The ECOWAS Commission as Secretariat of the West African Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) together with the WAIGF Team plans to organise the 15th edition of the West African Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) from 25 to 26 May 2023. Preceding the WAIGF is the 6th West African School on Internet Governance (WASIG) to be organised from 22 to 24 May 2023.
The school is structured as a three (3) day intensive learning programme designed to introduce participants to Internet Governance (IG) from a global and West African perspective. The format will include fireside discussions with experts in the field and participation in the virtual training platform of the Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africa (PRIDA). Certificates will be issued to participants who successfully complete the training. The key areas covered by the programme are:
- The evolution of the Internet and the history of Internet governance
- Mapping Internet governance processes and actors
- Classification of Internet governance issues (infrastructure, legal, economic and development) in African contexts
- In-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges of emerging issues (cybersecurity, digital economy, human rights) in the West African context
- A practical exercise on a key Internet Governance issue affecting West Africa.
ELIGIBILITY
West African stakeholders are invited to apply. Potential 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 in their institutions, countries, continents and globally.
Applicants should be from all stakeholder groups, including:
- Youth and women's groups
- Civil society
- Private Sector
- Media
- Government offices and regulatory agencies
- Security and Defence Forces
- Academia and the technical community
- Archives, Libraries and Documentation Centres
- Parliament
- West African regional institutions, etc.
To apply and for more information visit here.
