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19. July 2025

ICT4Peace and OAS Publication: Advancing Global Digital Governance – Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions in ICT State Behaviour and Multilateral Frameworks.

Report authored by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace and published by the Organisation of American States (OAS).

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the release of the publication by the Organization of American States (OAS), authored by Anne-Marie Buzatu Executive Director of the ICT4peace Foundation: “Advancing Global Digital Governance ...

OAS, Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

3. July 2025

ICT4Peace Leads Course on Cybersecurity Policy at the University of Geneva Digital Law Summer School

The ICT4Peace Foundation is proud to have partnered with the University of Geneva Digital Law Summer School to deliver an expert masterclass, “Cybersecurity Policy: From Global Norms to Practical Implementation.” ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

26. June 2025 Bangkok

Sanjana Hattotuwa on “Lived Experience over Liked Algorithms: The enduring primacy of human agency in peacebuilding”

Speech by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace on 24 June 2025 on artificial intelligence and peace-building, invited by the Social Research Institute at Chulalongkorn University during the 3rd UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics held in Bangkok

Lived experience over liked algorithms: The enduring primacy of human agency in peacebuilding By Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Sanjana Hattotuwa was invited by the Social Research Institute at ...

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25. June 2025 Geneva

ICT4Peace co-organising the AI Soveregnity & AI Collaboration Event at Maison de La Paix

Advanced & Trustworthy AI Systems for the Benefit of Society - A networking event and panel discussion This event is organized by Swisscom and Swisscom Ventures together with the Swiss {ai} Weeks, ETH AI Center and EPFL AI Center, Geneva Graduate Institute,ICT4Peace Foundation and THE Port Humanitarian Hackathons at CERN.

ICT4Peace is pleased to co-organise the AI Sovereignty & AI Collaboration event on the topic of Advanced & Trustworthy AI Systems for the Benefit of Society on 7 July 2025 ...

Digital Sovereignty, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

23. June 2025

Navigating the Digital Frontier: How the WSIS Geneva Declaration Shapes Rights, Ethics, and Responsibilities

A contribution to the ITU WSIS plus 20 Process

Navigating the Digital Frontier: How the WSIS Geneva Declaration Shaped Rights, Ethics, and Responsibilities WSIS plus 20 Ethics Human Rights Freedom of Information The World Summit on the Information Society ...

ITU, UN, Activities, Policy Research CS, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

14. June 2025 University of Zurich

Prof. Dr. Przemysław Roguski (Jagiellonian University), Senior Advisor ICT4Peace at University of Zurich

On 18 and 19 Prof. Pzemek Roguski will give a lecture and a workshop on "How can states and societies retain control over data and digital infrastructures in a fragmented world?

How can states and societies retain control over data and digital infrastructures in a fragmented world? Join the DSI Community Cybersecurity for an insightful talk by Prof. Dr. Przemysław Roguski ...

Digital Sovereignty, Activities, Team, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

28. May 2025

Commemorating President Martti Ahtisaari

CMI, Interpeace, Permanent Mission of Finland in Geneva, and Geneva Graduate Institute co-organized The Martti Ahtisaari Legacy Seminar in Geneva.

On 22 May 2025, CMI, Interpeace, the Permanent Mission of Finland in Geneva, and the Geneva Graduate Institute co-organized The Martti Ahtisaari Legacy Seminar in Geneva. Kindly see the post ...

CMI, Team

26. May 2025

Participate in the WSIS + 20 High-Level Event (7-11 July 2025)

Geneva

As former Ambassador and Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the hosting of WSIS 2003 in Geneva in cooperation with the ITU I look forward to the WSIS + ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

20. May 2025 Washington DC

ICT4Peace and the US Congressional Research Service

The US Congressional Research Service CRS is an arm of the Library of Congress to provide lawmakers with nonpartisan analysis and policy expertise.

The ongoing controversy over the leadership of the US Library of Congress demonstrates the global importance of this Institution. The Library of Congress serves inter alia as the primary research ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Policy Research, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. May 2025

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | May 2025

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering January to May 2025.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

9. May 2025

ICT4Peace supporting Geneva Cyber Week 2025

Delighted to inform that ICT4Peace is supporting the Geneva Cyber Week with Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace participating in the following events: On Monday 12 May 2025: Morning In Cooperation ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

30. April 2025 Bangkok

ICT4Peace and Stimson support “Cyber Accountability: Navigating Norms and Legal Frameworks” workshop of Five South-East Asian Countries

A joint project by Stimson and ICT4Peace in partnership with Global Affairs Canada.

Allison Pytlak reports: “At The Stimson Center we often speak about the importance of putting our research to work and are proud of being a “think and do” tank. Last ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. April 2025 Marrakesh

Anne-Marie Buzatu: Cybersécurité – La diplomatie digitale, devenue un domaine stratégique à part entière.

Interview par la Rédaction Medias24 avec Anne-Marie Buzatu, Directrice Executive d’ICT4Peace, pendant GITEX 2025 Afrique le 15 Avril 2025

Cybersécurité. La diplomatie digitale, devenue un domaine stratégique à part entière Interview avec Anne-Marie Buzatu, Directrice Executive d’ICT4Peace, publié par la Rédaction Medias24 le 15 Avril 2025. Face à la ...

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16. April 2025 Marakesh

ICT4Peace at GITEX Africa 2025 in Marrakesh

Invited by the Embassy of Switzerland in Marocco, Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace presented the ICT4Peace work on The Responsibility of Private Cybersecurity Companies and the IT Industry at large.

Swiss Federal Department for Foreign Affairs, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security

1. April 2025 Digital Society Initiative, Eventroom Rämistrasse 69 Zürich, 8001 Schweiz

Presentation by ICT4Peace at University of Zurich – Beyond Compliance: Responsible Technology Use as a Competitive Advantage in Private Security and Beyond

Speech by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace at Digital Society Initiative on 9 April 2025 @ 16:30 – 18:00. Digital Society Initiative, Eventroom Rämistrasse 69, 8001 Zürich.

Want to ensure your organization uses technology responsibly and transforms potential risks into business opportunities? Then join us for a presentation by Anne-Marie Buzatu, the Executive Director of the ICT4Peace Foundation. Developed in collaboration with ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Advisory

23. March 2025 Zurich

ICT4Peace presenting at GenAI 2025 in Zurich on: “Beyond Compliance: Responsible Technology Use of AI in Private Security and Beyond”

GenAI 2025 Conference on 1 April 2025 at Technopark Zurich

ICT4Peace is delighted to present on 1 April 2025 at GenAI 2025 at the Technopark Zurich. Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace, will speak on the topic: “Beyond Compliance: Responsible Technology ...

28. February 2025 New York

ICT4Peace Statement to Informal Dialogue with UN OEWG Stakeholders on 13 February 2025

Ahead of the Tenth Substantive Session of the UN OEWG (17 to 21 February 2025) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (UNHQ)

Informal Dialogue with Stakeholders on 13 February 2025 ahead of the Tenth Substantive Session of the UN OEWG (17 to 21 February 2025) at the United Nations Headquarters in New ...

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15. February 2025

The Paris AI Action Summit: The cleavages over global governance made apparent

While the US and UK failed to endorse the Summit’s final statement, China did, no doubt with an eye to the future and playing a leading role on AI governance. By Amb. Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation and Adjunct Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University

The Paris AI Summit: The cleavages over global governance made apparent While the US and UK failed to endorse the Summit’s final statement, China did, no doubt with an eye ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Paris Peace Forum, The International Association for Safe and Ethical AI, ICT4Peace Commentary, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security

11. February 2025

Promoting Private Sector Toolkits for Responsible AI on the occasion of Paris Peace Forum and AI Action Summit

Use ICT4Peace Tool 7: Artificial Intelligence Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination

In November 2024 ICT4Peace launched the groundbreaking Toolkit: From Boots on the Ground to Bytes in Cyberspace prepared by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace, in cooperation with The International Code of ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Paris Peace Forum, The International Association for Safe and Ethical AI, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, Council of Europe (CoE), La Francophonie (OIF), ITU, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Advisory

10. January 2025

ICT4Peace 2024 Year End and Outlook 2025 Report

Report by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace

ICT4Peace 2024 Year End and Outlook 2025 Report As we step into 2025, ICT4Peace continues to strengthen its position at the intersection of technology, peace, and human security. 2024 has ...

Activities, End of Year Review, Reports

8. January 2025

HUDERIA: New tool to assess the impact of AI systems on human rights

A new Council of Europe tool that provides guidance to carry out risk and impact assessments for Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, approved by the CoE Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Strasbourg on 28 November 2024.

HUDERIA: New tool to assess the impact of AI systems on human rights ICT4Peace welcomes the new Council of Europe tool that provides guidance to carry out risk and impact ...

Council of Europe (CoE), AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research

27. December 2024

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | December 2024

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering November to December 2024.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

24. December 2024

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa’s article: “We are engaged in a world war of stories – a war between incompatible versions of reality – and we need to learn how to fight it.” Salman Rushdie, Knife

Article by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace for the The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

“We are engaged in a world war of stories – a war between incompatible versions of reality – and we need to learn how to fight it.” Salman Rushdie, Knife ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, IFRC, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

20. December 2024

The first international treaty on AI governance – a basis for convergence or dissention?

By Amb. Paul Meyer, Chair of ICT4Peace International Advisory Board.

The first international treaty on AI governance – a basis for convergence or dissention? The transforming technologies contained under the AI label have prompted a flurry of action by governments ...

Council of Europe (CoE), Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security

1. December 2024 New York

ICT4Peace Remarks to UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) Informal Stakeholder Consultations on Peace and Security in Cyberspace, United Nations, New York, 27 November 2024

ICT4Peace input to Informal Dialogue of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communication technologies 2021-2025

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director delivered these ICT4Peace Remarks to UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) Informal Stakeholder Consultation, United Nations, New York, 27 November 2024 (ICT4Peace input to Informal Dialogue ...

UN, UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. November 2024

Market Incentives: The Insurance Industry and Cyber Accountability • Stimson Center

The evolving risks and incentives in the insurance industry – and their emerging role for cyber accountability.

ICT4Peace had for several years conversations with representatives of the insurance industry and government on the role of insurance to foster cybersecurity. We are delighted that the Stimson Center produced ...

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22. November 2024

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | November 2024

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering August to November 2024.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

11. November 2024

Launch of Toolkit: From Boots on the Ground to Bytes in Cyberspace

A Toolkit providing Comprehensive Guidance on the use of Technologies by Private Security companies

From Boots on the Ground to Bytes in Cyberspace: A Toolkit providing Comprehensive Guidance on the use of Technologies by Private Security Companies By Anne-Marie Buzatu This toolkit provides a ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities

6. November 2024

Remarkable: Listen to first AI generated Podcast on the story of ICT4Peace

Podcast on History and Mission of ICT4Peace generated by Google’s LLM Notebook into which were shared only our sources available on our website

ICT4Peace is delighted to present this first AI generated Podcast on the genesis, mission and activities of ICT4peace since its inception in 2003. This podcast was generated by Google’s NotebookLM, ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, Activities

2. November 2024

Peter Grütter joined the ICT4Peace Foundation Board

ICT4Peace is honoured that Peter Grütter, Chairman of asut is joining the ICT4Peace Foundation Board

ICT4Peace is honoured and grateful, that Peter Grütter has joined its Foundation Board. Peter was already an engaged member of the ICT4Peace International Advisory Board. “Peter Grütter, the long-serving president ...

Activities, Team

1. November 2024 Geneva, Switzerland

ICT4Peace presenting at Red Cross/Red Crescent Spotlight Session on digital risks and humanitarian protection

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace participated in a panel of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Spotlight Session.

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace is honored to participate in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Spotlight Session on Digital Risks and Humanitarian Protection (Geneva, 31 October 2024). Alongside distinguished panelists ...

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20. October 2024

ETH Student Insights: Drífa Atladóttir Shares her Experience Publishing a Policy Paper

Drífa Atladóttir, ETH MSC STP alumna was interviewed by the ETH Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP) on her experience in writing a policy paper for ICT4Peace. See ...

Quantum Technologies opportunities and governance, Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), ETH, Activities, Policy Research CS, Foundation, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

11. October 2024

ICT4Peace Zurich Film Festival Charity Tennis Tournament

13th Edition of the ICT4Pace Zurich Film Festival Charity Tournament

The13th ICT4Peace Zurich Summit Charity Tennis Tournament was held again during the Zurich Film Festival at the Zurich Tennis Club. The Club is one of the oldest Tennis Clubs in ...

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2. October 2024

Congratulations to the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) on its 20th Anniversary.

Note on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Zurich Film Festival (3.10 - 14.10. 2024)

ICT4Peace congratulates the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) for its 20th Anniversary and is grateful to have been its partner for many years. We at ICT4Peace believe that Cinema has the ...

Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data

1. October 2024

“Private Actors, State Responsibility – What lessons does the private security industry hold for regulating private sector actors in cyberspace?”

Case Study by Anne-Marie Buzatu and James Siebens for the Stimson Report on Cyber Accountability

As part of the Stimson Report: “Cyber Accountability – Improving cyber accountability and deterring malicious cyber activity” (see the full report here), Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace and James ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS

19. September 2024 Johannesburg/Pretoria, South Africa

ICT4Peace Foundation Conducts Workshops in South Africa on Responsible Use of ICTs by Private Security Companies

Paving the Way for GroundbreakingToolkit on Responsible Use of ICTs by Private Security Companies

Last week, ICT4Peace Foundation, in collaboration with the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), conducted a series of insightful workshops in South Africa, focusing on the responsible use of technology ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, Policy Research

2. September 2024 Geneva, Switzerland

Cybersecurity Capacity-Building Course for IOs and NGOs

Strategic Cyber Vulnerability Assessment and Network Resilience Enhancement

On behalf of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and ICT4Peace Academy, we are pleased to invite you to participate in an upcoming cybersecurity capacity-building course. This training ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

31. August 2024

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | August 2024

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering May to August 2024.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

12. July 2024

ICT4Peace Remarks to Eighth Substantive Session of the UN OEWG

Delivered by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace.

ICT4Peace Remarks to Eighth Substantive Session of the UN OEWG 8-12 July 2024, New York by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace Esteemed Chair, Distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends, Thank ...

Quantum Technologies opportunities and governance, UN, UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

1. June 2024

Les “Techs” Civiques Francophones: Un acteur du Développement et de la Promotion des Droits Humains.

Event at HEID as part of WSIS+20 organised by the Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie and ICT4Peace on 30 Mai 2024 at 18:15

Highly relevant and successful “Techs” Civics Francophones presented their projects on 30 Mai 2024 at HEID Geneva, an event organised by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie OIF and ICT4peace. ...

Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), La Francophonie (OIF), AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

29. May 2024

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | May 2024

Read our latest bimonthly update here, published in May 2024.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

26. May 2024

Digital Distortions: Marie-Astrid Langer of NZZ on reporting technology, and life in Silicon Valley

ICT4Peace Podcast with award-winning Journalist Marie-Astrid Langer, US Correspondent of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)

The ICT4Peace Foundation is delighted to release the third episode of Digital Distortions, a podcast series looking at the role, reach, and relevance of disinformation, and truth decay in contemporary ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, Digital Distortions, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities

20. May 2024

Anne-Marie Buzatu participated in the UN OEWG Global Roundtable in ICT Security Capacity-Building at the UN in New York

Open Ended Working Group Meeting at the UN New York on 10 May 2024

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace participated in the UN OEWG Global Roundtable in ICT Security Capacity-Building at the UN in New York. Her statement can be summarised as follows: ...

ICT4Peace Academy, UN, UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

2. May 2024

Navigating the Quantum Wave – A Policy Maker’s Guide for Responsible Governance of Quantum Technologies

Groundbreaking ICT4Peace Policy Paper by Drífa Atladóttir, Advisor, ICT4Peace and Master of Science in Science, Technology, and Policy, ETH Zurich

ICT4Peace is delighted to publish this groundbreaking policy paper: Navigating the Quantum Wave – A Policy Maker’s Guide for Responsible Governance of Quantum Technologies by Drífa Atladóttir, Advisor, ICT4Peace and ...

Quantum Technologies opportunities and governance, ETH, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS

2. May 2024

ICT4Peace comments and recommendations regarding the Global Digital Compact (GDC) Zero Draft

ICT4Peace comments and recommendations regarding the Global Digital Compact (GDC) Zero Draft (See Pdf here) 1. ICT4Peace General Comments ICT4Peace supports in general terms the objectives and principles of the ...

Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, Activities, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

1. May 2024

ICT4Peace – OAS Course on “Protection of critical infrastructure and critical information infrastructure against cyber attacks” in Costa Rica

From 29 April to 3 May 2024 ICT4Peace is conducting its newest version of Cybersecurity Capacity Building Course in Costa Rica in cooperation with the OAS.

ICT4Peace on 29 April to 3 May 2024 is carrying out its newest version of its course “Protection of critical infrastructure and critical information infrastructure against cyber attacks” in Costa ...

OAS, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. April 2024

Anne-Marie Buzatu of ICT4Peace moderated high-level panel on “The role of the Private Sector during Hybrid Conflict” at European Cyber Agora

High-level panel discussion on the complex topic of “The role of the Private Sector during Hybrid Conflict” at the European Cyber Agora in Brussels on 24 April 2024.

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace on 24 April 2024 moderated a high-level panel discussion on the complex topic of “The role of the Private Sector during Hybrid Conflict” at ...

Activities

23. April 2024

ICT4Peace Masterclass on Cybersecurity and Human Rights: A Gender-Inclusive Approach to Digital Freedom and Security

Online Masterclass in cooperation with the Organisation of American States and support by the UK Government (23 - 26 April 2024)

ICT4Peace is proud to conduct this novel online Masterclass in cooperation with the Organisation of American States from 23 to 26 April 2024 on “Cybersecurity and Human Rights: A Gender-Inclusive ...

OAS, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. April 2024

ITU Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin received ICT4Peace Delegation

ITU Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin received Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace

Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU Secretary General graciously received Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4peace for a most fruitful and informative meeting. Among other important topics, we ...

Activities

2. April 2024

Digital Distortions: Karsten Donnay on politics, technology, and negotiating complexity

The ICT4Peace Foundation is delighted to release the second episode of Digital Distortions, a podcast series looking at the role, reach, and relevance of disinformation, and truth decay in contemporary ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, Digital Distortions, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech

22. March 2024 Online

Critical Infrastructure Protection, AI and IHL – ICT4Peace cooperation with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Online Capacity Building Course with Policy Makers and Cyber Diplomats from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director and Professor Przemek Roguski taught at the online Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Course for CLV Countries from 19 to 21 March 2024. This course was ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. March 2024

Navigating Cyberspace: Insights from Daniel Stauffacher

Interview by Lena Herbst, Lecturer and PhD Researcher, Institute of International Relations at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany.

Navigating Cyberspace: Insights from Daniel Stauffacher In a recent interview, Daniel Stauffacher, founder and president of ICT4Peace Foundation, and Lena Herbst of the Technical University Braunschweig delved into the intricate ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities

17. March 2024 New York

2024 UNIDIR Cyber Stability Conference: Unpacking Cyber Threats to International Peace and Security

Anne-Marie Buzatu participated in the UNIDIR High-Level Panel on 1 March 2024

Anne-Marie Buzatu Executive Director, ICT4Peace, participated at the high-level panel at the 2024 UNIDIR — UN Institute for Disarmament Research Cyber Stability Conference: Unpacking Cyber Threats to International Peace and ...

Activities

18. February 2024

WSIS Geneva 2003 – A Tribute to those who made it happen

While preparations for WSIS plus 20 in 2025 are underway by the UN, ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD see report from 2004 by Daniel Stauffacher, former Ambassador and Swiss Delegate for WSIS

While the UN, ITU, UNESCO UNCTAD etc. are working on review process in view of WSIS plus 20 in 2025, please find below an article by Daniel Stauffacher, former Swiss ...

Activities

15. February 2024

Bridging the Gap between Technology and Policy – ICT4Peace Projects in 2024

Preview of ICT4Peace Projects is 2024

Bridging the Gap between Technology and Policy. ICT4Peace projects in 2024. (click here or on image for Pdf)

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Publications, Reports

10. February 2024

Digital Distortions: Eoghan Sweeney on open source investigations & truth decay

The ICT4Peace Foundation is delighted to release the first episode of Digital Distortions, a podcast series looking at the role, reach, and relevance of disinformation, and truth decay in contemporary ...

Digital Distortions, ICT4Peace Podcasts, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech

14. January 2024

ICT4Peace reflecting on 2023 and outlook 2024

Poised at the beginning of 2024, we at ICT4Peace reflect on 2023 as a year marked by significant geopolitical shifts and ongoing challenges in cyberspace governance and digital diplomacy. The ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, End of Year Review

16. December 2023

Statement by ICT4Peace to the OEWG Informal Stakeholder Consultations, 6 December 2023

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director to the OEWG Informal Stakeholder Consultations, 6 December 2023

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director to the OEWG Informal Stakeholder Consultations, 6 December 2023 The text can be found here Thank you to the chair and secretariat for ...

UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

8. December 2023 Geneva, Switzerland

Digital Empowerment in Francophone Africa: Paving the Way for Economic Growth through Capacity Building

ICT4Peace Executive Director Anne-Marie Buzatu moderates expert panel discussion at CNUCED/UNCTAD eWeek 2023

In cooperation with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), ICT4Peace Executive Director Anne-Marie Buzatu, recently moderated an expert panel discussion focused on the multifaceted approach required to address the ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Activities

5. December 2023

Comment Répondre Aux Besoins de Compétences Numériques En Afrique Francophone

« Rapport à la Secrétaire générale de la OIF » du « Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique »

Pendant eWeek, Anne-Marie Buzatu a été invité par la CNUCED et l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) de modérer ce panel important avec Florence Brillouin, OIF, Mahia Salem, Banque Mondiale, ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Activities, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

5. December 2023

20th Anniversary of the UN WSIS in Geneva and the WSIS plus 20 Review in 2025

From 10 to 12 December 2003 the First UN World Summit on the Information Society was held in Geneva. Heads of States and Governments approved the Geneva Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action for the Information Society.

From 10 to 12 December 2003 the UN held the first World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, where Heads of States and Governments approved the Geneva Declaration of ...

Activities, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

2. December 2023

Geneva Peace Week meets New York

Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Exeutive Director participated in a panel on "Harnessing Technologies to Build a Better Future" at IPI in New York

Listen to the recording of the great panel at the Geneva Peace Week meets New York Event at IPI with inter alia Anne-Marie Buzatu Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4peace on: “Harnessing ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

17. November 2023

Two decades of humanitarian innovation: In conversation with Patrick Meier

Dr Patrick Meier invented the concept of using crisis mapping in humanitarian emergencies. He is currently Lead, Strategy & Engagement at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Institute of Technology). ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, Activities, Policy Research ICT, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

15. November 2023

“Emerging Threats and Cut-Edge Risks, a Turning Point for Peace and Security in Cyberspace?”

Paris Peace Forum High-Level Roundtable on "Emerging Threats and Cut-Edge Risks, a Turning Point for Peace and Security in Cyberspace?"

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace, participated in the Paris Peace Forum High-Level Roundtable on “Emerging Threats and Cut-Edge Risks, a Turning Point for Peace and Security in Cyberspace?” along with: ...

Paris Peace Forum, Activities

15. November 2023

Unpacking the Cyber Mercenaries’ Phenomenon – Paris Call Roundtable

Roundtable held at the Paris Peace Forum on 10 November 2023

Delighted Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of Ict4peace was invited to this important panel on Cyber Mercenaries of the Paris Peace Forum. Watch the recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/edVV9R5s Her statement starts at ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Paris Peace Forum, Activities

14. November 2023 Online

OAS-ICT4Peace Masterclass on Cyber Program of Action

ICT4Peace Academy Training for Officials from OAS Member States (13-17 November 2023)

ICT4Peace Academy, OAS, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. November 2023 New York

Report on Debate on Cybersecurity at the UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

By Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace. Appeared first in the"First Committee Monitor" Vol 21 No 5 (4 November 2023).

Cyber Security in the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security By Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace published first in the “First Committee Monitor” Vol 21 No 5 (4 November ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

18. October 2023

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | October 2023

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering July to October 2023.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

16. October 2023

Mourning the loss of President Martti Ahtissari

President and Peace Nobel Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari was an early supporter of ICT4Peace since 2005 and former President of the ICT4Peace International Advisory Board

ICT4Peace is deeply mourning the loss of President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari. Martti was a great friend, mentor and leader for all of us at ICT4Peace. He ...

Activities

11. October 2023

ICT4Peace delivers Joint Civil Society statement on cyber peace and human security at UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

Delivered by Jasmine Cintron Soto on behalf of ICT4Peace, 11 October 2023 in New York. The statement was drafted by Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation and consulted with and endorsed by civil society organisations.

Joint civil society statement on cyber peace and human security UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security The statement was delivered by Jasmine Cintron Soto on behalf ...

UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, United Nations General Assembly, Activities

2. October 2023

Renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique

Rapport du Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique (GTEN) 15 Septembre 2023

“À la suite du XVIIIe Sommet de Djerba, l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) a créé un Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action ...

Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), La Francophonie (OIF), Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building

26. September 2023

Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms – Capacity Building in Siem Reap for Policymakers and Cyberdiplomats from the Lao PDR, Kingdom of Cambodia and Vietnam

Cybersecurity Capacity Building Course in Siem Reap, 25 -26 September 2023

ICT4Peace in cooperation with the Department of ICT Security, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) of the Kingdom of Cambodia organised the Cybersecurity Capacity Building for Policymakers and Cyber-diplomats from Laos, ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

23. September 2023

Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms – Capacity Building in Vientiane, Laos for Policymakers and Cyberdiplomats from the Lao PDR, Kingdom of Cambodia and Vietnam

Cybersecurity Capacity Building Course in Vientiane, Lao PDR 20 -21 September 2023

ICT4Peace in cooperation with the Department for Cybersecurity of the Lao PDR organised the 5th Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Course for the CLV ASEAN Countries. The Course was opened by ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

6. September 2023

Her CyberTracks: Groundbreaking ITU-OAS-ICT4Peace Cyber Diplomacy Course for Women Leaders from the ECOWAS Region

ITU's Her CyberTracks: Promoting the equal, full, and meaningful representation of women in cybersecurity

The ICT4Peace Academy, along with OAS is proud to support ITU’s Her CyberTracks program with a tailor-made Cyber Diplomacy Course for women leaders, which was held online from 5 to ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Activities, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. August 2023

ICT4Peace comments on the proposed new Swiss International Cooperation (IC) Strategy 2025 – 2028

Strategies for international cooperation to build a sustainable cyberspace for economic and social development, human dignity and implementing SDGs are absent.

