Charity Gamboa-Embley (IGCBP 2007) is from the Philippines and as a member of the IGF Remote Participation Working group she agreed to give us an interview.
DIPLO Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme - IGCBP: Charity, you have been involved in a project that is getting a lot of attention over the recent years - remote participation for the IGF. Can you explain to us more about what is this initiative? What is the benefit that the group is off… Continue
We interviewed Rafik Dammak (IGCBP 2007) from Tunisia, who shares new information about the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance.
DIPLO Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP): Rafik, there is an important announcement for the launch of the Youth dynamic coalition. Can you tell us more about it?
An intensive debate about the so-called secret international discussions on a global intelectual property treaty is taking place at European level.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is currently negotiated between the EU and some industrialised countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States).
The treaty has been presented first and foremost as a way of tackling physical forgeries, such as designer handbags or… Continue
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The United Nations Development Programme is pleased to announce the 'Capacity is Development' Knowledge Fair and invites you to share your experience. The knowledge fair seeks to collect experiences on policies, investments and programs that have proven successful in driving human and institutional capacity d… Continue
Added by Diplo IGCBP on February 4, 2010 at 7:30pm —
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This came from Bytesforall this morning.
Since development is an important, if somewhat neglected, aspect of Internet governance, and since the ITU is cited as the "elder statesman" of development agencies, it seems a good idea to at least have a look at this survey.
The FutureUN project: Global survey on the future of the UN Developm
Posted by: "sakiv @ rogers.com" vikas.nath @ gmail.com sakiv @ rogers.com
Thu Feb 4, 2010 1:09 am (PST)
Dear Friends,
I wish to inform you about the `FutureUN'… Continue
Added by Deirdre Williams on February 4, 2010 at 2:15pm —
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EDRI-Gram Newsletter had an interesting piece of news about Internet censorship in Turkey. Please, find it below:
OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Media Freedom
representative Miklos Haraszti asked the Turkish Government on 18 January to
change their Internet law in order to observe OSCE commitments and other
international standards protecting freedom of expression.
A survey commissioned by Haraszti's office, analyzing Turkey's Internet Law
in force since 2007, has sh… Continue
Added by Mojito on January 28, 2010 at 11:00am —
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Long rumored new Apple product - a tablet device, based on success of iPhone and Touch line is about to be revealed this Wednesday, Apple has invited selected reporters to this event. http://bit.ly/7o5hga (news articles about Apple Tablet are appearing by minute)
Microsoft is also cooking a tablet device - currently there are just rumors about it.
If this device gains momentum and attract publicity, computing may change significantly with web alongside. We ma… Continue
Our friend Jean-Yves Gatete is from Burundi and was recently nominated for the We Media Game Changer Awards. Jean-Yves took the Internet Governance Capacity Building in 2008, with Jean Paul Nkurunziza as his tutor.
Since then, Jean-Yves has continued his engagement on Internet governan… Continue
Last week I was in the ICANN Studienkreis, when one of the panellists, from Verisign, provided a shocking number: on the UK alone there is around 680 million pound fraud a year on fake charity ngos, being 10% online fraud.
This makes me think about the current times in Haiti and the need for help. I feel disgusted and sick in my stomach by learning that fraudsters and scammers do not hesitate to take advantage of tragic events to make their schemes profitable.
In a world of… Continue
Wow! 2009 was such an intense year! We are almost done with January and we cannot let go the opportunity to make a retrospective of significant events on Diplo Internet governance.
We asked some of our friends and here is what they replied:
Hi everybody!
In case you haven't seen the new calls for applications, I want to make sure that you know we have open calls for applications for two online IG and ICT policy courses. The calls will be open until February 12, and the courses start on March 1st. If you haven't taken the course yet, please review the information carefully to see if you are interested and qualified. If you know a colleague who might be interested, please pass this information on. Links to full… Continue
Hello... For some time, I have been thinking that there are some missing themes which could be discussed at IGF, in the critical resources arena, because they could offer great potential to change and progress to the Internet. For example, ENUM (e.164 number mapping), that have the potential to act as a catalyst to the technologic convergence between the telephone networks, and the Internet. ENUM is currently managed jointly by IAB and ITU, more as a telecommunications resource, than as an Inter… Continue
Moving on with globalization and adapting the needs of standardization, internet has been adaptive and proactive in its more dynamic form. Transcending from the less resourceful application to the multi dimensional prospect of utilization and effectiveness, internet has been more expanding and progressing adapting the technology in most profound way. Amidst the buzz of the formalization of Internet Protocol Version (IPv6) around the globe by 2012, IPv6 has been an important issue of concern. Mor… Continue
I just finished a White Paper for a Library conference in India and thought it would be relevant to this community.
In writing it, it became obvious that the global library system can not only become a global education and knowledge distribution system but small towns are now empower to publish original mat… Continue
Added by Richard Close on December 31, 2009 at 6:32pm —
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This is a re-post from the post I received from TIG:
TakingITGlobal is pleased to announce that applications for the winter 2010 cycle of the Sprout e-course are open!
Sprout is an e-course designed for aspiring social innovators and environmental entrepreneurs who want to grow their project ideas and learn to create lasting changes in their communities. Innovative young people (aged 16-30) around the world are invited to apply to participate in Sprout, which offers a unique way to learn about… Continue
E-Atlas is an initiative from social researchers mainly from Toulouse Le Mirail University ( France) . Their goal is to understand how local collectivities behave with respect to the emergence of the Information Society.
However, E-Atlas is not a purely scientific research project. It’s a strong partnership between the research world and diverse stakeholders involved in the information society ( local administrations, NGOs, private actors, ….
The first E-Atlas Francophon West Africa was held in… Continue
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is convened under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations as a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on the Internet. The mandate of the IGF is primarily contained in Paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda. The mandate includes discussion on policy issues related to the Internet governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet; facilitate discourse on issues that do not fall within the… Continue
Added by Emmanuel Edet on December 16, 2009 at 10:15am —
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