Updates, IGF Developing, Grants etc

[Tim Davies]

Hello all,

Updates from you:

This list has been quiet lately. What have you been up to when it comes to Youth and IG? 

IGF developments

Right now there are lots of key IGF conversations going on. I'm not sure I've fully got my head around exactly what the different processes underway right now are - but it looks like:

 - There are discussions in the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) about the topics for the 2012 IGF (which looks like it's scheduled for November)

 - New members are being nominated for the MAG (See http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/ for some of the people nominated from Civil Society) 

 - Discussions about reform of the IGF are ongoing

There are ways to feed into these through the different constituencies of the MAG (e.g. Civil Society youth could feed in via the Internet Governance Caucus http://www.igcaucus.org/) but unfortunately I think we might have missed the opportunity for a direct Youth Coalition input - but if anyone understands the process better and is able to suggest ways that we might provide a YCIG input into the agenda setting for IGF2012 please do share with the list.

Timelines look to be tight. You can find a list of currently proposed themes for this years IGF at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_056iP7sVxaXkPI732vTNZfAUrVVRofO1iGBYEsevIo/edit 

Grants etc

One of the big challenges for getting stronger youth involvement in IGF is always funding. 

I've just been listening to an introduction call about the Internet Society's Community Grants programme (http://internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants) which is open to individual Internet Society members to apply to (ISOC membership is free, and you can join whether or not there are local chapters near you). Is anyone interested in developing a proposal around youth and IG for this?

Are members aware of other funding the Youth Coalition on IG should be exploring to be able to support greater participation in IGF 2012 in Baku?

All the best

Tim

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[Janna Anderson]

FYI,

The Imagining the Internet project at Elon University will be training 10 young people between the ages of 16 and 23 to to do journalistic documentation of the events the Internet Society’s 20th INET conference in Geneva in April. The Internet Society is funding the group’s travel to Geneva, and we are quite thankful to be working with them to allow these young people – all from Elon University – to participate. They will be writing news stories, shooting video, capturing still photos, doing interviews and taking active roles in documenting the discussions. The coverage will be posted on www.imaginingtheinternet.org and on Twitter and Flickr, and our work will also probably be used by ISOC in its materials/coverage.

We are extremely pleased that we will be there for the inaugural induction of Internet greats in the Internet Hall of Fame.

Best,
Janna Anderson

On 2/21/12 6:24 AM, "Tim Davies" <t...@practicalparticipation.co.uk> wrote:

Hello all,

Updates from you:
This list has been quiet lately. What have you been up to when it comes to Youth and IG? 

IGF developments
Right now there are lots of key IGF conversations going on. I'm not sure I've fully got my head around exactly what the different processes underway right now are - but it looks like:

 - There are discussions in the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) about the topics for the 2012 IGF (which looks like it's scheduled for November)
 - New members are being nominated for the MAG (See http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/ for some of the people nominated from Civil Society) 
 - Discussions about reform of the IGF are ongoing

There are ways to feed into these through the different constituencies of the MAG (e.g. Civil Society youth could feed in via the Internet Governance Caucus http://www.igcaucus.org/) but unfortunately I think we might have missed the opportunity for a direct Youth Coalition input - but if anyone understands the process better and is able to suggest ways that we might provide a YCIG input into the agenda setting for IGF2012 please do share with the list.

Timelines look to be tight. You can find a list of currently proposed themes for this years IGF at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_056iP7sVxaXkPI732vTNZfAUrVVRofO1iGBYEsevIo/edit 

Grants etc
One of the big challenges for getting stronger youth involvement in IGF is always funding. 

I've just been listening to an introduction call about the Internet Society's Community Grants programme (http://internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants) which is open to individual Internet Society members to apply to (ISOC membership is free, and you can join whether or not there are local chapters near you). Is anyone interested in developing a proposal around youth and IG for this?

Are members aware of other funding the Youth Coalition on IG should be exploring to be able to support greater participation in IGF 2012 in Baku?

All the best

Tim

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Associate Professor of Communications
Director of Internet Projects
School of Communications
Elon University
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[Fouad Bajwa]

Something that may be of interest is to explore Internet Governance
for Development IG4D Main Session.

This session is based around the perception that IGF should look at
increasing developing/developed country participation within the
global Internet Public Policy arrangements and activities that are not
there yet or are not participating adequately. It also looks at how IG
specifically contributes to human development. Youth and Women is also
an integral part of this session.

There already have been two main sessions where this was launchd in
IGF Vilnius 2010 and led to development mainstreaming across IGF Kenya
2011 and a main session on IG4D set the scene for the event.

Should anyone from this coalition be interested in joining the
planning activity of this main session theme for IGF 2012 in Baku this
year, I would like to hear from you and invite everyone interested in
contributing to the IG4D Main Session planning/development to access a
live wiki sheet that I have set up at the following link till 27th
February 2012:

http://piratepad.net/qmUopmWaLr

This is the most convenient way to edit with simply typing in. Kindly
note that once you are on the page, kindly add your name on the right
box so a color highlight is included with your text.

I look forward to your groups contributions.

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Regards.
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