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Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for Peacebuilding
Tech Against Terrorism launches to build bridges betweentechnology companies and governmentsTechnology can be used for good or for malicious purposes. Some uses of the Internet andinformation and communications technologies (ICT) for terrorist purposes are oftenindistinguishable from regular usage. Also trans-border complexities of the Internet makeaddressing related issues challenging, particularly in the area of terrorist or violent extremistcontent.
The overall goal of the Tech Against Terrorism Project is to build bridges between business andgovernment, civil society and academia. The startup focus addresses the fact that smallertech businesses face these challenges alone, and often need to define for themselves theirown code of conduct or self regulation.
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Swiss “Partners inDialogue” panel on"Geopolitics andCyberspace: CurrentRisks and Challenges” inBrussels
ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher wasinvited by the Mission of Switzerland tothe European Union and the Mission ofSwitzerland to NATO in Brussels tomoderate a high-level panel on“Geopolitics and Cyberspace: currentRisks and Challenges” on 30 March 2017in Brussels. The Swiss ‘Partners inDialogue’ discussion evening aimed tobring together high-profile decision-makers from Nato and EU as well asSwitzerland to deepen the discussion oncyber risks.
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ICT4Peace on Techagainst Terrorism at2017 Lomonosov Moscow
Workshop on strategicsocial mediacommunications inMyanmarSanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor atthe ICT4Peace Foundation, was taskedwith the design and leading the deliveryof a bootcamp workshop for seventeenindividuals, comprising of six differentteams, from across Myanmar, as part of asocial media fellowship programmesupported by Phandeeyar, an awardwinning innovation lab that isspearheading the development ofMyanmar’s tech ecosystem.
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ICT4Peace on ICTs andHuman Rights ProtectionICT4Peace was invited by the UN Office
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State UniversityConference in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Adam Hadley and Daniel Stauffacherfrom ICT4Peace participated on 24 April2017 in the 2017 International Forumand Scientific Conference of theInternational Information SecurityResearch Consortium in Garmisch —Partenkirchen, Germany, hosted byLomonosov Moscow State UniversityInstitute of Information Security Issues.ICT4Peace is a member the Consortium.
The goal of the Forum is to find commonground and approaches among expertcommunity on the following topicalissues of International InformationSecurity.
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StrategicCommunicationsWorkshops on DangerousContent Response in theBalkansBased on extensive experience and workaround countering violent extremismonline in Asia, the ICT4PeaceFoundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana
of the High Commissioner for HumanRights (OHCHR) to participate in theconsultations on its Management Plan2018-2021. The comments ofICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa inresponse to the questions posed byOHCHR can be found here.
Promoting Norms ofResponsible Behaviour inCyberspaceThe Cyber Security Agency (CSA) ofSingapore, in collaboration withICT4Peace Foundation, held theinaugural ASEAN Cyber Norms Workshopin Singapore from 8 to 9 May 2017 underthe auspices of Singapore’s ASEAN CyberCapacity Programme.
This Workshop aimed at launching aregional conversation on the promotionof(1) norms of responsible behaviour bystates and non-state actors in thecyberspace, and (2) the use of ICTs forpeaceful purposes by providing anopportunity for participants from ASEANcountries to receive updates on anddiscuss significant recent developmentsin international cybersecurity normsdiscussions, including those at the UNGroup of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) on Developments in the field of
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Hattotuwa was invited to be a keyresource person and trainer in a series ofworkshops in the Balkans aroundeffectively countering extremism, hatespeech and intolerance online.
These workshops, organized by CIJA USin cooperation with BIRN and Talks 2.0aims to support community leaders, civilsociety, independent media andtechnologists with online communicationstrategies to effectively respond toonline dangerous content in theircommunities. With direct guidance andfeedback, participants will leave theworkshop with practical ideas about howto carry their project ideas forward.
