BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Copenhagen BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201108T083000 RDATE:20210328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Copenhagen CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:76816863ac3a7d48a7e7543e742175f8 CATEGORIES:TECH FOR DEMOCRACY CREATED:20211025T134324 SUMMARY:DAYS OF ACTION - DAY 2 DESCRIPTION:Digital security and the digital resilience pathwayGlobal Focus is happy to be part of the new global initiative Tech for Democracy, spearheaded by th e Danish government. Tech for Democracy brings together civil society, gove rnments, and the tech industry to work in global action to find concrete so lutions to ensure that technology and digitalization work for – and not aga inst - democracy and human rights. Global Focus is determined to ensure tha t global civil society and citizens’ voices are at the forefront of Tech fo r Democracy.\n \nGlobal Focus invites you to be part of Tech for Democracy´ s Days of Action - five days of multistakeholder dialogue on how technology can support democracy and human rights. Each Day of Action is dedicated to an overarching theme and will include a myriad of sessions hosted by actor s from around the globe and across all time zones. All sessions are virtual on an encrypted platform and free of charge.\n \nIf you need Closed Captio ns for accessibility, then it is available in the meeting settings on the B lueJeans app. Otherwise we recommend using the browser to access the sessio ns on BlueJeans.\n \nPROGRAMME: \n \nTHEMES:\nDigital awareness and educati on, digital capacity building for CSOs and activists, digital first aid kit , digital tools and grassroot mobilisation etc.\n \n \n{slider title="SESSI ON 1 - Electoral transparency facilitated by technology" class="icon"}\n08: 30-10:00 UTC+1 \n \nKickstarted with the help of the Danish NGO, SILBA, Klo op Media has mobilised and trained thousands of election observers in Kyrgy zstan. We have developed online resources (apps, bots and a whole learning platform), which has helped our many observers identify and log electoral v iolations, automatised the procedures for legal complaints, and thus been r esponsible for re-elections to be held in three major cities in Kyrgyzstan, following the electoral violations we identified. We we are in the process of adapting our platform to be applicable in other countries and electoral systems.\n \nORGANIZERS\nKloop Media, Kyrgyzstan\nSILBA (Initiative for Di alogue and Democracy), Denmark\n \nSPEAKERS\nRinat Tuhvatshin, Kloop Media\ nAizirek Almazbekova, Kloop Media\n \n{slider title="SESSION 2 - Perspectiv es from the Global South in building resilience and exploring new tactics o n digital security" class="icon"}\n10:00-11:30 UTC+1 \n \nA large portion o f youth culture nowadays is dominated by Internet Communication and Digital Technology. Youth are amongst the most affected, for better or for worse, by tech's rapid evolution. Therefore, it is integral for civil society to e nsure that youth is digitally resilient and well positioned to harness the opportunities for strengthening democratic values presented by technology.\ n \nIn this session, ActionAid Denmark will, together with attendants, unra vel the intricacies of cybersecurity and present several tech-related local challenges and the respective local solutions developed or utilised to tac kle them. In addition, a case will be presented by Whisper To Humanity, a Y outh-led Feminist Organization, working to raise a generation of humans tha t are driven by knowledge and Equality. Whisper To Humanity is initiator an d founder of the Whisper School Clubs, Whisper App and Whisper Community. A t the session they will talk about how they use capacity building, self-car e, knowledge sharing and community building as tools to effect change.\n \n ORGANIZERS\nActionAid Denmark / Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke\n \nSPEAKERS\nMary jacob Okwuosa, an intersectional feminist, education and gender advocate an d founder of Whispers To Humanity.\nMatey Nikolov, ActionAid Denmark, will moderate the session.\n \n \n{slider title="SESSION 3 - “Source? Internet!? ” – How to improve users’ orientation and boost digital media literacy in t he jungle of disinformation and algorithms" class="icon"}\n13:30-15:00 UTC+ 1 \n \nHealthy democracies need well-informed citizens! How well people are able to understand, classify and question news can influence whether peopl e become susceptible to populists, lose trust in public institutions or spr ead false news to friends and family. The digital media literacy of our cit izens has gained enormous importance in recent years and has become a criti cal factor for democracies worldwide.\n \nMore than ever, users are on thei r own online. For every single piece of news, they have to decide for thems elves whether a source or piece of information is trustworthy for them. And whether they read it, like it, or even share it with others. It can be ass umed that this profound change will continue to intensify in democratic soc ieties in the coming years and it has already led to a number of political and social challenges. Social media platforms have started to address these challenges by helping their users with labels or content moderation, and s o do civil society organizations and tech startups.