Internet Governance - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:45:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Southern Africa Internet Governance Forum meeting commences https://www.weinformers.com/2011/08/31/southern-africa-internet-governance-forum-meeting-commences/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/08/31/southern-africa-internet-governance-forum-meeting-commences/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:45:54 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=15668 SAIGF is jointly convened by the NEPAD Agency, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Southern Africa NGO Network (SANGONeT). Key outcomes of the forum will be the establishment of a framework for the SAIGF and the articulation of a regional position for the global IGF in Nairobi (September 27-30). The objectives of this […]

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]]> SAIGF is jointly convened by the NEPAD Agency, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Southern Africa NGO Network (SANGONeT). Key outcomes of the forum will be the establishment of a framework for the SAIGF and the articulation of a regional position for the global IGF in Nairobi (September 27-30).

The objectives of this forum would be to contribute to the establishment of a coordinated, structured and coherent framework for dealing with Internet Governance issues in the SADC region. Moreover, the Forum is intended to increase awareness of Internet Governance issues in Southern Africa, to facilitate the participation of a broad range of SADC stakeholders ahead of the Global Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, and, lastly to build capacity of SADC stakeholders and to create a systematic, national, regional and global Internet Governance policy dialogue process within the SADC region.

This high level forum attracts also delegates and speakers from other regions such as West and East Africa.

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2011/08/31/southern-africa-internet-governance-forum-meeting-commences/feed/ 0 DiploFoundation’s 2011 online courses in Internet Governance (IG) and ICT are now open for applications https://www.weinformers.com/2011/01/25/diplofoundations-2011-online-courses-in-internet-governance-ig-and-ict-are-now-open-for-applications/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/01/25/diplofoundations-2011-online-courses-in-internet-governance-ig-and-ict-are-now-open-for-applications/#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:40:12 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=9161 A call for applications for the 2011 global Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP) – including the separate programme for African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries – has been issued to representatives of variety of stakeholders involved in IG and ICT policy: governments, regional and global institutions, civil society, business, academia, media, and other interested individuals or groups. […]

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]]> A call for applications for the 2011 global Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP) – including the separate programme for African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries – has been issued to representatives of variety of stakeholders involved in IG and ICT policy: governments, regional and global institutions, civil society, business, academia, media, and other interested individuals or groups.

The 12-week online foundation course, starting on 7 March 2011, is designed to improve IG-related knowledge and skills for participants and to assist them in participating in global decision-shaping debates on IG. This foundation course will be followed by the advanced courses in ICT and IG policy topics. The programme also facilitates community-building among individuals with different national, cultural, and professional backgrounds.

Complete information is available in the attached .pdf file “IGCBP11 Call for Applications”, and also at: www.diplomacy.edu/ig.

More information on the programme for applicants from ACP countries is available in the attached .pdf file “IGICT4ACP11 Call for Applications”, and also at: www.diplomacy.edu/acp.

Applications deadline is 12 February 2011.

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