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Interview: Raquel Gatto, Brazil

Today I have a good friend of mine from Brazil, Raquel Gatto. We met back in 2007 at the first preparatory conference for the IGF in São Paulo under the organization of RITS and FGV. She was doing her masters focused on Internet governance and since then a lot of interesting things happened!





SEIITI: Raquel, there was an important meeting recently held in Rio de Janeiro - the II… Continue

Added by Seiiti on August 31, 2009 at 8:33pm — No Comments

APNIC 28 - meeting materials and transcripts

For a complete description of the session Internet governance: key issues for the Asia Pacific, visit
http://meetings.apnic.net/28/program/inet-gov

Added by Seiiti on August 31, 2009 at 11:09am — 1 Comment

The Technology Liberation Front

Recently I found this tech policy blog


and I thought some of you would enjoy reading it as well! http://techliberation.com/. What about you? What are you reading these days?

Added by Seiiti on August 31, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Internet Governance Twitters to Follow



If you are a Twitter, you realized the importance of following the right people. Here are some of the Diplo folks who are making a difference and can help you amplify your voice on Twitterville.



Bernard Sadaka is @sdkaaa - we have been colleagues at the United Nations Internet Governance… Continue

Added by Seiiti on August 28, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Interview: Andrés Piazza, Argentina

Today I have an interview with my friend Andrés Piazza, from Argentina. He has been doing a lot of interesting work on Internet governance and is a great person to follow on Twitter and other social media channels in case you are looking forward to be engaged on Latin American issues.



SEIITI: Andrés, there was a recent meeting in Rio on the LAC preparatory meeting for the IGF. Can you choose one specific issue that was discussed and share with us?…





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Added by Seiiti on August 27, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

IGF Fellowship - Commonwealth Internet Governance Forum bursary program

Our friend Yasmeen has sent us news about a sponsorship initiative for the Internet Governance Forum. Thanks Yasmeen!!



Introduction



Commonwealth Internet Governance Forum seeks to encourage greater participation from Commonwealth member states on issues and discussions related to Internet Governance, with a view to coming up with informed solutions or the pooling of good practice to… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on August 27, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Fellowship report: Meissen Internet Governance Summer School by Ehsan Norouzi

In the Summer of 2009, Ehsan Norouzi had the support of Diplo and its partners to participate on the Summer School of Internet Governance in Meissen, Germany.





Check his report here:… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on August 26, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Interview: Nevena Ruzic, Serbia

Some days ago I was introduced to an old Diplo friend: Nevena Ruzic, from Serbia. So I also invited her for a short interview, to which she was very kind and shared a little - we can say she is the first of many generations of the IG programme: it all started in 2003!



SEIITI: Nevena, what are you currently doing professionally? How did you start things with Diplo and how was that activity significant to you?



NEVENA: To answer your questions, I'll be very brief - I… Continue

Added by Seiiti on August 25, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Is Wikipedia "coming of age"?

“We are no longer at the point that it is acceptable to throw things at the wall and see what sticks,” said Michael Snow, a lawyer in Seattle who is the chairman of the Wikimedia board. “There was a time probably when the community was more forgiving of things that were inaccurate or fudged in some fashion — whether simply misunderstood or an author had some ax to grind. There is less tolerance for that sort of problem now.”



That quote is from a NY Times article on Wikipedia… Continue

Added by Virginia (Ginger) Paque on August 25, 2009 at 12:38pm — 4 Comments

Interview: Deirdre Williams, St. Lucia

This is a series of interviews made with some of our friends who attended the Second Regional Preparatory Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro. Today we have Deirdre, who has also shared an interesting story in the publication Capacity Development.