\n \nIn this session hos ted by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, we will discuss the need for an increased media literacy and present innovative tools like two media li teracy games and and "nutrition labels" for AI-powered products.\n \nORGANI ZERS\nAlliance of Democracies\n \nSPEAKERS\nOlaf Böhnke, Senior Advisor to the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity (TCEI), Alliance of Demo cracies Foundation\nNikita Lukianets, Founder of Open Ethics\nOra Tanner, C o-founder of the The AI Education Project\nCarlo Zensus, Election Integrity Project Associate at Alliance of Democracies Foundation\n \nModeration: Ri chard Walakira, Project Associate, Alliance of Democracies Foundation\n \n{ slider title="SESSION 4 - Cyber Bullying and Hate Speech and Young People’s Democratic Participation and Resiliency" class="icon"}\n13:00-14:00 UTC+1 \n \nAt present, youth’s participation on cyber space is very crucial since digital platforms can empower young people and act as the tools of campaig ning, advocacy, accountability, movement, education, income, and expression for them. Unfortunately, for young people, online platforms are not safe e ither. Cyber bullying and hate speech towards young people, particularly yo ung women, make them vulnerable, limit the spaces for expressing opinion, i dentity, rights and demands with dignity and respect, thus narrow the path of empowerment.\n \nActivista Bangladesh and Global Platform of ActionAid B angladesh jointly will organize a youth-led panel discussion on cyber bully ing and its impact on young people’s democratic participation, and how yout hs are adopting cyber bullying. We invite global audience to join us.\n \nO RGANIZERS\nGlobal Platform of ActionAid Bangladesh\nActivista Bangladesh\n \nSPEAKERS\nSwatil Mahmud, Founder, Swayong\nTanshnuva Anan, Transgender Ri ght Activist\nAnanda Kumar, Founder, Fakenewschecker.com\nMustapha Kammoun, Software engineer and civil society activist\nHimansu Pandy, Young Peace b uilder, India\n \n{slider title="SESSION 5 - EU and the civic space in a di gital age" class="icon"}\n14:00-15:00 UTC+1 \n \nThe development of tech ca n provide useful tools to rethink the way populations and institutions can interact. Unfortunately, we are seeing a global trend where the digital spa ce is being used to manipulate populations, promote disinformation, and lim it people’s rights. Limitation of freedom of expression online is happening and we have seen governments have shut down internet to dissolve mobilizat ion.\n \nThis development is highly problematic as it violates democratic v alues, rights and, not the least, disregards the legal foundation of the Eu ropean Union. Therefore, the European Commission have set out an ambitious and comprehensive framework for the regulation of platforms and protection of fundamental rights online. The session will shed light on both the curre nt and proposed framework by the European Union on the digital transformati on.\n \nThe session aims at identifying and discussing the opportunities an d limitations of the digital agenda and to debate the role of the fundament al rights, morals and ethics online.\n \nORGANIZERS\nNyt Europa\n \nSPEAKER S\nEmma Llanso, Director, Free Expression Project at Center for Democracy & amp; Technology\n \n{slider title="SESSION 6 - Making digital tech work to democratize local communities and support environmental justice" class="ico n"}\n14:00-15:00 UTC+1 \n \nDigital technologies pose increasingly complex and contextual challenges, threats and opportunities for democracy and huma n rights. Community-led development and deployment of digital technologies at very local levels has proven to be essential for achieving outcomes in w hich people affected by exclusion, discrimination and inequality are able t o meaningfully use and shape the internet and digital technologies to meet their specific needs. The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in partnership with Rhizomatica and a group of locally managed community ne tworks, are working to contribute to enabling ecosystems for the emergency and growth of community networks and other community-based connectivity ini tiatives. At the same time, local community land and environmental defender s are increasingly facing threats and violations of their rights in their a ccess and use of digital technologies.\n \nRecent research conducted by Cit izen Lab in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines reveals how environment al defenders in rural areas have low levels of access to the internet and m obile networks, and often only have access to shared devices, creating addi tional risks and challenges for digital safety and security. Digital attack s against land and environmental defenders often target family and friends, and create a chilling effect in their communities. Most of the digital pla tforms and spaces in which these attacks occur are owned and operated by pr ivate companies that are far removed from the realities of these defenders, and are unable or unwilling to adequately address these attacks and rights violations. Community networks and community-led development and deploymen t of digital technologies offer real and viable alternatives that are roote d in the principles and values of the local communities that are involved.