YOUthDIG 2020

EuroDIG consolidated programme 2020 overview

About

The Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance (YOUthDIG) is a yearly pre-event to the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) aimed to foster active youth participation. This year, both meetings where planned at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.

Due to the spread of COVID-19 no face-to-face YOUthDIG is possible. Instead we will conduct a webinar series with all selected participants. There will be most likely four thematic webinars on

• The Internet Governance ecosystem
• Media and content with a focus on countering disinformation and safety online
• Online activism and decentralized human rights work
• Youth participation in Internet Governance (in cooperation with YCIG)

The webinars will be conducted throughout May.

This workflow culminates in the drafting of the youth messages on the weekend before EuroDIG. Participants shall be encouraged to actively participate in EuroDIG as well, and take the role of an online moderator.

Eligibility criteria for participants:

• between 18 and 30 years old
• residing in Europe
• showing interest in Internet governance, and motivation to actively participate in YOUthDIG and EuroDIG

How to participate

The call for applications is open from February 1 to February 21, 2020. Please complete the form before the deadline to be considered.

The selection process by the EuroDIG Secretariat and the YOUthDIG Planning Team will be completed by March 8, 2020. All applicants will be notified. Successful applicants have to confirm their participation by March 13, 2020, otherwise the spot will be given to someone on the waiting list.

In order to receive funding (travel, accommodation, meals), participants have to:

• participate in preliminary webinars (dates TBA)
• actively participate in YOUthDIG and EuroDIG onsite
• be a remote moderator in at least one EuroDIG session

YOUthDIG covers:

• Breakfast, lunch and dinner during YouthDIG (8-10 June)
• Travel costs (No local transportation)
• Housing in the ICTP Guesthouse (shared rooms) from June 7 (arrival day) to June 13 (departure day) 2020.

If you are selected, have completed the whole programme and have requested travel support, your travel costs will be reimbursed at the meeting.

After confirming their participation, the participant must proceed with booking their travel to Trieste as soon as possible, getting closer to the event date ticket prices will rise and availability will be lower, bookings must be made before the 20th of March , only after the booking recommendation if given by the EuroDIG participation manager.

Conditions for reimbursement:

• Cheapest travel option
• Arrival date: June 7, 2020
• Departure date: June 13, 2020
• Currency conversions are done following the exchange rates according the European Central Bank on the date of the booking.
• No more than the maximum reimbursement amount according to EuroDIG Travel Support

Links & resources

• How to get involved in Internet governance

to be continued ...