Changes

Hivos is an organization with many focuses, but one of Hivos' main focal points is consolidating and safeguarding Internet Freedoms, through improvement in three key areas:<ref name="internetfreedom">[https://www.hivos.org/focal-area/internet-freedom?snid=377 About Internet Freedom], Hivos.org. Retrieved 2016 March 24.</ref>

Hivos is an organization with many focuses, but one of Hivos' main focal points is consolidating and safeguarding Internet Freedoms, through improvement in three key areas:<ref name="internetfreedom">[https://www.hivos.org/focal-area/internet-freedom?snid=377 About Internet Freedom], Hivos.org. Retrieved 2016 March 24.</ref>

* '''Prevention & Protection'''

''Prevention & Protection'''<br />

To support what Hivos calls "smart activism", the organization supports activities and partnerships which raise activists' awareness of skills that prevent and deal with online security threats, so that they can enjoy the full freedom of online expression in a safe manner. Hivos enhances secure communication by conducting research, offering training, and encouraging peer-to-peer learning. One such example is Supporting events such as the [[Arab Blogger Conference]], which gathers activists from all over the [[MENA region]] to exchange and discuss digital tactics that will realize democratic change. Hivos uses prevention and protection to offer technical and practical support to activists.<ref name="internetfreedom"></ref>

To support what Hivos calls "smart activism", the organization supports activities and partnerships which raise activists' awareness of skills that prevent and deal with online security threats, so that they can enjoy the full freedom of online expression in a safe manner. Hivos enhances secure communication by conducting research, offering training, and encouraging peer-to-peer learning. One such example is Supporting events such as the [[Arab Blogger Conference]], which gathers activists from all over the [[MENA region]] to exchange and discuss digital tactics that will realize democratic change. Hivos uses prevention and protection to offer technical and practical support to activists.<ref name="internetfreedom"></ref>

* '''Policy & Privacy''

'''Policy & Privacy'''<br />

Hivos and its partners lobby for inclusive internet governance regulation and support "Internet Governance roundtables", under the belief that facilitating discussions among civil society, governments, and the private sector encourage success in the long-term future of Internet Freedom. It works with its partners on creating country-specific action plans for improvement, as well as preserve the privacy of citizens and protect them from government and private sector intrusion. Hivos supports research into the technology ecosystem and subsequent lobbying. Its Internet Governance Programme, for example, pushed for an Internet policy agenda in the MENA region, engaged in the regional and global policy dialogues, and held IG training courses for stakeholders.<ref name="internetfreedom"></ref>

Hivos and its partners lobby for inclusive internet governance regulation and support "Internet Governance roundtables", under the belief that facilitating discussions among civil society, governments, and the private sector encourage success in the long-term future of Internet Freedom. It works with its partners on creating country-specific action plans for improvement, as well as preserve the privacy of citizens and protect them from government and private sector intrusion. Hivos supports research into the technology ecosystem and subsequent lobbying. Its Internet Governance Programme, for example, pushed for an Internet policy agenda in the MENA region, engaged in the regional and global policy dialogues, and held IG training courses for stakeholders.<ref name="internetfreedom"></ref>

* '''Pressure'''

'''Pressure'''<br />

Hivos places international and regional pressure on regimes that promote online human rights abuses. Some of the organization's partners garner international attention for individual cases, such as the network behind Mid Esat Youth, while others, like Threatened Voices, offer insight into the prevalence of blogger and activist persecution by tracking and documenting the suppression of online free speech. Through its initiatives to employ ICT technologies to ICT technologies to help safeguard worldwide internet and communications freedoms, Hivos has garnered (financial) support from a wide array of organisations, institutions and foundations, such as the Dutch Foreign Ministry.<ref name="internetfreedom"></ref>

Hivos places international and regional pressure on regimes that promote online human rights abuses. Some of the organization's partners garner international attention for individual cases, such as the network behind Mid Esat Youth, while others, like Threatened Voices, offer insight into the prevalence of blogger and activist persecution by tracking and documenting the suppression of online free speech. Through its initiatives to employ ICT technologies to ICT technologies to help safeguard worldwide internet and communications freedoms, Hivos has garnered (financial) support from a wide array of organisations, institutions and foundations, such as the Dutch Foreign Ministry.<ref name="internetfreedom"></ref>