Comments and recommendations from the ICT4Peace Foundation on the new proposed Strategy for the Swiss International Cooperation 2025 – 2028 (IC Message 25 – 28) The proposed IC Strategy 2025 ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research

17. August 2023

Her CyberTracks: Groundbreaking ITU-OAS-ICT4Peace Cyber Diplomacy Course for Women Leaders from the Balkans

ITU's Her CyberTracks: Promoting the equal, full, and meaningful representation of women in cybersecurity

The ICT4Peace Academy, along with OAS is proud to support ITU’s Her CyberTracks program with a tailor-made Cyber Diplomacy Course for women leaders, which was held online from 14 to 16 ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Activities, Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

29. July 2023

ICT4Peace at the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) Stakeholder Session in New York

Fifth Substantive Session of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (2021-2025)

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director at the OEWG Stakeholder Meeting of the Fifth Substantive Session at the UN in New York on 26 July 2023. The Fifth Substantive ...

18. July 2023

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | July 2023

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering March to July 2023.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

15. July 2023

Responsible Use of ICTs in Private Security Service: A Toolkit for Companies

A second phase project funded by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

In a world increasingly connected by digital tools, the rapid growth of private security services and their use of ICTs present both opportunities and challenges. Recognizing the need to address ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

18. June 2023

ICT4Peace at ODA/EUISS Consultations on the “Programme of Action (PoA)” in the context of the UN OEWG

Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer participated on behalf of ICT4Peace in the ODA/EUISS consultations of 16 June 2023 on the Program of Action (PoA) on Cybersecurity in the context of the ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

18. June 2023

ICT4Peace appui l’Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie dans le champs numérique.

Martin Dahinden and Anne-Marie Buzatu de ICT4Peace on été invite par le Governement Suits et la Francophonie à appuyer Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique.

ICT4Peace est honoré d’avoir été invité par le Gouvernement Suisse et l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) à appuyer le Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles ...

Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), La Francophonie (OIF), Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

14. June 2023

ICT4Peace contributed to OSCE consultations on the Program of Action (PoA) for Cybersecurity in the context of the UN OEWG

ICT4Peace Executive Director Anne-Marie Buzatu participated in the OSCE regional consultations on the proposed UN Program of Action for Cybersecurity on 14 June 2023. ICT4Peace has been supporting the creation ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

23. May 2023

Prof. Margarita Boenig Liptsin and Prof. Nadja Mazouz Inaugural Lectures at ETH

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology are happy to report the inaugural lectures by Prof. Margarita Boenig Liptsin and Prof. Nadja Mazouz on 10 May 2023 at ...

Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), ETH, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

6. May 2023

“World Press Freedom Day” – Africa’s contribution to the edifice of human rights”

By Alain MODOUX, former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace , and Vice-Chair Emeritus ICT4Peace Foundation

Alain MODOUX played a pivotal role in steering the process which led the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim 3 May “World Press Freedom Day”. See also article by UNESCO. ...

United Nations General Assembly, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

16. April 2023

OAS – ICT4Peace Course on the Application of International Humanitarian Law to Cyber Operations

Organization of American States (OAS) Washington DC (27 to 29 March 2023)

ICT4Peace is pleased to have co-organized with the Organization of American States (OAS) a specialised course for Senior Government Officials from Latin America and the Caribbean on the Application of International ...

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. March 2023

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | March 2023

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering January to March 2023.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

15. March 2023

UN OEWG – The Plot Thickens: The UN Open-Ended Working Group on ICTs – Fourth Session

The UN Open-Ended Working Group on ICTs (OEWG) – Report on the Fourth Session (March 6-10 2023)

The UN’s Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the security and use of ICTs concluded its fourth session (March 6-10) at UN HQs in New York. The meeting was marked by ...

Activities, Reports, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. March 2023

Sri Lanka’s 2022 Aragalaya studied through social media lenses

Special Advisor of ICT4Peace Foundation, Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, delivered a lecture on 6 March 2023 over a Twitter Space, moderated by Priyanga Hettiarachi, on his study of Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya ...

Activities, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

9. March 2023

Gendering Cybersecurity through Women, Peace and Security: Gender and Human Rights in National-level Approaches to Cybersecurity

A project by the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Gendering Cybersecurity through Women, Peace and Security: Gender and Human Rights in National-level Approaches to Cybersecurity A project by the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

26. February 2023

Amb. Bilahari Kausikan visiting Zurich

Former Singaporian Ambassador to Russia and Permanent Secretary giving a lectures in Zurich

On 28 February 2023, Singapore’s Former Ambassador to Russia, Bilahari Kausikan, will visit Zurich to give a lecture, organised as part of the Asia Leaders Series and in cooperation with ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Foundation

24. February 2023

OAS – ICT4Peace Course on Cyber-Diplomacy, Law and Norms

At OAS Headquarters in Washington DC on 21 - 23 February 2023

ICT4Peace – in cooperation with the Organisation of the American States (OAS) – have successfully completed its 3 Days Basic Course on Cyber-Diplomacy, Law and Norms (21 – 23 ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. February 2023

ICT4Peace and Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich: Prof. Margarita Boenig- Liptsin and Prof. Nadia Mazouz appointed

Launch events by the new Professorship for Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) were delighted to participate in two inaugural Conferences on Digital Democracy and Ethics in Technological Societies at ETH by the newly ...

Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), Policy Research ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. February 2023 Löwenbräukunst Limmatstrasse 268 8005 Zurich

Can You See Me Now ? – Practises of Tracking, Control and Resistance

Groundbreaking Exhibition at AIA Zurich curated by !Mediengruppe Bitnik and Martina Huber

ICT4Peace is a proud supporter of the exhibition CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? curated by iMedienGruppe Bitnik and Martina Huber, Founder and Director of AIA Awareness in Art at Löwebräukunst in Zurich, ...

Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, AIA Awareness in Art, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security

3. February 2023

ICT4Peace supports the UN Global Digital Compact

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace participated in the opening consultation (3 – 10 February 2023) with civil society, youth and academia in the Intergovernmental Process to develop the UN ...

Activities

1. February 2023

Responsibly mining the “New Gold”

Article by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace, published in The Geneva Policy Outlook

Digital Data is the gold of the 21st century. It is nearly impossible to browse a website, write an email, or use a mobile app without generating copious amounts of ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

28. January 2023

ICT4Peace supports Data Privacy Art Days

On the occasion of the Data Protection Day on 28 January 2023 AIA Awareness in Art organised the Data Privacy Art Days in Löwenbräukunst in Zürich Switzerland

ICT4Peace supported and participated on 28 January 2023 in the Data Privacy Art Days which are part of the exhibition “Can You See Me Now?”, co-curated by !Mediengruppe Bitnik (below) and ...

Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), AIA Awareness in Art, Activities

24. January 2023

ICT4peace: Can Arms Control and Disarmament Contribute to a Secure Cyberspace?

by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chair of ICT4Peace. Text published first in german by Stratos Publications, Switzerland

Can Arms Control and Disarmament contribute to a secure Cyberspace? By Martin Dahinden, ICT4Peace Abstract The ongoing arms race in cyberspace poses risks to international stability and security. Arms ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

22. December 2022

ICT4Peace 2022 End of Year Reflections

ICT4Peace 2022 End of Year Reflections The war in Ukraine was the paramount event of the past year. It defined international relations and will dominate annual reviews as well. It ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, End of Year Review

21. December 2022

Anne-Marie Buzatu promoted to Executive Director of ICT4Peace

The ICT4Peace Foundation Board on 12 December 2022 promoted Anne-Marie Buzatu to Executive Director of ICT4Peace.

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce that Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO was promoted to Executive Director of ICT4Peace on 12 December 2022 by the ICT4Peace Foundation Board. Anne-Marie Buzatu joined ...

Activities, Team

12. December 2022

Brown Bag Episode : Elina Noor

ICT4Peace is delighted to release Episode 7 of Brown Bag, the ICT4Peace podcast series on social media, politics, democracy and society from a Global South perspective, hosted and produced by ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech

10. December 2022

OAS – ICT4Peace Academy Masterclass on Cooperation and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in Cyberspace

OAS Masterclass on Cooperation and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in Cyberspace (December 2022)

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. December 2022

UN OEWG on ICT – ICT4Peace Statement at meeting with Stakeholders, December 6, 2022

Statement by Paul Meyer on behalf of ICT4Peace of 6 December 2022 and Submission by ICT4Peace to the Informal, inter-sessional meetings of the OEWG from 5-9 December 2022

Statement by ICT4Peace at UN OEWG on ICT meeting with Stakeholders, December 6, 2022 Thank you Chair. I will speak briefly to the ICT4Peace submission for this meeting which has ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. December 2022 Geneva, Switzerland

Groundbreaking ICT4Peace Mapping Study on the Use of ICTs in Security Services provided by Private Commercial Actors

"From Boots on the Ground to Bytes in Cyberspace - A Mapping Study on the Use of ICTs in Security Services provided by Private Commercial Actors". With the generous support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affair’s Peace and Security Division

Groundbreaking ICT4Peace Study: From Boots on the Ground to Bytes in Cyberspace: Mapping Study on the use of ICTs in private security services by commercial actors by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive ...

1. December 2022

Elina Noor joins the ICT4Peace International Advisory Board

Elina Noor joins ICT4Peace International Advisory Board and becomes Lecturer at the ICT4Peace Academy ICT4Peace is delighted that Elina Noor has kindly agreed to join ICT4Peace as Senior Advisor and ...

Activities, Team

26. November 2022

Paul Meyer receives the CNWC Distinguished Achievement Award

The CNWC Distinguished Achievement Award will be presented by Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention on 28 November 2022 in Ottawa

ICT4Peace congratulates Ambassador Paul Meyer for receiving The CNWC Distinguished Achievement Award, which will be presented to him by the Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention on 28 November 2022 ...

Activities, Team

19. November 2022

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | November 2022

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering July to November 2022.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

17. November 2022

UN OEWG – Submission by ICT4Peace to the OEWG on ICT Inter-sessional Meeting

OEWG Inter-sessional meeting, December 6, 2022

Submission by ICT4Peace to the OEWG on ICT Inter-sessional meeting, December 6, 2022 The Chair has requested input on the topics of confidence-building and the creation of a directory of ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. November 2022

GIZ – ICT4Peace Academy Three Day Course on Misinformation and Social Media

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

GIZ – ICT4Peace Academy Three Day Course on Misinformation and Social Media for GIZ staff. (November 2022)

ICT4Peace Academy, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

11. November 2022

Paris Peace Forum: Anne-Marie Buzatu moderated Panel on Non-Proliferation of Malicious Software

Paris Peace Forum, 11 November 2022 12:45 - 13:45

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace on 11 November 2022 moderated at the Paris Peace Forum important Panel on “Non-Proliferation of Malicious Software and Practises Intended to Harm.” Other panelists ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. November 2022

Cyber Security at the UN General Assembly First Committee – Déjà vu all over again

A Commentary by ICT4Peace prepared by Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation

Cyber Security at the UN General Assembly First Committee – Déjà vu all over again A Commentary by ICT4Peace prepared by Paul Meyer On November 3rd the First Committee (Disarmament ...

United Nations General Assembly, ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. November 2022

ICT4Peace active supporter, co-organizer and participant at Geneva Peace Week

ICT4Peace is a member of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) (@GPPlatform) Advisory Board, the Cyber Mediation Network (@cybermediat_net) and a supporter of the Geneva Peace Week (@genevapeaceweek).

ICT4Peace has been an active supporter, co-organiser and participant at the recent Geneva Peace Week (31 October – 4 November 2022). Anne-Marie Buzatu organised an participated in the following events ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

6. November 2022

ICT4Peace co-organized Workshop on “Digital peace: The power and limits of innovation in peacebuilding”

At Geneva Peace Week, in cooperation with Fondation Hirondelle, Interpeace, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

During Geneva Peace Week, Anne-Marie Buzatu co-organized and participated in a workshop on “Digital peace: The power and limits of innovation in peacebuilding”. The other organisers were Fondation Hirondelle, Interpeace, ...

Activities

5. November 2022

At Geneva Peace Week – From Boots on the Ground to Bites in the Cyberspace – The emerging Role of Private Cybersecurity Services Companies

Presentation at Geneva Peace Week of the ICT4Peace Mapping Study on Private Cybersecurity Services carried out for the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ICT4Peace Vice-President Anne-Marie Buzatu along with Frédéric Chenais of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA and Vincent Bernard from ICOCA presented and discussed at Geneva Peace Week the groundbreaking mapping ...

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

30. October 2022

On the occasion of Geneva Peace Week: Podcast conversation with Anne-Marie Buzatu on Digital Spaces: Risk and Opportunities for Peace

A podcast by Jackie Dalton of Fondation Hirondelle

A Podcast conversation with Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice President and COO of ICT4Peace on Digital Spaces: Risk and Opportunities for Peace. How can digital spaces be used to contribute to a ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. October 2022

Anne-Marie Buzatu participating in Geneva Peace Week High-Level Panel on How to leverage technology for human-centered peacebuilding

Beyond the digital: How to leverage technology for human-centered peacebuilding. Wednesday 2 November 2022 13:30 - 14:45

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President of ICT4Peace will participate in the in-person High Level Panel on the track “Digital peace: The power and limits of innovation in peacebuilding”: Beyond the digital: How to ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

23. October 2022

Brown Bag Episode 6: Sarah Oh

ICT4Peace is delighted to release Episode 6 of Brown Bag, the ICT4Peace podcast series on social media, politics, democracy and society from a Global South perspective, hosted and produced by ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities

19. October 2022

UN OEWG – Walking the Talk: For a new UN Program of Action (PoA) for Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace

by Amb. (ret) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation

“Walking the Walk” – A Programme of Action for Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace by Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer The UN General Assembly has had on its agenda since 1998 ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

15. October 2022

GIZ – ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Course on Cyber Diplomacy and Norms

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

GIZ – ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Course on Cyber Diplomacy and Norms for GIZ staff. (October 2022)

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

10. October 2022

ICRC – ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Course on Mis-, Disinformation and Hate Speech

ICRC ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Course on Mis-, Disinformation and Hate Speech for ICRC staff (October 2022).

ICT4Peace Academy, ICRC, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

9. October 2022

Brown Bag Episode 5: Victoire Rio

ICT4Peace is delighted to release Episode 5 of Brown Bag, the ICT4Peace podcast series on social media, politics, democracy and society from a Global South perspective, hosted and produced by ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet

7. October 2022

Disinformation’s Dark Designs

ICT4Peace Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa describes the challenge we face from the effects of disinformation in undermining our trust in democracy. “Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities

24. August 2022

Launch of ‘A Decade Later: Reflecting on Disaster Relief 2.0’ by UN OCHA

ICT4peace is very pleased to see release of ‘A Decade Later: Reflecting on Disaster Relief 2.0‘ by UN OCHA, authored by Jennifer Chan and Jack Crowley. The report is a ...

UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

20. August 2022

ICRC event recording on Media As Aid During Humanitarian Crisis

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited by the ICRC to speak at a session titled ‘Media As Aid During Humanitarian Crisis’ on 2 August 2022, ...

Activities

14. August 2022

Brown Bag Episode 2: Meenakshi Ganguli, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch

ICT4Peace is delighted to release Episode 2 of Brown Bag, the ICT4Peace podcast series on social media, politics, democracy and society from a Global South perspective, hosted and produced by ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Foundation, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

31. July 2022 New York

OEWG First Progress Report – ICT4Peace Statement and Submission

Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies Third substantive session (25-29 July 2022)

The Third substantive Session of the UN Open-Endend Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (OEWG II) in New York under the ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

23. July 2022

UN OEWG II Third Session – Editorial by Alyson Pytlak : Action, accountability, and ambition

This Editorial by Alyson Pytlak, was published in the Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 6 on 22 July 2022. Featured Image courtesy of Heidi Bucher Estate.

In view of the third Session of the UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG II) on ICTs, which takes place from 25-29 July in New York, ICT4Peace is pleased to publish this ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. July 2022

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | July 2022

Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering May to July 2022.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

23. June 2022

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Side of Social Media: Sanjana Hattotuwa in conversation with Elina Noor

In this episode, Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at ICT4Peace Foundation and Research Fellow at The Disinformation Project based in Aotearoa New Zealand, speaks with Elina Noor, on asking better ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech

17. June 2022

UNIDIR Report – Exploring the Use of Technology for Remote Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification

By Sarah Grand-Clément, Researcher working in both the Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme and the Security and Technology Programme of UNIDIR

ICT4Peace is pleased to note Special Advisor Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa’s contributions to this important new UNIDIR report. The report can be found here. Executive summary Ceasefires play an important role ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

5. June 2022

ETH Zurich appointed two Professors for Ethics and Technology

The Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) and ICT4Peace are delighted, that ETH Zurich has created for the first time two Professorships for Ethics and Technology. The two newly ...

Activities

28. May 2022

UN OEWG – Advancing a Global Cyber Programme of Action: Options and Priorities

Report by Allison Pytlak, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom WLPF, May 2022, In preparation for the Third substantive session (New York, 25-29 July 2022) of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Peace and Security in Cyberspace (OEWG)

In preparation for the Third Substantive Session (New York, 25-29 July 2022) of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Peace and Security in Cyberspace (OEWG), Allison Pytlak, of the Women’s International League ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

26. May 2022

The nature of disinformation & nurture of democratic responses: Three years after Christchurch Call

Output by Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa & contributions by the ICT4Peace Foundation 26 May 2022, Geneva, Switzerland: In light of extremely distressing and disturbing mass-casualty violence in the United States recently, ...

Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet

19. April 2022

The institutionalisation of fear: Global digital surveillance with dubious pandemic legitimacy

Article in Open Access Government by Regina Surber, PhD Candidate at the University of Zurich and Scientific Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, discusses how digital surveillance is increasing worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo by © jurgen-jester-unsplash)

The institutionalisation of fear: Global digital surveillance with dubious pandemic legitimacy Article by Regina Surber, Scientific Advisor of ICT4Peace in Open Access Government. Governments around the globe are justifying ever ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICT4Peace in the Media, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Policy Research CS, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

12. April 2022

How can Arms Control and Disarmament Contribute to a Secure Cyberspace ?

New ICT4Peace Publication by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chair, ICT4Peace Foundation

ICT4Peace is proud to publish the Policy Brief by Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chair, ICT4Peace Foundation: How can Arms Control and Disarmament Contribute to a Secure Cyberspace ? The publication can be ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. April 2022

UN OEWG on Cybersecurity – Statement by ICT4Peace to Second Substantive Session on Capacity Building – March 31, 2022

By Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace

On the occasion of the second substantive session UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG), Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chairman of OEWG invited stakeholders to informal consultations on the topic of capacity building. Amb. ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. March 2022

ICT4Peace Publication: A Compilation of Articles, Policy briefs, Op-eds on AI, LAWS and Ethical and Political Perspectives on Emerging Digital Technologies

ICT4Peace and ZHET Publication by Regina Surber (Author) and Daniel Stauffacher (Editor)

ICT4Peace, in cooperation with the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), is pleased to publish this compilation of policy briefs op-eds and recorded talks (2017 – 2022) by Regina ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data

10. March 2022

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | March 2022

Invasion of Ukraine – International Law, International Humanitarian LAW, Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), binding Norms of Responsible State Behaviour and Accountability Measures for the Cyberspace are needed more than ever The ...

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

4. March 2022

Invasion of Ukraine – International Law, IHL, binding Norms and Accountability measures for the Cyberspace are needed more than ever

The military invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing cyberwar made it abundantly clear, that the application of the International Law and the International Humanitarian Law in the Cyberspace and the ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. March 2022

OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms

This course was developed by the ICT4Peace Academy and co-organised with Organisation of American States from 8 to 12 November 2021

The Fourth OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms (22 to 28 February 2022) was successfully completed. The goal of this course ...

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

25. February 2022

OAS ICT4Peace Academy Five Days Training Course on Cyber Diplomacy and Norms

OAS ICT4Peace Academy Five Days Training Course on Cyber Diplomacy and Norms for Policy Makers and Diplomats of the OAS Member States (February 2022).

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

23. February 2022

Cyber Attack on ICRC – States need to react

Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace quoted in NZZ article of 18 February 2022 (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez / Reuters)

The Red Cross was previously considered untouchable. The fact that it is now the victim of an attack could be a wake-up call for all humanitarian organizations. So far, there ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, ICRC, ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism

16. February 2022

Tech4Trust Geneva – Panel on Metaverse

Moderated by Jean-Marc Rickli (GCSP) with Anne-Marie Buzatu (ICT4Peace), Caecilia Charbonnier, Dreamscape Immersive and Prof. Sylvain Métille, UNIL

15. February 2022

ICRC – ICT4Peace Academy Three Days Training Course on Mis-, Disinformation and Hate Speech

Three days Training Course on Mis-,Disinformation and Hate Speech for ICRC staff members (February 2022)

ICT4Peace Academy, ICRC, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

14. February 2022

Martin Dahinden: Digitization: Curse or Blessing for the Bottom Billion ?

Martin Dahinden is Vice-Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, a former Swiss Ambassador to the US and former Head of the Swiss Development Agency (SDC)

ICT4Peace is delighted to publish the paper: “Digitization: Curse or Blessing for the Bottom Billion” by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation: Such issues unfortunately occupy little space in ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, Foundation, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

25. January 2022

UN OEWG – ICT4Peace Submission to UN Open-Ended Working Group on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies 2021-2025

Like in 2019 ICT4Peace is honoured to present its submission to the UN Open-Ended Working Group (UN OEWG) on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

5. January 2022 New York and virtual

UN OEWG on Security of and in the Use of ICTs – ICT4Peace Intervention

Virtual, informal consultative discussion with the Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 on 16 December 2021

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated at the Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. December 2021

Year End Review 2021: A pandemic’s expansion, an infodemic’s entrenchment, and increased efforts to improve global governance of cyberspace

2021: A pandemic’s expansion, an infodemic’s entrenchment, and increased efforts to improve global governance of cyberspace Year End Review 2021 marked the entrenchment and expansion not just of the Delta ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research, End of Year Review, Foundation

18. December 2021

Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 2021-2025

Statement by Ms. Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated in the Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. December 2021

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | December 2021

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace moderating high-level panel at the Paris Peace Forum with Brad Smith, Alar Karis, Izumi Nakamitsu, Burhan Gafoor, Anne Neuberger. Read highlights of our ...

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

13. December 2021 Paris

Anne-Marie Buzatu moderating High-Level Panel at Paris Peace Forum

Title of the Session: Keeping cyber attackers at bay: Improving international norms for a safer cyberspace

ICT4Peace is honoured that Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation has been invited by the Paris Peace Forum to moderate the high-level Panel entitled: “Keeping cyber attackers ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. December 2021

ICT4Peace Academy in Action

Launched in July 2021 by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace, the work of the ICT4Peace Academy has successfully taken off with the holding of 4 Five Days Online ...

OAS, ICT4Peace Academy, OSCE, Activities, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, AU, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. December 2021 Dakar, Sénégal

ICT4Peace Programme en ligne de cinq jours : Cyber diplomatie, droit international et cyber normes

Formation pour les représentants des pays africains francophones en cooperation avec l'Ecole Nationale Cybersécurité à Vocation Régionale (ENCVR) à Dakar, Sénégal (6 - 10 décembre 2021)

ICT4Peace Academy est heureux d’avoir offert du 6 au 10 Décembre 2021 son premier Programme de certificat en ligne de cinq jours pour les représentants des pays africains francophones: Cyber diplomatie, ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. December 2021

Unfolding threat landscape: Presentation to Convening Series on Countering Disinformation

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to speak at a workshop series hosted by Oak Foundation and Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and convened by Reos ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, Policy Research, Advisory

30. November 2021

Beyond Pegasus Improving Transparency Rights Protection and Accountability in the Surveillance Tech Space

Anne-Marie Buzatu participating in the Panel Discussion at the Freedom Online Conference on 30 November 2021

Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security

30. November 2021

Online Training for Government Officials from Southern African Countries 22-26 November 2021

Online Training Course held on 22 to 26 November 2021

The ICT4Peace Five Days Online Certificate Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms for Government Officials from Southern African States successfully completed. ICT4Peace has since 2014 been offering over 30 ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. November 2021

Online Training for Government Officials from East African Countries, Level 2 completed

With the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Kenya and ICT4Peace from 15-19 November 2021

Following on the success of last year’s online course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Laws and Norms and with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of the Republic of ...

17. November 2021

Third OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms

This course was developed by the ICT4Peace Academy and co-organised with Organisation of American States from 8 to 12 November 2021

The third OAS – ICT4Peace Academy 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms (8 to 12 November 2021) was successfully completed. The goal of this course ...

16. November 2021

“Social media and democracy” | Lecture to CODE University of Applied Sciences

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by Dr. Kerstin Tomiak to deliver a lecture on social media and democracy at CODE University of Applied Sciences on ...

Activities, Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

10. November 2021

Working Paper by Te Pūnaha Matatini: Misinformation and disinformation in New Zealand

ICT4Peace Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa is also a Research Fellow at Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Auckland. In this capacity, he works with Kate Hannah who leads The Disinformation Project. ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research, Publications

4. November 2021

ICT4Peace welcomes new UN Joint Resolution on Peace and Security in Cyberspace – But concerns remain

On 3 November 2021 a UN joint resolution (A/C.1/76/L.13) co-sponsored by the US and the Russian Federation was adopted - An ICT4Peace Commentary by Paul Meyer

Cyber Security at UN GA’s First Committee 2021 – An appearance of harmony On 3 November 2021 a new joint First Committee Resolution (L.13), co-sponsored by the US and Russia ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. November 2021

ICT4Peace on Peace and Security in Cyberspace at New Haven School of Jurisprudence Conference in Hangzhou, China.

Hangzhou, 29 October 2021

After presenting on Emerging Security Issues in June 2019 ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited again to participate at the 11th and 12th International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence in ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

30. October 2021

Geneva Peace Week – ICT4Peace’s Anne-Marie Buzatu speaking at the open ceremony

Opening Ceremony of the Geneva Peace Week on 1 November 2021 16:00 to 17:30 CET

ICT4Peace is honoured that Anne-Marie Buzatu Vice-President and COO is speaking at the opening ceremony of the Geneva Peace Week on 1 November 2021 from 16:00 to 17:30 pm CET. ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

28. October 2021

Women’s Peace and Security in the Digital Age: An emerging Agenda for Action

A project by The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) and the ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On the occasion of the 21st Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), the ICT4Peace Foundation, the Women’s International League for Peace and ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

18. October 2021

ICT4Peace supports Civil Society Statement at UN on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

Statement delivered at UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security delivered on 8 October 2021 by Allison Pytlak, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

ICT4Peace is happy to endorse the Joint Statement of 13 Civil Society Organisations at the UN First Committee on Peace and Security in Cyberspace. The full Joint Statement to the ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

14. October 2021

Women’s Peace and Security in the Digital Age

Commemorating the 21st Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 19 October 2021 | 10-11:30 AM US EDT The uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the context of ...

