Social Science Research Council

On December 13-14, the Information Technology and International Cooperation Program held a workshop on “IT Governance and the Politics of Civil Society” at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop followed a three-day United Nation’s conference on the information society, which a number of workshop participants attended. The workshop included six panel discussions on topics such as “Digital Networking for Social Change,” “Global Modes of Collaboration,” “Current Trends in Cooperation and Conflict in ICT Governance.” In addition, the members of the program’s two research networks held planning meetings to discuss their agenda and goals going forward. There were 65 participants from over 20 countries at the workshop, which included the ITIC committee, the two research networks, representatives from the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute, SSRC staff, and several outside experts. Among the countries represented were Nigeria, Tunisia, Serbia, South Africa, Palestine, Brazil, Indonesia, and Colombia.