.
> 
> Can we join this project?
> 
> Carlos Vera
> Isoc Ecuador
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> Enviado desde mi smartphone BlackBerry 10.
> De: Lorena Jaume-Palasi
> Enviado: martes, 13 de septiembre de 2016 09:04
> Para: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
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> Asunto: [governance] Fwd: IGF Academy announces fellows, commences work to build successful NRIs
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> FYI
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>   Datum: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:00:42 +0200
>     Von: ljp at irights.info
> Betreff: IGF Academy announces fellows, commences work to build successful NRIs
>      An: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org, bestbits at lists.bestbits.net, "13 principles"@eff.org, governance at lists.igcaucus.org
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> Dear all,
> iRights, a German NGO (with Matthias Spielkamp, Farzaneh Badii and myself) just launched the IGF Academy in cooperation with APC and LIRNEasia.
> Please find below our press release.
> Apologies for crosspostings.
> Warm regards,
> Lorena
> 
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> IGF Academy announces fellows, commences work to build successful NRIs
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> Berlin, Colombo, Johannesburg, September 13th, 2016
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> IGF Academy, a new initiative aiming to foster freedom of expression by strengthening Internet governance structures, has announced its fellows. Initiated by German NGO iRights and funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, IGF Academy partners with APC and LIRNEasia to provide support to 16 fellows from Africa and Asia for building or enhancing their nation’s IG infrastructures.
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> IGF Academy kicked off in August with two regional workshops. Fellows from Congo (Brazzaville), Namibia, Togo and South Africa met in Johannesburg, their colleagues from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka convened in Colombo. Short biographies of the fellows can be found on IGF Academy’s website at http://igf.academy/#fellows
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> Main goal of the workshops was for fellows to start the development of strategic roadmaps for their national IG processes and to provide fellows with a platform to collaborate with their peers. Experts provided input on IG basics, stakeholder mapping, fundraising and communications strategies, and logistics organisation.
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> The roadmaps are focused on enhancing freedom of expression by improving the already existing Internet governance processes, or by creating such processes in the fellows’ countries. Additionally, the IGF Academy aims to strengthen ties between local and regional Internet governance stakeholders and freedom of speech experts, and to provide concrete steps for multistakeholder participation in the global United Nations IGF. The IGF Academy thus contributes to a local, (cross)regional and UN global dialogue on freedom of expression and information.
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> “We are happy to see such a highly qualified and motivated group of experts in their respective fields take on the challenges of strengthening freedom of speech by enhancing Internet governance processes in their countries,” said Matthias Spielkamp, board member at iRights and Project Lead for IGF Academy.
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> “The interdependence of Internet governance and media regulation is still not seen clearly in many countries, and here I am explicitly not just talking about the Global South. So I’m excited that we can provide fellows with a genuine opportunity to work on the interface of these issues, with the expectation that this in the long run will strengthen both,” adds Lorena Jaume-Palasí, senior project manager at IGF Academy.
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> The IGF Academy will hold online meetings with the fellows as well as provide webinars to assist them with the finalization of their strategy roadmaps until the upcoming global IGF. It will support all fellows to attend the IGF, to be held from 6 to 9 December in Guadalajara, Mexico, and will organise a meeting on-site prior to the global IGF to prepare the fellows to participate in the forum.
> 
> For more information about the IGF Academy go to: http://igf.academy/
> Find IGF Academy on Twitter at @IGFAcademy
> 
> About IGF Academy
> IGF Academy was initiated by iRights in March 2016. It aims to foster freedom of expression on the Internet and inclusive and transparent national Internet governance and policy processes. Fellows from four African and four Asian countries will be supported in the creation and/or consolidation of multistakeholder, national Internet governance structures.
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> The IGF Academy is run by iRights in cooperation with APC and LIRNEasia and funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.
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> About iRights
> iRights is a non-governmental organisation based in Berlin. Consisting of iRights e.V., a charitable non-profit, and the independent think tank iRights.Lab, we have been active at the intersection of digitisation and society for more than ten years. Since 2005 we run the iRights.info online platform, one of Germany’s premier resources for information and discussions on copyright, privacy, media freedom and Internet governance issues. We develop joint projects and provide research and consultancy for a wide range of stakeholders: foundations and other NGOs, government and public entities, private companies, academic institutions and individuals. Our mission: To harness the opportunities of digitisation for the promotion of democracy and the public good. Our approach: We offer our expertise and create spaces for the cooperative development of practical outcomes and solutions.
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> For inquiries regarding IGF Academy please email igf-academy [at] iRights [dot] info
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