Deirdre… Continue

Added by Seiiti on August 24, 2009 at 2:35pm — 3 Comments

The Risk of Geo-Political Masochism - The US Congress and ICANN

On August 4, before recessing for the holidays, the U.S. House Committee that oversees the Commerce Department published their opinion, under the chairmanship of the powerful Democrat congressman Henry Waxman, proposing cementing the US-government oversight of ICANN by making the JPA (Joint Project Agreement) permanent, and ending the current “transition phase”. This opinion triggered many comments, although probably due to the August recess, not a lot of public discussion. The public debate… Continue

Added by Jovan on August 24, 2009 at 1:30pm — 8 Comments

W3C Brazil Office announces the third "Café with Browser"

(adapted from originally posted at http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/)



"Café with Browser" is a very successful event series etablished by the W3C Brazil Office which is hosted by the Brazilian Network Information Center – NIC.br. The Idea is to provide a… Continue

Added by Everton on August 21, 2009 at 8:36pm — No Comments

Do you make this mistake when applying for fellowships?

I have been talking to many different folks who got funding to attend different events and I'm surprised that so many people do not know this simple principle: the full cup v. the empty cup.





Imagine this situation:



You are a member of the judging committee that will give fellowships for attending a certain conference. And you have received dozens of emails requesting funding.



After some filtering based on skills,… Continue

Added by Seiiti on August 21, 2009 at 4:30pm — 11 Comments

IGF Open Consultations Video Archive now available without the need to use a browser plugin

Thanks to the last update of the LSCube Theater software, people having Safari4 for Mac or Firefox 3.5 for any platform will now be able to see the IGF Open Consultations video archive without having to use VLC, Flash or any other browser plugin. You can see all the videos here: http://media.lscube.org/IGF/.

People with older versions or IE will be required to use VLC just as before.

Added by Alessandro Molina on August 21, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments

Oxford Union style Debates at IGF 2008 - what's next for 2009?

In 2008, Diplo held Oxford Union-style debates at the IGF Village Square.



The results of the exercise were great and here you have a short clip of the dynamics:





Do you like it? Want to join in a similar debate this year? Add your name here as a… Continue

Added by Seiiti on August 20, 2009 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

The power of e-collaboration....

Different steps need to be taken when implementing and designing an initiative about e-collaboration through the use of web 2.0 tools. Choosing the right web 2.0 tool can be very stressful, especially, when you have different projects. How can we enssure that we deliver what people want and that everyone has a clear picture of what is involved. We shouldn’t simply add web 2.0 tools or other features simply because they are available or free....any thoughts??



Check this out -… Continue

Added by Anju Mangal on August 19, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

DiploFoundation's Official Facebook Page

Hi guys,



DiploFoundation is happy to announce its presence on Facebook.



We encourage all friends, collaborates, and alumni to join us on Facebook and follow new interesting developments in Internet Governance, Information Society and diplomacy in general.



If you have an Facebook account and would like to join us there, please follow this link:… Continue

Added by Goran S. Milovanovic on August 18, 2009 at 8:42pm — 1 Comment

Interview: Maureen Hilyard, Cook Islands

Maureen Hilyard has worked in Education for many years, mainly in New Zealand. For the last four years she was the Distance Education Manager, a consultancy position with the Cook Islands Ministry of Education.



Maureen Hilyard is featured in the publication Capacity Development: How the IGF empowered people from developing… Continue

Added by Seiiti on August 18, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Results of the Research Phase 2008

The Diplo Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme - Research Phase 2008 had 64 participants from different regions, distributed in 5 groups. The results of their work are here for you:





Multilingualism: http://campus.diplomacy.edu/wiki/wiki.htm?Page=_start&IDwiki=11

IPV6:… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on August 17, 2009 at 11:27am — No Comments

ICT development and its impact

The development of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and internet in developing countries has both been rewarding and has suffered the consequences due to lack of proper management. The ICT and internet are the most essential part of 21st centaury as everything from business to money are adapted to the World Wide Web(WWW) where lack of ICT or internet knowledge means being stagnant or left out .

The present condition of developing nations are completely different as compared… Continue

Added by Shreedeep Rayamajhi on August 17, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

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