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

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Wed Sep 14 16:26:03 EDT 2016 

Greetings!
The demand for Languages diversity is very fair and it should be pursued.
When we talk about equity it should mean inclusiveness at 100%. English is a learnt language by many people in this community therefore it is a must that all Regional common language speakers are given access into 'everything' and the Translation Item should be budgeted for.
Kind regards
Yassin.

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From: Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com> 
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Subject: Re: [governance] Fwd: IGF Academy announces fellows, commences work to build successful NRIs 

The main problem with those programs is that they provide funds for people fluent in English only. Even when the IGF is in Mexico an Spanish speaking country. So the fellow universe is for few people.

When you ask for fluent English people under 25 you are talking about English native speaking ‎people.

It makes no sense to me.

In several grants there are no people from our country and when I ask why the only answer is: the candidates were not English speaking people. So why we invest dozen thousand dollars each time in translation services ‎available always in those events?

Carlos Vera
Isoc Ecuador

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Thanks for sharing your excellent work with us, Lorena. It is very encouraging to hear about the progress that you have made with the IGF Academy and I look forward to hearing more as the programme evolves over time. 

To your last question regarding other, existing capacity building programmes, there is also the Youth at IGF programme for persons aged 25 or younger. This is also administered by ISOC but is separate to their Ambassador programme. This year, they have funding to bring up to 100 youth to Guadalajara. This might have been what you were referring to as a regional grant (if I am not mistaken, last year the programme was administered by CGI Brasil) but it is now global in scope.

Best wishes, 

Ayden Férdeline
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Subject: Re: [governance] Fwd: IGF Academy announces fellows, commences work to build successful NRIs
Local Time: September 14, 2016 8:52 AM
UTC Time: September 14, 2016 7:52 AM
From: lorena at collaboratory.de
To: Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
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Oh, ok you were talking about an additional project? So this means we would have at least 6 to 7 different initiatives to bring more people to the IGF. This is great!
Afaik we have:
1- ICANN fellowships
2- ISOC fellowships (Ambassador program)
3- regional IG grants (I think the LAC region has one right?)
4- global partners just launched an initiative this year
5- also Marilyn Cade is trying to get a fellowship for NRI organisators
6- our initiative (the IGF Academy)

They all have different deadlines. Does anyone know of more? I think it would be great to have a calendar and remind everyone to spread the word among our networks.
Yes please Arsene, keep us posted. This is great news.
Kind regards
Lorena


2016-09-14 9:33 GMT+02:00 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>:
Lorena,
The other possible upcoming frllowshipp is not yet decided. Discussions are still taking place on another separate mailing list. I will surely post more information about this specific initiative when something is official. 

Let's keep in touch. 

And please remember to add to your calendar bringing the IGF Academy fellows to attend our IGC workshop at the upcoming IGF. We wil know details when it is decided by the Secretariat.

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2015 Mandela Washington Felllow (YALI) - ISOC IGF Ambassador - 
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2016-09-14 9:28 GMT+02:00 Lorena Jaume-Palasi <lorena at collaboratory.de>:
Dear Arsène,
many thanks. Yes, I hope that all initiatives together can really make a difference a bring a more balanced participation at the global level offering more possibilities and access to so many people wanting to be part of the community but lacking funds, a network, etc
It would be great if we could list them all and indicate the approaches and deadlines for the calls for fellowships (if known). This could help to spread the word with enough time within our networks. Do we have a possibility to do this in a website actually?
Regards,
Lorena




2016-09-14 8:59 GMT+02:00 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>:
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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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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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


IGF Academy announces fellows, commences work to build successful NRIs

Berlin, Colombo, Johannesburg, September 13th, 2016

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.

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

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.

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.

“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.

“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.

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.

The IGF Academy is run by iRights in cooperation with APC and LIRNEasia and funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.

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.

For inquiries regarding IGF Academy please email igf-academy [at] iRights [dot] info



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