Dear all, as mentioned at today’s EURALO call under the agenda item feed back and reports from the ALAC Work Teams on improvements -- particularly WT B discussing empowerment and capacity building – below please find a recent announcement from DiploFoundation on their next Capacity Development Programme on Internet Governance (IG) etc. Please forward this information to your RALO communities. Thanks and kind regards, Wolf ____ Ginger Paque sent Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:20: DiploFoundation’s 2011 foundation courses in Internet Governance and ICT are now open for applications. A call for applications for Diplo's ACP Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Internet Governance (IG) Capacity Development Programme Foundation Course has been issued to all government and sub-regional/regional institutions of ACP countries involved in ICT and IG policy as well as civil society, business, academia, media, and other interested individuals or groups. This 12-week online course is designed to improve ICT- and IG-related knowledge and skills for participants mainly from ACP countries and to assist them in participating in global decision-shaping debates on IG. The programme also facilitates community-building among individuals with different national, cultural, and professional backgrounds. Complete information is available here, and is also available in the attached .pdf file IGICT4ACP11 Call for Applications. More information about the ACP Programme is available on Diplo's ACP website. In a parallel programme for applicants from non-ACP countries, DiploFoundation is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP11) Foundation Course. Complete information is available here, and is available in the attached .pdf file IGCBP11 Call for Applications. Visit Diplo's Internet governance website for more information about the IG programme. Applications for both courses close on 12 February 2011. Ginger (Virginia) Paque IGCBP Online Coordinator DiploFoundation www.diplomacy.edu/ig _____ comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allmend http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org