Activities

12. October 2021

Swiss Parliament launched discussion on Swiss Neutrality in the Era of Cyber Warfare – A First

On 30 September 2021 the Swiss Council of States (Upper House) held a first ever debate on Swiss Neutrality in Cyberspace

On 21 May 2021 Member of Swiss Council of States (Swiss Upper House) Damian Müller (Lucern) introduced a Parliamentary Interpellation asking the Swiss Federal Council: “Is Switzerland well prepared for a Cyber ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, Activities

12. October 2021

ICT4Peace supporting Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA)

Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA)

The recently launched Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation held its first GESDA Summit on 7 and 8 October 2021 in Geneva. ICT4Peace is honoured to have been invited to ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory

4. October 2021

ICT4Peace hosted panel on new Netflix Series “The Billion Dollar Code” at Zurich Film Festival

World Premier of the new Netflix Mini Series by Robert Thalheim and Oliver Ziegenbalg on 1 October at the Zurich Film Festival

ICT4Peace is proud to have hosted the panel with the Directors Robert Thalheim and Oliver Ziegenbalg and ICTePeace’s Vice-President Anne-Marie Buzatu on the occasion of the world premiere of the new ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

29. September 2021

ICT4Peace Statement on Peace and Security in Cyberspace at the Russian National Association for International Information Security in Moscow

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace at the Plenary Session of the Russian National Association for International Information Security on the topic: “Cooperation in the field of prevention of military conflict and the peaceful settlement of disputes in the ICT environment” on 27 September 2021 in Moscow.

Ms. Anne-Marie Buzatu Vice-President and COO, ICT4Peace Foundation, has been invited to address the Plenary Session of the Russian National Association for International Information Security on the topic: “Cooperation in the ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

9. September 2021

Sanjana Hattotuwa: The Nature of Disinformation and Nurture of Democratic Responses

ICT4Peace Publication on Reflections, Research and Writings on Aotearoa New Zealands's Christchurch Massacre

ICT4Peace is delighted to have published this Compilation of a series of short papers, articles and op-eds by Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa, ICT4Peace Special Advisor, in the aftermath of the horrendous March ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Tech against terrorism

8. September 2021

Bi-monthly update: Cyber diplomacy, cyber war, social media and democracy

Read the Foundation’s bi-monthly update of projects, strategic input, conferences, papers, interviews and other activities here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

1. September 2021

Op-Ed: Helping our elders combat misinformation

My 75-year-old mother was at home alone in Sri Lanka when she heard the news around a possible nationwide lockdown at the height of the first wave of Covid in ...

ICT4Peace in the Media

20. August 2021

Launch of “Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping”

The ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release and publication of the Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping. As noted by UN News, Throughout its 75-year history, the UN has ...

Advisory, Publications, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

19. August 2021

The nature of disinformation & nurture of democratic responses: Writing & output on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Christchurch Massacre

ICT4Peace is delighted to publish this compilation of a series of short papers, articles, op-eds by Sanjana Hattotuwa, ICT4Peace Special Advisor, in the aftermath of the horrendous March 2019 Christchurch ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Publications, Foundation, Tech against terrorism

30. July 2021

Martin Dahinden elected Vice-Chairperson of the ICT4Peace Foundation

Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden

The ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to inform, that Ambassador (ret.) Martin Dahinden has agreed to serve as the Vice-Chairperson of the Foundation Board as of 1 August 2021. Martin Dahinden ...

Activities, Team

25. July 2021

Swiss Security Policy and the Cyberspace

ICT4Peace contribution to the Swiss Federal Council's new security policy strategy

The Swiss Federal Council is conducting a consultation on the new security policy strategy. Cyber risks and cyber warfare take a more prominent position in this report than ever before: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2021/36/cons_1/doc_1/fr/pdf-a/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-dl-proj-2021-36-cons_1-doc_1-fr-pdf-a.pdf. ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, Activities, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. July 2021

Peter Maurer on the role of the ICRC in creating a safe cyber space

Conversation with Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the role of the Red Cross in creating a safe cyber space during Cyber Polygon 2021. He ...

22. July 2021

ICT4Peace welcomes new ICRC report on misinformation, disinformation & hate speech in armed conflict

The ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the timely, important & insightful new report by ICRC on misinformation, disinformation & hate speech in contexts of armed conflict. This new report outlines significant & ...

Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

16. July 2021

ICT4Peace Academy Launched

ICT4Peace is proud to announce the official launch of the ICT4Peace Academy. The Academy and its online platform has been developed under the leadership of Ms. Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ...

ICT4Peace Academy, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building

6. July 2021

Addressing the Infodemic

Meaningful policymaking to fight the swelling seed, spread and supremacy of misinformation benefits from data and evidence alive to socio-political realities. A new report from Aotearoa New Zealand’s Classification Office ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Policy Research, Advisory, Publications, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

3. July 2021

A Swiss Digital Charter – A proposal for an open, free, secure, prosperous and democratic society in the digital age

A proposal by the ICT4Peace Foundation, Geneva

On 27 November 2020 the ICT4Peace Foundation published the following proposal called Time for a Swiss Digital Charter? Looking at the Swiss success story created by the likes of Alfred Escher, ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

1. July 2021

Le Temps reports on ICT4Peace and Swiss Digital Charter

Op-Ed by Amb. Francois Nordmann in Le Temps of Geneva on 29 June 2021

Le Temps, 29 juin 2021 La Suisse et la cybersécurité: rapports, débats, action! OPINION. L’arrivée prochaine de l’ambassadeur Alexandre Fasel, qui sera le principal responsable des questions de cybersécurité, annonce ...

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27. June 2021

Second UN Security Council open debate on maintaining international peace and security in cyberspace

Estonia is hosting the UN Security Council open debate on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

Estonia is hosting the first official UN Security Council open debate on maintaining international peace and security in cyberspace. “The UN Security Council high-level virtual debate at 8am EDT/14.00 CEST on ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

27. June 2021

Neutrality in the Era of Cyber-Warfare

A Panel Discussion at Swiss IGF 2021 moderated by Nicolas Zahn with Adrian Koster, Amb. Martin Dahinden, Serge Droz, Sara Pangrazzi, Sanija Ameti, Kevin Kohler

The Question of Neutrality and Right to Self-defence in the era of Cyber-Warfare was discussed at the Swiss IGF 2021. The discussion was moderated by Nicolas Zahn (operation libero) and ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, Activities, Policy Research CS, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. June 2021

For a Swiss Digital Charter – A proposal for an open, free, prosperous and democratic society

Op-ed in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) of 15 June 2021 by Barbara Weekes, Anne-Marie Buzatu and Daniel Stauffacher, all of ICT4Peace

Op-ed published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on 16 June 2021. See Op-ed in NZZ here. An English translation can be found here. The French translation here. The original concept ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Policy Research ICT, ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS

18. June 2021

Bi-monthly update: Cyber diplomacy, cyber war, social media and democracy

Read the Foundation’s bi-monthly update of projects, strategic input, conferences, papers, interviews and other activities here.

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18. June 2021

Policy brief on Re-imagining responses to extremism: The importance of context, culture and community

ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa was invited by New Zealand’s Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to write this policy brief on the occasion of He Whenua Taurikura, New ...

Activities, Publications, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

18. June 2021

Peace and Technologies: Current Debates and Future Horizons

On 3 June 2021, SaferGlobe hosted a virtual Teams event interrogating the use of technology in peacebuilding. ICT4Peace Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa joined Christina Dahl Jensen, Senior Advisor for Innovation, ...

Activities, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

17. June 2021

Biden – Putin Summit in Geneva: What prospects for a more peaceful and secure cyberspace?

ICT4Peace Commentary written by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, former Ambassador of Switzerland to the US (2014-2019) and member of The ICT4Peace Foundation Board

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit for a photo op before the start of their summit Wednesday in Geneva. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press) Expectations for the June ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. June 2021

ICT4Peace Commentary on final UN GGE 2021 Report

Incremental Progress or Circular Motion? - The UN Group of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) Report 2021 by Amb. (ret) Paul Meyer, ICT4Peace Senior Advisor.

Incremental Progress or Circular Motion? – The UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE) Report 2021 Making progress on complex issues in a forum like the United Nations with 193 ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. May 2021

Cybersecurity Governance – international law as policy driver?

by Rolf Weber, Prof. emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich

Please see interesting paper by Prof. Rolf Weber published by Jusletter IT of 27 May 2021, which can be found here. Abstract “Governance issues in the cybersecurity context have so ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. May 2021

First session of Paris Call Working Group 3 moderated by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace

Supporting the Continuation of UN Negotiations With a Strong Multi-Stakeholder Approach (Wednesday, 26 May 4:30-6:00pm CET)

The virtual roundtable will be chaired by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President Chief Operations Officer at the ICT4Peace Foundation. Anne-Marie will kick-off with a presentation on a successful multi-stakeholder initiative, the International ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

25. May 2021

Online dialogue on “Peace and Technologies: Current Debates and Future Horizons”

The early promise of peace technologies or technologies that can aid in the solving of conflicts has matured into questions of practical application for the technology and its development. Simultaneously, ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

22. May 2021

ICT4Peace and the Christchurch Call Summit

Two years since the ChristchurchCall Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and President Emmanuel Macron hosted the global leaders to a virtual summit on May 15 2021. Glad the Christchurch Call Community Consultation final report ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

11. May 2021

Digital Technologies, Peacebuilding and Civil Society by Julia Hofstetter, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace

Addressing Digital Conflict Drivers and Moving the Digital Peacebuilding Agenda Forward

ICT4Peace warmly recommends reading the excellent Report by Julia Hofstetter, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace, called: Digital Technologies, Peacebuilding and Civil Society – Addressing Digital Conflict Drivers and Moving the Digital Peacebuilding ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

2. May 2021

The New EU Legislation on Artificial Intelligence: A Primer

by Prof. Thomas Burri and Dr. Fredrik von Bothmer

In this primer Prof. Thomas Burri and Dr. Fredrick von Bothmer 1) discuss the EU Commission’s proposal of 21 April 2021 of new Union legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

20. April 2021

Making Facebook’s New Human Rights Policy Real

This article by Special Advisor at ICT4Peace, Sanjana Hattotuwa, was originally published on the website of Institute for Human Rights and Business. ### The world’s biggest social media platform, Facebook, ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Publications, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

17. April 2021

OAS – ICT4Peace Second 5 Days Online Cybersecurity Policy & Diplomacy Workshop completed

An online Workshop organized by ICT4Peace in cooperation with the Organisation of American States (OAS) on 12 to 16 April 2021

The second OAS – ICT4Peace 5 Days Online Course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms (12 to 16 April 2021 was successfully completed. The goal of this course was ...

OAS, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. April 2021 Compilation of ICT4Peace's inputs to UN OEWG 2019 -2021

Compilation of ICT4Peace’s Submissions to and Comments on the UN OEWG Cybersecurity Negotiations (2019 – 2021)

by Paul Meyer (Author) and Daniel Stauffacher (Editor)

It’s a pleasure for ICT4Peace to publish this compilation of its inputs to and comments on the negotiations of the United Nations open-ended working group on developments in the field ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

7. April 2021

Message from New Zealand PM Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern to conference on Social Media and Democracy

The ICT4Peace Foundation is extremely honoured and pleased to feature a video message from Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, recorded for and sent to ‘New ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, Advisory, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

7. April 2021

Video of session: Information disorder & conflict – The humanitarian dimension

What are “information disorders”? What impact do they have on conflict and other situations of violence? And how can humanitarians better understand them and mitigate their negative effects? Special Advisor ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

6. April 2021

Does Switzerland need a Digital Charter? An ICT4Peace proposal

By Barbara Weekes, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace

Maybe the time is ripe for industry together with civil society stakeholders to take the lead in shaping the regulatory framework of our digital future while ensuring the protection of ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research

4. April 2021

Time to Create a Single Negotiating Cyber Forum under the UN General Assembly First Committee

Interview by Anastasia Tolstukhina of RIAC with Daniel Stauffacher

On March 12, 2021, the United Nations adopted a UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) report on the Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. March 2021

Bi-monthly update: Cyber diplomacy, cyber war, social media and democracy

Read the Foundation’s bi-monthly update of projects, strategic input, conferences, papers, interviews and other activities here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

30. March 2021

ICT4Peace in Article of NZZ on recent conclusion of the UN OEWG negotiations on cybersecurity

Article by Lukas Mäder on recent conclusion of UN OEWG negotiations in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) of 29 March 2021. Photo by Dylan Martinez / Reuters.

Trotz Cyberangriffen: Russland, China und die USA können sich bei der Cybersicherheit überraschend einigen Sechs Jahre lang ging in der Uno beim Thema Cybersicherheit nichts mehr. Die Fronten zwischen den ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. March 2021

The Christchurch massacre and social media: Lessons learnt and unlearnt

Image courtesy Guardian As part of the New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the age of social media, Paul Ash, the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Cyber and Digital ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Tech against terrorism

25. March 2021

Digital Dilemmas Debate: Information disorder and conflict – the humanitarian dimension

31 March 2021 at 2pm – 3.15pm CET: Digital Dilemmas Debate #3: Information disorder and conflict – the humanitarian dimension What are “information disorders”? What impact do they have on ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

23. March 2021

Democracy in the age of social media: Podcast of radio interview by OAR FM Dunedin

Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa, in conversation with Marvin Hubbard from OAR FM Dunedin, looking at the issues around social media, hate, peace and democracy in Aotearoa/New ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Tech against terrorism

23. March 2021

New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the age of social media | Path-breaking conference in New Zealand

Conceived of and curated by ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa, the New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the age of social media conference was held at the University of Otago, ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Tech against terrorism

21. March 2021

UN OEWG 2021 Final Report – ICT4Peace: Some Progress, Much Remains Unresolved

An assessment of the final Consensus Report of the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information and Telecommunications (ICT) in the Context of International Security

On Friday March 12, 2021, after one and half years of proceedings the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information and Telecommunications (ICT) in the context of international security, ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

10. March 2021 New York

OEWG – Outcome Report of the Informal Multistakeholder Consultation on OEWG Zero Draft Report

Outcome Report of the Informal Multistakeholder Consultation on OEWG Zero Draft Report on 25 February 2021

Report on Informal Multistakeholder Consultation on OEWG Zero Draft Report – The objective of the “Informal Multi-stakeholder Consultation on the OEWG’s Zero-Draft Report” was to collect the perspectives of non-governmental ...

Activities, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

8. March 2021

UN OEWG & UN GGE – “REGULAR INSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUE” – FROM CONCEPT TO COMMITTEE

Article by Paul Meyer, ICT4Peace in CYBER PEACE & SECURITY MONITOR VOL.01 NO.8

The call for a regular institutional dialogue to continue consideration, under UN auspices, of the subject of information and tele-communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of international security has been a refrain ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

6. March 2021

Neutralité dans le Cyberspace: Un défi pour la Suisse

Article de Martin Dahinden et Sara Pangrazzi

Voir texte entier ici (publié avant dans la Neue Zürcher Zeitung, NZZ, 30.12.2020.) Voir publication de ICT4Peace sur le meme thème en francais par Martin Dahinden ici, en anglais ici et allemand ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

2. March 2021

SELF-DEFENCE AGAINST CYBERATTACKS? – DIGITAL AND KINETIC DEFENCE IN LIGHT OF ARTICLE 51 UN-CHARTER

A new ICT4Peace Policy Brief by Sara Pangrazzi, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace

ICT4Peace is pleased to publish its latest Cyber Policy Brief by Sara Pangrazzi, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace. Please find the full paper here. “The question on how international law applies to ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. February 2021

Swiss Neutrality in the age of Cyber Warfare

A discussion paper by Martin Dahinden,Former Ambassador of Switzerland to the US and member of the ICT4Peace Foundation Board.

ICT4Peace is proud to publish a first of its kind discussion paper by Martin Dahinden on Swiss neutrality in the age of cyber warfare. The original text in German can ...

Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. February 2021

Don’t let Cyber War escalate

Article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Paul Meyer and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace

Article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Paul Meyer and Daniel Stauffacher. “The U.S. recently fell victim to a cyberattack of staggering proportions: Using a compromised software upgrade, a foreign ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. February 2021

UN OEWG Draft Report on Peace and Security in Cyberspace: ICT4Peace Comments

In January 2021 Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Chair of the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) published the Draft Substantive Report (Zero Draft) on the results of the negotiations among UN member ...

1. February 2021

An International Response to Offensive Cyber Operations is long overdue

An Article by Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace in Policy Options, Canada

Recent cyberattacks underscore the need for international norms of responsible behavior, and an institutionalized process to support them. Article by Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace in Policy Options, ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. January 2021

The Role of Parliamentarians to Advance Disarmament in Cyber-Space

A follow-up event to the release of Assuring our Common Future, a parliamentary handbook on disarmament for security and sustainable development

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited on 27 January 2021 to participate in an online panel discussion organized by the Inter-Parlamentary Union (IPU) on the ...

International Parliamentary Union (IPU), Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. January 2021

ICT4Peace on Swiss Digital Foreign Policy

Article by Giannis Mavris of Swissinfo

Switzerland has formulated a “digital foreign policy”, which reflects the country’s self-image in the digital age. Article by Giannis Mavris of Swissinfo Italiano(IT)Costruttrice di ponti nel mondo digitale 中文(ZH)瑞士在数字化外交中的优势 ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

31. December 2020

Neutrality in Cyberspace: A Challenge for Switzerland

Op-ed in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Amb. Martin Dahinden and Sara Pangrazzi

Martin Dahinden, former Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States and Member of the ICT4Peace Foundation Board and Sara Pangrazzi, PhD candidate of the University of Zurich published on 30 ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. December 2020

2020 End of Year Reflections: Reverting to the pre-set or resorting to reset?

ICT4Peace 2020 End of Year Reflections

Political epidemics and a global pandemic: Reverting to the pre-set or resorting to reset? Hindsight helps. In December, what could have been done better to prepare for and address a ...

Activities, End of Year Review, Bi-Monthly Updates

16. December 2020

UN OEWG – ICT4Peace Comments on Chair’s Revised Pre-draft Report

The Revised Pre-draft Report by the OEWG Chair of the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Cybersecurity of May 2020 represents further progress in the effort to define an outcome of the OEWG in ...

14. December 2020

ICT4Peace in Meeting on the Future of EU Cyber Diplomacy

ICT4Peace is honoured to have been part of the discussion of a Non-Paper with proposals on the Future of the EU Cyberdiplomacy, prepared by the German Federal Foreign Office in ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. December 2020

ICT4Peace addressing the Russian National Association for International Information Security

Plenary Session: “Current problems of ensuring international peace and maintaining sustainable development in the global information society”.

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher has been invited to address the Plenary Session of the Russian National Association for International Information Security on the topic: «Partnership of State, Business and Civil Society ...

6. December 2020

Organisation of American States (OAS) ICT4Peace Five Days Online Cyber Diplomacy Course completed

International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the successful completion of the new 5 Days Online Training Course for Government Officials from Latin America and the Caribbean Islands from 30 November – 4 December 2020 in ...

OAS, Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

30. November 2020

A Swiss Digital Charter – A proposal for an open, free, secure, prosperous and democratic society in the digital age

On 27 November 2020 the ICT4Peace Foundation published the following proposal called Time for a Swiss Digital Charter? Please find the proposal written by Barbara Weekes, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace, below. Looking ...

Activities

29. November 2020

New 5 Days Online Course on Cybersecurity Policy for East African Countries completed

In cooperation with the Government of Kenya and the African Union and with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the successful completion of the new 5 Days Online Training Course for Government Officials from East African Countries from 23 – 27 November 2020. This online pilot ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, AU, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. November 2020

It is more than a question of health – the need to protect critical infrastructure

"It is not in the public interest if those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, believe that they are free to “cherry-pick” which critical infrastructure in foreign countries they will refrain from attacking and which they will target."

It is more than a question of health – the need to protect critical infrastructure “It is not in the public interest if those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, believe ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. November 2020

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding |

Read a quick capture about the Foundation’s output and work since July 2020 here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

26. October 2020

Celebrating the United Nations at 75

As a global custodian of technology in the pursuit of peace, the ICT4Peace Foundation congratulates the United Nations on its 75th anniversary. ICT4Peace was launched with the support of the ...

Activities, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

15. October 2020

Anne-Marie Buzatu appointed Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation

ICT4Peace is honoured to announce that on 7 September 2020 the ICT4Peace Foundation Board appointed Ms. Anne-Marie Buzatu as Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of ICT4Peace. Anne-Marie will take up ...

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6. October 2020

Sanjana Hattotuwa’s Conversation with New Zealand’s Classification Office on social media

Podcast featuring Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at ICT4Peace Foundation, in conversation with New Zealand’s Classification Office, on the role of social media platforms both in terms of promoting incendiary content ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

2. October 2020

Recording of extraordinary ICT4Peace Panel discussing “THE DISSIDENT” to honour Jamal Khashoggi

ICT4Peace on 2 October 2020 hosted the ZFF talk about the film The Dissident by Bryan Fogel at the 16th Zurich Film Festival to honour Jamal Khashoggi. The recording of the extraordinary ...

Activities, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

25. September 2020

ICT4Peace hosts talk about the Film The Dissident by Bryan Fogel and murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the 16th Zurich Film Festival

ICT4Peace is glad to continue the partnership with the series Hashtag #GetUpStandUp at the 16th Zurich Film Festival. In this context ICT4Peace hosts the ZFF Talk about the movie The ...

Activities, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

4. September 2020

Cyber Attacks on Civilian Critical Infrastructure: Peter Maurer President ICRC calls fo preventive action at Security Council

On August 26, 2020 at the initiative of Indonesia that month’s President of the UN Security Council, an informal “Arria formula” meeting was held. The theme was broadly the protection ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

5. August 2020

Groupthink: Are we collectively ruining democracy?

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by Transparency International New Zealand to lead a conversation on Groupthink as part of the Leadership Week of Victoria University, ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory CS, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

13. July 2020

Content on Facebook Reform & Post-Pandemic Peacebuilding

Read the bi-monthly update from July 2020 here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

12. July 2020

Facebook Reform Must Be Seen as a Global Matter

This article first appeared on Techonomy. ### Facebook is a company that responds to pressure, and to lawsuits, but we in the Global South, at least as much affected by ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Publications, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet

29. June 2020

Welcoming the UN Secretary General’s Data Strategy

In a series of tweets today, the Foundation welcomed the launch of the new data strategy by the UN Secretary General. As we noted on Twitter, the new data strategy ...

UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

25. June 2020

OEWG UN GGE 3rd ICT4Peace Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy with African Diplomatic Delegations

Online Workshop In support of UN OEWG and UN GGE Negotiations on Cybersecurity in New York and Geneva

Together with the Permanent Missions of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations in New York and Geneva, the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (ODA) in Geneva and New York, ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. June 2020

UN OEWG UNGGE – Video Interview with Amb. Paul Meyer: ICT4Peace Calls to Governments on Offensive Cyber Operations

ICT4Peace Senior Advisor Anne-Marie Buzatu sat down with Ambassador Paul Meyer in the first of a series of interviews with ICT4Peace’s team members and partners. They discussed a wide range ...

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21. June 2020

Post-pandemic peace operations

Cross-posted from the TechPops website, curated by Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Berlin, where Sanjana Hattotuwa – Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation – was one of just 100 ...

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17. June 2020

Report of the UN Secretary General: Roadmap for Digital Cooperation

ICT4Peace welcomes the release of Report of the UN Secretary General: Roadmap for Digital Cooperation 2020. “Digital technology does not exist in a vacuum – it has enormous potential for ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

8. June 2020

Disconnects in State Cyber Behaviour: Accountability for Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

ICT4Peace Call to Governments on Offensive Cyber Operations and Critical Infrastructure”

Disconnects in state cyber behaviour: Accountability for attacks on Critical Infrastructure Last October, ICT4Peace launched a “Call to Governments on Offensive Cyber Operations and Critical Infrastructure” . This initiative was ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. June 2020

OCHA Report on AI, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Humanitarian Operations

ICT4Peace welcomes the new OCHA Report “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and its Impact on Humanitarian Action” by Camille Oren and Andrej Verity. “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net

1. May 2020

UN OEWG: Accountability – The missing ingredient in the comments by states on the Chair’s draft report

A Review of States comments on the OEWG Chairs's Pre-draft

Accountability: the missing ingredient in the comments by states on the OEWG draft report In reviewing the extensive commentary on the Chair’s “Pre-draft” report on the UN Open Ended Working ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. May 2020

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | ICT4Peace Foundation

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding, covering the work, output and activities of the ICT4Peace Foundation from late February to April. See here for capture.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

30. April 2020

Post-Coronavirus: Towards pandemic panopticons or something radically new?

On the invitation of Christina Goodness, Chief Information Management Officer at the Departments of Peacebuilding, Political and Peace Operations DPPA-DPO, the ICT4Peace Foundation’s Sanjana Hattotuwa gave a presentation titled ‘Beyond ...

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30. April 2020

UN OEWG and UN GGE – Paul Meyer’s Statement at Australia’s UN CYBER PROCESS PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS

Amb. Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor of ICT4Peace on 29 April 2020 gave a statement at Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade public UN Cyber Consultation Meeting (see the Agenda of ...

14. April 2020

Peacebuilding in the time of a pandemic: What lies ahead?

A conversation with Helena Puig Larauri of Build Up and Sanjana Hattotuwa from ICT4Peace

On 14 April 2020, Sanjana Hattotuwa, an Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation had a conversation with Helena Puig Larauri, Co-founder and Director at Build Up over Skype, on issues anchored ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, ICT4Peace in the Media, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

8. April 2020

ICT4Peace Blogpost: When going viral can be lethal: The need for reliable information in the wake of Covid-19

By Anne-Marie Buzatu, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace

When going viral can be lethal: The need for reliable information in the wake of Covid-19 By Anne-Marie Buzatu[1] In these uncertain Covid-19 times, most of us have been scrambling to ...

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5. April 2020

Making Cybersecurity Institution and Capacity Building ODA-eligible.

A proposal by Estonia and ICT4Peace

Considerable investments into Cybersecurity Institution and Capacity Building Programs in Developing Countries and LDCs have been made in recent years by Governments, Inter-governmental Organisations, Academia, Civil Society and the Business Sector. ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, OECD, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. April 2020

CORONA PAN(DEM)IC: THE GATEWAY TO GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE?

Our solidarity must be grounded on facts – not on fear.

CORONA PAN(DEM)IC: THE GATEWAY TO GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE? Our solidarity must be grounded on facts – not on fear. As a follow-up to the key note speech by Regina Surber ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

1. April 2020

Regina Surber on Corona, Technology and Human Rights

An audio recording of her presentation.

Regina Surber, Senior Advisor at ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) delivered the keynote speech at the #SwissCognitive and @AICapitalCO virtual conference entitled “Corona, Technology and Human Rights”. Regina provided ...

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27. March 2020

UN OEWG ICT4Peace Comments on UN Cybersecurity Negotiation Draft Paper

ICT4Peace has been supporting the UN Cybersecurity Negotiations at the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) with substantive inputs since the launch of the negotiations in the fall of 2019 (more ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. March 2020

First Twitter research partnership in New Zealand on countering polarisation, hate and violence

ICT4Peace is very pleased to announce that Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation and PhD candidate at Otago University’s National Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies (NCPACS) has co-launched and will lead ...

