Concise Description:
The main purpose of the workshop is to continue fostering the process of youth and future deicision makers involvement in the IG process issues and to showcase all related initiatives. This workshop will explore the main emergent issues faced by youth (more than +18 years) and push for further discussions and proposals. about : Some of the themes that will be discussed are: the creation of a cybersafety taskforce for youth, setup remote participation youth hubs, the formation organization of a Dynamic Coalition for youth involvement,participation of young citizens in democratic processes of their countries through social media on the Internet, some ways to foster and broaden youth capacity building initiatives,involvement of young leaders with innovative solutions, and a more general debate on youth and social media. The workshop will include young panelists, to give prove support to the participation of youth in the process and their contributions. They will discuss relevant local experiences and projects. There will be an attempt to find young representatives from all segments involved with IG, in order to put together a multistakeholder panel and to launch dynamic coalition for youth. They will represent all multistakeholders with focus on local experiences and projects.
a) Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite. Describe the main actors in the field and whether you have you approached them about their willingness to participate in the proposed workshop.
List of speakers are as follows>
- Maja Andjelkovic, Oxford Internet Institute
Areas of focus:
-Internet policy and sustainability
-Information and communication for development
- Agnieszka Wrzesień, Saferinternet.pl Project Coordinator, Nobody’s Children Foundation
- Marilia Maciel, Center of Technology and Society - Getulio Vargas Foundation - Brazil, Lawyer and researcher specialized in international law and Internet regulation
- Nevine Tewfik- Ministry of Communication and Technology, Egypt
- Mohamed fathy, Youth Empowerment Manager
The Cyber Peace Initiative,
The Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement
- Noha Fathy, Senior Program Officer, Cyber Peace Initiative
- Amr Elsadr Net-Aman, Cyber Peace Initiative
- Name. Markku Räsänen
Affiliation: Electronic Frontier Finland
Area of expertise: Law (Intellectual property rights)
- Jyry Suvilehto from Electronic Frontier Finland
- Jenny Uusikartano, TIEKE
Area of expertise: eGovernance, eDemocracy, and Baltic Sea & Nordic Countries
- Pascal G. Bekono (Young Professional)
Affiliation: Youth & IG Team
Area of expertise: Internet Governance, IT, ICT4D,
- Rafid A Y Fatani PhD: University of Exeter
Founder and General Manager
Saudi Arabian Strategic Internet Consultancy (SASIc)
www.SASIconsult.com
-Iffat Rose Gill-Peoples Development Organization, Pakistan (To be confirmed)
-Rafik Dammak,
Affiliation. University of Tokyo
Area of focus : Youth participation
- Jyry Suvilehto
Affiliation: Electronic Frontier Finland
Area of expertise: Technology (information security)
We have panelists who already participated in last edition of IGF on the "Youth and Internet Governance: Challenges for Future?" and also the partners of that workshop. For this edition, we have the support from Egyptian and Finnish multistakeholders whom will let young people to participate and attend IGF.
b) Describe how you will take steps to adhere to the multi-stakeholder principle, including geographical diversity.
We have panelists, representatives and partners from each stakeholder group (Government, Civil Society, Private Sector) whom also are from different geographical areas (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America) to have balanced representation.
c) Does the proposed workshop provide different perspectives on the issues under
discussion?
Yes, it does. It will cover different topics (Internet governance and youth,youth involvement and participation, privacy, social media etc) from different perspectives (youth, educators, adults, parents, governments, business sector, civil society activists, academics) and with people from various sides of the globe.
If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?
DiploFoundation MCIT (Egypt)
Net-Aman (Egypt)(the youth internet safety focus group)
Egypt Supreme council for youth
Council of Europe
Finnish Information Society Development Centre
Electronic Frontier Finland
PDO (Pakistan)
UN GAID e-leaders committee for ICT
