Topics of Interest
 

Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:
 

Citizenship

• Unleashing the power of citizens in developing countries to use the Internet to drive their own social & political development agenda

Digital divide:

• Achievement of equity by bridging the digital divide and promoting critical and digital literacies

Participation:

• Provision of effective online platforms for meaningful participation of citizens

Access

• Optimization of wider access to democratic dialogues through successful community cultivation

Community cultivation

• Enhance the benefits of social development interventions through the use of digital, wireless and mobile
  technologies for cultivating communities to conduct inquiry and socio-political action

Sustainability

• Facilitating sustainable grassroots, bottom up co-created solutions and approaches to leadership, human rights,
  and civil society development

E-mentoring

• Reports and reflections on the successes and failures of deploying e-mentoring strategies for raising political awareness, civic consciousness and community cultivation

Transference

• North-South, South-South, and public-private partnerships and collaboration for co-creation of online communities

Community Ownership & Strengthening

• Studies of efforts of involving citizens as stakeholders in initiatives to promote democracy, social justice and equity
  by strengthening their capabilities and promoting their involvement in online communities.

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