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6. March 2020

UN OEWG UN GGE – ICT4Peace proposed a State “Cyber Peer Review Mechanism” for state-conducted foreign cyber operations to UN Cybersecurity Negotiations

A proposal by the ICT4Peace Foundation to be considered by the UN Negotiations under UN OEWG and the UN GGE

In view of the ongoing UN Negotiations (UN OEWG and UN GGE) ICT4Peace Proposed [1] a State “Cyber Peer Review Mechanism” for state-conducted foreign cyber operations. It has been generally acknowledged that some ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. March 2020

UN OEWG Second Substantive Session of the UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity

Second Substantive Session of the Open-Ended Working Group As part of the ICT4Peace delegation to the Open-Ended Working Group on information and communication technologies, Dr. Elaine Korzak, along with Dr. ...

26. February 2020

Digital security, strategic communications and social media workshops in Afghanistan

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, has since 2014 conducted workshops in Afghanistan anchored to digital security, social media strategy, strategic communications. Workshops have been anchored to the ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory, Capacity Building, Foundation, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

25. February 2020

UN Report on Digital Cooperation: ICT4Peace Contribution to UN Discussion on Global Principled and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence Governance

As part of the UN Secretary General’s Digital Cooperation Recommendations Follow-Up Process, to which ICT4Peace has contributed the following Reflections and Recommendations , ICT4Peace has been invited to participate as one ...

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24. February 2020

ICT4Peace and ZHET at Women in AI – WaiTALK: The Dark Side of AI

Regina Surber, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology has been Invited by Women in AI Switzerland to make a presentation on AI, Autonomous Systems, Lethal ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Publications, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

19. February 2020

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding

Download latest update on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

12. February 2020

UN OEWG – ICT4Peace Statement at the UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity in New York

Statement by ICT4Peace to Second OEWG session February 10-14, 2020, UN HQ Along with the Media Foundation for West Africa, Association for Progressive Communications, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Access ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. February 2020

UN OEWG – UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity: ICT4Peace Inputs to the UN Negotiations on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

In View of the commencing second substantive Session UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Cybersecurity Meeting from 10 to 14 February 2020, the ICT4Peace Foundation is happy to recall the ...

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8. February 2020

ICT4Peace Submission to Australia’s Consultations on International Cyber Security Policy

Amb. Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada and Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace, has prepared the following submission to Australia’s Consultations ...

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8. February 2020

2nd Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy with African Diplomatic Delegations to the UN in New York in preparation of the UN OEWG on Cybersecurity

In preparation of the next Round of negotiations on Cybersecurity by the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) (A/RES/73/27) from 10 to 14 February 2020 and by the UN Governmental Group of ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. February 2020

Martin Dahinden Former Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States joins ICT4Peace Foundation Board

The ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to inform, that Ambassador (ret.) Martin Dahinden has agreed to join its Foundation Board as of 1 February 2020. Until his recent retirement from the ...

Activities

27. January 2020

UN OEWG UN GGE – 2nd Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy for African Diplomatic Delegations in preparation of UN Negotiations on Peace and Cybersecurity in New York

6 February 2020, 3 to 6 pm United Nations Building, Conference Room 8 New York With two Resolutions, the UN General Assembly 2018 decided to convene a new edition of ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. January 2020

ICT4Peace and WEF Global Shapers Meeting in Zurich: Building an Inclusive and Principled AI Governance

Along with Dr. Christian B. Westermann, Leader Data & Analytics and Partner at PwC Switzerland, Dr. Daniel Stauffacher, President, ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) ...

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7. January 2020

Information on “Trust and Attribution in Cyberspace: A proposal for an independent network of organisations engaging in attribution peer review”

Early 2018, ICT4Peace published a report: “Trust and Attribution in Cyberspace: A proposal for an independent network of organisations engaging in attribution peer review”. The report can be found here. ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. January 2020

International Conference on Cyber Stability in Moscow

The International Conference on Cyberstability in Moscow took place on 16 and 17 December 2019 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and was hosted by the ...

20. December 2019

2019: End of year review

ICT4Peace has had quite a year! Over the course of 2019, the breadth and complexity of our work can be gleaned through the more than 80 blog posts as well ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Publications, End of Year Review, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. December 2019

The role of social media in elections: Comparative cases and discussion

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Senior Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) to deliver a presentation on the role, reach and relevance of social media in Sri ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

9. December 2019

Update – ICT4Peace supporting Cybersecurity Capacity Building for OEWG/GGE and Call to Governments regarding cyber operations

Read bi-monthly update on our work here.

Bi-Monthly Updates, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

7. December 2019

UN OEWG Intersessional and UN GGE Informal Meetings in New York – ICT4Peace Statements

After having participated in the First substantive session of the OEWG – New York, 9-13 September 2019, where ICT4Peace delivered the following statement , along with a written submission of its views, ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

7. December 2019

ICT4Peace supports Zurich Human Rights Film Festival: Truth Detectives

ICT4Peace is proud to have been working with the Zurich Human Rights Film Festival since its beginning. This year, thanks to the Corymbo Foundation of Annette Ringier, ICT4Peace is supporting ...

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30. November 2019

UN OEWG ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy preparatory Workshop with African Diplomats

Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy preparatory Workshop with African Diplomats

In preparation of the next Round of negotiations on Cybersecurity by the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) (A/RES/73/27) and by the UN Governmental Group of Experts (UN GGE) (A/RES/73/266) from 2 ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. November 2019

Independent Attribution of Cyber-attacks – Workshop at IGF 2019

IGF 2019 Liveblog Day 4: Independent Attribution of Cyber-attacks Workshop co-organized by the The Internet Governance Project (IGP) and ICT4Peace and co-chaired by Milton Mueller and Serge Droz. See also our ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. November 2019

UN OEWG & UN GGE: Preparatory Workshop with African Diplomats successfully completed

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. November 2019

The Great .ORG Heist

Immediately after we learned on 21 November 2019 of the troubling news surrounding the domain name .org, ICT4Peace expressed its dismay about these developments and joined the movement to stop ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

27. November 2019

UN OEWG | A New Process for an Old Problem: Governing State Behaviour in Cyberspace

An article by Paul Meyer, first published in Opencanada.org on 18 November 2019

This fall in New York, the United Nations held the first session of a new process to develop norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace. Since 1998, the UN has ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

25. November 2019

ICT4Peace supports Call to Stop Sale of the Public Interest Registry (PIR)

Daniel Stauffacher danielstauffacher@ict4peace.org President ICT4Peace Foundation ATTN: Andrew Sullivan, CEO, Internet Society Jon Nevett, CEO, Public Interest Registry Maarten Botterman, Board Chair, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Göran ...

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23. November 2019

UN OEWG UN GGE Cybersecurity Capacity Building workshop for African Diplomats in New York

On behalf of the Swiss Government, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and the African Union, ICT4Peace is honoured to organise on 27 November 2019 a Capacity Building Workshop on Cybersecurity ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. November 2019

IGF 2019 Berlin – Open Work Meeting on Cyber-Accountability: Building Attribution Capability

At IGF 2019 in Berlin, on Friday, November 29, 12:00 – 13:00, ICT4Peace, in cooperation with The Internet Governance Project (IGP) is organising an “Open Work Meeting on Cyber-Accountability: Building ...

Activities, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. November 2019

Paris Peace Forum – ICT4Peace promoting call to Governments on Cyber operations and Critical infrastructure

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher and Michael Moller participated in the Second Paris Peace Forum on 11 and 12 November 2019 to promote inter alia its Call to Governments on Cyber Operations ...

Activities

9. November 2019

ICT4Peace Moderating Stephen Goose Lecture on the Human Rights Implications of Killer Robots at ETH Zurich

On 6 November 2019 Stephen Goose, Director of Human Rights Watch’s Arms Division gave a lecture at ETH on “Loosing Humanity: The Human Rights Implications of Killer Robots” and presented ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security

5. November 2019

“Guerre et Paix dans le Cyberspace – Les Démocraties face à l’épreuve de la révolution numérique”

A l’occasion de la Geneva Peace Week 2019 ICT4Peace aimerait rendre attentif au nouvel ouvrage de Blaise Lempen : “Guerre et Paix, dans le Cyberspace – Les Démocraties face à ...

Activities

31. October 2019

Présentation de ICT4Peace au Kiwanis Club Zurich-Romandie

Daniel Stauffacher, Président et Fondateur de ICT4Peace, a été invité le 31 Octobre 2019 par Kiwanis Club Zurich-Romandie de donner une presentation avec le thème: Cybersecurité, un défie pour ...

Activities, Foundation

28. October 2019

Meeting Report: Workshop on Trusted Attribution in Cyberspace

In December 2018 ICT4Peace launched the report Trust and Attribution in Cyberspace: A Proposal for an Independent Network of Organisations engaging in Attribution Peer Review: On 29 and 30 August ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

28. October 2019

Outlining Future Challenges of Cybersecurity: CANVAS Report

Dr. Markus Christen, Head of the Digital Society Initiative of the University of Zurich, convened on 24 October 2019 the workshop on “Outlining Future Challenges of Cybersecurity – the CANVAS ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

25. October 2019

Update – ICT4Peace supporting Cybersecurity Capacity Building for OEWG/GGE and Call to Governments regarding cyber operations

Read bi-monthly updates of our work and output here.

Bi-Monthly Updates

23. October 2019

New policy paper by foraus: Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence

Kevin Kohler, Pascal Oberholzer and Nicolas Zahn of the Swiss Think Tank foraus published the policy paper: Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence The executive summary of the paper notes: “Artificial ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

21. October 2019

UN OEWG UN GGE – A Call to Governments: Critical Infrastructure and Offensive Cyber Operations

An ICT4Peace Proposal for consideration by the UN OEWG and the UN GGE

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, ICT4Peace calls upon governments, especially those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, to publicly confirm that they will respect the norm prohibiting cyber operations directed at critical infrastructure. ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

5. October 2019

Speaking truth in a post-truth world | Public presentation at Zurich Film Festival 2019

As part of the #SpeakingTheTruth series of films supported by the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) at the 2019 Zurich Film Festival, Sanjana Hattotuwa ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

5. October 2019

Input into Expert Dialogue on Technology and Peace Operations, Berlin

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited participate in and present at the ‘Expert Dialogue on Technology and Peace Operations’ organised by the Centre for International Peace Operations in Berlin, from 1-2 ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

2. October 2019

ICT4Peace at GCSP on ICT for Peaceful Purposes, Cyber and HumanSecurity

On 2 October, Dr. Daniel Stauffacher President and Founder of ICT4Peace was invited to give a lecture at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) course “Meeting the Cyber Security ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

30. September 2019

UN OEWG – UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity: First Session of the Open-Ended Working Group at the UN in New York

As part of the ICT4Peace delegation to the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity, Dr. Elaine Korzak, along with Dr. Daniel Stauffacher, attended the week-long session in New York from ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. September 2019

#SpeakingTheTruth at Zurich Film Festival: Q&A after screening of ‘Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World’

As part of the #SpeakingTheTruth series, the Foundation will host a Q&A session after the screening of ‘Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World‘, a film by Hans Pool, on 5th ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

23. September 2019

ICT4Peace input to Christchurch Call for Action by PM Jacinda Ardern at UN GA New York

ICT4Peace is honored to have been in invited by the New Zealand Government to join The Christchurch Call Advisory Network. In addition to other input, the Foundation will help prepare ...

Policy Research ICT, ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Publications, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

19. September 2019

#SpeakingTheTruth: Public lecture at Zurich Film Festival 2019

Supported by the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), the Zurich Film Festival 2019 will feature a number of films capturing the documentation of and ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Foundation

19. September 2019

“We must confront what we fear”: Responding to terrorism on social media

At a time when social media is under scrutiny for its role in tragedies like the Christchurch mosque shootings, governments must avoid knee-jerk reactions, writes ICT4Peace Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa. ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

19. September 2019

The terrain of technology and governance: ETH lecture in 2019

For the third consecutive year, ICT4Peace was invited to lecture as part of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Public Governance and Administration Course conducted by the Swiss School of Public Governance ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Policy Research, Capacity Building, Big data

11. September 2019

UN OEWG – UN Cybersecurity Negotiations launched in New York

On 13 September 2019 the first round of negotiations at the UN on Cybersecurity under the UN Open Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity (OEWG) took off in a positive spirit ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

9. September 2019

Successful Workshop on Trusted Attribution in Cyberspace in Zurich

At the end of August, ICT4Peace Foundation, with support from the German Federal Foreign Office, conducted a two-day workshop on trusted attribution in cyberspace. The workshop was organised with the ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

1. September 2019

UN GGE – OEWG: UN ODA Cyber-Diplomacy Training Course now online

Just in time before the beginning of the work of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity in New York (9 to 13 September), ICT4Peace is welcoming the release by ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. August 2019

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding

Update capturing the Foundation’s work with the UN GGE.

Bi-Monthly Updates

29. August 2019

Upcoming negotiations at UN – Urgent need to apply international law and agreed norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

Read bi-monthly update of our work & output here.

Bi-Monthly Updates

26. August 2019 Zurich

Veranstaltung: ICT – RECHT und PRAXIS Cyber Risks — von der abstrakten Gefahr zur täglichen Realität

Das Europainstitut an der Universität Zürich organisiert – in Zusammenarbeit mit der ICT4Peace Foundation – das Seminar mit dem Titel ICT – RECHT und PRAXIS Cyber Risks — von der ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Capacity Building, Foundation

16. August 2019

UN GGE and UN OEWG on Cybersecurity: ICT4Peace supporting OAS Regional Consultations

In preparation of the new Round of negotiations on Cybersecurity by the UN Governmental Group of Experts (UN GGE) (A/RES/73/266) and the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) (A/RES/73/27),the Organisation ...

6. August 2019

UN OEWG ICT4Peace Submission to UN Negotiations on Cybersecurity in New York (9 – 13 September 2019)

ICT4Peace is pleased to publish its submission to the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on ICT and International Security at the UN in New York. Through resolution ...

2. August 2019

ICT4Peace Lecture at ETH on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN negotiations

On July 18, 2019, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technololgy (ZHET) gave a one-hour lecture on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the United Nationals ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

20. July 2019

UN GGE UN OEWG: ICT4Peace Promoting Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in Cyberspace

On July 4, 2019 Dr. Eneken Tikk of ICT4Peace, attended the Expert Dialogue on How International Law Applies in Cyberspace organised by the Swiss Federal Department for Foreign Affairs in Geneva and ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. July 2019

ICT4Peace at OSCE: Best practises for Developing and Implementing National Cybersecurity Strategies and Legislation

On the occasion of the OSCE CBMs Contact Meeting in Vienna, (1-3 July 2019), Dr. Eneken Tikk and Dr. Mika Kerttunen of ICT4Peace presented best practices and recommendations for the ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. July 2019

ICT4Peace supports Geneva Consultations on the report of UN HLP on Digital Cooperation

On Monday 24 June 2019, Anne-Marie Buzatu Senior Advisor for ICT4Peace attended the event Unpacking the High-Level Panel’s Report: Contributions from Geneva hosted by the Geneva Internet Platform, in conjunction with ...

Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. June 2019

UN GGE – Disturbing installation of malware in civilian critical infrastructure: Governments must adhere to agreed UN norms of responsible state behavior

At a time when the UN is starting two new diplomatic processes to develop further norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, ICT4Peace is disturbed to learn of alleged actions ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

24. June 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts: Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look? #4 The norms test: existing norms

This is the fourth edition of Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts. This series of articles is published on a monthly basis in 2019. In these posts Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. June 2019

UN GGE – ICT4Peace contributing to the EU – UN GGE Regional Consultations on Cybersecurity

In December 2018, the General Assembly established another UN GGE on Cybersecurity and for the first time a UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the same topic. ICT4Peace recently published ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. June 2019

United Nations – Welcoming the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech

Image courtesy Vice The ICT4Peace Foundation congratulates the Secretary-General of the UN on the launch of the UN strategy and plan of action on hate speech. The Foundation’s research into ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

17. June 2019

Full video & slidedeck of lecture: From Christchurch to Sri Lanka – The curious case of social media

On 20 May 2019, Sanjana Hattotuwa, a Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation since 2006, gave a well-attended public lecture at the University of Zurich on the role, reach and ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Tech against terrorism

13. June 2019

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding

Read the latest update on the Foundation’s wide-ranging activities here.

Bi-Monthly Updates

13. June 2019

National Dialogue limits in the age of digital media: ‘New dialogic processes’

Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa, joined the 2019 National Dialogues Conference via Skype video on 12 June to both present a short overview of the state-of-play and ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

Peace, Strategic Communications, Media, Social Media, Peacebuilding, ICT4Peace, Data science, Dialogues, ICTs

10. June 2019

UN Digital Cooperation – Questions to SG Guterres, Melinda Gates and Jack Ma

To support the launch of the UN SG Guterres’ Report on Digital Cooperation on 10 June 2019, ICT4peace submitted the following four questions addressed to the UN SG, Melinda Gates ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech against terrorism

6. June 2019

ICT4Peace on Emerging Security Issues at New Haven School of Jurisprudence Conference in Hangzhou, China.

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to present at the 10th International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence in Hangzhou, China. The conference – founded and led by Tulane Law ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

5. June 2019

ICT4Peace on AI, Human Dignity and Inclusive Societies at ITU’s AIforGood Conference in Geneva

ICT4Peace’s Regina Surber took part in the panel ‘AI, Human Dignity and Inclusive Societies’ at ITU’s AIforGood Conference in Geneva. The panel was moderated by Megan Metzger, co-panelists were Wafa ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Policy Research ICT, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

29. May 2019

UN GGE and UN OEWG: How to live with two concurrent UN Cybersecurity processes

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the Cyber Law Centre at Korea University under the leadership of Prof. PARK Nohyoung organised a panel on “Prospects and Challenges of Developing International Cybersecurity Norms ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. May 2019

Tech, Fear and Accountability | Panel discussion at Point 8.0 in Sarajevo

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the organisers of Point 8.0 in Sarajevo to participate in a panel discussion anchored to Tech, Fear and Accountability, ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Tech against terrorism

20. May 2019

ICT4Peace was invited by RT Hon Jacinda Ardern to discuss “Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online“

ICT4Peace is honoured that Daniel Stauffacher, Founding President of ICT4Peace has been invited, along with other members of civil society, by the Prime Minister RT Hon Jacinda Ardern to participate in the ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

20. May 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts : Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look? #3 International Cyber Norms through the Aperture of National Legislation

This is the third edition of Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts. In these posts Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation, offers her insights on the international cyber norms dialogue ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. May 2019

ICT4Peace input to Christchurch Call meeting in Paris

The Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online In preparation of the Christchurch Call Meeting hosted by the Prime Minister RT Hon Jacinda Ardern in ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Tech against terrorism

13. May 2019

ROCHE Tower Talks at ETH: ‘Human or Machine – Who makes the diagnosis?’

Dr. Daniel Stauffacher and Regina Surber of the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) participated at the discussion event ‘Mensch oder Maschine – Wer stellt die Diagnose?, co-organised by ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

9. May 2019 Switzerland

INVITATION TO A PUBLIC LECTURE: From Christchurch to Sri Lanka – The curious case of social media

Interactive Lecture by Mr. Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace, TED Fellow Alum

«From the burning of the Notre Dame in Paris to heinous terrorism in Sri Lanka and Christchurch, social media inextricably is entwined with how billions see or engage with the ...

Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

7. May 2019

ICT4Peace in NZZ: Auslagerung des Grundrechtsschutzes von der Politik auf Firmen

Article in NZZ: Are governments outsourcing protection of fundamental rights to companies ?

On 24 April 2019 Regina Surber published an op-ed in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): “Auslagerung des Grundrechtsschutzes von der Politik auf Firmen” (Are governments outsourcing protection of fundamental rights to ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data

7. May 2019

ICT4Peace at Milano Human Rights Film Festival on “Technology Off-Limits”

Together with Professor Maria Chiara Carrozza, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) participated in a Panel on „Technology off Limits” at the Human Rights ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

3. May 2019

Regina Surber participating in Panel on AI and Civilian, Transdisciplinary and International Perspectives during UN CCW/GGE

During the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts Meetings on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva, 25-29 March 2019, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

2. May 2019

Updates on social media, terrorism, AI and LAWS

Managing the risks and rewards of emerging and converging technologies: International cooperation, national policy and the role of the individual. A new paper by Regina Surber. Access it here. The ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Bi-Monthly Updates, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Tech against terrorism

29. April 2019

New ICT4Peace Paper : Managing the risks and rewards of emerging and converging technologies: International cooperation, national policy and the role of the individual

New ICT4Peace Paper: Managing the risks and rewards of emerging and converging technologies: International cooperation, national policy and the role of the individual ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the publication of ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Reports, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

27. April 2019

Does blocking social media help in the wake of a terrorist attack?

On Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka was hit by devasting terrorist attacks across the country, claimed by ISIS some days later. The attacks killed over 250, and injured many hundreds more. ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

16. April 2019

When a law is not the answer

Wonderful news said all the Sri Lankans. But why Queensland, all the Australians asked. Fifteen years ago, a Rotary World Peace Fellowship award offered seven universities around the world to ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Publications, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

15. April 2019

ICRC Report on Digital Risks in Situation of Armed Conflict

ICT4Peace is very pleased to acknowledge the release by ICRC of the report on the ‘Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict‘ Symposium. There report can be found here. ICT4Peace ...

Foundation, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

15. April 2019

ICT4Peace at the 2019 CCW Group on Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva

On behalf of ICT4Peace, Regina Surber and Emanuel Teicher participated at the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva, 25-29 March ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

15. April 2019

ICT4Peace Report on the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva, 25-29 March, 2019

Report by Dr. Regina Surber, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace

Kindly see the report by Dr. Regina Surber, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace here:

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities

9. April 2019

4th ICT4Peace Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries held in Naypyitaw Myanmar

After in Vientiane in 2016, in Hanoi in 2017 and in Siem Reap in 2018, the 4th ICT4Peace Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries was held ...

Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

5. April 2019

Rethinking Arms Control: The case of Biotechnology

On behalf of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) Regina Surber and Daniel Stauffacher participated in the Conference “2019. Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control” organized by ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

4. April 2019

Principles over promises: Responding to terrorism

Almost exactly a year ago, Facebook was in the news in New Zealand over a row with Privacy Commissioner John Edwards. The heated public exchange between Edwards and the company ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Publications, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Tech against terrorism

3. April 2019

Radio interview with Daniel Stauffacher on the Christchurch Tragedy

In the aftermath of the Christchurch Tragedy, on 18 March 2019, Swiss Radio conducted an Interview with Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace on the role of social media in the ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Publications, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Tech against terrorism

21. March 2019

Pulse points

A Social Media Analysis of the Christchurch Massacre

Whether bound by country, city or community, the pulse of or, on Friday, the pain from a place like Christchurch can often be determined by the careful collection of social ...

21. March 2019

Terrorists know they have the upper hand on social media

Coming out of a long meeting, the first I heard of the violence in Christchurch was from those in Sri Lanka who had got breaking news alerts. I was both ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Tech against terrorism

17. March 2019

ICT4Peace at OAS Meeting in Oxford: Urgent Need to address the Digital Security Divide

ICTPeace was invited by the Organization of American States (OAS) to participate in a Workshop with Parliamentarians from the OAS on (27-28 February 2019) on Cybersecurity and Strengthening Democratic Processes ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Constitution building and institutional strengthening post-war/post-conflict, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. March 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts: Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look? #2 National Views and Positions in the UN

This is the second edition of Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts. This series of articles is published on a monthly basis in 2019. In these posts Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. February 2019

Implications of Social Media for Reformed Peace Operations: ICT4Peace Presentation to UN Leadership Group

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) to give a presentation on the impact of social media around political ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

1. February 2019

UN GGE – Eneken Tikk’s Cyber Norms Blogposts: Search for Cyber Norms – Where to Look?

In 2019, Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation, will offer her insights on the international cyber norms dialogue in monthly posts. These Cyber Norms Blogposts will highlight normative contributions ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. January 2019

High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation: Reflections and Recommendations from the ICT4Peace Foundation

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to present for the consideration of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation some insights, observations and recommendations based on over ten years of a close, ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech against terrorism

10. January 2019

The cost of digital peace: Reflections for 2019

2018 served to acutely remind us of the essential fragility of that initial idea the pioneers of the Internet had around bringing humanity together by connecting them. From the start ...

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31. December 2018

UN GGE – 2018: The year that cyber peace became non-binding

In 2017, discussions broke down in a UN group of government experts about guarantees of peace and security in the context of the use of information and communication technologies by ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, End of Year Review, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. December 2018

ICT4Peace Paper | Digital Human Security: Human beings need to be the core focus of the IT and security agenda going forward

AI, Autonomous Systems, Lethal Autonomous Systems (LAWS)

ICT4peace, in cooperation with the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), is proud to announce its most recent paper Human security in the age of AI: Securing and empowering ...

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19. December 2018

ICT4Peace at Swiss Internet Governance Forum workshop on Cybersecurity

Dr. Serge Droz and Dr. Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace were invited to participate in a panel discussion on 20 November 2018, organised and moderated by Quendresa Hoxha of the Swiss ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. December 2018

ICT4Peace at the ICRC Symposium on Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict in London

Dr. Serge Droz and Daniel Stauffacher participated in the ICRC Symposium on Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict on 11 & 12 December. The program, “Digital Risks in Situations of Armed ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

16. December 2018

ICT4Peace activities for the Promotion of a secure and peaceful cyberspace until 2016

Promotion of a secure and peaceful cyberspace: A prerequisite for crisis information management and protection of human dignity An open, free and sustainable internet cannot be taken for granted and ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. December 2018

Human rights: 70 Years On

ICTs and Human Rights Chaired by a woman, Eleanor Roosevelt, the Committee at the United Nations tasked with drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) finished its work in ...

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7. December 2018

ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism and an analysis of recent developments on norms building

Access our email update, ‘ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism and an analysis of recent developments on norms building’, here.

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. December 2018

ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism and an analysis of recent developments on norms building

Read the update here.

Bi-Monthly Updates

6. December 2018

Trust and Attribution in Cyberspace: An ICT4Peace proposal for an independent network of organisations engaging in attribution peer-review

Most nations share the view that existing international legal rules and ordinances hold in cyberspace. Enforcement of these standards, however, is difficult. Malicious cyber activities are usually shrouded in secrecy ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

3. December 2018

UN GGE – Global Cyber Security Norms: A Proliferation Problem?