\ n \nSpeakers in this session will share and reflect on their work and exper iences in community-led development and deployment of digital technologies, including how these initiatives respond to ongoing threats to human rights and democracy. Participants will also be invited to reflect on how seeking tech solutions that are centered in local communities and environmental ju stice can meaningfully contribute to technological transformation that is c onducive to and respectful of democracy and human rights. An expected outpu t of this session will be the identification of good practices and recommen dations to different stakeholders to center local communities and environme ntal justice in the development and deployment of digital technologies.\n \ n \nORGANIZERS\nAssociation for Progressive Communications (APC)\n \nSPEAKE RS\nTamara Terso, Intervozes, Brazil\nSarbani Belur, Indian Institute of Te chnology Bombay, India\nCarlos Baca, Rhizomatica, Mexico\nIrene Poetranto, Citizen Lab, Canada\nModerator: Shawna Finnegan, Association for Progressiv e Communications (APC), Canada\n \n{slider title="SESSION 7 - Human Rights Impact Assessments and Financing Digital Goods" class="icon"}\n15:00-16:30 UTC+1 \n \nGovernments, venture capitalists, sovereign wealth funds, and fo undations invest heavily in technology; often without fully understanding t he human rights impacts of technology they are invested in. This session wi ll present human rights impact assessment frameworks for investors to consi der and leverage as part of a growing call for public and private funders t o conduct and share Human Rights Impact Assesments (HRIAs).\n \nORGANIZERS\ nConnect Humanity\n \nSPEAKERS\nKat Duffy, VP of Global Technology Programs , Internews\nVanja Skoric, Program Director at The European Center for Not- for-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL)\nFacilitator: Chris Worman, TechSoup\n \n{s lider title="SESSION 8 - Personal Data and the Influence Industry" class="i con"} (https://www.facebook.com/globaltfokusngo/)\n16:00-17:30 UTC+1 \n \nT his talk will present how personal data is used in elections, what concerns we need to consider for voters, and what tools are available for investiga ting the topic further. The session will present the research of Tactical T ech's data and politics team, including personal experiences of research, a s well as present questions to the audience for them to engage with the top ic in relation to their own work.\n \nORGANIZERS\nTactical Tech\n \nSPEAKER S\nDr. Amber Macintyre\n \n{/sliders} \nPlease register and select sessions below\n \n (index. php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=2089&Itemid= 178&year=2021&month=11&day=10&title=days-of-action-day-3-in ternet-for-all-by-all-infrastructure-access-availability-and-safe-spaces&am p;uid=b0c2f0d4a293008ee04e5b30f7610ca1)\n< DAY OF ACTION 1\nThe pandemic of di sinformation (index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&e vid=2087&Itemid=178&year=2021&month=11&day=08&title=day -of-action-1-the-pandemic-of-disinformation-and-what-to-do-about-it-infodem ics&uid=b9be27469124d8ee02d2f753c7ddd756)\nand what to do about it – “infodemics” \n\nDAY OF ACTION 3 >\nInternet for all, by all – (index.php?option =com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=2089&Itemid=178&ye ar=2021&month=11&day=10&title=days-of-action-day-3-internet-for -all-by-all-infrastructure-access-availability-and-safe-spaces&uid=b0c2 f0d4a293008ee04e5b30f7610ca1)infrastructure,\naccess, availability, and safe spaces (index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&a mp;evid=2089&Itemid=178&year=2021&month=11&day=10&title =days-of-action-day-3-internet-for-all-by-all-infrastructure-access-availab ility-and-safe-spaces&uid=b0c2f0d4a293008ee04e5b30f7610ca1) \n \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Global Focus is happy to be part of the new glo bal initiative Tech for Democracy, spearheaded by the Danish government. Te ch for Democracy brings together civil society, governments, and the tech i ndustry to work in global action to find concrete solutions to ensure that technology and digitalization work for – and not against - democracy and hu man rights. Global Focus is determined to ensure that global civil society and citizens’ voices are at the forefront of Tech for Democracy.
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Global Focus invites you to be part of Tech for Democracy´s Days o f Action - five days of multistakeholder dialogue on how technology can sup port democracy and human rights. Each Day of Action is dedicated to an overarching theme and will include a myriad of sessions hosted by actors f rom around the globe and across all time zones. All sessions are virtual on an encrypted platform and free of charge.