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ICT4Peace presents TechAgainst Terrorismproject at OSCE inViennaICT4Peace Foundation introduces the UNCTED-ICT4Peace Tech Against TerrorismProject at 2017 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference
On 23-24 May 2017 David Cliff and DanielStauffacher of ICT4Peace were invited toparticipate in the 2017 OSCE-wideCounter-Terrorism Conference on
Information and Telecommunications inthe context of International Security.
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Field report: Workshopson strategiccommunications & CVEin BalkansAs we posted recently, the ICT4PeaceFoundation, with CIJA US in cooperationwith BIRN and Talks 2.0 is conducting aseries of interactive, hands-onworkshops in the Balkans to supportcommunity leaders, civil society,independent media and technologistswith online communication strategies toeffectively respond to online dangerouscontent in their communities. Withdirect guidance and feedback,participants leave the workshops withpractical ideas about how to carry theirproject ideas forward.
Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor atthe Foundation, is one of the two leadtrainers for these workshops. To date,they have been held in Macedonia,Kosovo, Albania and Serbia. The lastworkshop will be held in Bosnia andHerzegovina. The Foundation’s focus ison the development of responsive,
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“Preventing and Countering ViolentExtremism and Radicalization that Leadto Terrorism”. Hundreds ofrepresentatives of governments, civilsociety, and academia attended theHofburg Palace in the heart of theAustrian capital.
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1st Asia Dialogue onInformation andCommunicationTechnology (ICTs) andCounter TerrorismICT4Peace’s Adam Hadley and DanielStauffacher were invited to support thefirst Asia Dialogue on Information andCommunication Technology (ICTs) andCounter Terrorism on Jeju Island,Republic of Korea, co-hosted by theMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Korea andthe UN Counterterrorism ExecutiveDirectorate (UN CTED, New York).
The Asia Dialogue consists of threeregional workshops aimed at buildingconfidence among relevant stakeholders,within the framework of internationaland regional cooperation to counterterrorism in respect for human rightsstandards. Next to the Representativesof Asian Governments the followingorganisations, business and civil societyrepresentatives participated: INTERPOL,Facebook, Weibo, Global NetworkInitiative (GNI), Hedayah, Muflehun,
context specific, targeted, issue drivenand citizen centric communicationscampaigns, primarily over social media,around key socio-political, religious andcultural issues – ideas around which aresourced from the participants of theworkshops in each country. Thetemplates for meaningful, measurableand sustainable social mediacommunications strategies, especiallyaround pushback against violentextremism, Islamophobia, hate anddangerous speech comes fromHattotuwa’s experience in Sri Lanka andMyanmar in particular, as well as inother volatile contexts includingAfghanistan.
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Access Now, Committee to protectjournalists, Southeast Asia RegionalCenter for Counterterrorism (SEARCCT),Swiss Institute of Comparative Law,Faculty of Policy Studies, ChuoUniversity in Japan, Love Frankie Ltd,Affinis Lab.
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ICT4Peace took root with pioneering
research on the role of ICTs in
preventing, responding to and
recovering from conflict in 2003 and
lead to the adoption of Paragraph 36
by the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis in
2005 which recognises “...the
potential of ICTs to promote peace
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Download a report on the use of Information and Communications
Technologies for peacebuilding (ICT4Peace), with a Preface by Kofi
A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations here. An
updated version of this report, with critical analysis on current
policies and practices of ICTs in peacebuilding and crises was
published in early 2011. Published in collaboration with the Berkman
Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and
GeorgiaTech, Peacebuilding in the Information Age: Sifting Hype
from Reality can be read here.
and to prevent conflict which, inter
alia, negatively affects achieving
development goals. ICTs can be used
for identifying conflict situations
through early-warning systems
preventing conflicts, promoting their
peaceful resolution, supporting
humanitarian action, including
protection of civilians in armed
conflicts, facilitating peacekeeping
missions, and assisting post conflict
peace-building and reconstruction".
The ICT4Peace Foundation works to
promote the practical realisation of
Paragraph 36 and looks at the role of
ICT in crisis management, covering
aspects of early warning and conflict
prevention, peace mediation,
peacekeeping, peace-building as well
as natural disaster management and
humanitarian operations.
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