[icann-see] Call for collaboration: Youth project on 'Digitised security' in Bosnia and Herzegovina (24.04-30.04.2017)

[hvale - owp]

Hi everyone,

one world platform is also in contact with the organizers :)

best, hvale


On 10/29/2016 11:42 AM, Desiree Miloshevic wrote:
> Hi Michael
>
> Thank you for bringing this event up to the list.
>
>
> The ISOC Chapter Serbia has been in touch with the organisers and we
> are in talks how to best support their event and have another one in
> Serbia.
>
> It would be great if other organisations would join too.
>
> Best regards
>
> Desiree Miloshevic
> --
>
> On 28 Oct 2016, at 14:15, Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com
> <mailto:mike.oghia at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I want to bring the following email to your attention. I will
>> summarize it as best as I can so that if you would like to have more
>> information, you can follow up with Anya (CCd).
>>
>> Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe is hosting a youth
>> event in Sarajevo in April 2017 focusing on cybersecurity, privacy,
>> and mass surveillance. While they have secured quite a bit of funding
>> already from the Council of Europe, they are currently looking for
>> local partners as well as speakers and contributors. Partners could
>> provide funding and/or non-fiscal resources such as providing space,
>> equipment, or volunteers.
>>
>> *Vlada: *Would this be something that Diplo may want to contribute to?
>>
>> *Lorena and Martin:* Would NERDY and/or EuroDIG be interested in
>> assisting in some fashion as well?
>>
>> For more information, contact Anya Orlova at: annnyanka at gmail.com
>> <mailto:annnyanka at gmail.com>. Aya and I met last year at the IGF, and
>> we are both members of the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance
>> (YCIG). She and I are also both ISOC ambassadors this year to the IGF. 
>>
>> Feel free to forward this message to a relevant contact or spread it
>> among your networks as well.
>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>> __________________
>>
>> Michael J. Oghia
>> iGmena <http://igmena.org/> communications manager
>> 2016 ISOC IGF returning ambassador
>> Independent #netgov consultant & editor
>>
>> Belgrade, Serbia
>> Skype: mikeoghia
>> Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia> *|* LinkedIn
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Anya Orlova* <annnyanka at gmail.com <mailto:annnyanka at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 7:05 PM
>> Subject: Call for collaboration: Youth project on 'Digitised
>> security' in Bosnia and Herzegovina (24.04-30.04.2017)
>> Cc: Petra Škuljević <petra at cdnee.org <mailto:petra at cdnee.org>>,
>> Julian Hauser <julian at julianhauser.com <mailto:julian at julianhauser.com>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Michael,
>>
>> First, I'd like to thank you for your interest in our youth event
>> that will take place in *Sarajevo in April 2017* and will bring
>> together 40 young people.
>>
>> Now let me briefly introduce myself and our organisation. My name is
>> Anya and I am a member of the digital [x] working group
>> <https://www.cdnee.org/working-groups/digitalx/> of Cooperation and
>> Development Network Eastern Europe (please see more about CDN here -
>> www.cdnee.org <http://www.cdnee.org>). In December last year we
>> organised a webinar
>> <http://digital-x.org/2015/12/first-digital-x-webinar-a-success/> on
>> the use of the security discourse to restrict our online rights, and
>> after it's success we decided to organize an educational seminar on
>> the same topic.
>>
>> We applied to the Council of Europe with the project "Digitised
>> security - How to read the surveillance discourse and fight it!" in
>> Bosnia and Herzegovina, 24.04.2017 – 30.04.2017. The Council of
>> Europe has decided to financially support our project with EUR
>> 22,400. Our total estimated budget for this project is EUR 30,535 we
>> are looking for co-funding of the amount of EUR 8,135. In the
>> attached file you can see our detailed project budget breakdown. If
>> you know of any institutions, foundations or organisations that might
>> be willing of supporting us, we would greatly appreciate that
>> information. Support does not need to be financial, it can also be in
>> kind - for example pay sending a speaker and covering their expenses. 
>>
>> *We are currently in the phase of looking for local partners -
>> individuals, digital activists, collaborative and organisations who
>> would like to join us in this event either as co-organiser,
>> contributor, speaker or participant.
>> *
>> Please see below (and in the attachment) a more detailed information
>> about our project and feel free to ask us - Julian, Petra and me -
>> should you have any questions, suggestions or ideas. Please feel free
>> to share this call further.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Anya, Julian and Petra
>>
>> digital [x] working group
>> Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (CDN)
>> https://digita-x.org
>> www.cdnee.org <http://www.cdnee.org>
>>
>> *
>> Project Description *
>>
>> Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe is working on
>> supporting its members and Member Organisations through its projects
>> and initiatives as well as engaging new members and collaborators to
>> work together and network. The project 'Digitised security - How to
>> read the surveillance discourse and fight it!' initiated by the
>> digital [x] working group is directed at drawing attention of youth
>> on tackling issues of digital security, digital literacy and uniting
>> young people, activists, collaboratives and initiatives of the
>> Eastern European and the Balkans region to work together and
>> therefore fostering capacity building and networking in this field.
>>
>> Although the 'Digitised security' project was designed to take place
>> in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the idea behind it is to attract young
>> people, digital activists, youth organisations and organisations
>> working in the field of advocacy of digital rights and freedoms from
>> the whole region of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. This project has
>> support from the political parties and Green MEPs of the European
>> Parliament with a particular goal of creating an ambiance that would
