If any one is interested in joining the e discussions please send Anja an email. She is on the civil society governance list and you can tell her I recommended your involvement. This could also be a means of identifying potential ALS structures. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anja Kovacs <anjakovacs@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:58 PM Subject: [ap-democ-sp] Participants in the e-discussion To: Asia-Pacific Democratic Space <ap-democ-sp@groups.undp.org> Dear all, We are happy to share with you that more than sixty of you have now joined us for the e-discussion on social media and democratic space in Asia Pacific. As knowing who you are dialoguing with tends to make for better conversation, I have pasted the current list of participants below this message as well as added it in attachment. Several more people are due to join us for the second part of the e-discussion. But at the moment, we are only just starting with the first part! *Please do start sharing with us ideas on how and when social media might contribute to the widening of democratic space, using examples from across the region.*Examples could come from a variety of arenas - from citizen journalism initiatives over activism to engagement with governments - and could be big or small in size and impact. As long as there was a positive change, we would like to hear more! We look forward to learning from your experiences. With warm wishes, Anja Social Media and Democratic Space e-Discussion Guest Facilitator *Participants e-discussion Social Media and Democratic Space in the Asia-Pacific * *Country * *Name* *Affiliation* Bangladesh Ahmed Swapan Mahmud VOICE – Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment Bhutan Sioksian Pek Dorji Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy Cambodia Sopheap Chak Cambodian Youth Network for Change and blogger Cook Islands Maureen Hilyard PICISOC and CI National Environment Service Fiji Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro Telecom Fiji Sharon Bhagwan Rolls FemLINKPACIFIC India Stalin K VideoVolunteers Anshul Tewari YouthKiAwaaz TB Dinesh Servelots Parminder Jeet Singh IT for Change Anita Gurumurthy IT for Change Indonesia Ndaru Blogger, Indonesia-IGF Committee Member Andy Cipta Solidaritas Perempuan Matt Abud Engage Media Iran Cameran Ashraf PhD Scholar, UCLA Japan Izumi Aizu Institute for HyperNetwork Society and Institute for InfoSocinomics, Tama University Malaysia Premesh Chandran Malaysikini Sean Ang Southeast Asian Centre for e-Media Jason Nicholas Southeast Asian Centre for e-Media Gayathry Venkiteswaran Southeast Asian Press Alliance Maldives JJ Robinson Minivan News Myanmar Toe Zaw Latt Thailand Bureau Chief, Democratic Voice of Burma Nepal Prabhas Pokharel Nepal Ko Yuwa New Zealand Joy Liddicoat APC Connect Your Rights Campaign Pacific Lisa Williams Lahiri Media Freelancer and IFJ Pacific Media for Democracy and Human Rights Project Pakistan Sana Saleem Gawaahi. Takebackthetech and blogger Shahzad Ahmed Bytes for All Philippines Oliver Robillo Mindanao Bloggers Community and blogger Chat Garcia APC Women's Networking Support Program Solomon Islands David Leeming Consultant for ICT in Development and Education Sri Lanka Sanjana Hattotuwa Groundviews Tibet Phuntsok Dorjee Tashi Delek FM, Dharamshala Tuvalu Tenanoia Simona Tuvalu Telecommunication Corporation Vanuatu Andrew Molivurae IT Dept Telecom Vanuatu USA/Vietnam/Iran Kim Pham ExpressionTech *UNDP Duty Stations* Afghanistan Ahmad Salari Masood Amer Bangladesh Shaila Khan Bhutan Kunzang Norbu Maartje Mol China Yuan Xiao DPR Korea Shabnam Mallick Fiji Charmaine Rodrigues India Sumeeta Banerji Indonesia Irman Lanti Henny Ngu Young Hong Maldives Zindu Salih Naima Mohamed Nepal Najia Hashemee Norway Christopher Wilson Thailand David Galipeau Sujala Pant Lalita Luckanagul Ramya Gopalan Pauline Tamesis Nicholas Rosellini Vietnam Jairo Acuna Other Matthew Taylor Raul Zambrano ------------------------------ You are receiving this message as a member of the e-Discussion on Social Media and Democratic Space in the Asia Pacific. To know more or contribute to this e-Discussion, please visit the UN Teamworks <https://undp.unteamworks.org/node/151458> space or simply reply to this email. This e-Discussion is brought to you by the Democratic Governance Team at UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre (APRC). To contact the Facilitation Team, write to ap-democ-sp@groups.undp.org ------------------------------ -- Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala Tweeter: @SalanietaT Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro Cell: +679 998 2851