At the invitation of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor of the Foundation, prepared his analysis of the most recent developments at the United Nations and elsewhere regarding the ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. December 2018

ICT4Peace at the Human Rights Film Festival in Zurich

The ICT4Peace Foundation partners with the Human Rights Film Festival and presents the renowed and very important documentary “The Cleaners”: When you post something on the web, can you be ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data

30. November 2018

Eneken Tikk: International Law Applies Both In and Against Cyber Attacks

On behalf of ICT4Peace Foundation, Dr Eneken Tikk attended the Geneva International Law Day, organised by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and was one of the panelists to ...

Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. November 2018

More support needed for smaller technology platforms to counter terrorist content

Please find the most recent report by the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) entitled “More support needed for smaller technology platforms to counter terrorist content”. It includes the ...

Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Tech against terrorism

15. November 2018

UN GGE – Visions on the future of cyberspace clash at the UN

By Amb. Paul Meyer A fragile consensus over norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, as Paul Meyer observes, has fallen victim to East–West geopolitical tensions. Paul Meyer is Senior ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. November 2018

ICT4Peace at Technonomy 2018: Can Facebook recover?

Representing ICT4Peace, Sanjana Hattotuwa participated in a panel discussion at Techonomy 2018 held in Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, on 13th November 2018. Titled ‘Can Facebook recover’, the panel’s description ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

14. November 2018

Impact of social media in elections: A policy brief

ICT4Peace is pleased that Special Advisor Sanjana Hattottuwa has published Policy Brief by Toda Peace Institute and the Alliance for Peacebuilding on social media and violence during elections, anchored to ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, Publications, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data

14. November 2018

Over 100,000 sign up for the Digital Peace Campaign

ICT4peace is pleased to report that over 100,000 people have already signed the Digital Peace Now Petition that ICT4Peace has helped launch together with Microsoft, Civicus, Observer Research Foundation and ...

Advisory CS, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. November 2018

ICT4Peace early supporter of the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace launched today

Today President Macron of France is officially launching the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. ICT4Peace has been an early supporter of this important global initiative and provided ...

Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. November 2018

UN GGE – ICT4Peace at Wuzhen World Internet Conference: Implementation of internationally agreed Norms on Peace and Security is urgent

ICT4Peace was invited for the second time to attend the Wuzhen World Internet Conference. In the workshop “Norms in Cyberspace: Practises and Explorations”, organised by the China Institutes of Contemporary ...

Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. November 2018

ICT4Peace at Techonomy 2018: Role, reach & relevance of Facebook

The ICT4Peace Foundation is very pleased to announce its participation at Techonomy 2018. The Foundation’s Special Advisor, Sanjana Hattotuwa, was recently featured by Techonomy Curator, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, David Kirkpatrick ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

5. November 2018

ICT4Peace welcomes the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace

ICT4Peace welcomes the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace, a new initiative of the Swiss Government in Geneva. “The Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace aims to map ...

ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. November 2018

ICT4Peace Founding Advisory Board Member of Digital Peace Campaign initiated by Microsoft

ICT4Peace is proud to be a founding Advisory Board Member of Digital Peace Campaign initiated by Microsoft and announced at the Global Citizen Festival, Central Park, New York. Early September 2018 ...

Advisory CS, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. October 2018

UN GGE ICT4Peace Workshop on Implementing UN Norms on Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace in New York

In cooperation with the Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York, ICT4Peace is conducting a workshop on the question of practical implementation of the UN GGE recommendations ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. October 2018

Update on ICTs for Peace, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics, Crisis Information Management | August to October 2018

Access a consolidated update on the Foundation’s activities and output from August to October 2018 here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

23. October 2018

Update on ICTs for Peace, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics, Crisis Information Management | March to August 2018

Access a consolidated update on the Foundation’s activities and output from March to August 2018 here.

Bi-Monthly Updates

12. October 2018

Ron Deibert from Citizen Lab on ‘Three Uncomfortable Truths about Social Media’ at the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF)

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology, sponsors of the new section Hashtag # Big data at the Zurich Film Festival, have organised on 6 October 2018 a ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

9. October 2018

ICT4Peace in Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ demands an urgent public debate and regulatory engagement regarding artificial intelligence by the Swiss people and authorities

Regina Surber and Daniel Stauffacher published the following guest commentary in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on 19 September 2018. Regina Surber is a Scientific Advisor to ICT4Peace and the ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

6. October 2018

Welcoming UN Secretary General’s strategy on new technologies

As noted on Twitter, the ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release of the report on new technologies by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The report outlines a bold new vision for the ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

3. October 2018

Ron Deibert at the 14th Zurich Film Festival: Talk on “New Media, AI and how it affects our lives“

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) are proud partners of the #BigData section of the 14th Zurich Film Festival. In this context, the foundation has organised a talk, which ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

26. September 2018

Artificial Intelligence and ‘Fake News’: Recording of public lecture

On 21 September 2018, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation, delivered a lecture on Artificial Intelligence and ‘Fake News’ to a packed room in Vischer AG in Zurich, Switzerland. ...

Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

Artificial Intelligence, Fake News, AI, Misinformation

26. September 2018

UN GGE ICT4Peace moderated High Level Panel on Norms in Cybersecurity during High Level Segment of UN GA

ICT4Peace was honoured to support and moderate the High-Level Panel on the Role of Norms in Cybersecurity hosted by the Government of Bangladesh and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs ...

Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. September 2018

ICT4Peace present Chinese artist Xu Bing at the 14th Zurich Film Festival

ICT4Peace Foundation are happy to be the partner of the new program section at the Zurich Film Festival called “Hashtag #big data”. In particular CT4Peace is presenting the Film by ...

Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

25. September 2018

ICT4Peace at Facebook Integrity, Safety, and Conflict Roundtable

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to be part of the Integrity, Safety, and Conflict Roundtable held at Facebook’s HQ in Menlo Park, from 17-18 September 2018. ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. September 2018

ICT4Peace moderated plenary Session at the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) 2018

Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace was invited by the Government of Korea to present at and moderate the 4th Plenary Session Panel at the Seoul Defense Dialogue: “Cyber Security: Strengthening Mutual ...

Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. September 2018

The terrain of technology and governance: ETH lecture

For the second consecutive year, ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa and Daniel Stauffacher were invited to lecture as part of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Public Governance and Administration Course conducted by ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

14. September 2018

Public talk on AI and fake news: Peeking into the rabbit hole

Speaker: Sanjana Hattotuwa Event details 21 September 2018, 11:30 – 13:30 Vischer AG Schützengasse 1 8001 Zürich For further information or registration please contact: annahofmann@ict4peace.org The term fake news increasingly frames our ...

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11. September 2018

UN GGE – The Struggle for Cyber Peace: Norms of Responsible State Behaviour

Ambassador (ret) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor of ICT4Peace in the workshop “Cybersecurity Challenges in the Government Sphere – Ethical, Legal and Technical Aspects” held in Bern September 5-6. The workshop ...

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11. September 2018

ICT4Peace 3rd Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries held in Siem Reap, Cambodia

After in Vientiane in 2016 and in Hanoi in 2017, the 3rd ICT4Peace Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for CLMV Countries was held in Siem Reap, from 6 ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. September 2018

ICT4Peace partners with the World Economic Forum on Cybersecurity

The World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity had its inaugural “Global CERT Advisory Board” Meting in Geneva. ICT4Peace is proud to be part of this important initiative. ICT4Peace’s Senior Adviser ...

Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. August 2018

ICT4Peace’s Third Year at UN Conference on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) from 27 to 31 August in Geneva

It is the third year that the ICT4Peace Foundation is taking part at discussions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Policy Research ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

22. August 2018

Open Letter to Swiss Parliament by ICT4Peace calling for robust and effective Swiss Cyber Security Competence Center

The Swiss government is currently working on implementing a cybersecurity competence center and has recently presented the first measures to be taken. ICT4Peace has followed this process closely and is ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

18. August 2018

Kofi Annan, a world leader and inspiration for many, will be missed

It is with great sorrow that we from ICT4Peace have learned today of the passing of Kofi Annan. Kofi Annan was a great statesman and a globally admired and highly ...

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26. July 2018

Understanding and Countering Disinformation, Online Falsehoods and Fake News

The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) organised a workshop on Understanding and Countering Disinformation, Online ...

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15. July 2018

Dr. Serge Droz of ICT4Peace invited by the ITU GSR 2018 to participate in the Global Dialogue on AI, IoT and Cybersecurity

On 9 July 2018, Dr. Serge Droz, Member of the Board, First and Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace was invited by the ITU to participate in the ITU GSR Thematic Event on ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

10. July 2018

The Janus Effect: Social Media in Peace Mediation

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, presented at “Social Media and Mediation: the good, the bad and the ugly”, a workshop held in Geneva on 10 July 2018, ...

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7. July 2018

Farewell and thanks to Karsten Geier

On the occasion of the official launch on 6 July 2018 in Berlin of the ICT4Peace supported first international Commentary on Norms of Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace, friends and ...

Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. June 2018

2nd ASEAN Cyber Norms Workshop in Singapore supported by ICT4Peace

ICT4Peace was again invited by the Government of Singapore and its Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) to co-organise the 2nd ASEAN Cyber Norms Workshop on 26 and 27 June ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

24. June 2018

ICT4Peace Colloquium with Professor Stuart Russell at the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET)

The ICT for Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology hosted a colloquium on 9 June 2018 with Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and Smith-Zadeh Professor in Engineering, University of California, ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

12. June 2018

ICT4Peace and ZHET at RightsCon Toronto 2018 on Artificial Intelligence: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Peace Time Threats

ICT4Peace and ZHET Panel Discussion at RightsCon Toronto 2018 on Artificial Intelligence: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Peace Time Threats with: Todd Davies, Associate Director and Lecturer, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports

16. May 2018

ICT4Peace Panel at RightsCon in Toronto: Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Peace Time Threats

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology are proud to announce its Panel today, 16 May 2018 at RightsCon on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Peace Time ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

13. May 2018

UN GGE UN ODA and ICT4Peace published Commentary on Voluntary Non-Binding Norms of Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace

UN ODA Publication supported by ICT4Peace: “Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology - A Commentary"

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the first Global Commentary on “Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology” published by the ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. May 2018

Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and Peace Time Threats with Prof. Ron Arkin

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) were honoured to welcome Prof. Ron Arkin for an informal workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and Peace Time ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Big data

7. May 2018

ICT4Peace at the World Press Freedom Day Celebration at the UN Geneva

Alain Modoux and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace at the World Press Freedom Celebration at the UN Geneva on 3 May 2018. Alain Modoux and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace participated in ...

Activities, Foundation, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

4. May 2018

Bots Before the Ballot: Twitter’s big problems in South and South East Asia

### Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa’s research in Sri Lanka is quoted in a new Time magazine exposé on the scale and scope of Twitter bot problem ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Constitution building and institutional strengthening post-war/post-conflict, Big data

28. April 2018

Alain Modoux of ICT4Peace and the World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2018

In view of the upcoming World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2018, the ICT4Peace Foundation is proud to recall that ICT4Peace Vice-President Alain Modoux, in his former capacity as Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Publications, Foundation, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

23. April 2018

ICT4Peace at 12th International Forum on Information Security in Garmisch on AI, LAWS and Peace Time Threats

On behalf of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), Daniel Stauffacher participated again at the “Garmisch 2018: 12th International Forum on Information Security” on 17 April 2018. ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

20. April 2018

Progress at the UN on use of Lethal Autonomous Weapons

ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) participated in the UN Meeting (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS) in Geneva from 9 to 13 April 2018. ICT4Peace ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. April 2018

Chinese think tank CICIR visits ICT4Peace Foundation in Zurich

Representatives of the Chinese Think Tank China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) visited ICT4Peace Foundation in Zurich on 9 and 10 April 2018 to discuss areas of ongoing and ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Foundation, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. April 2018

President Macron on Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Transparency, Democracy and Ethics

Photo courtesy Wired magazine. President Emmanuel Macron of France, in a recent speech and interview with Wired magazine on Artificial Intelligence. provided some valuable insights and comments, which concur with ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

2. April 2018

Bi-monthly update: ICTs for Peace, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics, Crisis Information Management

Read the Foundation’s bi-monthly update of projects, input, activities and output here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

15. March 2018

ICT4Peace Matrix on National and International Goals and Measures of Cybersecurity

On 7 March 2018, Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace has been invited to make a presentation on Cyber Security to Swiss Parliamentarians in Bern. His presentation can be found here. ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. March 2018

Workshop on Crisis Information Management at the United Nations

Download the 2017/2018 UN Crisis Information Management stock-taking report here. On 26 February 2018, the ICT4Peace Foundation facilitated a meeting with key UN agencies and departments at the UN Secretariat ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

28. February 2018

ICT4Peace Paper: Artificial Intelligence: Autonomous Technology (AT), Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and Peace Time Threats

AI, Autonomous Systems and Lethal Autonomous Systems (LAWS)

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) are pleased to announce the publication of the paper: Artificial Intelligence (AI): Autonomous Technology (AT), Lethal Autonomous Weapons ...

23. February 2018

ASEAN ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy workshop in Brunei

ICT4Peace has been invited by the Governments of the UK, Japan and Brunei to support the holding of a workshop on Cybersecurity Policy, Programmes and Diplomacy with ASEAN countries in ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ASEAN, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

21. February 2018

Autonomous technology: The danger beyond killer robots

In February 2018, Regina Surber released a commentary ‘Autonome Technologie ist nicht nur in Kriegsrobotern riskant’ (eng.: Autonomous technology: the danger beyond killer robots), which was published in the Neue ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

18. February 2018

Lawful Access to Digital Data Across Borders

ICT4Peace was invited to participate in an Expert Group Meeting at the UN in Vienna on Lawful Access to Digital Data Across Borders on 12 and 13 February 2018. The ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

1. February 2018

UN and ICT4Peace present Tech Against Terrorism at Cybertech 2018 Tel Aviv

Invited by Cybertech Tel Aviv 2018, UN CTED of the UN Security Council and ICT4Peace presented the joint initiative Tech Against Terrorism in a high-level panel on 31 January 2018 ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

23. January 2018

ICT4Peace calls for a holistic understanding of peace and security implications of autonomous technology, including Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS)

Recorded Presentation by Dr. Regina Surber

Regina Surber, Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), gave a lecture on Autonomous Intelligent Software Agents, LAWS and Peace-Time Threats on 16 ...

8. January 2018

UN Security Council recognises ICT4Peace’s work with the United Nations

Two UN Security Council Resolutions of December 2017 recognised the work of the ICT4Peace Foundation in launching the Tech Against Terrorism initiative in cooperation with UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Reports, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, Tech against terrorism

27. December 2017

Looking back, forging ahead: Message from the ICT4Peace Foundation

Over 2017, more than any previous year since the launching of ICT4Peace in 2004, the use of technology for violent as well as peaceful ends dominated global news headlines. We ...

Activities, End of Year Review, Bi-Monthly Updates, Foundation

23. December 2017

In conversation with Ron Deibert: Cybersecurity, privacy, ethics and using technology for good

As noted on its website, since 2015, the Human Rights Film Festival Zurich takes place each year on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights on 10 December. ...

Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

20. December 2017

ICT4Peace at Internet Governance Forum 2017 in Geneva

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 17 December 2017 to join a well attended panel discussion on “The Need for a Digital Geneva Convention in Times of Cyber(In)Security” regarding Microsoft’s ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

20. December 2017 New York

UN GGE – Commentary on Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology

A Publication by ICT4Peace with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA): Civil Society and Disarmament: 2017

In June 2016 ICT4Peace co-launched with Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms a global open consultation on how to implement the Recommendations of United Nations’ Group of Governmental Experts on Developments ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. December 2017

Social media giants address online terrorism at UN Headquarters

The Security Council has called for dialogue with major social media companies, in order to limit terrorists’ ability to recruit and operate online. To that end, last month saw the ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Tech against terrorism

13. December 2017

ICT4Peace at UN CCW Meeting discussing Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)

From 13 to 17 November 2017, the UN’s Convention of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) met at United Nations Offices at Geneva to discuss Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) [aka ‘killer robots’]

From 13 to 17 November 2017, the UN’s Convention of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) met at United Nations Offices at Geneva to discuss Lethal Autonomous ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

10. December 2017

ICT4Peace Lecture on Building an International Governance for Peace and Security in Cyberspace at University of St. Gallen

As part of the University of St. Gallen Master Course ‘Geopolitics Live – Swiss Ambassadors tell it all’, former Ambassador and President of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher was invited ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

6. December 2017

ICT4Peace moderated Panel on Norms for Peace and Security in Cyberspace at Wuzhen World Internet Conference (WIC)

ICT4Peace moderated Panel on Norms for Peace and Security in Cyberspace at Wuzhen Summit – World Internet Conference (WIC) ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to join the World Internet Conference ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

30. November 2017

ICT4Peace and UN CTED launch Knowledge Sharing Platform

The UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED) and ICT4Peace officially launched on 29 November 2017 the Tech Against Terrorism Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) at the UN Headquarters in New York. ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

28. November 2017

ICT4Peace Presentation at ETH on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Peace Time Threats

Regina Surber, Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation, presented on 13 November 2017 at ETH Zurich current research of ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

25. November 2017

Report: Nations debate autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)

Report on CCW Negotiations at UN in Geneva by Emanuel Teicher, Advisor ICT4Peace

Kindly see the report by Emanuel Teicher here:

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)

22. November 2017

Screening «Black Code» & Talk «Surveillance and Privacy»

«SURVEILLANCE AND PRIVACY AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CITIZEN» The screening of «Black Code» will be followed by a conversation with Ronald Deibert (author and director of the Citizen Lab ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

21. November 2017

Mentoring online CVE initiatives in the Balkans

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, has since earlier this year, and at the invitation of the compelling Resonant Voices Initiative (RVI), engaged with civil society and other stakeholders, including ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

13. November 2017

Update: Promoting International Law and Norms of Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace

Read about our recent work on Promoting International Law and Norms of Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace here.

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. November 2017

UN GGE ICT4Peace Promoting Norms of Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace at the Munich Security Conference in Brussels and the Geneva Peace Week

Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace, will be participating in the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Cybersecurity Meetings in Brussels on 6 November 29017, before joining the panel discussions on ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

20. October 2017

ICT4Peace presenting on Peace and Cybersecurity in Cyberspace at Global Parliaments Meeting (IPU) in St. Petersburg

ICT4Peace presenting on Peace and Cybersecurity in Cyberspace at Global Parlaments Meeting (IPU) in St. Petersburg ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) to present on ...

Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Tech against terrorism

15. October 2017

ICT4Peace 2nd Senior Level International Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy in Cyberspace for CLMV Countries held in Hanoi

ICT4Peace, in cooperation with the Vietnam Government’s Computer Emergency Response Teams (VNCert) organised on 12 and 13 October 2017 the 2nd Senior Level Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop ...

Activities, ASEAN, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. October 2017

ICT4Peace’s urgent call for Peace in Cyberspace in NZZ and Le Temps

On 20 June 2017 ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher and Paul Meyer released a commentary: “WannaCry, the Digital Geneva Convention and the urgent need for Cyber Peace”. This commentary was subsequently published ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

9. October 2017

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for Peacebuilding | October 2017

Bi-monthly update of all of the Foundation’s activities around the world. See online here. Download as a PDF here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

30. September 2017

Cybersecurity and humanitarianism: Opportunities and challenges

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to attend Crisis Code: Humanitarian Protection in the Digital Age, a two-day conference exploring how crisis-affected populations can be safeguarded ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Policy Research, Advisory, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

27. September 2017

ICT4Peace and tech companies working with UN during General Assembly High Level Week in New York

Tech Against Terrorism (a joint project between ICT4Peace and UN CTED and the Global Internet Forum on Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) organised on 18 September 2017 an outreach workshop with and ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

26. September 2017

ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa on Humanitarian Threats in the Age of Cyberwar at Swissnex San Francisco

Crisis Code: Humanitarian Protection in the Digital Age A two-day conference exploring how crisis-affected populations can be safeguarded from emerging threats in cyberspace. See here for more details. ICT4Peace’s Sanjana ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research, Advisory, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

19. September 2017

ICT4Peace on jury of Resonant Voices hackathon

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to be of the panel of jurists at the Resonant Voices Hackathon, held in Durrës, Albania from 14-17 September 2017. ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

17. September 2017

ICT4Peace teaching at ETH Zurich Swiss School of Public Governance

ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa and Daniel Stauffacher were invited in September 2017 to lecture at the ETH Certificate of Advanced Studies in Public Governance and Administration Course, of the Swiss School ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Capacity Building, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. September 2017

ICT4Peace addressing Global Public Prosecutors Meeting on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 12 September 2107 by the International Association of Public Prosecutors 22nd Annual Meeting in Beijing to address senior most public prosecutors of over 170 ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

8. September 2017

ICT4Peace at JCI International Summit on Peace 2017 in Kuching, Malaysia

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by Junior Chamber International (JCI) for their inaugural International Summit on Peace, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia from 6-8 September ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, Advisory, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

8. September 2017

Social Media Fellowship: Review of CVE & strategic communications in Myanmar

In April 2017, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was tasked with the design and leading the delivery of a bootcamp workshop for seventeen individuals, comprising of six different ...

Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

30. August 2017

ICT4Peace invited by Thai Foreign Ministry to chair panel on Fintech and ensuring secure and peaceful cyberspace

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Royal Thai Government to chair a panel discussion of the “ISU Lecture on Cybersecurity: ‘Disruptive Technology – ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Advisory, Capacity Building, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Tech against terrorism

7. August 2017

ICT4Peace and UN host launch of new Global Internet Forum with Tech Companies in San Francisco

ICT4Peace and UN CTED and their joint project Tech against Terrorism (see more on ICT4Peace’s work here) hosted on 1 August 2017 the U.S. launch of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

5. August 2017

Workshop on Digital Investigative Journalism in Nepal

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the Centre for Investigative Journalism Nepal to support a workshop for leading journalists from around the country in the ...

Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory, Capacity Building, Foundation, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

5. August 2017

Strengthening media and civil society capacity in Afghanistan

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation, has travelled to Kabul at least once a year since 2015 at the invitation of Internews to conduct workshops on strategic communications, social ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Advisory, Capacity Building, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

30. July 2017

ICT4Peace and UN CTED are hosting US Launch of Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) in San Francisco

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) through their TechagainstTerrorism.org Initiative are hosting the U.S. launch of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) in San Francisco, ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

23. July 2017

UN GGE ICT4Peace Call for Global Open Consultations on the United Nations Cybersecurity Norms Proposals

ICT4Peace is honoured to have been invited to co-launch with Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms, the global open consultation on how to implement the United Nations’ Group of Governmental ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. July 2017

ICT4Peace and UNCTED at Chatham House: Technology Against Terrorism – How to Respond to the Exploitation of the Internet

ICT4Peace in association with Chatham House organised on 12 July 2017 a panel discussion on “Technology Against Terrorism – How to Respond to the Exploitation of the Internet” with distinguished ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

2. July 2017

ICT4Peace at Cyberweek 2017 – Tel Aviv: Peace and Security Cooperation in Cyberspace

Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace, was invited to be speaker at Cyber Week 2017, which took place place in Tel Aviv from June 25th to June 29th. He participated in ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Advisory, Capacity Building, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Tech against terrorism

28. June 2017

Remarks at ZIF’s 15 year celebrations on social media and peace

The Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze gGmbH (Centre for International Peace Operations) based in Berlin, Germany, invited Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa, to talk on social media and peace ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

27. June 2017

ICT4Peace collaborating with Facebook, YouTube, Microsoft, Twitter and the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism

ICT4Peace through Tech Against Terrorism, a joint project between UN CTED and ICT4Peace Foundation launched on 31 March 2017 at RightsCon in Brussels, and announced at OSCE in Vienna on ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

20. June 2017

WannaCry, the Geneva Digital Convention and the urgent need for Cyber Peace

Download this commentary as a PDF here. ### A commentary by Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor and Daniel Stauffacher, President, ICT4Peace Foundation The mass assault of the “WannaCry” malware that holds ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

16. June 2017

ICT4Peace organises Chatham House Event: “Tech Against Terrorism”

ICT4Peace, in cooperation with UN CTED will organise a panel discussion at Chatham House in London on 12 July 2017 on how to respond to the exploitation of the ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

6. June 2017

Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for Peacebuilding | June 2017

Read our bi-monthly update covering all of the Foundation’s work over the last two months, here. You can also download it as a PDF here.

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

5. June 2017

1st Asia Dialogue on Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) and Counter Terrorism

ICT4Peace’s Adam Hadley and Daniel Stauffacher were invited to support the first Asia Dialogue on Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) and Counter Terrorism on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, co-hosted ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

1. June 2017

ICT4Peace presents Tech Against Terrorism project at OSCE in Vienna

ICT4Peace Foundation introduces the UN CTED-ICT4Peace Tech Against Terrorism Project at 2017 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference On 23-24 May 2017 David Cliff and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace were invited to participate ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

31. May 2017

Field report: Workshops on strategic communications & CVE in Balkans

As we posted recently, the ICT4Peace Foundation, with CIJA US in cooperation with BIRN and Talks 2.0 is conducting a series of interactive, hands-on workshops in the Balkans to support community leaders, ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

13. May 2017

Strategic Communications Workshops on Dangerous Content Response in the Balkans

Based on extensive experience and work around countering violent extremism online in Asia, the ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa was invited to be a key resource person and trainer ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory, Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

11. May 2017

Promoting Norms of Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace in Singapore

The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore, in collaboration with ICT4Peace Foundation, held the inaugural ASEAN Cyber Norms Workshop in Singapore from 8 to 9 May 2017 under the auspices ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, ASEAN, Advisory CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. April 2017

ICT4Peace on Tech against Terrorism at 2017 Lomonosov Moscow State University Conference in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Adam Hadley and Daniel Stauffacher from ICT4Peace participated on 24 April 2017 in the 2017 International Forum and Scientific Conference of the International Information Security Research Consortium in Garmisch — ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

24. April 2017

ICT4Peace on ICTs and Human Rights Protection

ICT4Peace was invited by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHRs) to participate in the consultations on its Management Plan 2018-2021. The comments of ICT4Peace’s Sanjana ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Advisory, Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

2. April 2017

Swiss “Partners in Dialogue” panel on “Geopolitics and Cyberspace: Current Risks and Challenges” in Brussels

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union and the Mission of Switzerland to NATO in Brussels to moderate a high-level panel on “Geopolitics ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. April 2017

Workshop on strategic social media communications in Myanmar

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was tasked with the design and leading the delivery of a bootcamp workshop for seventeen individuals, comprising of six different teams, from ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

31. March 2017

Tech Against Terrorism launches to build bridges between technology companies and governments

(BRUSSELS) A new initiative launches this week at RightsCon to help tech startups counter the use of technology to support terrorism. Tech Against Terrorism (www.techagainstterrorism.org), a joint project between The ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

30. March 2017

New Media Course: Tools & Techniques for Risk Assessment and Crisis Management

Delivered successfully and to wide acclaim by participants since 2013. Next edition: 21 – 25 August 2017 in Stans in Switzerland The challenge is given the rapidly increasing deluge of ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Advisory, Capacity Building, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

22. March 2017

Update on ICT4Peace Activities: March 2017

Access our latest newsletter anchored to the Foundation’s activities around cybersecurity, training, collaborations and strategic input to processes dealing with technology and peacebuilding here. Download the newsletter as a PDF ...

