Call for Application:
Application Deadline - August 18, 2020


Training on Social Networking Sites (SNS): Their Users and Social Implications

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The proposed  Online training (Starting August 24, 2020, until  September 11) is jointly organized by ADA and JANIC. The training aims at creating  SNS campaigns addressing digital security and infographics to tackle potential human rights violations especially in the context of shrinking civic spaces and COVID 19 Pandemic in most of the countries globally, where the voices of the civil society have been muted on the virtual platforms, especially during the multi-stakeholder events.

About the Training:

This training will aim at exploring digital infrastructure as they relate to civil society in democracies and shrinking civic space. We will consider the role of privacy, anonymity, free expression, and free association and examine the digital tools and practices that enable these freedoms. The training consists of three two  themes:

1. The role of civil society in democracies especially in the context of continued shrinking civic space

2. Individual and collective digital security

The training is structured as a series of lectures, with homework assignments that involve using various “mass-market tools for digital security and privacy. 

Training for Whom

• The training is open for Communication heads/organization heads or any Civil Society Activists  who uses social media/communications

• We are very careful in having limited participation to make the sessions interactive and participatory and you are requested to attend the entire training.

Training Period

• This three-week training would be held twice a week, and each session would consist of 120 minutes. The participants are encouraged to share their experiences through various PowerPoint presentations and also sharing the success and not so successful experience.

Training Output

 After completing this training, the participants should:

1. Have a greater understanding of SNS campaign and related Human right Violations
2. Increase visibility and effecting voicing/concerns
3. Use toolkit on SNS campaign and digital security effectively, especially in the context of COVID 19 Pandemic
4. Understand the role and need of creating an enabling environment for the  civil society in democracies
5. Understand the ways in which digital tools and infrastructure expand and challenge democratic practices
6. Understand current practices regarding individual data safety and safe data practices
7. Share stories of their SNS campaign after a month of the completion of the training, to be published at ADA/JANIC websites and shared with wider stakeholders
8. Receive certificates on completion of this training

Interested Colleagues could apply here before August 18, 2020

https://forms.gle/o1iDMo46c9fCYCQ37