>> foster and support local initiatives and help to gather young
>> activists and organisations to work together on the pending issue of
>> digital security that we are facing today in the European context
>> given the recent political and social climate and the relevance of
>> cybersecurity and mass-surveillance in this respect.
>>
>> There are a number of activists and small organisations working on
>> advocacy of digital rights and freedoms in Eastern Europe and in the
>> Balkans. However there are not that many opportunities for
>> collaboration and networking, in particular when it comes to
>> connecting digital rights and hacker activists with activists from
>> other spheres, for example the Green movement. digital [x] believes
>> that by joining forces and working together we can achieve much more.
>>
>> Greens are well-established in this region and can serve as an entry
>> platform to political debates for the individuals and organisations
>> working in the sphere of digital rights advocacy. Moreover,
>> collaborating with other organisations from Eastern Europe fosters
>> exchange of good practice and can be of help in online campaigning.
>>
>> This project can furthermore be a step towards collaboration between
>> the EU and Eastern European/Balkan region. Establishing a more solid
>> and sustainable cooperation is important as the Balkans and Eastern
>> Europe are affected by EU legislation, both in the course of formal
>> accession processes as well as simply through the fact that the EU is
>> a standard setter in digital rights legislation in Europe as whole.
>> It is crucial that voices from the Balkans and Eastern Europe are
>> heard in the EU -- firstly because they bring a new perspective and
>> voice concerns that stem from a different socio-economic and
>> political background. 
>>
>> *Today our project partners and collaborators are:*
>>
>> - Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP, European Parliament; Group of the
>> Greens/European Free Alliance
>> - Julia Reda MEP, European Parliament; (Greens/EFA, Germany)
>> - Terry Reintke, MEP, European Parliament; (Die Grune | EFA)
>> - Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG)
>> - Share Foundation (Serbia)
>> - Young Pirates
>> - Zostone
>> - One world platform
>> - Prishtina hackerspace
>>
>> We are also planning to reach out to:
>>
>> - Panoptikon (https://panoptykon.org/)
>> - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
>> - Digitale Gesellschaft (CH and DE)
>> *
>> What is this project about?
>> *
>> In the past few years legislators have advanced and implemented
>> numerous laws that threaten our digital rights - such laws span the
>> gamut from national legislation on data retention and online
>> surveillance to trade agreements that affect intellectual property
>> legislation and whose enforcement often entails surveillance. The
>> extension of surveillance and censorship online is something felt in
>> Europe as a whole, making the fact that those policy decisions are
>> often only discussed in expert circles all the more disquieting.
>>
>> Currently the major argument for mass surveillance stems from data's
>> alleged usefulness in combating terrorism. Many countries, from
>> France to Russia, have recently legalised surveillance of their
>> citizens. However, it is far from clear whether increased online
>> surveillance helps fight terrorism, and a false sense of security
>> might actually increase the real danger and move our attention away
>> from terrorism's root causes such as war and poverty. Moreover, mass
>> surveillance restricts our human rights in crucial ways, endangering
>> individual freedom as well as our common institutions such as
>> democracy and media.
>>
>> The effects of surveillance do not know borders: data streams, even
>> between neighbours, often cross multiple countries, online
>> communities are often transnational, and surveillance technology
>> produced in the West is used by authoritarian regimes the world over.
>> *
>> *
>> *What will we do and why?
>> *
>> We will organise a 6-day long seminar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that
>> will gather 40 young people from all Europe to discuss this topic.
>> The topic is highly relevant to youth across all of Europe. Youth
>> activists are often the first to experience restrictions of rights
>> even when they are not the professed targets of the laws. Second, the
>> internet is used by a majority of young people in daily interactions
>> and are essential in modern collaborative work.
>>
>> The debates surrounding online freedoms often focus on diffuse fears,
>> which are instrumentalized to push for restrictions of civic and
>> human rights. Therefore we want to gather young people from all over
>> Europe to analyse the discourse with which restrictions of our human
>> rights are justified. We want to look at the arguments used, gain an
>> understanding of the underlying facts and learn how youth can
>> actively engage themselves in public discussions and defend their
>> interests. To this end we want to work on participants' advocacy and
>> campaigning skills in the field of digital rights.
>>
>> Additionally, we want to give youth the ability to independently
>> protect their rights online. We will therefore develop participants'
>> skills and encourage them to use software that protects from
>> surveillance and overcomes censorship. We will develop a toolkit on
>> both the theoretical and practical aspects of this seminar, which
>> will help with the achievement of the aims after the seminar.
>>
>> We hope that this seminar will strengthen the potential of the
>> Internet as a real driver of democracy and human rights.
>> *
>> Project summary*
>>
>> Project name: Digitised security - How to read the surveillance
>> discourse and fight it!
>>
>> Duration: 6 working days
>>
>> Date: 24 th – 30 th April 2017
>>
>> Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
>>
>> Topic: Digital rights, internet policy, security, surveillance, data
>> protection, digitalisation
>>
>> Organiser: Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe, Youth
>> movement Revolt,
>>
>> European Youth Foundation
>>
>> Target age: 18-30
>>
>> Number of participants: 40
>>
>> <Digitised Security project description and budget.pdf>
>> <Digitised Security project description and budget.doc>

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