<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><h1 class="header-post-title-class entry-title" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Call for applications for the fifth African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)</span></font></h1><div><header id="masthead" class="site-header clearfix"><div class="header-post-title-container clearfix" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 0px 30px inset;"><div class="inner-wrap" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 1218px; width: 294.859375px;"><div class="post-title-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 30px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; max-width: 100%;"><h1 class="header-post-title-class entry-title" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Call for applications for the fifth African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)</span></font></h1></div></div></div></header><div id="main" class="clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 40px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inner-wrap" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 1218px; width: 294.859375px;"><div id="primary" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; width: 294.859375px;"><div id="content" class="clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><article id="post-2612" class="post-2612 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-afrisig-2017 tag-afrisig tag-afrisig-2017 tag-cairo tag-egypt" style="padding-bottom: 25px;"><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the fifth <a href="http://afrisig.org/" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">African School on Internet Governance</a> (AfriSIG).</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 2017 School will be held in <strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cairo, Egypt from 28 November to 2 December</strong>, to coincide with the African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) which will also take place in Cairo, from 4 to 6 December 2017.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The first AfriSIG was held in July 2013 in Durban, South Africa, joining a growing global community of practice for the strengthening and engendering of active multistakeholder participation in internet governance spaces, such as the Latin American and European schools on internet governance. The School has since travelled to Mauritius, to the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and then back to South Africa for its fourth edition in 2016.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">AfriSIG footprints</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">AfriSIG’s primary goal is to give Africans from multiple sectors and stakeholder groups the opportunity to gain knowledge that will enable them to participate confidently and effectively in internet governance processes and debates at the national, regional and global levels.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">AfriSIG has built a multidisciplinary cadre of expertise in internet governance on the continent. The School has brought together diverse groups of professionals from government, business, academia and civil society, placing an emphasis on enhancing multistakeholder cooperation in national to global internet policy and development.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The importance and impact of the School in promoting the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was recognised by the International Telecommunication Union in May this year through the award of the 2017 WSIS Prize for international and regional cooperation. In addition, a recent independent tracer study on AfriSIG alumni confirmed their growing participation in and influence on national-to-global internet governance mechanisms and fora.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The AfriSIG curriculum</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The School is structured as a five-day intensive learning and knowledge-sharing event which will include the following topics:</span></p><ul style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square;"><li class="first-child" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">History and overview of internet governance, with an emphasis on multistakeholder approaches to internet governance.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regional, national and international institutions involved in internet policy and regulation.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Internet and communications policy and development, and their relationship with the SDGs and human rights.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Internet standards and protocols.</span></li><li class="last-child" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Applied negotiation of principles for significant topical issues such as the so-called “right to forget”, intentional network interruptions in times of civic and political unrest, regulating cybercrimes and cybersecurity, and responding to hate and violence online.</span></li></ul><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Learning outcomes are applied and tested through a final practicum in which participants roleplay the multistakeholder negotiation of an outcome statement in response to a real-world internet governance problem on the year’s AfIGF agenda. This statement is, in turn, presented at the AfIGF as the cohort’s formal submission and debated, with the aim of contributing to shaping the IGF’s final outcome statement. In this way, participants enjoy the unique opportunity to experience and gain direct exposure to participation in the AfIGF, which AfriSIG strategically precedes.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Who can apply?</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The School will accept applications from leaders and professionals from:</span></p><ul style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square;"><li class="first-child" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Government ministries and departments, national and regional communications regulatory authorities and public sector information and communications services such as public libraries.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Parliamentary portfolio committees that deal with communications issues.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Network operators, service providers and other businesses who form part of the internet industry.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Civil society and non-governmental organisations who interact with or operate in the internet-related information and communications sector.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Human rights institutions dealing with internet issues, such as national or regional human rights commissions.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Community-based information and communications services and the broader community informatics sector.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The judiciary and other members of the legal community working with internet and communications law.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Members of law enforcement agencies who deal with internet issues.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The internet technical community.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Academic and research institutions that deal with internet issues.</span></li><li class="last-child" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Media organisations and outlets that focus on the internet.</span></li></ul><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Funding opportunities</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In order to maintain its commitment to accessibility and diversity of context and experience in a period where it is transitioning to a self-sustaining institution for the long term, participation in AfriSIG 2017 will operate on a co-financing model.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">AfriSIG organisers will <strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>only</u></strong> cover costs for shared accommodation and meals for the duration of the School. However, successful participants have the option of supplementing the cost of a single room should this be their preference.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Successful participants or their employers <strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>will be</u></strong> expected to cover the cost of their travel, visas and local transport to and from their local airport. In that regard, the school also encourages self-funded applicants.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To apply please <a href="https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/358998/lang-en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">complete the form here</strong></a> by <strong style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday, 1 November 2017</strong>. For more information visit the AfriSIG website <a href="http://www.afrisig.org/" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">www.afrisig.org</a> or contact the AfriSIG organiser, Koliwe Majama, at <a href="mailto:afrisig@apc.org" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">afrisig@apc.org</a>.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For enquiries relating to investing in the advancement of our School’s vision and mission through funding and sponsorship, please contact the AfriSIG coordinator, Anriette Esterhuysen, at <a href="mailto:afrisig@apc.org" style="border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">afrisig@apc.org</a>.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><div><br></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div>Yours Sincerely </div><div><br></div>Kind Regards<div><br></div><div>Ms. Varsha Sewlal</div><div>083 6889964</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone </div></div><div><br>On 13 Oct 2017, at 15:35, Arsène Tungali <<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@GMAIL.COM">arsenebaguma@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Dear Carlos,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If i may provide some details with regards to your questions here as i was tasked by the CSCG to Chair the NomCom for this year's MAG selection process. It also happens that i am an NCSG member :)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">At this stage, we are still working on the process guidelines and timeline which will help answer most of your questions.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">David and Robin represent the NCSG in the CSCG and will be asked to covey all useful information from the NomCom to the NCSG membership here when this info is available during the course of the week.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Thanks,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Arsene<br><br><div>-----------------</div><div>Arsène Tungali,</div><div><a href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali">about.me/ArseneTungali</a></div><div>+243 993810967</div><div>GPG: 523644A0</div><div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)</div><div><br>On Oct 13, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Carlos Vera <<a href="mailto:cveraq@gmail.com">cveraq@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div>Dear David about this: <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you do nominate for the MAG, and you would like the support of the NCSG for your application, please let Robin Gross and myself know, as we represent NCSG on the Civil Society Co-ordinating Group that makes recommendations to the secretariat. “</span></div><div><br></div><div>I have two questions:</div><div><br></div><div>1. NCSG will support only one candidate? </div><div><br></div><div>2. Is there some process for get this support?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Carlos Vera</div><div>IGF Ecuador</div><div><br>On Oct 12, 2017, at 11:39 PM, David Cake <<a href="mailto:dave@DAVECAKE.NET">dave@DAVECAKE..NET</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Forgot to include the link to the IGF site</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0" class="">https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0</a></span></font><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 13 Oct 2017, at 11:56 am, David Cake <<a href="mailto:dave@davecake.net" class="">dave@davecake.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced the opening of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) members. You may self-nominate or nominate a colleague, ideally someone actively involved in Internet governance, and particularly in the IGF (which does often overlap with ICANN issues). <br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>David<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html>