> Help build a portal on Internet Governance in the Asia-Pacific
> Call for contributing theme editors
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> UNDP's Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) in
> co-operation with the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is
> launching a portal on ICT policy issues in the Asia-Pacific region to
> stimulate dialogue on ICT policy priorities and build a resource
> collection with country-specific news and key background readings in
> major issue areas. The portal will be a collaborative online effort,
> with all resources added and managed through an easy-to-use web
> interface. APDIP is seeking to appoint a number of topics editors that
> assume responsibility for maintaining information resources on a
> pro-bono basis in one of the following issue clusters, all with specific
> focus on the concerns of the Asia-Pacific region.
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> - Editor 1: physical infrastructure policies: e.g. interconnection and
> backbone access policies, competition regulation, universal service
> rules and Internet, wireless and Internet telephony regulations,
> collective access schemes
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> - Editor 2: logical infrastructure: e.g. IP address management, domain
> name rules, public policy dimension of Internet standards and standards
> development
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> - Editor 3: data and network security, online fraud, spam and
> cyber-crime regulation
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> - Editor 4: e-commerce related policy issues: consumer protection,
> taxation, customs duties, secure payments systems
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> What are we looking for?
> The ideal candidates would have in-depth expertise in the selected
> policy area in the Asia-Pacific region and they would be committed to
> nurturing a public information exchange on the issues from an
> independent and objective perspective. Editors are expected to make time
> for populating the topics area with a limited number of key background
> references, for providing news updates twice a week, and for managing
> the submissions of information resources suggested by other website
> users. They receive credit for their efforts through high visibility and
> prominent recognition on the website, as well as the opportunity to
> interact with senior-policy makers, private sector representatives and
> civil society actors that will make up the main target audience of the
> web portal.
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> How can you get involved?
> If you are interested, please send your CV and a brief cover page
> outlining your interests, expertise and preferred thematic area by no
> later than November 23 to Mr. Dieter Zinnbauer: dieter@apdip.net
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>
> Background
> - About the Internet Policy initiative
> UNDP-APDIP has initiated an Open Regional Dialogue on Internet
> Governance, to establish a regional perspective on important aspects of
> Internet Governance as viewed by stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific
> region. The initiative aims to facilitate consultations at the
> national, regional, and sub-regional levels, while surveys and research
> will be undertaken that will result in a consolidated input to the UN
> World Summit on the Information Society and the UN Working Group on
> Internet Governance (UN-WGIG).
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> - About the Portal
> A core component of the initiative is the development of an interactive
> portal website that consolidates key resources on Internet Governance
> for Asia-Pacific stakeholders and provides a wide range of interactive
> and participatory features, including options for commenting on issues,
> adding resources, starting discussions or setting up private information
> sharing spaces for related communities of practice. The portal will
> operate on a Plone content management system, which provides all these
> features through a website based-online editing system that does not
> require any advanced website programming skills. For an example of Plone
> in action see www.iosn.net.
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> - About APDIP
> UNDP-APDIP is an initiative developed and funded by the United Nations
> Development Programme and covers countries in the Asia-Pacific region
> through 25 UNDP country offices. APDIP aims at assisting member
> countries in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
> to foster social and economic development.
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> For more information on ORDIG, please go to www.igov,net; for more
> background information on APDIP, please visit www.apdip.net.
> Thanks,
>