Activities, Bi-Monthly Updates

8. March 2017

Women, Technology & Partnerships – Countering Terrorist use of the Internet

ICT4Peace in cooperation with UN CTED and the Secdev Foundation co-hosted a conference on “Women, Technology & Partnerships – Countering Terrorist use of the Internet” in Ottawa, Canada. This event ...

Activities, Policy Research, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

2. March 2017

ICT4Peace briefing the UN Security Council CTC

On 23 February 2017, Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace, along with Steve Crown of Microsoft, Peter Stern of Facebook, Miguel Sanchez of Telefonica and Tara Hairston of Kaspersky, provided an update ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Advisory, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

20. February 2017

UN GGE ICT4Peace Workshop for the UN GGE Experts: Existing and Future Norms on International ICT Infrastructure and Data Integrity

On 20 February 2017 ICT4Peace organised a workshop at the Palais des Nations in Geneva in support of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE) on Developments in the ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

17. February 2017

Digital security training and social media advocacy in Afghanistan

Image courtesy Linkedin Sanjana Hattotuwa, a Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, has visited and trained activists and leading journalists in Afghanistan since 2015. Having visited the country over six ...

Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory, Capacity Building, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

15. February 2017

Violent Extremism Online: ICT4Peace continues work with UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate

On 31st January 2017, ICT4Peace was invited by the United Nations in Geneva and DCAF to discuss our continuing work with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) regarding ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Reports, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

27. December 2016

2016: End of year review

Dear colleagues and friends, For many across the world, 2016 was a year of unexpected turbulence, from on-going violent conflicts and the plight of refugees, to violent terrorist attacks in ...

Publications, End of Year Review, Reports

20. December 2016 Bangkok

Royal Thai Government Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity: Norms in Cyberspace

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Security Council and Ministry of Digital Economy of the Kingdom of Thailand had invited ICT4Peace to contribute to the Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity: ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, ASEAN, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. December 2016

OSCE ICT4Peace Workshop on International Cyber Security Policy and Diplomacy for OSCE Field Staff

ICT4Peace was invited by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna to conduct a workshop on 14 and 15 December 2016 for OSCE field staff on ...

OSCE, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. December 2016

ICT4Peace lecture at the University of St. Gallen on Building an International Governance for Peace and Security in Cyberspace

ICT4Peace’s Dr. Daniel Stauffacher was invited to give a lecture at the University of St. Gallen’s Contextual Studies Master’s Level Course. As part of the programme ‘Geopolitics live: Ambassadors tell ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS

12. December 2016

NEW ICT4Peace-UNCTED REPORT: PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN RESPONDING TO THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND ICT FOR TERRORIST PURPOSES: STRENGTHENING DIALOGUE & BUILDING TRUST

On the occasion of the Special Meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee held in New York on 1-2 December 2016, ICT4Peace and the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

5. December 2016

UN Press Briefing with UNCTED, ICT4Peace and International Association of Prosecutors on prevention from exploiting information and communication technologies (ICT)

In the context of the Special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on Preventing the exploitation of information and communication technologies (ICT) for terrorist purposes, while respecting human rights ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

1. December 2016

Fake news in Myanmar: Social Media verification workshop

An informal workshop on verifying news and information spread across social media was held recently at Phandeeyar in Yangon, Burma, led by the Foundation’s Special Advisor, Sanjana Hattotuwa. Amongst the ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

1. December 2016

First UN Security Council Arrias Formula Meeting on Cybersecurity and International Peace and Security – Briefing by ICT4Peace

Co-convened and Co-chaired by Sénégal and Spain

On 28 November 2016, the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to brief the members of the UN Security Council on Cybersecurity and International Peace and Security. The first ever Arrias Formula ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

15. November 2016

Invitation to screening of ‘The Look of Silence’

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to invite you to the screening of the critically acclaimed and award winning documentary, The Look of Silence, as part of the Human Rights Film ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes

4. November 2016

CLMV ASEAN – ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy workshop for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam

In cooperation with the Government of the Lao PDR, ICT4Peace organised it’s Workshop on Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy in Vientiane for the CLMV Countries Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Over ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, ASEAN, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. October 2016

Preliminary Insights into the Private Sector’s Response To Terrorist Use of the Internet and ICT

Outcome of Zurich Workshop available here. Since the late 1990s, and as global connectivity has increased and social networking sites have proliferated in multiple languages, certain groups have become more ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

19. October 2016

New Media Course: Tools & Techniques for Civilian Crisis Management

The challenge for journalists and experts working in civilian crisis management is finding a way to filter the information and determine what is relevant with the overload of information, and ...

17. October 2016

UN Genertal Assembly First Committee: ICT4Peace on Cybersecurity Capacity Building at the UN General Assembly First Committee

ICT4Peace was invited on 5 October 2016 to make a presentation on cybersecurity capacity building at a side event of UN General Assembly First Committee. This Committee deals with disarmament, ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. October 2016

ICT4Peace at Munich Security Conference: Cybersecurity must be part of the Global Development Debate

ICT4Peace was invited to participate in Munich Security Conference’s (MSC) Cybersecurity Summit Silicon Valley 2016 on 19 and 20 September 2016. When discussing the issue of capacity building in Cybersecurity, ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

27. September 2016

ICCM 2016, Manila, Philippines: Video message from ICT4Peace Foundation

The International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) is the leading humanitarian technology event of the year, bringing together the most important humanitarian, human rights, development and media organizations with the ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

21. September 2016

International Governance for Peace and Security in Cyberspace

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to give a lecture on “International Governance for Peace and Security in Cyberspace” at the Summer School of the Swiss Study Foundation organised in collaboration ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. September 2016

Build Peace 2016: Reflections

The ICT4Peace Foundation was privileged to work with and support Build Up in the organisation of Build Peace 2016 in Zurich, from 9 – 11 September 2016. Several members of the ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Support to Build Peace

13. September 2016

Protection Information Management Working Meeting: September 2016

The ICT4Peace Foundation has for many years worked with the UN and ICRC to strengthen the awareness and understanding of, need for as well as the meaningful implementation of standards, ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), ICTs and Human Rights Protection

29. August 2016

ICT4Peace on Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) at the 2016 Annual Conference of Swiss Ambassadors in Geneva and at ETH in Zurich

ICT4Peace is proud to have been invited on 23 August 2016 by the 2016 Annual Conference of Swiss Ambassadors and foreign representations at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

16. August 2016

ICT4Peace on Peace and Security in the cyberspace at Science for Peace Conference, Malaysia

ICT4Peace was invited by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, to make a presentation on Peace and Security in the cyberspace at the International Conference on Science for Peace in Kuala ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

8. August 2016

Build Peace 2016 at ETH Zurich: Towards Transformation

Excerpt from the Build Peace 2016 website. The conference will take place at ETH Zurich on September 9 – 11, 2016 in Zürich, Switzerland. Check out details here. If you are thinking of ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Support to Build Peace

20. July 2016

Preparing for the next UN GGE: ICT4Peace at Cybersecurity Workshop in Beijing

Preparing for the next UN GGE: ICT4Peace at Cybersecurity Workshop in Beijing ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

3. July 2016

ICT4Peace cybersecurity activities in June

During the month of June ICT4Peace participated in a number of events related to its global project on ICT and international peace and security. These included UNIDIR’s Annual Cyber Stability ...

Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. June 2016

ICT4Peace at Lions Club Zurich Metropole on Cybersecurity as an international challenge for States and Companies

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Lions Club Zurich Metropole to give a presentation on 7 June 2016 on the mission of the ICT4Peace Foundation as a policy and ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. June 2016

ICT4Peace on G7 Summit Principles and Actions on Cyber: “Give Peace a Chance”

The G7 summit meeting hosted by Japan May 26-27 2016 issued a document entitled “G7 Principles and Actions on Cyber”. The text contains strong commitments in the field of human ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

31. May 2016

Study on countering violent extremism and terrorism online, freedom of expression and the right to privacy

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate in a validation meeting around a study, led by UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Geneva Academy ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

6. May 2016

ICT4Peace in support of UN Crisis Information Management Strategy

The UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CiMS) is based on the recognition that governments, the UN, IFIs, non-governmental organisations, business and media have significant experience in crisis response. Yet, no ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

20. April 2016

Course on social and new media for crisis management

From 11 to 15 April 2016, the ICT4Peace Foundation conducted an ENTRi certified training programme on a variety of new media tools and platforms used in the collection, presentation, verification, and ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

12. April 2016

UN and ICT4Peace engage with private sector on responding to terrorist use of ICT

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the formal launch of its joint project with the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) on tech. sector engagement in responding to terrorist use of ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Tech against terrorism

4. April 2016

Welcoming HXL Version 1.0: A breakthrough in humanitarian information exchange

The ICT4Peace Foundation congratulates OCHA on releasing the first version of the Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL). The Foundation worked closely with CJ Hendrix and Andrej Verity, both visionaries who were ...

Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

18. March 2016

Updates on using tech for peacebuilding & peacekeeping | March 2016

Updates on using tech for peacebuilding & peacekeeping from October 2015 to March 2016. Download it as a PDF here.

Publications, Bi-Monthly Updates

15. March 2016

ETH Professor (em.) Kurt R. Spillmann joins ICT4Peace International Advisory Board

The ICT4Peace Foundation is deeply honoured, that former ETH Professor Kurt R. Spillmann has kindly agreed to join its International Advisory Board. Professor Spillmann is a world renowned and eminent ...

Activities, Foundation

15. March 2016

Countering Violent Extremism & Mobile Advocacy in Myanmar

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to take part in Tech Camp 2016, held at Phandeeyar, where he talked about and trained on mobile advocacy and ...

Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Capacity Building CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

27. February 2016

Operationalizing Peace Operations Reform: New Media and New Technologies

Clearing the Decks After a Year of Reviews: Operationalizing Peace Operations Reform, organised by ZIF, the Centre for International Peace Operations, was held from 25 – 26 February just outside ...

Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

26. February 2016

ICT4Peace Cyber Security Policy and Diplomacy Workshop at GCSP, Geneva on 14 and 15 March 2016

Building Capacities for Cyber Security Negotiations The ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to co-organize the Cyber Security Policy and Diplomacy Workshop with the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) on 14 ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. February 2016

ICT4Peace: Africa must unite to protect its cybersphere

As a follow up to the ICT4Peace workshop on Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Negotiations at the AU, co-organized with African Union Commission on 15 and 16 February in ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. February 2016 Addis Abeba

African Union Commission and ICT4Peace co-organized Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Negotiations at the AU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

As part of its Capacity Building Program for International Cyber Security Negotiations, ICT4Peace organised in cooperation with the African Union Commission the first cybersecurity policy and diplomacy workshop at The ...

16. February 2016

Human Rights and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism

An ICT4Peace Note to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) by a Sanjana Hattotuwa

Note to the UN OHCHR: Human Rights and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. By Sanjana Hattotuwa. The ICT4Peace Foundation thanks the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

12. February 2016

UN and ICT4Peace launch project to counter use of ICTs for terrorist purposes in cooperation with the private sector

Since the late 1990s, terrorist groups have become more sophisticated in their use of the internet and ICT. In the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, extremist groups came ...

Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Tech against terrorism

25. January 2016

New Media: Tools & Techniques for Civilian Crisis Management

Course Description This course introduces participants to a variety of new media tools and platforms used in the collection, presentation, verification, and dissemination of information. Participants have the chance to ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

12. January 2016

Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Burundi: Launch of ICT4Peace Wiki

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to publicly release its new wiki on the crisis in Burundi. Curated by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation, the wiki is meant to ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Big data, Wikis for crisis information management

29. December 2015

ICT4Peace moderating UN Session on Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media

ICT4Peace was invited by the UN New York to moderate on 16 December 2015 a technical panel discussion on Collaboration between the Public and Private Sector to promote safety and counter ...

19. December 2015

UN General Assembly’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10) Review fails to address the need for peace in cyberspace

Review fails to address the need for Peace in cyberspace Press Release On December 16, 2015 the UN General Assembly issued an outcome document for its review of implementation of ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

13. December 2015

ICT4Peace Lecture at the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law, University of St. Gallen

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by Dr. Daniel Woker, Ambassador-in-Residence at the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG) of the University of St.Gallen to give a lecture on the ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

5. December 2015

Registration now open: Build Peace 2016 in Zurich

Involved in the conference since the first time it was held at MIT in Boston in 2013, the ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to be the host of Build Peace 2016 ...

UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to Build Peace

5. December 2015

Second Protection Information Management (PIM) meeting, led by UNHCR

Having participated remotely in the first Protection Information Management (PIM) meeting held in May 2015, and subsequently given input to working documents that captured the discussions at the meeting, ICT4Peace ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

18. November 2015

First of its kind workshop on ICTs and Constitution Building

The ICT4Peace Foundation, in collaboration with International Idea and Google Ideas, curated the first of its kind workshop on technology and constitutional building processes at the National Constitution Centre in ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Constitution building and institutional strengthening post-war/post-conflict

4. November 2015

ICT4Peace at the International Information Security Research Consortium Conference in Seoul, Korea

The ICT4Peace Foundation was in invited to participate in the 12th International Information Security Research Consortium Conference (IISRC Conference), which was hosted by the Korea University Law School on 2 ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. November 2015

ICT4Peace at UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 10 Year Review Consultations in New York

ICT4Peace at UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 10 Year Review Consultations in New York Former Canadian Ambassador Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation, kindly represented ICT4Peace at ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

30. October 2015

Hate speech, elections and social media: Presentation for MIMU in Yangon, Myanmar

At the invitation of the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), Sanjana Hattotuwa conducted an information presentation on hate and dangerous speech monitoring plus counter-speech strategies, as well as social media ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

27. October 2015

ICT4Peace Capacity Building Program for International Cyber Security Negotiations in Singapore

As part of its Capacity Building Program for International Cyber Security Negotiations, ICT4Peace organized the first cybersecurity policy and diplomacy workshop for ASEAN countries on 19 and 20 October 2015 ...

25. October 2015

ICT4Peace at Swiss Business Association Singapore on Cybersecurity as an international challenge for States and Companies

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Swiss Business Association Singapore to give a presentation on the Cyber-war-threat as an international challenge for states and companies. Based on examples of ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

23. October 2015

Baseline Review of ICT-Related Processes and Events: Implications for International and Regional Security in Chinese Language

ICT4Peace is honoured to announce that its acclaimed paper BASELINE REVIEW of ICT-RELATED PROCESSES & EVENTS has been published in the Chinese language as part of its cooperation with the ...

Activities, Publications, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. October 2015

Updates on using tech for peacebuilding, peacekeeping and cybersecurity – October 2015

Read our bi-monthly update on using tech for peacebuilding & peacekeeping on the web here or download as a PDF here.

Publications, Bi-Monthly Updates

7. October 2015

ASEAN ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Workshop for ASEAN countries in Singapore

Hosted by the Government of Singapore, ICT4Peace, in cooperation with RSIS, is organising a cybersecurity policy and diplomacy course in Singapore (19 – 20 October 2015) for the ASEAN Countries. ...

29. September 2015

ICT4Peace: Smart Use of ICT, the Internet and Universal Access Imperative for Successful Implementation of the SDGs

On 27 September 2015 ICT4Peace participated in the UN Summit on the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and contributed to the Interactive ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

28. September 2015

Guidance for incorporating big data into humanitarian operations

The ICT4Peace Foundation congratulates OCHA on the launch of ‘Guidance for incorporating big data into humanitarian operations‘ by Katie Whipkey and Andrej Verity. The new report is in substance and ...

Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

24. September 2015

ICT4Peace participates in UN Summit on Sustainable Development in New York

ICT4Peace is honoured to have been invited by the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft to participate in an interactive panel on “Building effective, accountable and inclusive ...

Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

21. September 2015

ICT4Peace contributes to Expert-Workshop on the German Government’s “White Paper 2016 on Cyber Security

On 17 September 2015, ICT4Peace was invited to participate in an Expert-Workshop “White Paper 2016 on Cyber Security“ in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Defence, the University ...

Activities, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

15. September 2015

ICT4Peace at New York Cyber Security Roundtable of Munich Security Conference (MSC)

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to participate in the Cyber Security Roundtable of Munich Security Conference (MSC) in New York on 8 September 2015. Kim Won-soo, UN Under Secretary-General and ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

4. September 2015

UN GGE – Another Year, Another GGE? The slow process of norm building for cyberspace

The latest report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) concerned with “Developments in the field of Information and Telecommunications in the context of International Security”) was published in ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. September 2015

Peacekeepers in the Sky: The Use of Unmanned Unarmed Aerial Vehicles for Peacekeeping

1 September 2015: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to release ‘Peacekeepers in the Sky: The Use of Unmanned Unarmed Aerial Vehicles for Peacekeeping‘, authored by Helena Puig Larrauri and Patrick ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Publications, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net

4. August 2015

ICT4Peace Presentation at OSCE in Vienna on Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Negotiations

Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited on 20 July 2015 by US Ambassador to the OSCE Daniel Baer, Chair of the OSCE Informal Working Group (IWG) on Confidence ...

22. July 2015

ICT4Peace supports the safe, coordinated and effective use of humanitarian drones (UAVs)

ICT4Peace participated in The Humanitarian UAV Network (UAViators) recent 3-day Policy Forum on Humanitarian UAVs at the Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio Italy. The purpose of the Forum was to ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net

14. July 2015

Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) 2015 Retreat

Led by the UN’s Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) and organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the 2015 Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) meeting was held on ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building

13. July 2015

ICT4Peace at UNIDIR Cyber Stability Conference in Geneva

ICT4Peace was invited by The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research to participate in its 2015 Cyber Stability Conference entitled “Regime Coherence” on 9 July 2015, Palais des Nations, in ...

Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. July 2015

WSIS + 10 ICT4Peace at UN General Assembly interactive hearing on WSIS

The ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to have been invited to speak at the UN General Assembly on the importance of the emerging ICT tools, including traditional and new media for ...

Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

1. July 2015

ICT4Peace on Strategic Communications in UN Peace Operations

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the US Institute for Peace and Folke Bernadotte Academy to participate in a Challenges Forum workshop on Strategic Communications in UN Peace Operations on ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

12. June 2015

Welcoming UN’s report on the use of ICTs to secure the right to life

A new report released by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, titled the ‘Use of information and communications technologies to secure the right to life‘ ...

Activities, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

10. June 2015

UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) retreat looks at Ebola response

ICT4Peace was again invited by ASG UN Chief Information Technology Officer Ms. Atefeh Riazi to organise again the UN Crisis Information Management Retreat (CIMAG) 2015. The themes of this ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building

10. June 2015

Updates on using tech for peacebuilding & peacekeeping

Access the bi-monthly update of the ICT4Peace Foundation titled ‘Updates on using tech for peacebuilding & peacekeeping’ here, or download it as a PDF here.

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Bi-Monthly Updates

3. June 2015

ICT4Peace invited to OSCE Workshop on Cyber Security in Tashkent

On 20 May 2015 ICT4Peace was invited by the OSCE and the Government of Uzbekistan to participate in a national workshop in Tashkent on Regional and International Cyber/ICT Security, use ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. May 2015

ENTRi certified course on new media in crisis information management

For the second consecutive year, the ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa led the training of a new and unique ENTRi course on the use of new media for crisis management. ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

15. May 2015

Video: Digital Innovation and Peacekeeping

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, made a presentation on the future of technology and peacekeeping at re:publica15 in Berlin, on 7 May 2015. The video of the ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

13. May 2015

Promoting Peace, Trust and Security in Cyberspace at the United Nations

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 4 and 5 May 2015 to address the United Nations member states in Geneva, where he called again for the Use of Information and ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

7. May 2015

Submission on future of peacekeeping and technology at re:publica 2015, Berlin

As noted on the website, re:publica is, “…one of the largest and most exciting conferences about digital culture in the world. Since its foundation in 2007, it has grown from ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

7. May 2015

Meeting with Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)

At the kind invitation of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) based in Berlin, Germany, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation met with researchers and other programme staff on ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

28. April 2015

ICT4Peace consultations with the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Berlin

On 23 April 2015, ICT4Peace was invited by the German Federal Foreign Office to discuss international cybersecurity affairs and to give a presentation on the work and mandate by ICT4Peace ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

25. April 2015

BuildPeace 2015 Conference opens in Nicosia

The Program of the Conference you will find here. ICT4Peace is happy to be an early supporter of the BuildPeace Conference, which started at MIT in 2014. Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Big data, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Support to Build Peace

25. April 2015

ICT4Peace on the Role of Civil Society in furthering Confidence Building Measures in Cyberspace at Lomonosov University Conference in Garmisch

On 21 April 2015, Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace was invited to give a presentation on the “Role of Civil Society, Private Sector and Academia in furthering Confidence Building Measures ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. April 2015

ICT4Peace: A Comprehensive Normative Approach to Cybersecurity is needed

Seeking to contribute to the international dialogue on norms for responsible behavior in cyberspace, ICT4Peace, with the support of the Dutch Government, organized a series of workshops and research notes ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. April 2015

ICT4Peace Panel on International Norms for Peace and Security at the Global Conference on Cyberspace, The Hague, Netherlands

Discussions on the applicability of existing international norms of responsible state behaviour to cyberspace are on-going within the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. April 2015

First ICT4Peace publication in Spanish: A Role for Civil Society in Cybersecurity Affairs

Also on the occasion of the Global Conference on Cyberspace April 2015 in the Hague Netherlands, ICT4Peace is pleased to announce that it’s publication on the Role of Civil Society ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

2. April 2015

ICT4Peace conducts International Cybersecurity Diplomacy Course at the Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015, The Hague Netherlands

Upon invitation and with the support by the Government of the Netherlands, the ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to organise a half day training Course on International Cybersecurity Diplomacy on 15 April 2015 in The ...

19. March 2015

Reinventing How We Live Together

(Photo Credit: “Grime and Communication” by thaths Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC-BY 2.0). Accessed 03/18/2015.) From Occupy to Podemos to #IllRideWithYou, initiatives for change and civic engagement are increasingly happening outside of established ...

Advisory ICT, Publications, Support to Build Peace

4. March 2015

The Government of Kenya and ICT4Peace Foundation co-organize the first Regional Training Workshop in Africa on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace

The ICT4Peace Foundation is honored to have been invited by the Government of Kenya to co-host the first regional training workshop in Africa (2 to 3 March 2015) on International ...

28. February 2015

The UN’s Human Rights Up Front initiative: Embracing ICTs

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to a strategic workshop on the Human Rights Up ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), ICTs and Human Rights Protection

25. February 2015

Welcoming the timely release of UN’s Performance Peacekeeping Report

The ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release of the UN’s ‘Performance Peacekeeping’ Report, looking at the how technology in general and ICTs in particular can strengthen the mandate of the UN’s ...

Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

11. February 2015

UN General Assembly and UN Secretary General take important steps to improve Crisis Information Management

The UN General Assembly in December 2014 approved the UN Secretary-General’s Strategy, to better exploit the enormous potential of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for decision-making and delivery capacity of ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building

23. January 2015

ICT4Peace Annual Cybersecurity “State of Play” Review

On 20-21 January 2015, the ICT4Peace Foundation organised a workshop hosted by ETH on ‘Cybersecurity Processes and Events.’ The objective of the workshop was to set the parameters for its ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. January 2015

Annual consultations in Geneva around CiM, innovation and human rights

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, met with Chad Hendrix, Patrick Gordon, members of the UN Information Management Working Group (IMWG), the ICRC’s Tarun Sarwal and Gulheim Ravier and ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

16. January 2015

Using technology to build peace | Bi-monthly update of ICT4Peace Foundation

Access the bi-monthly update of the ICT4Peace Foundation here, or download it as a PDF here.

Publications, Reports, Bi-Monthly Updates

10. January 2015

International Geneva launches Geneva Cybersecurity Days

10 January 2014: The ICT4Peace Foundation is honoured to have been invited to join the The Geneva Internet Platform, the Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN, DCAF, the GCSP, DiploFoundation, ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. December 2014

Call for deeper engagement by all for the peaceful use of ICTs in 2015

Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2014 has again been a busy year for all those working on ICTs to safe lives and protect human dignity as well as to maintain international ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

9. December 2014

Better Information Management in Peacekeeping Operations through ICTs – Training at UN RSCE Entebbe

More photos from the training programme here. The ICT4Peace Foundation in cooperation with its partners, the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Berlin and the Folke Bernadotte Accademy, (FBA), Stockholm carried ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

25. November 2014

ICT4Peace and OAS co-organize workshop on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Organisation of American States (OAS) conducted a first of its kind “Workshop on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace” with over 50 participants (Diplomats, Security and ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

19. November 2014

Bi-monthly update of ICT4Peace Foundation

Access the bi-monthly update of the ICT4Peace Foundation here, or download it as a PDF here.

Publications, Reports, Bi-Monthly Updates

13. November 2014

ICT4Peace supports OSCE on Cyber Confidence-Buidling Measures (CBMs): Promoting implementation, supporting negotiations

Ambassador (ret.) Paul Meyer (Moderator) and Dr. Eneken Tikk (on the far right) ICT4Peace, along with a number of representatives from think-tanks, academia, civil society organisations and the private sector ...

Activities, OSCE, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. November 2014

UAV Experts Meeting at the United Nations

Co-sponsored by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the UAViators.org Experts Meeting on Humanitarian UAVs was held at the UN Secretariat in New York on Thursday, 6th November 2014. A full report by ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net

11. November 2014

International Conference of Crisis Mappers 2014: New York

The ICCM 2014 conference in New York, which the ICT4Peace co-funded and co-curated, concluded successfully. The Foundation’s support of ICCM extends a number of years. In 2011, the Foundation organised ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

28. October 2014

IDB and OAS Workshop on Regional Cybersecurity Policies, Washington DC

ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to contribute to the Workshop on Regional Cybersecurity Policies organised by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and Organisation of American States (OAS) on 22 to 24 ...

Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. October 2014

Supporting ICRC’s Global Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation

Photo courtesy ICRC Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation were invited to attend the inaugural Global Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation conference held on October 16th ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

20. October 2014

Registration open: ICCM 2014 in New York

Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

14. October 2014

Improving Information Management in Myanmar: Workshop with MIMU

In crisis areas, quick and informed decision-making can protect and save lives. Good and reliable data can improve decision-making in development cooperation and aid efficiency. New web, mobile and Internet-based ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

13. October 2014

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher participated in the Sino-European Cyber Dialogue

Daniel Stauffacher from the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate in the Sino-European Cyber Dialogue (SECD) convened on 25-26 September 2014 in Beijing, China, following the first meeting in Geneva ...

10. October 2014

Guerre et Paix dans le Cyberespace | War and Peace in Cyberspace

Francois Nordmann, one of the senior most Swiss diplomats in recent times, former Ambassador to France, United Kingdom, UNESCO and The Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and ...

Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

10. September 2014

Shaping how technology builds peace | Bi-monthly update of ICT4Peace Foundation

Read a compilation of the ICT4Peace Foundation’s key output and activities over the past two months here, covering big data, cyber-security norms, the use of ICTs for peacebuilding and crisis ...

Activities, Publications, Bi-Monthly Updates

3. September 2014

New ICT4Peace Publication: A Role for Civil Society in Cybersecurity Affairs?

In 2013, representing a major breakthrough in what had heretofore been difficult negotiations, a UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Publications, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

31. August 2014

ICT4Peace cooperates with the Organization of American States to conduct International Cybersecurity Diplomacy Course for Latin America

ICT4Peace Capacity Building for International Cyber Security Diplomacy – Promoting Openness, Prosperity Trust and Security in Cyberspace 1 September 2014, Geneva, Switzerland: ICT4Peace is pleased to announce, that is has launched ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

28. August 2014

New report on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Humanitarian Response

OCHA has just released an engaging report on the use of UAVs in humanitarian and non-lethal domains, titled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Humanitarian Response. The ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the report ...

Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net

24. August 2014

Contributions to UN Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in Peace Operations

ICT4Peace contributes to the work of the UN Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in Peace Operations at ZIF, Berlin 22 – 22 August 2014. In June 2014, UN Under-Secretaries-General ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

18. August 2014

PEACEapp: Launch of competition

PEACEapp is a global competition organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Nations Development Program in collaboration with Build Up to promote digital games and gamified ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

20. July 2014

Daniel Stauffacher nominated Affiliate of The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University invited ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher to join its community as an affiliate in the 2014-2015 academic year. “The incoming class of Berkman fellows, ...

Activities, Foundation

20. July 2014

Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) 2014 Retreat

Led by the UN’s Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) and organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the 2014 Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) meeting was held on 23rd ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

17. July 2014

Launch of OCHA’s new humanitarian data platform: Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)

The Foundation is pleased to note the launch of OCHA’s new humanitarian data platform, HDX. Shown a preview of it some weeks ago, the Foundation believes HDX – well beyond ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

5. July 2014

Confidence Building Measures and Norms for Cybersecurity and the Future of Internet Governance

The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore has invited Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace to participate in an international workshop on ...

29. June 2014

Shaping how technology builds peace | Bi-monthly update of ICT4Peace Foundation

Read a compilation of the ICT4Peace Foundation’s key output and activities over the past two months here, covering big data, cyber-security norms, the use of ICTs for peacebuilding and crisis ...

Publications, Bi-Monthly Updates

27. June 2014

How to innovate responsibly in a digital world?

On 19 June 2012 ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by Oxford University’s Framework for Responsible Research & Innovation in ICT (FRRIICT) Project to participate in a panel discussion at the ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

26. June 2014

n=all: Training on big data for United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA)

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, gave a presentation on big data and data science at the invitation of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) in ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

23. June 2014

High Level Meeting of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) reaffirms the potential of ICT4Peace

In preparation of the Review of the outcome of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2003 in Geneva and 2005 in Tunis by the UN General Assembly ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

9. June 2014

International Workshop on Information and Cyber Security, Beijing, 5 – 6 June 2014

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, P.R. China to chair a panel at the Senior-level International Workshop on Information ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. June 2014

Innovations in peacebuilding: How technology is changing the way we see the world and respond to violent conflict

UNICEF recently featured Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, in a podcast that looked at how technology was helping strengthen peacebuilding. Talking about how technology has changed the ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

2. June 2014

The future of ICTs in peacebuilding: Presentation at Build Peace conference 2014

ICT4Peace was an early advisor to and sponsor of this first of its kind conference ‘Peace Through Technology‘ at MIT, Cambridge in April 2014. The Conference explored how information and ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Support to Build Peace

26. May 2014

MONUSCO: Workshop on ICTs and new media for UN peacekeeping and peace-building

Improving Situational Awareness Workshop and Training at MONUSCO, Goma DRC, 13 – 16 May Improved situational awareness is critical to effective operations and informed decision-making to protect civilians, save lives ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

24. May 2014

Eine Vision, die wahr geworden ist

ICT4Peace Foundation Board members Daniel Stauffacher and Alain Modoux published an article in the leading newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) containing a stocktaking and analysis on the occasion of the ...

Advisory ICT, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

2. May 2014

Humanitarian Logistics and Management course in Lugano

Since the first cohort of students over four years ago, the ICT4Peace Foundation has lectured at the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management at the University of Lugano. The Foundation’s ...

Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

1. May 2014

Baseline Review of ICT-Related Processes and Events: Implications for International and Regional Security

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce its latest publication ‚‘Baseline Review of ICT-Related Processes and Events: Implications for International and Regional Security’ by Camino Kavanagh, Tim Maurer and Eneken Tikk-Ringas. Download ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

29. April 2014

Quarterly Update | Initiatives and work of ICT4Peace Foundation

Download our quarterly update here. Download past issues and previous press releases here.

Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Bi-Monthly Updates

17. April 2014

Big Data, ICTs and New Media in Times of Crisis: Presentation at ETH, Zurich

On March 28 2014, as part of the cooperation between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the ETH International Security Network (ISN), the ISN hosted a Roundtable Discussion on “Big Data, ICTs ...

17. April 2014

Humanitarian Drones: New magazine on FlipBoard

To complement the launch of the UAViators platform and network, the ICT4Peace Foundation started to curate a FlipBoard magazine on the use of UAVs and drones for non-lethal purposes, with ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data

17. April 2014

UAViators: Exploring the use of UAVs for non-lethal purposes

Photo credit: Pia Zaragoza, via UNICEF In March 2014, Patrick Meier invited the ICT4Peace Foundation to give input into what at the time was a draft note around creating a global ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data

16. April 2014

Don’t lose sight of the people behind big data: Article on Scidev.net

Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa, writes to SciDev.net on the importance of maintaining a rights based perspective when dealing with and understanding ‘Big Data’. ### “These questions pose ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

16. April 2014

Innovation in UN peacekeeping: Discussing the state-of-the-art and the future

On April 7th a high-level panel with the two UN Under-Secretaries for Peace-Keeping, Ameerah Haq and Hervé Ladsous was organized at IPI in New York focusing on advances in technologies ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

12. April 2014

Crisis Management: Understanding the Real Impact of ICTs, Social Media and Crisis Mapping

The idea of trying to better understand the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in promoting and building peace emerged, at a policy level, in the context of the ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

28. March 2014

Presentation at The Crisis Management Centre (KMZ) of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On 25 March 2014, The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to make a presentation at The Crisis Management Centre (KMZ) of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs on big data and social ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

28. March 2014

OHCHR Workshop in Geneva: Using ICTs to strengthen human rights

On 26 March 2014 Sanjana Hattotuwa and Daniel Stauffacher from the ICT4Peace Foundation continued its ongoing engagement with the Peace Mission Support and Rapid Response Section and the Methodology, Education ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

25. March 2014

UN GGE – ICT4Peace briefs the UN in Geneva on the cyber security challenge and what can be done

On 21 March 2014, former Ambassadors Daniel Stauffacher (Switzerland) and Paul Meyer (Canada) from the ICT4Peace Foundation, were invited by Director-General Michael Moller, United Nations Office at Geneva for an Executive ...

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

23. March 2014

Report: ENTRi course on new media in crisis information management

From 17 to 21 March at the European Academy Grunewald in Berlin, Germany, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation led the training of a new and unique ENTRi ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

16. March 2014

ENTRi course on New Media: Embracing the future

Image from Crisis Information Management Course – Berlin, November 2013 From 17 to 21 March, the ICT4Peace Foundation will lead the training of a new and unique ENTRi course on the ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net

14. March 2014

Lecture at ETH Zurich: Big Data, ICTs and New Media in Times of Crisis

ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa has been invited to give a lecture on 27 March 2014 at the International Security Network (ISN) of ETH Zurich on “Big Data, ICTs and New Media ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

27. February 2014

Michel Chevallier appointed ICT4Peace Foundation Representative in Geneva

The ICT4Peace Foundation is honored to announce, that Mr. Michel Chevallier has been appointed the ICT4Peace Representative in Geneva. A journalist by training, Michel was from 2001 to 2013 Deputy ...

Activities, Foundation

14. February 2014

ICT4Peace Presentation on Preventing Cyber Conflict at the United Nations in Geneva

On 10 February 2014, Daniel Stauffacher, President of the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to make a presentation at the United Nations Office in Geneva on the topic of Preventing Cyber ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. January 2014

New Media Course: Tools & Techniques for Civilian Crisis Management

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

14. January 2014

Video: What’s so Big about Big Data?

Recorded at the 5th Annual International Conference of Crisis Mappers, Nairobi, Kenya, 18-22 November 2013 Host: ICT4Peace Foundation Moderated by Sanjana Hattotuwa [ICT4Peace Foundation] Key presentation by Jon Gosier [D8A ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

19. December 2013

2013 and ICT4Peace: Year in Review

Dear Colleagues, 2013 has again been an eventful year for the ICT4Peace Foundation, not only in its work helping the UN and the international community to improve crisis information management ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, End of Year Review, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. December 2013

Crisis Information Management Training in Berlin

In August 2013, the Foundation announced a new course on Crisis Information Management that would be held in Berlin, Germany, looking at how Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), new media ...

4. December 2013

Social mobilization and conflict mediation online: Israel loves Iran

Image courtesy ABC News. The ICT4Peace Foundation was sent the following paper which we found extremely interesting, and with the permission of the author, is pleased to publish on our ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, Publications, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

22. November 2013

Updates from Day 2, ICCM 2013, Nairobi

The second day of ICCM 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya began with a panel hosted and moderated by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation (read What’s so Big about Big ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, Publications, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

22. November 2013

What’s so Big about Big Data? | Panel at ICCM 2013, Nairobi, Kenya

The ICT4Peace Foundation hosted and moderated a discussion on Big Data at the International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) 2013, held in Nairobi, Kenya from 20 – 22 November at ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

21. November 2013

Telcos in emergencies: Using the mobile network to locate customers in distress

Duty of care argument for telcos? If customer in radius of emergency situation (via GSM), alert first responders, possibly family? #iccm Tweeted by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

21. November 2013

Updates from Day 1, ICCM 2013, Nairobi

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, tweeted over 80 times on @ict4peace during the course of the first day of the International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) held ...

19. November 2013

Presentation on innovation at ICCM 2013 Nairobi Training Day

Photo by Heather Leson Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, delivered a short presentation as part of a panel at the International Conference on Crisis Mappers (ICCM) 2013 ...

Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

19. November 2013

Build Peace Conference: ICTs for peacebuilding realised

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, will deliver a keynote address at the Build Peace Conference, which will bring together practitioners, activists and technologists from around the world ...

Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to Build Peace

17. November 2013

UN GGE – Cyber Security takes the UN floor

The ICT4Peace Foundation, as part of its ongoing work on Cybersecurity and Resilient Internet has called for enhanced cooperation among states to promote a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative ICT ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. November 2013

ICT4Peace Board member Michael Moller appointed Director General, United Nations Geneva Office

11 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is very happy to inform, that Mr. Michael Moller, member of the ICT4Peace Foundation Board has been appointed Director General, United Nations Geneva Office, ...

Activities, Foundation

2. November 2013

What’s so Big about Big Data? Panel at 5th Annual International Conference of Crisis Mappers

2 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland: After months of preparation, the ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce and invite you to join a panel on Big Data at the 5th Annual International Conference ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

25. October 2013

Google Ideas Conflict in a Connected World Summit: Strengthening digital security of activists

Google Ideas, in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations and Gen Next Foundation, hosted the Conflict in a Connected World summit in New York from 20 – 22 October ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

24. October 2013

COD/FOD Registry Status: October 2013

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to note the progress in the population of the Common Operational Datasets (CODs) and Fundamental Operational Datasets (FODs) by UN OCHA, a process led by ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Big data

19. October 2013

ICT4Peace Seoul Statement on Cybersecurity

ICT4Peace organized a special session at the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace on 17 October 2013 at the COEX Conference Center to discuss how the international and regional cybersecurity processes can ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

7. October 2013

ICT4Peace Special Session at the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 on 17 October 2013

ICT4Peace is organizing a special session at the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace on 17 October 2013 at the COEX Conference Center to discuss how the international and regional cybersecurity processes ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. September 2013

ICT4Peace Foundation activity report: 2006 – 2013

ICT4Peace took root in 2003 with a pioneering research on the role of ICTs in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict that led, two years later to the adoption ...

Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

13. September 2013

The Reach of Soft Power in Responding to International Cybersecurity Challenges

For several decades, international relations and strategic studies scholars have sought to develop a better understanding of the transformation and diffusion of power and its impact on strategic and international ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. August 2013

UN GGE Confidence Building in Cyberspace: Constructive work by UN experts

ICT4Peace experts have called since 2004 for more robust international cooperation among states against threats resulting from the malicious use of ICTs to reduce risk and enhance security and to ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

14. August 2013

New Crisis Information Management Training Course in Berlin

For more images from Crisis Information Management training course held at IPSTC, Nairobi in February 2013 click here. Dates: 24.11.2013 – 01.12.2013 Venue This training takes place at the Park-Hotel Schloss Kaulsdorf in Berlin. ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

6. August 2013

UN OCHA thanks ICT4Peace Foundation

In late July 2013, Mark Dalton, the Chief of UN OCHA’s Information Services Branch officially wrote to the ICT4Peace Foundation to thank the Foundation’s support and intellectual input, over many ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

29. July 2013

Guidance for Collaborating with Formal Humanitarian Organizations

As noted by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), This guidance is intended for Volunteer and Technical Communities (V&TCs) and tech groups that have a ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

15. July 2013

What Next? Building Confidence Measures for the Cyberspace

Report on ICT4Peace International Dialogue on Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and International Cyber Security – ETH Zurich, 20 to 21 June 2013. On 20 and 21 June 2013, the ICT4Peace ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

24. June 2013

ICT4Peace Global Dialogue on Confidence Building Measures and International Cyber Security

Zurich, 20 and 21 June 2013 ETH ZURICH With the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Schwyzer-Stiftung, the ICT4Peace Foundation (www.ict4peace.org) hosted on 20 and 21 June ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Bi-Monthly Updates, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. June 2013

The dramatic rise of cyber-attacks: What are Governments doing about it?

An overview of global and regional processes, agendas and instruments by ICT4Peace Foundation Download the report in full here. The world is facing a new challenge that is here to ...

Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

1. June 2013

Presentation at OpenGov Hub on Big Data

Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to deliver a brown-bag presentation at the OpenGov Hub in Washington DC in late April. His presentation was on Big Data and ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

25. May 2013

UNESCO honours Alain Modoux of ICT4Peace Foundation board

As reported on the UNESCO website, on the 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day in 2013, UNESCO Director-General Ms Irina Bokova presented a medal to ICT4Peace Foundation board member ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Advisory CS, Foundation

23. May 2013

ICT4Peace, Big Data and Crisismapping magazines on Flipboard

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce three new curated magazines on the visually compelling Flipboard, dealing with Big Data, crisismapping and ICTs for peacebuilding. Flipboard is one of the most ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

17. May 2013

Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) Retreat 2013

Led by the UN’s Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) and organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the 2013 Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) meeting was held on 2nd ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

27. April 2013

Consultation on “Protection in violent situations – standards for managing sensitive information”

Dutch Red Cross worker Meike Groen, working for the ICRC in Haiti, helps people use the satellite phone to reassure relatives that they are alive, via Flickr. © ICRC / Marko Kokic / ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

18. April 2013

Big Data & social media for crisis management: Lecture at ETH, Zurich

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, delivered a public lecture on Big Data & social media for crisis management at Zurich’s Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – ETH, one of ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

16. April 2013

Lecture at ZIF: Web based social media and peacekeeping

Image courtesy UN Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to deliver a presentation at Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) in Berlin, Germany, on 15 April ...

15. April 2013

‘Humanitarianism in the Network Age’ by OCHA highlights shared interests and work

The ICT4Peace Foundation recognises UN OCHA’s new publication Humanitarianism in the Network Age as a significant contribution to our understanding of how new technologies including new web based social media, are ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

15. April 2013

Lectures at Humanitarian Logistics and Management course in Lugano

Photo courtesy Uni. of Lugano Since the first cohort of students over three years ago, the ICT4Peace Foundation has lectured at the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

4. April 2013

Public Talk: Big data and social media for crisis management

Sanjana Hattotuwa will give a public talk at Zurich’s world renowned ETH on big data and social media for crisis management on 16th April, from 17:00 – 19:00hrs. Those interested ...

Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

4. April 2013

Bi-monthly update | March 2013

Please click here for a bi-monthly recap of the Foundation’s activities.

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16. March 2013

Workshop on ICTs and Human Rights at United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The ICT4Peace Foundation on Tuesday, 12th March held a workshop with The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)’s Peace Mission Support and Rapid Response Section. ...

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12. March 2013

Big Data and Crises: A lecture at Hague Institute for Global Justice

ICT4Peace Foundation’s Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa were invited to present a lecture on ICT for Peace and Global Justice by the 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology (TU Delft) at ...

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9. March 2013

Training in Nairobi on Social Media as a Means of Crisis Information Management – A Kenyan Case Study

by Christopher Radler After having been rather illiterate in the field of Social Media and the huge potential it offers, and only being able to receive a first glimpse through ...

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23. January 2013

Crisis in Mali | New ICT4Peace wiki launched

The ICT4Peace Foundation carefully curates a collection of unique and widely acclaimed wikis geared towards the humanitarian aid community as well as media and policy makers. They feature vital information ...

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10. January 2013

Webinar: Digital activism, an Egyptian perspective

Member of the ICT4Peace Foundation’s Advisory Board, Egyptian digital activist, blogger, and WACC member Kamal Sedra will lead the webinar about how social media has influenced—and is influencing—the Egyptian political ...

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18. December 2012

2012: Year in Review and Activity Report

Dear colleagues and friends, While 2011 was the year marked by the Arab Awakening and increasing awareness of ICTs for peace building, protection of human dignity and crisis management, in ...

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15. December 2012

Navigate a new paradigm: Crisis Information Management Training Course

Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF) and ICT4Peace Foundation announce the new Crisis Information Management Training Course at the International Peace Support Training Center (IPSTC), Nairobi from 23 ...

10. December 2012

ICT4Peace: Sustainable and resilient Internet a prerequisite to protect human dignity and save lives in crisis

Image courtesy TechChange ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher participated in a Symposium at Harvard University (6-8 December 2012) on “Internet-Driven Developments: Structural Changes and Tipping Points”, co-hosted by the Harvard Berkman Center ...

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25. November 2012

“Asia-Pacific Security: New Issues and New Ideas”: 4th Xiangshan Forum

Image courtesy chinamil.com.cn/Zhang Zhe Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace participated in the Fourth Xiangshan Forum (Beijing, 16 to 18 November 2012) entitled “Asia-Pacific Security: New Issues and New Ideas”. The aim of ...

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19. November 2012

New Technologies and Human Rights Monitoring: Workshop Summary

Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law together with the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and Google.org, convened a two-day workshop to advance ...

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13. November 2012

‘Jaw Jaw’ is better than ‘War War’: International Security in Cyberspace

‘Jaw Jaw’ is better than ‘War War’: International Security in Cyberspace[1] by Paul Meyer[2] “Jaw Jaw is better than War War” is Winston Churchill’s famous maxim concerning the desirability of ...

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11. October 2012

ICT4Peace at the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace 2012

Dr. Eneken Tikk and Amb. Paul Meyer participated for ICT4Peace in the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace 2012 on 4 and 5 October 2012. The Budapest Conference is part of a ...

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25. September 2012

Kamal Sedra attends ICT4All in Tunis

Kamal Sedra, Senior Advisor of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated in the panel on Digital Culture and Information Society at the ICT4All Forum organized by the Government of Tunisia. Kamal Sedra ...

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11. September 2012

Bi-monthly update of ICT4Peace Foundation

Please click here for a bi-monthly recap of the Foundation’s activities.

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6. September 2012

The first Web Index launched by Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web Foundation

The World Wide Web Foundation on 5 September 2012 launched the first ever comprehensive Web Index – a new country-by-country global study that measures the impact of the Web on ...

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28. August 2012

Report on Information and Communications Technology for Peace

A report on the use of Information and Communications Technologies for peacebuilding (ICT4Peace), with a Preface by Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations.

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27. August 2012

ISCRAM Summer School 2012: The current state and future of CiM

Having first taught at the ISCRAM Summer School in 2011, ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa was again invited to teach at the 2012 Summer School, held at the University ...

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27. August 2012

New Technologies and Human Rights Monitoring

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law and the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, with support from Google, organised a two-day workshop, from 6 ...

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27. August 2012

Protection in violent situations: Standards for managing sensitive information

On 23 August 2012, Simone Eymann on behalf of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated in a one-day consultation, co-organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and InterAction, on ...

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10. August 2012

ICT4Peace Foundation granted Special Consultative Status at the United Nations

We are pleased to recognise that the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on 27 July 2012 granted Special Consultative Status to the ICT4Peace Foundation. The Consultative status for ...

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5. August 2012

UN GGE ICT4Peace brief on upcoming Government Expert consultations on Cybersecurity at the UN in New York

With the UN General Assembly convening next week for the third time the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to address threats to international information security in the Disarmament and International ...

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30. July 2012

ICT4Peace Op-ed in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): Disarmament Negotiations for the Cyberspace are needed

Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace and Ambassador Paul Meyer have published an Op-ed on 23 July in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung called “Disarmament Negotiations for the Cyberspace are needed”. The ...

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23. July 2012

Reconciling Westphalia and Cyberspace: ICT and Security Developments Between 1969 and 2012

Dr. Eneken Tikk, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation, gave a keynote adress on 12 July 2012 at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, on “Reconciling Westphalia and Cyberspace: ICT and ...

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23. July 2012

High-Level Meeting on Crisis Information Management High Level Dialogue, 10 July 2012

Swiss Mission to the United Nations New York, 10 July 2012 Report on High-Level Dialogue with UN Member States on the status of the UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CiMS) ...

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7. July 2012

Report of the Crisis Information Management CiMAG Retreat, 10–12 June 2012

The report of the Crisis Information Management CiMAG Retreat, held from 10–12 June 2012 at Dolce Palisades, New York is now available. Please download a copy of it here. Big ...

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4. July 2012

Information Management: Strengthening Information in Humanitarian Response

Sanjana Hattotuwa was invited by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the 3rd of July to deliver a presentation over Skype on how the field of crisis information ...

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27. June 2012

Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice | A Treatise on Technology and Dispute Resolution

Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice: A Treatise on Technology and Dispute Resolution, Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab (Author), Ethan Katsh (Author), Daniel Rainey (Author) Hardcover: 571 pages Publisher: Eleven International ...

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20. June 2012

The Impact of New Technologies and ICTs on Sustainable Development: Panel at Rio+20

Organized by the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) and Office of UN’s Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) Introduction The intersection of Information and Communication Technology ...

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19. June 2012

Risk and Crisis Communication and the new social media: Opportunities for international cooperation

Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace participated on 29 June 2012 in the Policy round table Risk and Crisis Communication and the new social media: Opportunities for international cooperation. This Panel was ...

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11. June 2012

UN Crisis Information Management – Tools and Thoughts

Presentation delivered by Sanjana Hattotuwa at the Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) retreat, 11 – 12 June 2012, in New York, under the leadership of UN ASG and CITO, ...

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9. June 2012

Panel at Rio +20 Summit: The Impact of New Technologies and ICTs on Sustainable Development

The Impact of New Technologies and ICTs on Sustainable Development Time: 11:30 – 13:00 Date: 18 Jun 2012 Room: T-5 Organising partners Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) Office ...

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3. June 2012

ZIF celebrates 10 year anniversary

Dr. Almut Wieland-Karimi, Director of ZIF, Dr. Daniel Stauffacher, President, ICT4Peace Foundation and Brig. Gen. Marcel R.D. Chirwa (Rtd), Executive Secretary, African Peace Support Trainers’ Association (APSTA) Secretariat, Nairobi. Image © ...

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25. May 2012

Notes from Google Internet at Liberty 2012

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, was the only Sri Lankan present at Google’s Internet at Liberty 2012 conference held in Washington DC from 23 – 24 May. ...

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25. May 2012

Notes from WSIS High Level Panel on ICTs for post-conflict reconstruction

The ICT4Peace Foundation, infoDev, a global partnership of the World Bank, and ITU organised a well attended High-Level Dialogue and Thematic Workshop on “ICT for post-conflict reconstruction” during the World ...

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21. May 2012

ICT4Peace meets with US Federal Telecommunications Commission (FCC) during WSIS 2012 in Geneva

ICT4Peace President Daniel Stauffacher was very pleased to meet with Commissioner Ms. Mignon Clyburn of the US Federal Telecommunications Commission during WSIS 2012 in Geneva. The bilateral meeting allowed explaining ...

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17. May 2012

Informazione e nuove tecnologie: al servizio della pace

An interview with Daniel Stauffacher by www.unimondo.org (OneWorld Italy) Available also here. Mappe interattive che segnalano focolai di violenza elaborate a partire da segnalazioni via sms e internet. Video educativi ...

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17. May 2012

Web Foundation Announces Publication of Accelerating Development Using the Web: Empowering Poor and Marginalized Populations

George Sadowsky, the editor, along with Najeeb Al-Shorbaj, WHO, Torbjörn Fredriksson, UNCTAD, two of the fourteen authors and ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher, member of the Board of the World Wide Web ...

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11. May 2012

ICT for post-conflict reconstruction: WSIS High Level Panel

The ICT4Peace Foundation, infoDev, a global partnership of the World Bank, and ITU are organising a High-Level Dialogue and Thematic Workshop focusing on “ICT for post-conflict reconstruction” during the forthcoming ...

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11. May 2012

Social Media as a Tool for Humanitarian Protection

Daniel Stauffacher, ICT4Peace’s President, participated in a live seminar on Social Media as a Tool for Humanitarian Protection organised by Harvards Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HCPR) (see link: http://www.hpcrresearch.org/events/live-seminar-44-social-media-tool-humanitarian-protection). ...

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18. April 2012

Dialogue on Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Cyberattacks

GENEVA SECURITY FORUM 2012 Geneva Dialogue on Cybersecurity Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Cyberattacks In partnership with the Swiss Ministry of Defence, East West Institute and ICT4Peace Press Release 17 April ...

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1. April 2012

ICT4Peace Foundation called up to review UN GAID

Dr. Daniel Stauffacher, President, ICT4Peace Foundation, a former Ambassador of Switzerland, has been appointed by the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Dr. Soon-hong Choi, the ...

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25. March 2012

Presentation at “Information and Communication Technology – Sustainable Solutions”

Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, along with Lars Peter Nissen, Director, Assessment Capacities Project participated in a panel on “Information and Communication Technology – Sustainable Solutions”, organized by Prof. Jarrod Goentzel, ...

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23. March 2012

The potential and challenges of open data for crisis information management and aid efficiency: A preliminary assessment

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to inform you about its most recent paper entitled The potential and challenges of open data for crisis information management and aid efficiency: A preliminary ...

