[EURO-Discuss] Call for Applications: European Capacity Development Programme in Internet Governance (apps. by 10 April)

Mon Mar 23 04:56:25 EDT 2009

*sorry for cross-posting*

Hello!

DiploFoundation in collaboration with Swiss partners is launching a new
online program on Internet Governance. The programme is focused on European
professionals, in line with the EuroDIG initiative, and it starts on 20
April.

Please disseminate through your contact list of European associates (EU but
especially non-EU countries).

Thank you!

Adela Danciu

*Call for Applications
**
**EUROPEAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE*

*(online)*

*Organised by* DiploFoundation
*Supported by* the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

*Are you a government or civil society expert who needs to know more about
international Internet and Internet Governance policies to be more
effective? Are you a tech expert who would like to know more about the
social aspects of the impact of the Internet on today’s society? Or are you
a legal expert who needs to understand a bit more about the technical
facets, a teacher who would like to put the small pieces of the puzzle
together to help your students understand the current big picture?...

Join us if you would like to learn about and discuss who governs the
Internet, IP and DNS issues, the role of Internet Service Providers and
regulators, jurisdiction and legal mechanisms, intellectual property rights,
cyber-security, privacy and freedom of speech, e-commerce, cultural
diversity online, multilingualism and more!*

* *

We are currently accepting applications for the European Capacity
Development Programme in Internet Governance. This Programme is designed to
improve Internet Governance (IG) related knowledge and skills for European
policy-makers. The Programme is organised through online training, policy
research and policy immersion.

*THE PROGRAMME – TRAINING & RESEARCH*

The programme offers places for professionals from diverse stakeholder
backgrounds in IG-related fields and is open to 20 individuals from European
countries. The programme will start on 20 April 2009, and will last for 12
weeks.

*The training is conducted entirely online*. Participation takes place
through an online learning platform enabling a variety of interactive
learning and communication tools and encouraging sharing of knowledge and
experiences. Participants will work under the guidance of certified Diplo
online tutors and with support from trained professionals and experts from
the region.

Learning activities take place in an online classroom and include the
analysis of course materials, interactive group discussions, assignments and
exams.

The Programme includes policy research on IG issues of relevance of
particular countries in Europe. The policy research will result in short
case study-based research papers.

The online training consists of a 12-week long course covering the following
topics:

1)     *Introduction to Internet Governance*

(Evolution of Internet Governance, International Context, Basic Terminology,
Approaches and Patterns, Guiding Principles, Analogies and other Cognitive
Tools for IG)

2)     *Infrastructure and Standardisation Basket*

(Telecommunications Infrastructure, Domain Name System, Root Servers,
Internet Service Providers, Internet Bandwidth Providers, Economic Models of
Internet Connectivity, Internet Security and Safety)

3)     *Legal Basket*

(Legal Mechanisms, Jurisdiction, Arbitration, Intellectual Property Rights,
Cybercrime)

4)     *Economic Basket*

(E-Commerce, Consumer Protection, Taxation, Digital Signatures, E-Banking
and E-Money)

5)     *Socio-Cultural Basket*

(Content Policy, Privacy and Data Protection, Multilingualism and Cultural
Diversity, Global Public Goods, Education)

6)     *Development Basket*

(Digital Divide, Universal Access, Developing Telecommunications and
Internet Infrastructures, Socio-Cultural Aspects, Telecommunication Policy
and Regulation)

7)     *Internet Governance Process*

(Process, Actors, Negotiations)

Successful participants will receive a certificate of completion of the
programme. The most successful participants will be awarded a policy
fellowship to participate at the EuroDIG meeting in September 2009 in
Geneva. The selected participants will have the opportunity to present
findings of their research.

*LANGUAGE*

The programme materials and platform are fully in English. Applicants are
asked to consider whether their reading and writing skills in English are
sufficient to follow university level materials and discussion.

*PARTICIPANTS*

The training programme seeks applications from:

§         Officials in government ministries and departments dealing with
IG-related issues;

§         Postgraduate students and researchers interested in IG issues;

§         Civil Society activists in the IG field;

§         Journalists covering IG issues;

§         Educators

§         Individuals in Internet-business fields (e.g., ISPs, software
developers, Registrars etc).

Applicants from European countries – member states of Council of Europe –
are eligible to apply. Priority in the selection process will be given to
participants from countries in transition.

*TIMELINE*

§         10 April - application deadline

§         13 April - selection results

§         20 April - start of the course

§         17 July - end of the course & submission of research projects

*FEE*

There is no participation fee. Selected participants will be provided by
scholarships offered by the Swiss Federal Office for Telecommunication
(OFCOM) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

*DEADLINE*

The deadline for applications is *10 April 2009, by midnight UTC/GMT*.

*HOW TO APPLY*

For further information and to apply, please visit:
http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/
Do not hesitate to contact us at ig at diplomacy.edu.

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