[kictanet] Call for Applications for the second African Internet Governance School 2014

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

By Emilar for APCNews

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa , 03 September 2014

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 second African School on Internet Governance to be
held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 12 - 15 November 2014.

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 (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 held annually in Latin America for the last four years and an Asia
Pacific school that took place in 2011. The first African School took place
in Durban in July 2013 and was a huge success, producing 35 "graduates",
many of whom have since gone on to play leading roles in internet
governance debates in Africa and elsewhere.

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
   - Topical issues such as the so-called 'right to forget', the NETmundial
   and its aftermath, the new African convention on cyber security, and the
   proposed African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms.

To apply please fill in the form at
https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/753225/lang-en by Wednesday, 10
September 2014. For more information contact Emilar Vushe on emilar at apc.org.
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