[Chapter-delegates] African School on IG: call for applications

[Joly MacFie]

[I suspect this opportunity may be of interest to our African Chapters.
Only 9 days left to apply!] (via Bill Drake - NCUC)


*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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