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IGCBP - experiences from liberalized telecommunication markets

Here is an excerpt of the discussion from the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme - IGCBP Europe group H, tutor Biljana Glisovic on the telecom liberalization:





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Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 24, 2010 at 10:10pm — 2 Comments

End to End Principle, Net Neutrality and the Three Strikes policy

Another interesting discussion started by one of the participants of the IGCBP - Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme group Americas J was on the "end to end principle":



How can we understand the so-called End-to-End principle in the context of the Net-neutrality issue, where ISP discriminate between the information packages, and in the context of the "Three Strikes" policy that requires ISP control and supervise their subscribers in order to…
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Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 23, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

Analogy and Cybercrimes: regulation and interpretation

In the IGCBP - Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme group Americas J from tutor Marilia Maciel, the point was made by one course participant that analogy can be a solution:



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Analogy is a very common practice to regulate some conducts on Internet, actually, french criminal law about cybercrimes are inspired in this philosophy. At the conduct are the same, is a crime, the only difference is… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 22, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

How to visualize Internet governance?

In the IGCBP - Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme class EuroDig/Europe H, an interesting criticism was recently made to the "Internet Governance Under Construction" image below:





One of the course participants mentioned that she likes the idea of building blocks, however she would be more inclined to see it as a spheroid, with issues becoming more salient at a…

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Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 21, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A Maslow Internet Governance Hierarchy of Needs?

A very creative idea was raised in the IGCBP - Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme group ACP Pacific F: what about using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to Internet governance?





This is the contribution made by one of the IGCBP participants during Week 2:



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Another angle for explaining Internet Governance and its relevance for its emergence, is mapping of Socio-Economic and Technology principles against Maslow's… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 21, 2010 at 2:40am — No Comments

Diplo ups number of APCDIG groups

Thanks to the huge volume of very good applications, Diplo has saw the need to offer more places and create more groups for participants from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.



The seven groups, forming part of the APC Capacity Development programme in IG and ICT Policy, gather 127 participants from 48 APC countries. Diplo has also offered fellowships to every participant admitted to the programme.



In two weeks since the start of the programme, the classrooms have been… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 20, 2010 at 11:24pm — 3 Comments

ISOC Next Generation Leaders - call for applications

ISOC has three open calls for participation for programs of your interest: the ISOC Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the ISOC Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Ambassadors programme, and the new ISOC Next Generation Leaders eLearning programme.



Visit the http://www.isoc.org/leaders/ website to know more details.



The ISOC E-learning Programme, implemented by… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 17, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Internet Governance Diplomats in Nairobi

Diplo is happy to inform that 27 Participants completed the Internet Governance ACP Training Workshop, held in 11 and 12 March 2010.



Internet Governance Diplomats in Nairobi



On the feedback reports received, what was most…

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Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 17, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

What is an "Internet user" for those creating statistics?

We have all seen these statistics representing different aspects of the Internet economy.



Even basic numbers such as "Internet users" can oftentimes be misleading if we do not have a clear understanding of the definition of what they try to represent. How to promote access and create effective programs if the most essential question of how many people are already included cannot be clearly defined? …



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Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 15, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

How can Internet governance help Africa overcome Internet connectivity challenges?

How can Internet governance help Africa, especially sub-saharan Africa, overcome Internet connectivity challenges?



That was the kick-start of an interesting discussion started by the participants of the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme - IGCBP 2010 Group ACP Africa B.



Since the exchange was held in a private space in a learning context, here goes a short synthesis of the many points raised:



The Nigeria case… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 10, 2010 at 4:33pm — 1 Comment

Internet use: Has it brought more harm than good?

One of DiploFoundation elearning features is the interactivity among course participants. The online classrooms are private spaces for exchange, facilitated by a Diplo certified Tutor.



Here is an exchange that happened in the very first week in the IGCBP (Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme) 2010 ACP Africa D, tutored by Ulemu Nyasulu from Malawi.



One participant started a topic with a simple… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 8, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Zimbabwe and ICT policy: 2010-2014 strategic plan

In the IGCBP (Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme) classroom ACP Africa C, the course participants are already exchanging documents and experiences on national ICT policy.



One of the participants of this group commented that the Zimbabwe Cabinet announced the new ICT strategy plan for Zimbabwe, in February 2010.



The IGCBP 2010 ACP Africa… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 8, 2010 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

CERTs and security in Africa: How to set up a CSIRT

How to set up a CSIRT? Diplo Tutor Mwende Njiraini from Kenya shares with her colleagues at the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme - IGCBP ACP Africa A:



"A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH ON HOW TO SET UP A CSIRT"



Starting with definitions:



CSIRT stands for Computer Security Incident Response Team. The term CSIRT is used… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 8, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Internet Governance Diplomats in Nairobi

Internet Governance Diplomats in Nairobi



NAIROBI, Kenya (Diplo) - This 30-storey building is the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, where the forthcoming ICANN meeting n. 37 will be held from 7 to 12 March 2010.…



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Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 2, 2010 at 5:02pm — 3 Comments

Interview: Jamil Goheer, Pakistan

Jamil Goheer (IGCBP 2008) describes himself as a "technopreneur by profession, social entrepreneur by passion and a researcher by interest". He loves evaluating odds in social sector and turning them into evens. That is why he is one of the finalists of the Unreasonable Institute.



Jamil Goheer, from…

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Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 2, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Interview: Ginger Paque, Venezuela

Today we are publishing an interview that was made with Ginger Paque just a few days before the IGF February Open Consultations in Geneva.





Ginger doing a presentation at IGF Sharm El Sheikh using remote participation tools



Diplo IGCBP - Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme: Ginger, in addition to the great work you… Continue

Added by Diplo IGCBP on March 1, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

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