If you need C losed Captions for accessibility, then it is available in the meeting setti ngs on the BlueJeans app. Otherwise we recommend using the browser to acces s the sessions on BlueJeans.
PROGRAMME:
THE MES:
Digital awareness and education, digital capacity build ing for CSOs and activists, digital first aid kit, digital tools and g rassroot mobilisation etc.
08:30-10:00 UTC+1
Kickstarted with the help of the Danish NGO, SILBA, Kloop Media has mobilised and trained thousands of election observe rs in Kyrgyzstan. We have developed online resources (apps, bots and a whole learning platform), which has helped our many observers identify and log electoral violations, automatised the procedures for legal complaints, and thus been responsible for re-elections to be held in three major citie s in Kyrgyzstan, following the electoral violations we identified. We we are in the process of adapting our platform to be applicable in other co untries and electoral systems.
ORGANIZERS
Kloop Media, Kyrgyzstan
SILBA (Initiative for Dialogue a nd Democracy), Denmark
SPEAKERS
< strong>Rinat Tuhvatshin, Kloop Media
Aizirek Almazbe kova, Kloop Media
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10:00-11:30 UTC+1
A large portion of y outh culture nowadays is dominated by Internet Communication and Digital Te chnology. Youth are amongst the most affected, for better or for worse, by tech's rapid evolution. Therefore, it is integral for civil society to ensu re that youth is digitally resilient and well positioned to harness the opp ortunities for strengthening democratic values presented by technology.
In this session, ActionAid Denmark will, together with atte ndants, unravel the intricacies of cybersecurity and present several tech-r elated local challenges and the respective local solutions developed or uti lised to tackle them. In addition, a case will be presented by Whisper To H umanity, a Youth-led Feminist Organization, working to raise a generation o f humans that are driven by knowledge and Equality. Whisper To Humanity is initiator and founder of the Whisper School Clubs, Whisper App and Whisper Community. At the session they will talk about how they use capacity buildi ng, self-care, knowledge sharing and community building as tools to effect change.
ORGANIZERS
ActionAid Denm ark / Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke
SPEAKERS
Maryjacob Okwuosa, an intersectional feminist, education and gender advocate and founder of Whispers To Humanity.
Matey Nikolov, ActionAi d Denmark, will moderate the session.
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Healthy democracies need well-informed citizens! How well people are able to understand, classify and question ne ws can influence whether people become susceptible to populists, lose trust in public institutions or spread false news to friends and family. The dig ital media literacy of our citizens has gained enormous importance in recen t years and has become a critical factor for democracies worldwide.
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More than ever, users are on their own online. For every single piece of news, they have to decide for themselves whether a source or piec e of information is trustworthy for them. And whether they read it, like it , or even share it with others. It can be assumed that this profound change will continue to intensify in democratic societies in the coming years and it has already led to a number of political and social challenges. Social media platforms have started to address these challenges by helping their u sers with labels or content moderation, and so do civil society organizatio ns and tech startups.
In this session hosted by the Alli ance of Democracies Foundation, we will discuss the need for an increased m edia literacy and present innovative tools like two media literacy games an d and "nutrition labels" for AI-powered products.
ORG ANIZERS
Alliance of Democracies
Olaf Böhnke, Senior Advisor to the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity (TCEI), Alliance of Demo cracies Foundation
Nikita Lukianets, Founder of Open Ethics
Ora Tanner, Co-founder of the The AI Educati on Project
Carlo Zensus, Election Integrity Project Associate at Alliance of Democracies Foundation
Moderati on: Richard Walakira, Project Associate, Alliance of Democ racies Foundation
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13:00-14:00 UTC+1
At present, youth’s participation on cyber space is very crucial since digital platforms can empower young people and act as the tools of campaigning, advocacy, accountability, movement, educat ion, income, and expression for them. Unfortunately, for young people, onli ne platforms are not safe either. Cyber bullying and hate speech towards yo ung people, particularly young women, make them vulnerable, limit the space s for expressing opinion, identity, rights and demands with dignity and res pect, thus narrow the path of empowerment.
Activista Ban gladesh and Global Platform of ActionAid Bangladesh jointly will organize a youth-led panel discussion on cyber bullying and its impact on young peopl e’s democratic participation, and how youths are adopting cyber bullying. W e invite global audience to join us.
