March 2013 Blog Posts (8)

Demographically we have three generations, that is X, Y and Z. Although the years of 'cohort start' of these generations are not truly distinct, these generations can be used in studying on how Internet and Computer penetration has affected different generations. For starters, generations X, Y and…

In December 2007 Kenya held her third General Elections under multiparty democracy. After announcement of the results, violence broke out in many parts of the country, with claims that the elections had been rigged. An agreement that came to be known as the National Accord was brokered by an African Union sponsored panel of African personalities. Under this framework, an Independent Review Commission (IREC) led by Judge Johann Kriegler was formed and tasked with investigating the cause of…

Have you sent in your workshop proposal for the IGF Bali yet (see De's post below this one, for more details)?

If you run into any difficulties with concept or organization, remember that you can post a request for help here, and many of us will be glad to jump in to help. You do not have to include complete workshop details at this time, but it is a good idea to get your ideas on the table. Later, we will help fill in the details if you like, and you will find collaborators from…

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/121-preparatory-process/1288-2013-preliminary-call-for-workshops-proposals

2013 Preliminary Call for Workshops Proposals…

We hope that Diplo's Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme or the book An Introduction to Internet Governance, helped you in your work. They are nominated for the WSIS Project Prizes 2013 in recognition for Diplo's contribution to IG world. If you would like to support this nomination please register on the WSIS Project Prizes page, and follow the voting instructions. Your support is…

More and more European websites ask the user to agree using cookies. It seems that various protests against the legislation requiring this have not had any effect?

Here's a (year old) video describing the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLmX9FX2KA

Freedom to Choose

Jovan suggested that I might expand and share the ideas on this topic that I proposed during his recent webinar on the early history of diplomacy. I had a nagging feeling that I had already done that. The blog post below is what I was thinking about.

The right to disagree

Is anyone else concerned about the erosion of our right to disagree, not to join, to be “different”, to say “no”? We talk quite a lot about diversity, and yet these rights,…