Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance
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| Type: | Internet Governance School |
| Founded: | 2016 |
| Website: | APSIG |
| Facebook: | APSIG Page |
The Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance (APSIG) is a regional event that helps to create a multistakeholder learning opportunity for Interested students, academics, researchers, and individual professionals from the Academia, Civil Society and NGOs, Government and Public Sector, Technical Community and Private Sector.
Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG) intends to serve these 500~1,000 Internet governance leaders and experts in Asia through professional courses on Internet governance and other programs. We expect local and other SIGs and IGFs to serve the 5,00 ~10,000 Internet governance practitioners through their courses.
Objectives[edit | edit source]
- Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG) intends to serve Internet governance experts and leaders in Asia Pacific on their professional upgrades and collaboration.
- APSIG collaborates with national SIGs and IGFs in the Asia Pacific which serve several thousand Internet governance practitioners on their capacity development through introductory, general, and advanced courses.
Scope[edit | edit source]
- Develop open courseware on the Internet governance
- Offer courses on the Internet governance for IG leaders and experts
- Collaborate with other SIGs and IGFs through All SIG Meetings.
- Offer APSIG/Amazon fellowships for IGF participation
APSIG Program – Tracks and Classes[edit | edit source]
- Internet Governance - General (History and Principles, Local Language, Net Neutrality, Internet Policy)
- Internet Governance - Perspectives (Legal, Social, Tech/Eng, Economics/Business)
- Internet Governance - Stakeholders (Multistakeholder Model, Global Internet Users/Non-Users)
- Internet Governance - Institutions (Eco System, Standardization, Names and Numbers )
- Human Rights (General, Privacy, Gender)
- CyberSecurity (General, Crime, Surveillance, Warfare)
- Internet Governance – Extended (Digital, IoT, Data, Security, AI, Blockchain/Digital Commerce)
APSIG Amazon Fellowship Program[edit | edit source]
- APSIG Internet Governance Forum 2018 fellowship awardee Babu Ram Aryan |Aicha Chebb| Bhredipta Socarana
- APSIG AMAZON Internet Governance Forum 2017 fellowship awardee Amrita Choudhury | Gunela_Astbrink | Shreedeep Rayamajhi | Said Zazai | Baburam Aryal | Roshan Pokheral [1]
First Elected Executive Committee of 2019 APSIG[edit | edit source]
| Position | Participant Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Satish Babu | Indian |
| Vice Chair | Mubashir Hassan Sargana | Pakistan |
| Vice Chair | Dr Govind Kumar | Indian |
| Treasurer | Nadira Al Raj | Palestine |
| Secretary | Shreedeep Rayamajhi | Nepal |