ORGANIZERS
Global Platform of ActionAid Bangladesh
Activista Bangl adesh
SPEAKERS
Swatil Mah mud, Founder, Swayong
Tanshnuva Anan, Trans gender Right Activist
Ananda Kumar, Founder, Fakenew schecker.com
Mustapha Kammoun, Software engineer and civil society activist
Himansu Pandy, Young Peace b uilder, India
{slider title="SESSION 5 - EU and the civi c space in a digital age" class="icon"}
14:00-15:00
The development of tec h can provide useful tools to rethink the way populations and institutions can interact. Unfortunately, we are seeing a global trend where the digital space is being used to manipulate populations, promote disinformation, and limit people’s rights. Limitation of freedom of expression online is happe ning and we have seen governments have shut down internet to dissolve mobil ization.
This development is highly problematic as it vi olates democratic values, rights and, not the least, disregards the legal f oundation of the European Union. Therefore, the European Commission have se t out an ambitious and comprehensive framework for the regulation of platfo rms and protection of fundamental rights online. The session will shed ligh t on both the current and proposed framework by the European Union on the d igital transformation.
The session aims at identifying a nd discussing the opportunities and limitations of the digital agenda and t o debate the role of the fundamental rights, morals and ethics online.
< p>ORGANIZERS
Nyt Europa
SPEAKERS
Emma Llanso, Director, Free Expression Project at Center for Democracy & Technology
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Digital technologies pose increasingly complex and contextual challen ges, threats and opportunities for democracy and human rights. Community-le d development and deployment of digital technologies at very local levels h as proven to be essential for achieving outcomes in which people affected b y exclusion, discrimination and inequality are able to meaningfully use and shape the internet and digital technologies to meet their specific needs. The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in partnership with Rh izomatica and a group of locally managed community networks, are working to contribute to enabling ecosystems for the emergency and growth of communit y networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives. At the same time, local community land and environmental defenders are increasingly fac ing threats and violations of their rights in their access and use of digit al technologies.
Recent research conducted by Citizen La b in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines reveals how environmental defe nders in rural areas have low levels of access to the internet and mobile n etworks, and often only have access to shared devices, creating additional risks and challenges for digital safety and security. Digital attacks again st land and environmental defenders often target family and friends, and cr eate a chilling effect in their communities. Most of the digital platforms and spaces in which these attacks occur are owned and operated by private c ompanies that are far removed from the realities of these defenders, and ar e unable or unwilling to adequately address these attacks and rights violat ions. Community networks and community-led development and deployment of di gital technologies offer real and viable alternatives that are rooted in th e principles and values of the local communities that are involved.
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Speakers in this session will share and reflect on their work a nd experiences in community-led development and deployment of digital techn ologies, including how these initiatives respond to ongoing threats to huma n rights and democracy. Participants will also be invited to reflect on how seeking tech solutions that are centered in local communities and environm ental justice can meaningfully contribute to technological transformation t hat is conducive to and respectful of democracy and human rights. An expect ed output of this session will be the identification of good practices and recommendations to different stakeholders to center local communities and e nvironmental justice in the development and deployment of digital technolog ies.
ORGANIZERS
Assoc iation for Progressive Communications (APC)
SPEA KERS
Tamara Terso, Intervozes, Brazil
Sarbani Belur, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Ind ia
Carlos Baca, Rhizomatica, Mexico
Ir ene Poetranto, Citizen Lab, Canada
Moderator: Shawna Finnegan, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Canad a
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15:00-16:30&n bsp;UTC+1
Governments, v enture capitalists, sovereign wealth funds, and foundations invest heavily in technology; often without fully understanding the human rights impacts&n bsp;of technology they are invested in. This session will present human rig hts impact assessment frameworks for investors to consider and leverage as part of a growing call for public and private funders to conduct and share Human Rights Impact Assesments (HRIAs).
ORGANIZERS
Connect Humanity
SPEAKERS
Kat Duffy, VP of Global Technology Programs, Internews
Vanja Skoric, Program Director at The European Ce nter for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL)
Facilitator: Chris Worman, TechSoup
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16:00-17:30 UTC+1
This talk will present how personal data is used in el ections, what concerns we need to consider for voters, and what tools are a vailable for investigating the topic further. The session will present the research of Tactical Tech's data and politics team, including personal expe riences of research, as well as present questions to the audience for them to engage with the topic in relation to their own work.
ORGANIZERS
Tactical Tech
S PEAKERS
Dr. Amber Macintyre
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