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Paradigm Initiative is a social enterprise that works to build and ICT-enabled support system and advocates for Digital Rights. Over the last 6 years Paradigm has hosted the Internet Freedom Forum which is a reputable forum where digital policy conversations in Africa are shaped. Countries in the Southern Africa region, are in the overdrive regulating internet access at a time the population is just adopting the internet and some qof the State’s regulatory actions may be exploited to suppress political dissent. This is evidenced by the fact that countries whose leadership exhibits autocratic tendencies are taking a hard stance on internet regulation and control. This is just one example of threats to digital rights protection in the Southern African Region. There is therefore a need to keep this worrying trend in check before it spreads to the rest of countries in the region.
It is in this context that Paradigm Initiative in collaboration with Facebook will be hosting a Digital Rights Training Workshop in Lusaka, Zambia on the week of 18th-20th October. This training on digital rights is being organised to deepen participants’ knowledge on the topics and to introduce them to modern approaches to engage stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels on how to influence Internet policy formulation with respect to digital rights.
OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP
The purpose of the Digital Rights Training Workshop is to:-
Create an empowered CSO digital rights community for Southern Africa that is able to defend/advocate for digital rights in the region, as part of a pan-African coalition.
Train the media to competently report on digital rights issues in the region.
Ensure that legislators, after interacting with trained CSOs and media, understand and follow current trends in digital rights and are able to analyse and articulate digital rights issues in their respective countries thus improving the quality of parliamentary debates on the issues.
METHODOLOGY
The interactive workshop will take place over the course of 3 days with 20 participants from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The participants will come from Civil Society Organizations and Media.
Participants will be introduced to the basic concepts of digital rights in the region (Southern Africa). Topical issues such as digital security and data protection will be introduced to the participants.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. You must be an individual from Southern African countries (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
2. You must come from a Civil Society Organization, Media institution or Government.
3. You must be able to attend the workshop for the entire duration (3 days). Late arrivals and early departures will not be permitted.
4. The sessions will be delivered in English so an understanding of the English language is key.
NB:- We have limited funding for participants coming from outside Zambia. Self-funding participants will be given priority. It is however the duty of all participants to obtain their own visas to Zambia.
DEADLINE:- 25th August 2018
APPLY HERE
Paradigm Initiative is a social enterprise that works to build and ICT-enabled support system and advocates for Digital Rights. Over the last 6 years Paradigm has hosted the Internet Freedom Forum which is a reputable forum where digital policy conversations in Africa are shaped. Countries in the Southern Africa region, are in the overdrive regulating internet access at a time the population is just adopting the internet and some qof the State’s regulatory actions may be exploited to suppress political dissent. This is evidenced by the fact that countries whose leadership exhibits autocratic tendencies are taking a hard stance on internet regulation and control. This is just one example of threats to digital rights protection in the Southern African Region. There is therefore a need to keep this worrying trend in check before it spreads to the rest of countries in the region.
It is in this context that Paradigm Initiative in collaboration with Facebook will be hosting a Digital Rights Training Workshop in Lusaka, Zambia on the week of 18th-20th October. This training on digital rights is being organised to deepen participants’ knowledge on the topics and to introduce them to modern approaches to engage stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels on how to influence Internet policy formulation with respect to digital rights.
OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP
The purpose of the Digital Rights Training Workshop is to:-
Create an empowered CSO digital rights community for Southern Africa that is able to defend/advocate for digital rights in the region, as part of a pan-African coalition.
Train the media to competently report on digital rights issues in the region.
Ensure that legislators, after interacting with trained CSOs and media, understand and follow current trends in digital rights and are able to analyse and articulate digital rights issues in their respective countries thus improving the quality of parliamentary debates on the issues.
METHODOLOGY
The interactive workshop will take place over the course of 3 days with 20 participants from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The participants will come from Civil Society Organizations and Media.
Participants will be introduced to the basic concepts of digital rights in the region (Southern Africa). Topical issues such as digital security and data protection will be introduced to the participants.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. You must be an individual from Southern African countries (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
2. You must come from a Civil Society Organization, Media institution or Government.
3. You must be able to attend the workshop for the entire duration (3 days). Late arrivals and early departures will not be permitted.
4. The sessions will be delivered in English so an understanding of the English language is key.
NB:- We have limited funding for participants coming from outside Zambia. Self-funding participants will be given priority. It is however the duty of all participants to obtain their own visas to Zambia.
DEADLINE:- 25th August 2018
APPLY HERE
