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ECOWAS-WAIGF West African School on Internet Governance Scholarship 2023

Application Deadline:1st April, 2023.

The ECOWAS Commission as the Secretariat for theย West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF)ย along with the WAIGF Team plan to organise theย 15th editionย of the West African Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) fromย 25 to 26 May 2023. To precede the WAIGF is theย 6th West African School on Internet Governance (WASIG)ย to be organised fromย 22 โ€“ 24 May 2023.

Curriculum:

The school is structured as a three (3) day intensive learning program intended to introduce participants to Internet governance (IG) from the global and West African perspectives.

The format will include fireside discussions with experts in the field and participation in the Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africaโ€™s (PRIDA) virtual training platform. Certificates will be issued to participants who successfully complete the training. The key areas covered by the program are:

  • Evolution of the Internet and the history of Internet Governance
  • Mapping of Internet Governance processes and actors
  • Classifications of Internet Governance issues (infrastructure, legal, economic and development) from African contexts
  • In-depth analysis of opportunities and challenges of emerging issues (cybersecurity, digital economy, human rights) from the West African context
  • A practical exercise on a key Internet Governance issue affecting West Africa
Requirements

Stakeholders from West Africa are invited to apply. Prospective candidates should ideally be involved as key actors or decision-makers in Internet governance or ICT policy processes. They should also be able to contribute now or soon to IG activities or/and processes within their institutions, countries, continent and globally.

Candidates should be from all stakeholder groups including:

  • Youth and Women groups
  • Civil society
  • Private Sector
  • Media
  • Government offices and Regulatory agencies
  • Security and Defence forces
  • Academia and technical community
  • Archives, Libraries, and Documentation centers
  • Parliament
  • West African regional institutions, etc

Women and youth are particularly encouraged to apply. Spaces are limited. Candidates are kindly requested to complete theย online formย and submit it byย 1st April, 2023.

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