PRIDA survey: sustainability of Internet governance capacity building in Africa

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This survey has been designed to collect information for a research conducted under the framework of the Policy and Regulatory Initiative for Digital Africa (PRIDA) project. PRIDA is a joint initiative of the European Commission and the African Union Commission. The goal of the research is to identify the key elements that would enhance the sustainability of Internet governance (IG) capacity building (CB) in Africa.

If you are involved in Internet-related discussions in Africa, your input would be highly appreciated. Your insights can be extremely valuable to the development of a future action plan to support IG capacity building. This survey takes about 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you in advance for your contribution to this project and research. Should you have any related questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Marilia Maciel
Consultant under the framework of the PRIDA project
Digital Policy Senior Researcher, DiploFoundation
MariliaM@diplomacy.edu

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* 1. Please specify the name of your organisation. If you belong to more than one organisation, list each organisation followed by a comma.

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* 2. Nationality

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* 3. Country of residence

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* 4. With which of the following stakeholder groups are you most closely associated at the moment?

Civil society

Technical community

Academia

Private sector

Government

International organisation

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* 5. With regards to your involvement in capacity building on Internet governance in Africa, please mark all that apply:

I work as an organiser of capacity building

I work as a trainer in capacity building initiatives

I assist in securing funds to capacity building initiatives

I am a beneficiary of capacity building initiatives

Other (please explain)

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* 6. With regards to the geographical coverage of IG capacity building initiatives that you have been involved in the past, they took place (please mark all that apply):

On a national level in an African country

On a regional level in Africa

On a continental level in Africa

On a global level

Please name the capacity building initiatives you were involved on the national, regional, continental and global levels, separated by a comma, with the respective country or region between parentheses (if applicable).

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* 7. On the African level (national, regional, continental), did you take part on CB offered (mark all that apply)

Face-to-face

Online

Other (please explain)

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* 8. Please rate the impact that taking part on capacity building on the African level (national, regional, continental) brought to you:

	no impact	minor impact	fair impact	great impact
Access to introductory information on IG issues	Access to introductory information on IG issues no impact	Access to introductory information on IG issues minor impact	Access to introductory information on IG issues fair impact	Access to introductory information on IG issues great impact
Access to advanced information on IG issues	Access to advanced information on IG issues no impact	Access to advanced information on IG issues minor impact	Access to advanced information on IG issues fair impact	Access to advanced information on IG issues great impact
Access to up-to-date information on the latest emerging issues	Access to up-to-date information on the latest emerging issues no impact	Access to up-to-date information on the latest emerging issues minor impact	Access to up-to-date information on the latest emerging issues fair impact	Access to up-to-date information on the latest emerging issues great impact
The development of my individual skills	The development of my individual skills no impact	The development of my individual skills minor impact	The development of my individual skills fair impact	The development of my individual skills great impact
The improvement of knowledge on IG within my work/organisation	The improvement of knowledge on IG within my work/organisation no impact	The improvement of knowledge on IG within my work/organisation minor impact	The improvement of knowledge on IG within my work/organisation fair impact	The improvement of knowledge on IG within my work/organisation great impact
Career advancements steaming from my participation in CB initiatives in Africa	Career advancements steaming from my participation in CB initiatives in Africa no impact	Career advancements steaming from my participation in CB initiatives in Africa minor impact	Career advancements steaming from my participation in CB initiatives in Africa fair impact	Career advancements steaming from my participation in CB initiatives in Africa great impact
Access to analysis of IG issues that was contextualised to the African reality or conducted from an African perspective	Access to analysis of IG issues that was contextualised to the African reality or conducted from an African perspective no impact	Access to analysis of IG issues that was contextualised to the African reality or conducted from an African perspective minor impact	Access to analysis of IG issues that was contextualised to the African reality or conducted from an African perspective fair impact	Access to analysis of IG issues that was contextualised to the African reality or conducted from an African perspective great impact
Contact with other professionals in the field of IG	Contact with other professionals in the field of IG no impact	Contact with other professionals in the field of IG minor impact	Contact with other professionals in the field of IG fair impact	Contact with other professionals in the field of IG great impact
The development of concrete initiatives of collaboration with other actors from the region	The development of concrete initiatives of collaboration with other actors from the region no impact	The development of concrete initiatives of collaboration with other actors from the region minor impact	The development of concrete initiatives of collaboration with other actors from the region fair impact	The development of concrete initiatives of collaboration with other actors from the region great impact
Involvement in other CB initiatives as a trainer	Involvement in other CB initiatives as a trainer no impact	Involvement in other CB initiatives as a trainer minor impact	Involvement in other CB initiatives as a trainer fair impact	Involvement in other CB initiatives as a trainer great impact
Involvement in IG discussions and fora at the global level.	Involvement in IG discussions and fora at the global level. no impact	Involvement in IG discussions and fora at the global level. minor impact	Involvement in IG discussions and fora at the global level. fair impact	Involvement in IG discussions and fora at the global level. great impact

Please share any additional impact that taking part on capacity building brought to you

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* 9. Considering the current landscape of CB initiatives being offered on the African level (national, regional, continental), how relevant are the following problems?

Please share any additional problems related to CB initiatives in Africa (national, regional, continental)

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* 10. Which topics need to be more thoroughly covered by CB initiatives in Africa?

