0. APSIG Documents
2020 APSIG - Plan, 2020 APSIG - Annual Report, APSIG 2019-2021 Draft Plan (by Satish Babu for 2019 APSIG Closing Session)
1. Lists of Schools of Internet Governance (SIG), Internet Governance Forums (IGFs), and Related Organizations
Regional SIGs
IntGovCaribbean (fb) Internet Governance Caribbean
National SIGs
Afghanistan Afghanistan School on Internet Governance (afSIG)
Bangladesh Bangladesh SIG (bdSIG)
China cnSIG-Asia Pacific Internet Leadership Program (cnSIG-APILP - Inactive)
India India School on Internet Governance (inSIG)
Nepal Nepal SIG (npSIG)
Armenia Internet Governance Armenia School (ArmSIG)
Brazil Brazilian Internet Governance School (EGI.nic.br)
Brazil Brazilian Internet Governance School (EGI.nic.br)
Others
National IGF Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, India (Youth IGF)
APC Association of Progressive Communications (ittrainonline, APC Impact,...)
Citizen Lab Summer Institute, University of Toronto.
IGF DC-SIG Dynamic Coalition - Schools on Internet Governance, IGF
Diplo Foundation Introduction to Internet Governance, online course.
IGF DC-SIG Dynamic Coalition - Schools on Internet Governance, IGF
Diplo Foundation Introduction to Internet Governance, online course.
Eliademy Internet Governance Series, online course
IG Academy Online course
IntGovForum Regional and National IGF Initiatives of IGF
Internet Society Inforum Course: Shaping the Internet: History and Futures, online course.
Public Knowledge Open Internet Course (13 weeks course in Spanish)
Internet Society Inforum Course: Shaping the Internet: History and Futures, online course.
Public Knowledge Open Internet Course (13 weeks course in Spanish)
Philippines Philippine Internet Governance Colloquium/DICT Internet Governance Training, 2018.7.11-13.
Arabic SSIG Egypt, 2009
2. Objective
There are around 2.4 billion Internet users in Asia Pacific out of 4.4 billion globally today. There are around 5,000 ~ 10,000 Internet governance practitioners
in Asia Pacific who participate to global, regional and national IGFs/SIGs and related organizations. There are 500 ~ 1,000 Internet governance
leaders and experts including organizers and speakers in these IGFs/SIGs and related organizations. These leaders and experts are working on some of the
following areas;
- Organizations on Internet governance
- Publications and presentations
- Projects on Internet governance
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 the 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.
3. Scope
- Archive video recording of lectures, presentation materials and other documents for public access (APSIG Open Courseware Video; 2016-Present)
- Offer professional courses on the Internet Governance and Digital Governance
- Collaborate with the relevant organizations including other regional and local schools on Internet governance
- Offer fellowships for conference (IGF,...) participation
4. Organization
All SIG Group
Maheeshwara Kirindigota - Chair (2019.09-01 ~ 2021-08-31)
Members: Refer All SIG - APSIG.asia for the current members
Discuss Group
Consensus development group with mailing list, monthly remote meeting, and occasional face-to-face meetings.
Contact APSIG-Sec if you would like to join.
We also have APSIG-announce@googlegroups.com for monthly and other moderated updates.
Executive Committee (2019.9.1 ~ 2021.8.31)
Members - Chair: Satish Babu, Vice Chairs: Dr.Govind, Mubashir Sarangana, Secretary: Shreedeep Rayamajhi, Treasure: Nadira Al Raj
Bylaws WG - Chair: Satish Babu (terms to be decided in 2019.9)
Program Committee (2019-09-01 ~ 2021-08-31)
Members - Interim Chair (2019-09-01~ ): Dr.Govind (term to be decided in 2019.9)
Secretariat Staffs: (New Staffs; 2019-09~ )
Past Secretariat Staffs: Nuttha Krasisit & Sundus Kamran(2019-07)
Consultants
Nisarat Tansakul - Audio-Video (2018-07~)
Miseon Chu - Accounting (2016-08~2020-08)
5. APSIG Logo and Name Cards
Name Card for Alumni
6. APSIG Fellowships
Annual APSIG Meeting (2016~ )
National SIG Participation (2016 inSIG, 2016 pkSIG, 2019 inSIG)
Remark: Internet Society offers IGF Youth Ambassadors Program, 2019~ (Merged Ambassador Program and Youth Program)
7. Mailing Lists
AI Governance Group APSIG-ai at googlegroups.com
All SIG Group APSIG-allsig at googlegroups.com
Announce APSIG-announce at googlegroups.com (moderated)
Executive Committee APSIG-ec at googlegroups.com (to be created)
Info APSIG-info at googlegroups.com
Member APSIG-Member at googlegroups.com (to be created)
National SIG Contacts APSIG-sigcontact at googlegroups.com
(Secretariat APSIG-sec at googlegroups.com)
Executive Committee Chair APSIG.Chair at Google.com
Remark: All mailing lists are expected to be updated in September 2019.
8. Liaison
ICANN Satish Babu
Internet Society Waqas Hassan, Santosh Sigdel
IGF Satish Babu
APrIGF Maheeshwara Kirindigoda, Satish Babu
APNIC Dr.Govind
AP*
RightsCon KS Park
AI Conferences Kilnam Chon
9. Others