| APrIGF 2024 Session Proposal Submission Form | |||||||||||
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| Part 1 - Lead Organizer | |||||||||||
| Contact Person | |||||||||||
| Mr. Nicholas Powell | |||||||||||
| Organization / Affiliation (Please state "Individual" if appropriate) * | |||||||||||
| Freedom Online Coalition | |||||||||||
| Designation | |||||||||||
| Program Lead (FOC Support Unit) | |||||||||||
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| Male | |||||||||||
| Economy of Residence | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||
| Primary Stakeholder Group | |||||||||||
| Intergovernmental Organizations | |||||||||||
| List Your Organizing Partners (if any) | |||||||||||
| This session is being organised by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition, and submitted by the FOC Support Unit. | |||||||||||
| Part 2 - Session Proposal | |||||||||||
| Session Title | |||||||||||
| Freedom Online Coalition Regional Dialogue - Asia-Pacific | |||||||||||
| Session Format | |||||||||||
| Roundtable (60 minutes) | |||||||||||
| Where do you plan to organize your session? | |||||||||||
| Onsite at the venue (with online moderator for questions and comments from remote participants) | |||||||||||
| Specific Issues for Discussion | |||||||||||
| This roundtable session is hosted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2024 Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition, and will convene stakeholders from the Asia Pacific region to foster dialogue on digital issues and human rights, including the governance of the Internet and Artificial Intelligence technologies. Participants will be invited to share their insights on these topics and how they relate to critical processes taking place in 2024, including the Summit of the Future, the Global Digital Compact (GDC), and the WSIS+20 review through exploring the role of the Freedom Online Coalition in shaping these global conversations. Questions will be posed to the audience to explore the most pressing challenges to the protection and promotion of human rights online within the region; how the FOC can address these challenges and leverage the opportunities of digital technologies; domestic priorities relating to the GDC and WSIS+20 review; and regional initiatives and bodies the FOC should engage to continue fostering cross-regional dialogue. *About the Freedom Online Coalition:* The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) is an intergovernmental coalition established in 2011 in the Hague, based on the belief that human rights people have offline must also be protected online, and committed to advancing Internet freedom worldwide. Today, the Coalition counts 40 Members spanning from Africa to Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. The FOC works together, including through multistakeholder engagement with its independent Advisory Network (FOC-AN) and others who share these views, to ensure challenges and opportunities relating to Internet freedom and digital technologies are on the policy agenda as a way to drive concrete policy changes and outcomes, and shape global norms to promote a rules-based, democratic, and inclusive world where human rights and fundamental freedoms are upheld in online and digital contexts. |
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| Describe the Relevance of Your Session to APrIGF | |||||||||||
| The session will aim to facilitate information sharing and enhance coordination to support broader efforts in promoting an open, free, and secure digital future shaped in an inclusive and collaborative manner. It will convene government officials, the multistakeholder community, and prospective members of the Coalition based in the Asia-Pacific region. The discussion will prompt participants to touch upon the selected tracks, including questions such as: What are the most pressing challenges to the protection and promotion of human rights online regionally? How do you see the FOC’s role in addressing these challenges and leveraging the opportunities of digital technologies? What are your domestic priorities and objectives relating to the Global Digital Compact and WSIS+20 review process, and how do they relate to the FOC’s priorities? Are there any gaps or opportunities for the FOC to address regional priorities in ongoing and upcoming processes? What regional initiatives, bodies, and fora should the FOC engage with to continue fostering cross-regional dialogue on key issues relating to the Internet and digital technologies? Specifically, the discussion around key UN processes will include a focus on the governance of emerging technologies such as AI, and touch upon issues concerning security and trust to link to the FOC's priorities in its 2024 Program of Action. The session will feed into ongoing Coalition discussions related to key priorities in both ongoing and upcoming processes, and ensuring they are both inclusive and representative of various regions. |
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| Moderators & Speakers Info (Please complete where possible) | |||||||||||
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| Please explain the rationale for choosing each of the above contributors to the session. | |||||||||||
| The session will focus on audience participation and fostering dialogue, with the above speakers being proposed for moderation of the session and opening remarks, with the possibility of additional remarks. Sabhanaz Rashid Diya is the Executive Director of Tech Global Institute and member of the FOC Advisory Network, and Luca Kuiper is a representative from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the FOC in 2024. | |||||||||||
| Please declare if you have any potential conflict of interest with the Program Committee 2024. | |||||||||||
| No | |||||||||||
| Are you or other session contributors planning to apply for the APrIGF Fellowship Program 2024? | |||||||||||
| No | |||||||||||
| Number of Attendees (Please fill in numbers) | |||||||||||
| Gender Balance in Moderators/Speakers (Please fill in numbers) | |||||||||||
| Consent | |||||||||||
 I agree that my data can be submitted to forms.for.asia and processed by APrIGF organizers for the program selection of APrIGF 2024. |
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