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Workshop Report: Challenging Myths about Young People and the Internet

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Tim

Below is the formal report from Workshop 92, Challenging Myths about Young People and the Internet, organised by, and including, many members of the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance at this years IGF meeting in Nairobi. You can find tweets … Continue reading →

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2011 YCIG Statement

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Tim

As in 2010, the Youth Coalition made use of an etherpad document to collaboratively draft a statement to share in the closing plenary of this years IGF. The statement, which was unfortunately not read in full due to time constraints, … Continue reading →

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YCIG Charter

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Tim

STATUS Youth Coalition on Internet Governance PREAMBLE: The Youth Coalition on Internet Governance was officially launched during the 4th Internet Governance Forum held from the 15th to the 18 November 2009 in Maritim Jolie Conference Center in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. PART … Continue reading →

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Discussion paper: Challenging myths about young people and the Internet #92

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Tim

Join this Thursday’s IGF Workshop on Challenging Myths about young people and the Internet in person, or via Remote Participation. 14.30 – 16.00 – 29th September 2011 – Room 11. Read on for a workshop outline and discussion paper: and … Continue reading →

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YCIG at IGF Nairobi

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Tim

The 2011 Internet Governance Forum is taking place over the coming week in Nairobi, Kenya. You can find details of all the sessions on the IGF Aggregator, or the official IGF Website, and many sessions this year have youth involvement. … Continue reading →

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New Media Summer School at EuroDig

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Tim

Members of the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance and others will be meeting in Belgrade from tomorrow for a New Media Summer School ahead of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance. You can follow them online through their website, blogging … Continue reading →

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F3 Article – Young People and Social Networks: Outline

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Tim

What do policy makers need to know about how young people are engaging with social network sites across the world? That was the outline brief for a recent article I wrote for UNICRI’s Freedom from Fear magazine special issue on … Continue reading →

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Get involved: youth voice in IGF consultations

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Tim

There are a number of opportunities coming up for members of the YCIG to input into IGF and UN decision making processes, either individually, or by collaboratively drafting statements from the Coalition. This post will keep track of upcoming opportunities … Continue reading →

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STATEMENT OF THE DYNAMIC YOUTH COALITION IGF 2010

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Tim

The following statement was drafted in the last 48 hours using online collaborative tools by members of the Youth Coalition both here in Vilnius, and around the world. The image below shows (with a different colour for each author) how … Continue reading →

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Creating a statement from the Dynamic Youth Coalition

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Tim

The Dynamic Youth Coalition have just been meeting and are planning to draft a statement for the closing session of this years Internet Governance Forum, and to use in future discussions about the Internet Governance Forum. You can find a … Continue reading →

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