Global Internet Governance,
Digital Empowerment and Security
Alliance (GLIDES)
Digital Empowerment and Security
Alliance (GLIDES)
Objective
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) empower people on the ground. However, there are few initiatives that bring CSOs together to voice their thoughts and best practices. Our objective is to create an alliance of CSOs from across the world as part of Civil20 that enables an inclusive, open, non-discriminatory, and fair digital society through collective efforts. This alliance will organize monthly meetings, workshops, training programs, seminars & deliberations on various current and emerging topics, as also provide a platform for CSOs to run activities such as sharing “replicable” best practices and success stories. This alliance will be launched during the Civil20 (C20) summit on Technology & Security for One World scheduled at Coimbatore, India, on 13 & 14 May 2023 (www.tech4world.org)
The Need
The Internet is the most important critical infrastructure today. Ensuring the security, safety, scalability, and stability of the Internet is of prime importance to all stakeholders. CSO representation is not adequate in bodies such as ICANN, UN IGF, ISoC, etc. There is also an inadequate mechanism to monitor and measure the health of the Internet on an ongoing basis, sharing the results with the stakeholder communities in the country. This alliance will be a launching pad for evolving multistakeholder policy-making process for security and internet governance as also associated pressing issues such as digital access, internet shutdowns, safe harbor, net neutrality, data privacy, data governance, cyberstalking, online harassment, cyber security, fake news, multilingual internet, and digital rights.
Activities
- Open, dynamic, inclusive, Not-for-Profit, voluntary, civil society-centric transnational platform with an online portal.
- CSO can submit their policy recommendations, which will escalate to the general public, existing internet governance mechanisms, the G20 secretariat in India, and subsequently to the secretariat in Brazil, the host of the next G20 summit.
- CSO can share their best practices & success stories to feature on the portal.
- The alliance will organize monthly meetings, workshops, training programs, seminars & deliberations on various issues of concern not limited to digital access, internet shutdowns, safe harbor, net neutrality, data privacy, data governance, cyberstalking, online harassment, cyber security, fake news, and digital rights.
- The alliance can commission studies & white papers around Internet-related concerns in G20 countries and publicize its findings.
Why Should I Join this Alliance?
- Voice the aspirations of the common man to the World Leaders in G20.
- Contribute as a CSO at the grassroots level towards policy formulation for the Internet, which has emerged as a critical infrastructure affecting billions of lives on the planet.
- Deliberate and devise solutions for addressing pressing issues such as digital access, internet shutdowns, safe harbor, net neutrality, data privacy, data governance, cyberstalking, online harassment, cyber security, fake news, and digital rights
- Get a platform to share best practices, success stories
- Recognition in the C20 compendium and policy pack as well as the website and social media channels of C20
- Be an important stakeholder in creating an enabling, inclusive, open, non-discriminatory, and fair digital society through collective efforts.
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Contact Us
If you have questions about an upcoming event, or need more information about C20, the Technology, Security, and Transparency group, we'd love to hear from you.
- Email: tst.c20chair@amrita.edu
