International Workshop The Internet & New Social Media in Democracy Promotion

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1 International Workshop The Internet & New Social Media in Democracy Promotion Bonn, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 8-9 April 2013

2 The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is to host an International Workshop on The Internet & New Social Media in Democracy Promotion on 8th to 9th April 2013 in Bonn, Germany The workshop intends to offer a platform for exchange between policy makers, researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields of new digital media and democracy promotion. The event will bring together about 100 participants from civil society, government, development co-operation organizations, academia and IT development. Please find below the tentative program, and more information about the different panels. Participation is free of charge and on personal invitation only. For registration please send an to Gisela.Kuhlmann@die-gdi.de, stating your name and institutional affiliation (if applicable).

3 Monday April 8 th DIE International Workshop on The Internet & New Social Media in Democracy Promotion 10:00 10:45 Opening Session Tentative Program Welcome by the DIE, Jörg Faust, Head of Department III, Governance, Statehood, and Security Introduction by the Moderators, Geraldine de Bastion, Newthinking & Holger Hank, Deutsche Welle Academy Keynote Speech: Andrew Puddephat, Director, Global Partners and Associates: A human rights infrastructure for the internet Videomessage by Marietje Schaake, MEP, Digital Freedom in a Globally Connected World 10:45 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 12:30 ICTs in Democracy Promotion: Supporting or Endangering Civic Activism? Karen Reilly, Development Director, Tor Project, ICT for Democracy Prevention Chris, Albon, Governance Project Director, Frontline SMS, Open Government Through Mobile Technology Maja Bott, Senior Project Manager, German Development Bank, KfW, Crowdsourcing citizen feedback to promote public accountability Anita Breuer, Senior Researcher, DIE, The Role of Social Media in Mobilizing Political Protest: Lessons from the Tunisian Case Kathleen Reen, Internews, Title: TBA 12:30 13:30 Lunch Break

4 13:30 15:00 Commercial vs. Civil Society Driven Web2.0 Platforms in ICT4D Kersti, Wissenbach, Independent consultant / University of Amsterdam: Strengthening Democracy on ICT hypes, realities and the art to listen Thomas Tufte, Roskilde University Denmark: Civil Society Driven Media Platforms: An example, and a critical assessment of a prevailing practice in development communication Tim Williams, Director, ProjectsDirect.net : Making sense of digital media and development Ivar Evensmo, Senior Adviser for Media and Civil Society, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation: Reflections on Norwegian ICT and Democracy Promotion in a post perspective 15:00 15:15 Coffee Break 15:15 16:45 Assessing the Impact of ICTs in Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion: Theoretical Approaches and Lessons from the Field Richard Heeks, Director, Centre for Development Informatics, University of Manchester: Lessons in Effectiveness and Impact Measurement from ICT4D Projects Jonathas Mello, UNESCO (Section for Media & Society) Lessons learnt from UNESCOS s project Empowering Local Radios with ICTs in Africa Paula Uimonen, Director, SPIDER (Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions): ICT4Democracy in East Africa: Lessons learned from Spider network of projects Julian Kücklich, Managing Editor, Media in Cooperation & Transition: Riding the Fail Whale Lessons from a Social Media Workshop for correspondents.org 16:45 17:00 Day s wrap up 19:00 21:00 Evening Reception

5 Tuesday 9th April 9:15 9:30 Welcome by the Moderators 9:30 11:00 Democracy Promotion vs. Technology Exports: Conflicts of Interest in Western Foreign Policy Jillian York, Director International Freedom of Expression Electronic Frontier Foundation: The Export Controls Conundrum: Lessons from the US Struggle Kathleen Reen, Internews,Title: TBA Olaf Boehnke, Head of Berlin office, European Council on Foreign Relations: Foreign policy 2.0, or digital diplomacy? 11:00 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 12:45 Europe s Internet governance strategy to protect and promote human rights Aligning Reality to Rhetoric & Challenges Ahead Ben Wagner, European University Institute: Race to the bottom or struggle to the top? How European states systematically undermine human rights and their own strategic foreign policy Wenzel Michalski, Germany Director, Human Rights Watch: ICTs in Development A human rights oriented approach Christian Mihr, Executive Director Germany, Reporters without Borders: Security interests vs. media freedom as a development goal Roland Bless, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: Shaping European Policies to Advance Media Freedom 12:45 13:00 Wrap Up