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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.  
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
This year, both meetings were planned at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.


*The Internet Governance ecosystem
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 thematic webinars on:
*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.
*The Internet Governance ecosystem (May 2)
Guest Speaker: Sandra Hoferichter
*Online activism and decentralized human rights work (May 10)
Guest Speaker: Giorgio Menella
*Media and content with a focus on countering disinformation and safety online (May 16)
Guest Speaker: Daniel Rzasa <br>
''Daniel Rzasa is the editor-in-chief of 300Gospodarka, a financial and business news website. He is also a public speaker and educator, who currently works with Polska Press, the largest local media publisher in Poland, and Democracy Council of California to teach local journalists skills necessary to recognize and debunk misinformation and state-sponsored propaganda. Earlier he served as the Google News Lab Teaching Fellow for CEE. Before his assignment at Google he worked across a variety of newsrooms in Poland and the UK and was published in many national and international outlets, such as HFMWeek, Citywire, Visegrad Insight and Financial Times, among others.  Daniel graduated with an MA in financial journalism from City, University of London and the Council of Europe's Visegrad School of Political Studies, an international programme designed to train future leaders of CEE.''


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 online moderator.
*Youth participation in Internet Governance (in cooperation with YCIG) (June 6)


'''Eligibility criteria for participants:'''
The webinars are not public. The outcome will be the Youth Messages 2020.
*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==
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.  
 
The call for applications is open from February 1 to February 21, 2020. Please complete the [https://www.eurodig.org/index.php?id=808 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 <s>before the 20th of March </s>, 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 [https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.en.html 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 ==
== Links & resources ==

Revision as of 13:50, 10 May 2020

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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 were 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 thematic webinars on:

  • The Internet Governance ecosystem (May 2)

Guest Speaker: Sandra Hoferichter

  • Online activism and decentralized human rights work (May 10)

Guest Speaker: Giorgio Menella

  • Media and content with a focus on countering disinformation and safety online (May 16)

Guest Speaker: Daniel Rzasa
Daniel Rzasa is the editor-in-chief of 300Gospodarka, a financial and business news website. He is also a public speaker and educator, who currently works with Polska Press, the largest local media publisher in Poland, and Democracy Council of California to teach local journalists skills necessary to recognize and debunk misinformation and state-sponsored propaganda. Earlier he served as the Google News Lab Teaching Fellow for CEE. Before his assignment at Google he worked across a variety of newsrooms in Poland and the UK and was published in many national and international outlets, such as HFMWeek, Citywire, Visegrad Insight and Financial Times, among others. Daniel graduated with an MA in financial journalism from City, University of London and the Council of Europe's Visegrad School of Political Studies, an international programme designed to train future leaders of CEE.

  • Youth participation in Internet Governance (in cooperation with YCIG) (June 6)

The webinars are not public. The outcome will be the Youth Messages 2020.

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.

Links & resources

to be continued ...