Internet Infrastructure

Cybersecurity

Digital economy

Digital legal issues

Human Rights

Socio-economic

Emerging issues (ex. Artificial intelligence, internet of things, etc)

Interplay between IG issues and African development

Please share any additional topics you believe need to be more thoroughly covered

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* 11. Do you have any suggestions to increase the sustainability of capacity building initiatives in Africa (national, regional and continental)?

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* 12. Would you like feedback on the results of this survey? If so, please provide your name and e-mail address (optional).

Name

E-mail

	not important	minorly important	fairly important	very important
Insufficient CB initiatives	Insufficient CB initiatives not important	Insufficient CB initiatives minorly important	Insufficient CB initiatives fairly important	Insufficient CB initiatives very important
Insufficient information about existing CB initiatives	Insufficient information about existing CB initiatives not important	Insufficient information about existing CB initiatives minorly important	Insufficient information about existing CB initiatives fairly important	Insufficient information about existing CB initiatives very important
Unequal distribution of CB initiatives, which are concentrated in some countries or regions	Unequal distribution of CB initiatives, which are concentrated in some countries or regions not important	Unequal distribution of CB initiatives, which are concentrated in some countries or regions minorly important	Unequal distribution of CB initiatives, which are concentrated in some countries or regions fairly important	Unequal distribution of CB initiatives, which are concentrated in some countries or regions very important
Costs of taking part in CB (traveling, meals)	Costs of taking part in CB (traveling, meals) not important	Costs of taking part in CB (traveling, meals) minorly important	Costs of taking part in CB (traveling, meals) fairly important	Costs of taking part in CB (traveling, meals) very important
Insufficient financial support and scholarships to attend capacity building	Insufficient financial support and scholarships to attend capacity building not important	Insufficient financial support and scholarships to attend capacity building minorly important	Insufficient financial support and scholarships to attend capacity building fairly important	Insufficient financial support and scholarships to attend capacity building very important
Lack of online capacity building	Lack of online capacity building not important	Lack of online capacity building minorly important	Lack of online capacity building fairly important	Lack of online capacity building very important
Content not sufficiently updated	Content not sufficiently updated not important	Content not sufficiently updated minorly important	Content not sufficiently updated fairly important	Content not sufficiently updated very important
Content not available in multiple languages	Content not available in multiple languages not important	Content not available in multiple languages minorly important	Content not available in multiple languages fairly important	Content not available in multiple languages very important
Content of current CB does not propose an analysis from an African perspective	Content of current CB does not propose an analysis from an African perspective not important	Content of current CB does not propose an analysis from an African perspective minorly important	Content of current CB does not propose an analysis from an African perspective fairly important	Content of current CB does not propose an analysis from an African perspective very important
Insufficient publications on IG-related issues authored by African experts	Insufficient publications on IG-related issues authored by African experts not important	Insufficient publications on IG-related issues authored by African experts minorly important	Insufficient publications on IG-related issues authored by African experts fairly important	Insufficient publications on IG-related issues authored by African experts very important
Lack of widely recognised certification granted after CB	Lack of widely recognised certification granted after CB not important	Lack of widely recognised certification granted after CB minorly important	Lack of widely recognised certification granted after CB fairly important	Lack of widely recognised certification granted after CB very important
Insufficient opportunities for pursuing an university education (undergraduation, masters, PhD) on IG issues	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing an university education (undergraduation, masters, PhD) on IG issues not important	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing an university education (undergraduation, masters, PhD) on IG issues minorly important	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing an university education (undergraduation, masters, PhD) on IG issues fairly important	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing an university education (undergraduation, masters, PhD) on IG issues very important
Insufficient opportunities for pursuing professional courses on IG issues, focused on the needs of the job market in Africa	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing professional courses on IG issues, focused on the needs of the job market in Africa not important	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing professional courses on IG issues, focused on the needs of the job market in Africa minorly important	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing professional courses on IG issues, focused on the needs of the job market in Africa fairly important	Insufficient opportunities for pursuing professional courses on IG issues, focused on the needs of the job market in Africa very important
Lack of a network of CB organisers that will offer mentorship and support to actors wishing to organise a CB	Lack of a network of CB organisers that will offer mentorship and support to actors wishing to organise a CB not important	Lack of a network of CB organisers that will offer mentorship and support to actors wishing to organise a CB minorly important	Lack of a network of CB organisers that will offer mentorship and support to actors wishing to organise a CB fairly important	Lack of a network of CB organisers that will offer mentorship and support to actors wishing to organise a CB very important
Lack of opportunities for continued networking with participants and trainers after the CB	Lack of opportunities for continued networking with participants and trainers after the CB not important	Lack of opportunities for continued networking with participants and trainers after the CB minorly important	Lack of opportunities for continued networking with participants and trainers after the CB fairly important	Lack of opportunities for continued networking with participants and trainers after the CB very important
Insufficient opportunities for immersion in IG discussions (ex. attending events)	Insufficient opportunities for immersion in IG discussions (ex. attending events) not important	Insufficient opportunities for immersion in IG discussions (ex. attending events) minorly important	Insufficient opportunities for immersion in IG discussions (ex. attending events) fairly important	Insufficient opportunities for immersion in IG discussions (ex. attending events) very important