---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 13:41:19 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] (Brazil) Global Internet Policy Fellowship Program To: "<bestbits@lists.bestbits.net> bestbits@lists.bestbits.net>" <bestbits@lists.bestbits.net> *Rio Institute for Technology & Society (ITSrio.org)* *Global Internet Policy Fellowship Program - July 2014* *Program overview* The Rio Institute of Technology and Society (ITS) invites researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, as well as professionals working with technology policy to apply to its Global Policy Fellowship Program and spend three weeks in Brazil at ITS. ITS is a leading research institute in Brazil in technology policy, affiliated with the Rio de Janeiro State University. More info at www.itsrio.org. Our Global Fellows will have the unique opportunity to work with the team who conceived and developed the landmark "Marco Civil" legislation, a bill protecting fundamental rights, including privacy, net neutrality and freedom of expression, approved as law in Brazil in April 2014. The ITS Fellowship Program will offer the opportunity for those interested in internet and technology policy to deepen their knowledge about the Brazilian technology context. We prepared an intensive 3-week program for our fellows, which include visits to the biggest technology companies operating in Brazil, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and visits to São Paulo and Brasília, including representatives from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Culture and Congressmen who are advocating for policies related to internet and technology. Fellows will also be expected to present at least one public seminar, organized in partnership with ITS. Suggested topics can include: broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and creativity, consumer privacy, open government, government surveillance, data security, data innovation, freedom of expression, democracy and technology and human rights. Fellows will also have the chance to participate in the preparations of one international seminar on the topic of "democracy and technology" that ITS is organizing. *Who should apply?* We are looking for students, researchers, and professionals who are following the debates in the public policy field, and who want to spend part of their summer/winter in Brazil, learning about Internet policy. Students, researchers and professionals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. For the selection processes, please send us: · Your complete academic and professional resume, including your Linkedin profile and other online references you want us to consider; · A 1-page personal statement about your motivations to work in Brazil; · A brief work description of your experience with technology policy; · Proposal for a public presentation of your work; · Skills in Portuguese are not required All documents must be sent in one single e-mail message to itsrio@itsrio.org, with the subject "Global Fellows Application" *Our Fellowship Package includes:* - Intensive 3-week program for the fellows - Air tickets to São Paulo and Brasília - Accommodation in São Paulo and Brasília during our visits - Shared office space at our headquarters for three weeks - A visit to a "samba" music club will also be organized, but is not mandatory *Our Fellowship Package does not include:* - International Traveling to and from Brazil; - Accommodation for the three weeks in Rio de Janeiro, where our program takes place. Our team will provide tips and information about how to find accommodation in the city during that time. *Relevant Dates:* Applications deadline: June 24th, 2014 Announcement of fellows by e-mail: June 30th 2014 Fellowship Program will start July 21st, and will finish in August 8th, 2014 *About ITS:* The mission of the Rio Institute for Technology & Society is to ensure that Brazil responds creatively and appropriately to the opportunities provided by technology in the digital age, and that the potential benefits are broadly shared across society. Through its legal, social, economic and cultural dimensions of technology, ITS advocates for legal and regulatory measures which protect privacy, freedom of expression and access to knowledge. ITS also offers innovative training and education to individuals and institutions willing to understand the promises and challenges of new technologies. Lastly, ITS aims to strengthen the voice of Brazil, Latin America and the Global South in international debates on technology and its regulation. -- -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ <http://www.publicknowledge.org/>* + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh The best athletes never started as the best athletes. You have to think anyway, so why not think big? - Donald Trump. "You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky. Tackle the biggest frog first. I will persist until I succeed - Og Mandino.