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1. March 2012

Information and Intelligence Cooperation in Multifunctional International Operations

Representing the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa participated and lectured in Information and Intelligence Cooperation in Multifunctional International Operations, a course run by the Folke Bernadotte Academy in Sandö – Stockholm. ...

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25. February 2012

Crisis Information Management Platform (CIM Platform)

During the high-level debate on ‘ICTs for Disaster Management’ and the workshop on ‘Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs’ at the World Summit on ...

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22. February 2012

ICT4Peace Foundation’s verification plugin for Ushahidi used in Egypt

The Ushahidi blog features a guest post by Alex Mayyasi, a graduate of Stanford University’s International Relations program, class of 2011, living in Cairo, Egypt on the use of the ...

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18. January 2012

MoU with Folke Bernadotte Academy: Information management for peace support operations

The ICT4Peace Foundation is proud to announce the signing of an MOU with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) of Sweden. The parties have agreed to cooperate in the furtherance of ...

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16. January 2012

Potential of Open Government Data for Crisis Information Management and Aid Efficiency

On 22 December 2011, ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher adressed over 60 Swiss Parliamentarians, Senior Government Officials and ICT Business Representatives in Bern Switzerland at a dinner organised by the pro Open ...

11. January 2012

Keynote address at International Network of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) 2011

Along with Delilah H.A. Al Khudhairy from the EU’s JRC, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation delivered the keynote address at the 2011 International Network of Crisis Mappers, ...

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30. December 2011

Getting down to business: Realistic goals for the promotion of peace in cyber-space

In this latest paper by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the authors have called for a non-binding code of conduct to strengthen cyber-security and mitigate the threat of growing cyber-security threats. The ...

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23. December 2011

ICT4Peace Foundation’s 2011 Year End Report

Dear colleagues and friends, I am pleased to send you the ICT4Peace Foundation’s 2011 Year End Report, which you can download as a PDF here. 2011 was, as the year before, ...

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22. December 2011

Parlamentarier bekennen sich zu Open Government Data

Das erste Dinner der Parlamentarischen Gruppe Digitale Nachhaltigkeit in der neuen Legislatur widmete sich dem viel diskutierten Thema Open Government Data. Was sind Chancen und Risiken frei zugänglicher Behördendaten? Was ...

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28. November 2011

ICT4Peace supports Futurict.eu: An EU FET Flagship Pilot Project

28 November, Geneva, Switzerland – Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation, participated as a member of the Futurict project team in the EU FET Flagship Pilots Midterm Conference, 24-25 November 2011, ...

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25. November 2011

Keynote Address by Delilah Al-Khudhairy: 3rd International Conference of Crisis Mappers

Keynote Address by Delilah Al-Khudhairy on behalf of the European Commission’s inhouse science service at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Good Afternoon Dear Colleagues, It is also my pleasure to ...

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23. November 2011

Successful hosting of 3rd International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM) in Geneva

23 November, Geneva, Switzerland – The ICT4Peace Foundation and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), in collaboration with the International Network of Crisis Mappers successfully organised and co-hosted the ...

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10. November 2011

Welcome Address at VALgEO 2011: Validation of geo-information products for crisis management

Delilah H.A. Al Khudhairy B.Sc (Eng), PhD from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre delivered this keynote at VALgEO 2011, held from 18 – 19 October 2011. Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

24. October 2011

Monitoring Tunisia’s first election: Rapport Preliminaire | Preliminary Report

As part of its mission, the “Higher Independent Election Committee” (ISIE) or “Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Elections” (ISIE) has established, with the technical and management support of the ICT4peace ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data

23. October 2011

Surveillance première élection de la Tunisie: Fondation ICT4Peace et L’Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Elections

Depuis la révolution populaire en Tunisie, “l’Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Elections” (ISIE) a invité la fondation Suisse ICT4Peace et Ushahidi pour appuyer les élections du 23 Octobre 2011 en ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Publications, Foundation, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data

22. October 2011

Monitoring Tunisia’s first election: ICT4Peace Foundation & Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Elections

In support of the first elections since the revolution in Tunisia on 23 October 2011, the Tunisian “Higher Independent Election Committee” or “Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Elections” (ISIE) has ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

20. October 2011

Second Masters level course in Humanitarian logistics and management

The ICT4Peace Foundation once again taught at the first of its kind Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM) at the University of Lugano, Switzerland. ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

11. October 2011

From the UN Chronicle: Strengthening Crisis Information Management

Daniel Stauffacher, former Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Nations and Co-Founder and Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation writes for the UN Chronicle on Crisis Information Management. He notes that, ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

4. October 2011

Training in Crisis Information Management for African Peacekeeping and Peace-building Missions using ICTs and New Media

The ICT4Peace Foundation and its partners conduct a first of its kind training course on Crisis Information Management for African Peacekeeping and Peace-building Missions using ICTs and New Media (Cairo ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

1. October 2011

Alain Modoux’s lifelong contribution to good journalism honoured

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce that Mr. Alain Modoux, former Assistant Director General of UNESCO and founding member of the ICT4Peace Foundation Board has been honoured for his ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Foundation, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

8. September 2011

MoU with Zentrum für Internationalen Friedensdienst (ZIF)

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce, that the Zentrum für Internationalen Friedensdienst (ZIF) in Berlin and the ICT4 have signed an MoU, that will provide a framework for cooperation in the ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

24. August 2011

Successful deployment of Ushahidi – ICT4Peace information validation tool (The Matrix) during Egyptian election

In 2010, the ICT4Peace Foundation mandated Ushahidi to develop a plugin for Ushahidi’s existing web based platform to validate information generated from the ground. This plugin, called the Matrix, was ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

18. August 2011

Enhancing Information and Communication: Issues for Policymakers, Ambassadors, and Commanders

Sanjana Hattotuwa, on behalf of the ICT4Peace Foundation, delivered a presentation at “Enhancing Information and Communication: Issues for Policymakers, Ambassadors, and Commanders” organised by National Defence University, Fort Lesley J. ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

13. August 2011

ICT4Peace supports the UN Humanitarian Response | Creating a Common Operational Dataset Registry

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Swiss Government supported OCHA to build The Humanitarian Response – Common and Operational Datasets Registry to make critical information during a humanitarian crisis available to ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

26. July 2011

Participation at UN OCHA wash-up meeting on Libya including ICT4Peace Wiki

On 15th June 2011, the Foundation was invited to an OCHA sponsored washup meeting to reflect on the lessons identified and learnt as part of the unprecedented collaboration between the ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Wikis for crisis information management, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

11. July 2011

UN GGE ICT4Peace Foundation calls for an International Code of Conduct on Cyber-Conflict

See larger version of the NZZ article as JPG here or as PDF here. The ICT for Peace Foundation called for a International Code of Conduct to prevent cyber-conflicts by ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Publications, Reports, Foundation, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

24. June 2011

Crisis Management: Understanding the Real Impact of ICTs, Social Media and Crisis Mapping

Digital Development Debates published by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH features this week a short essay from the Foundation looking at the use of ICTs in crisis ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

18. June 2011

Crisismappers.net Webinar 2011: Going beyond Crisis Mapping

On 8 March 2011, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, delivered a webinar analysing the state of the field in crisis mapping, and asked some critical questions around ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

15. June 2011

Using citizen journalism to bear witness to violence: TED Talk

Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa delivered his TED Talk at TED 2011 in Long Beach, California.

Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Advisory ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

8. June 2011

Enhanced ICT4Peace Crisis Information Management Platform Demonstrator (CIMD)

Ushahidi and the ICT4Peace Foundation have agreed to jointly develop an enhanced ICT4Peace Crisis Information Management Platform Demonstrator (CIMD), based on Ushahidi’s existing platform and as deployed e.g. in Libya ...

Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data

29. May 2011

Report on global mapping of technology for transparency and accountability

The Transparency Accountability Initiative recently released the final report on a Global mapping of technology for transparency and accountability. As the launch press release avers, As internet and mobile phone ...

Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Advisory ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

26. May 2011

UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) Meeting, 19 May 2011

ICT is a huge enabler and source of empowerment, allowing individuals to take some, albeit limited, control of their own destiny within the chaotic framework of a crisis, natural disaster ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

24. May 2011

4th ISCRAM Summer School on Humanitarian Information Management and Logistics: The case of the Haiti earthquake

The ICT4Peace Foundation will be present and teaching at the ISCRAM Summer School, from 17 to 26 August 2011 in Tilburg. ### CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 4th ISCRAM SUMMER SCHOOL ON ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

19. May 2011

Thematic Workshop at WSIS Forum 2011: Mainstreaming Crisis Mappers and Social Media in Crisis

For the second consecutive year, the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to host a thematic Workshop at the annual WSIS forum in Geneva. Under the title Mainstreaming Crisis Mappers and Social ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

7. May 2011

3rd International Conference of Crisis Mappers: Mainstreaming Crisis Mapping?

The ICT4Peace Foundation, the Swiss Confederation and the European Commission’s Joint Research Center are pleased to announce and invite you to participate at the 3rd International Conference of Crisis Mappers ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

7. May 2011

Sundeep Waslekar

He specializes in governance, conflicts, global and regional security, political economy — and political philosophy. Sundeep Waslekar is the President of the Mumbai-based Strategic Foresight Group. He received a BA ...

Activities

1. May 2011

ICT4Peace Foundation, Georgia Tech and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society on future of ICTs in peacebuilding and crisis response

The ICT4Peace Foundation, Georgia Tech, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society organised a strategic brainstorming meeting to discuss key questions and learnings in technologies for development, disaster management, crisis mapping ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

22. April 2011

Every peace matters: Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) 10 Year Anniversary

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was privileged to attend President Martti Ahtisaari’s Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) 10 Year Anniversary Celebration on 19 April in Helsinki. Over 700 people and many more online ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

21. April 2011

ICT4Peace in “Viking 11” the largest civil-military exercise in the world

ICT4Peace in “Viking 11” the largest civil-military exercise in the world: Civilian Military and Police Exercise 04-15 April 2011 Exercise VIKING 11 is the 6th in a series of major ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

11. April 2011

The future of the Web: A means to accelerate social and economic change?

Tim Berners-Lee and British former Prime Minister Gordon Brown were at the University of Geneva on Wednesday 6 April to talk before 2000 people about the future of the web ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Foundation

5. April 2011

Comprehensive resource list on 2011 Libyan Uprising

The ICT4Peace Foundation’s crisis information management wiki on Libya was created over a month ago. The first of its kind on the web at the time of its launch, and ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Wikis for crisis information management, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

29. March 2011

Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition 2011 (DIHAD)

“The ICT4Peace Foundation was kindly invited to participate at the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition 2011 (DIHAD). ICT4Peace Chairman Daniel Stauffacher presented on the topic of ...

Capacity Building ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

12. March 2011

Information response to earthquake in Japan and tsunami

Image from News.com.au live blog on the disaster At around 3pm local time, a massive 8.8 richter scale earthquake struck off the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku, Japan. Subsequently, the earthquake created ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Wikis for crisis information management

12. March 2011

Crisis Mappers webinar on ICT4Peace

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited by Crisis Mappers to deliver an online presentation on ICT and peacebuilding as part of a webinar series on crisis ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

3. March 2011

New crisis information wiki on Libyan unrest 2011

3 March 2011: The ICT4Peace Foundation launched today its latest crisis information management wiki focussing on the unrest in Libya. The wiki, the first of its kind on the web, ...

Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Wikis for crisis information management

1. March 2011

Citizen journalism and violence: TED 2011 presentation

The ICT4Peace Foundation is proud to inform that Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation, has been selected TEDFellow 2011. This constitutes a well deserved recognition not only of Sanjana’s outstanding ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Foundation, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

16. February 2011

Libyan Unrest

Executive summary of Libyan Unrest wiki The 2011 Libyan uprising, sometimes called Gaddafi’s War. Began as a series of protests and confrontations occurring in the North African state of Libya ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Wikis for crisis information management

10. February 2011

Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) and Peacebuilding

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation and TED Fellow 2011, gave a presentation on Online Dispute Resolution at the 10th annual meeting of the Online Dispute Resolution Working Group ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Capacity Building ICT, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

10. January 2011

Peacebuilding in the Information Age: Sifting Hype from Reality

11.1.11, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation, in collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and GeorgiaTech, is pleased to release, on the occasion of the anniversary ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

26. December 2010

Report on the work of the ICT4Peace Foundation in 2010

The tragic events in Haiti, Chile, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan etc, the breakthrough and high visibility of new ICTs and social media as tools in crisis management, which the Foundation has predicted ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Publications, End of Year Review, Reports, Foundation

20. December 2010

ICT4Peace article in Swiss Publication Frauenstimme – Voix des Femmes – Voce delle Donne

The Swiss Journal "Frauenstimme - Voix des Femmes - Voce delle Donne" which is the journal of the Swiss organisation "Women for Peace"

The Swiss Journal “Frauenstimme – Voix des Femmes – Voce delle Donne” which is the journal of the Swiss organisation “Women for Peace” features an article by Daniel Stauffacher of ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

20. December 2010

United Nations core ICT strategy incorporates crisis information management

As noted in the Foreword by Dr. Choi Soon-hong, Assistant Secretary-General & Chief Information Technology Officer, The goal of the ICT strategy, described in this publication, is to maximize the ...

Policy Research ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Publications, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

20. December 2010

Report of the UN Secretary General underscores crisis information management strategy

Status of implementation of the information and communications technology strategy for the United Nations Secretariat, Report of the Secretary-General (A/65/491) prominently underscores the Crisis Information Management (CiM) Strategy, which the ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data

18. December 2010

UN GAID: Presentation on ICT for Disaster Relief and Post-Conflict Zones

At the Annual Meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) 5-6 December 2010 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the ICT4Peace Foundation through Dag Nielsen was offered ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

14. December 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation at 16th Annual Conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers

The ICT4Peace Foundation presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers which took place in Dacca, Bangladesh from 27 November to 3 December. The ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

8. December 2010

Crisis Mapping & Humanitarian Information on the Ground in Haiti

In one of the most compelling presentations given at the 2010 Crisismappers conference held in Boston, Nigel Snoad, Board Member of the ICT4Peace Foundation, flags enduring challenges with the use ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

21. November 2010

InterAmerican Development Bank Webinar on Mobile Technology

Dag Nielsen, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace was 4 November invited to be keynote speaker on Mobile Technology at a web seminar organized by the InterAmerican Development Bank. Nowadays almost every single ...

Activities, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

18. November 2010

United Nations OCHA congratulates ICT4Peace Foundation for the creation of the ICT4Peace Crisis Information Wikis

In a letter dated 11 October 2010 to the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Pat Banks, Chief Communication and Services Branch, OCHA congratulated the ICT4Peace Foundation for the creation of ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Publications, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Wikis for crisis information management

4. November 2010

The Matrix plugin for Ushahidi platform

October 2010: In view of the increasing need to qualify and verify crowdsourced information, the ICT4Peace Foundation helped the development of the Matrix plugin for the Ushahidi platform. Used in ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data

4. November 2010

Early Warning for Protection – Technologies and practice for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate in the Early warning for protection – Technologies and practice for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes conference in Phnom Penh to explore how ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, Big data

3. November 2010

ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes

An ICT4Peace Publication by Caroline Hargreaves and Sanjana Hattotuwa

What is being done to support the prevention of mass atrocity crimes as well as reconciliation, healing and justice with a particular emphasis on the use of Information and Communications ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Big data

1. November 2010

ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes

What is being done to support the prevention of mass atrocity crimes as well as reconciliation, healing and justice with a particular emphasis on the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs)? by Caroline Hargreaves1 and Sanjana Hattotuwa

What is being done to support the prevention of mass atrocity crimes as well as reconciliation, healing and justice with a particular emphasis on the use of Information and Communications ...

Activities

30. October 2010

UN Global Pulse and ICT4Peace Foundation enter in partnership

Global Pulse and ICT4Peace have established a partnership to exchange views on new developments of mutual interest in particular on ICT tools for early warning to protecting the poor, including ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

29. October 2010

Successful completion of Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme

The first of its kind Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM) at the University of Lugano is a new programme aimed at those involved ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building

25. October 2010

Teaching Masters level course on Crisis Information Management at University of Lugano

The Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM) at the University of Lugano is a new programme aimed at those involved in humanitarian aid and ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

19. October 2010

Video of UN CITO’s speech to crisismapping community

CrisisMappers has posted in two parts the speech delivered by Dr. Choi Soon-hong, the UN Secretariat’s Chief Information Technology Office (CITO) at the CrisisMapping conference held in Boston earlier this ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

14. October 2010

Connecting Crisismapping to the United Nations

(Hattotuwa and Stauffacher October 2010) Cross-fertilisation of UN Common Operational Datasets and Crisismapping At the retreat of the UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) on 5 October 2010 at ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

13. October 2010

UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group meeting

The UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group meeting (CiMAG) meeting convened by the UN’s Chief Information Technology Officer Dr. Dr. Soon-Hong Choi took place on 4 October 2010 at the ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

8. October 2010

Pakistan Crisis Information Management Wiki on Google

The crisis information management wiki set up by the Foundation to respond to the Pakistan flooding, is now indexed on Google’s Crisis Response page for Pakistan.

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, ICT4Peace in the Media, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

8. October 2010

Four themes emerging from ICCM 2010

Kim Stephens has an interesting blog post on four themes that emerged out of the Twitter updates on the International Conference of Crisis Mappers held from 1 – 3 October ...

Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

3. October 2010

UN CITO Dr. Choi Soon-hong at Crisismappers meeting 2010

UN CITO Dr. Choi Soon-hong at Crisismappers meeting 2010 delivered a keynote address at the Crisismappers conference in Boston, held on 1st October. Dr. Choi said he “wished more lives ...

30. September 2010

Course on cooperation and coordination in multifunctional peace operations

The Folke Bernadotteakademin / Folke Bernadotte Academy is organising a course on Coordination and Cooperation in Multifunctional Peace Operations at the Academy’s campus at Sandö between the 27th of September ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Advisory ICT, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

26. September 2010

Learning from Haiti & 2010 Crises: A roundtable discussion

ICCM 2010: Learning from Haiti This roundtable will review the lessons learned and best practices from the disaster response to Haiti. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently noted in ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

23. September 2010

How Tech Aided Relief Efforts in Haiti, featuring Nigel Snoad

The ICT4Peace Foundation participated in the Mashable & 92Y Social Good Summit which also featured a number of other interesting presentations on how ICTs are supporting progressive social change and ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

21. September 2010

Haiti Information and Communications Observations

This paper recounts the observations of a visit to Haiti from 18 February to 1 March 2010, regarding the effects of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Haiti’s information and communications ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

21. September 2010

A cyber-house divided, via the Economist

Published in the Economist, 2 September 2010. Online as much as in the real world, people bunch together in mutually suspicious groups—and in both realms, peacemaking is an uphill struggle ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research, Advisory, Publications, Reports, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

1. September 2010

African Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate at the African Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa (Cairo 26 – 28 August 2010). Under the ...

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16. August 2010

Pakistan flooding crisis information wiki launched

16 August 2010: The ICT4Peace Foundation launched its latest crisis information wiki on the Pakistan floods today. This unique curated wiki already links to over one hundred vital data points ...

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11. August 2010

Ushahidi launches Crowdmap

The ICT4Peace Foundation congratulated Ushahidi via email today on the launch of Crowdmap. The Foundation expressed its confidence that the launch of this new platform, based on Ushahidi’s proven utility ...

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25. July 2010

Pakistan Floods

Executive summary of Pakistan Floods wiki The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 after record heavy monsoon rains. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was worst affected. At least ...

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19. July 2010

Wikis for Crisis Information Management

A collection of unique and widely acclaimed wikis created by the ICT4Peace Foundation are geared towards the humanitarian aid community as well as media and policy makers. They feature vital ...

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16. July 2010

Training and curricula development for ICT and Peace-keeping

The Foundation develops and carries out training courses in Crisis Information Management (CiM) for multi-dimensional and multi-stakeholders missions in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. The content is anchored to new dimensions in ...

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14. July 2010

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ.net): “Eure Seite rettet Menschenleben”

Instrument kommender Friedensmissionen „In der Geschichte des Einsatzes von Internettechnologie zu humanitären Zwecken war Haiti ein Meilenstein“, sagt Daniel Stauffacher. Er ist Direktor der in Genf ansässigen Stiftung ICT4Peace (Informations- ...

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14. July 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation featured in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)

The ICT4Peace Foundation features in an article and interview in one of the leading German language newspapers, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), on the role of new Information and communication technologies ...

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14. July 2010

Finding space for crowd-sourcing in humanitarian response

“Crowd-sourcing” is a new buzzword in the world of humanitarian information. The combined power of mobile phones, mapping technology and social networking can enable citizens in crisis to seek help, facilitate aid deliveries, bear witness to abuses and hold governments and aid agencies more accountable, advocates say.

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14. July 2010

ICT4Peace Interview on crisis information management at IDRC Global Risk Forum

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, was part of a panel looking at ICTs and risk management at the IDRC Global Risk Forum held recently in Davos, Switzerland.

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9. July 2010

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): “Schwarm-Intelligenz und Rudel-Blödsinn”

Articles that appeared on NZZ in print and online, featuring an interview with the President of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Daniel Stauffacher: «Technologie rettet Leben» and an Article by Eric Gujer, ...

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9. July 2010

Eric Gujer of NZZ on ICT4Peace and New Social Media in Crisis Management: “Schwarm-Intelligenz and Rudel-Blödsinn”

Article by Eric Gujer, Editor in Chief of NZZ on the role of social media in Crisis Management: Schwarm-Intelligenz und Rudel-Blödsinn.

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8. July 2010

WSIS Stocktaking Process

The WSIS Stocktaking Process was launched in October 2004. Its aim is to provide a register of activities carried out by governments, international organizations, the business sector, civil society and other ...

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8. July 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation featured in NZZ Online

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21. June 2010

Crisis in Kyrgyzstan 2010 | Crisis Information Wiki

The ICT4Peace Foundation’s latest crisis information wiki focuses on the emergency in Kyrgyzstan. This unique curated wiki already includes vital information from the UN system in Kyrgyzstan, NGOs, the World ...

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15. June 2010

Report on Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs session at WSIS 2010

The ICT4Peace Foundation organised a panel discussion at the WSIS 2010 event in Geneva on 13 May anchored to the topic Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype ...

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12. June 2010

Crisis in Kyrgyzstan

Executive summary of Crisis in Kyrgyzstan wiki The 2010 south Kyrgyzstan riots are ongoing clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, primarily in the cities of Osh and ...

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11. June 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation endorses 2010 Global Peace Index

The Global Peace Index, which has just released its 2010 rankings. See them at http://www.visionofhumanity.org. As noted on the website, 149 nations of the world have been ranked by their peacefulness and ...

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6. June 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation enters into new agreement with Ushahidi to develop Crisis Information Management Demonstrator (CIMD)

25 May 2010, Geneva, Switzerland: During the high-level debate on ‘ICTs for Disaster Management’ and the workshop on ‘Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs’ ...

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6. June 2010

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation selected as 2010 TEDGlobal Fellow

27 May 2010, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is very pleased to announce that Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation has been selected as a 2010 TEDGlobal Fellow for his ...

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27. May 2010

Peace IT – September 2009

Download : PeaceIT September 2009.pdf September 2009 issue of Peace IT!, produced by the ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland in cooperation with Crisis Management Institute, Finland. In this edition contributors highlight the ...

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16. May 2010

Recording of Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs at WSIS 2010

Click here to access the recording of Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs, a panel discussion held on 13 May 2010, organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation held ...

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16. May 2010

Recording of ICTs for Disaster Management High Level Panel discussion at WSIS 2010

Click here to access the recording of ICTs for Disaster Management, a high level panel discussion at WSIS 2010 on 12 May 2010. The Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Daniel Stauffacher, was ...

15. May 2010

Recording of Live seminar on “ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology Enhance Humanitarian Action?”

Click here to access an MP3 recording of Sanjana Hattotuwa’s submission to the web seminar ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology Enhance Humanitarian Action?, organised by the Humanitarian ...

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15. May 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation conducts post-Haiti assessment roundtable discussion

The ICT4Peace Foundation organised and facilitated a closed door roundtable meeting in Geneva, on 13 May 2010, to discuss the Crisis Information Management (CiM) strategy in general and how the ...

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15. May 2010

Interview World Radio Switzerland with Daniel Stauffacher on ICT4Peace and Crisis Information Management (CiM)

World Radio Switzerland interviewed Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation on the use of ICTs in peacebuilding as well as in crisis information management (CiM), such as that designed ...

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13. May 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation enters into new agreement with Ushahidi to develop Crisis Information Management Demonstrator (CIMD)

On the occasion of the high-level debate on ICTs for Disaster Management and the workshop on Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs at the ...

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10. May 2010

ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology Enhance Humanitarian Action?

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, will be part of a august panel looking at ICTs and humanitarian aid. Titled ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology ...

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6. May 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation Special Projects & Strategic Input

Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Preliminary Insights into the Private Sector’s Response To Terrorist Use of the Internet and ICT Study on countering violent extremism and terrorism online, freedom of expression ...

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5. May 2010

WSIS Forum 2010: Cumbre Mundial De Las Naciones Unidas Sobre La Sociedad De La Informacion

4 de Mayo 2010: Tengo el agrado de anunciar que, durante la Cumbre Mundialde la Sociedad de la Información (WSIS) FORO 2010, la Fundación ICT4Peace serála anfitriona de un taller ...

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5. May 2010

Haiti and Beyond: Getting it Right in Crisis Information Management

The event The massive earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 shattered the foundations of the entire country. By 23 January, a little less than a fortnight after the ...

5. May 2010

Critical information on Chile earthquake: ICT4Peace Foundation sets up crisis information wiki page

As noted on the OpenStreetMap wiki, the 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), ...

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5. May 2010

ICT4Peace Workshop and High-Level Debate, WSIS FORUM 2010, 12-13 May, Geneva

WSIS FORUM 2010, UN WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY, 12-13 May 2010, Geneva The ICT4Peace Foundation will host a workshop during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ...

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4. May 2010

Haiti and beyond: Getting it right in Crisis Information Management

(Hattotuwa and Stauffacher, March 2010) The ICT4Peace Foundation released Haiti and beyond: Getting it right in Crisis Information Management in April 2010 – the first critique of a number of ...

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3. May 2010

Asociación con el Programa de la Maestría de Estudios Avanzados en Logística y Gestión Humanitaria (MAS HLM), de la Universidad de Lugano

Mayo 2010: La Fundación se asocia con el Programa de la Maestría de Estudios Avanzados en Logística y Gestión Humanitaria (MAS HLM) de la Universidad de Lugano, Suiza, a fin ...

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2. May 2010

Partnership with Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM), University of Lugano

The ICT4Peace Foundation entered into a partnership with the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM) of the University of Lugano, Switzerland to develop and ...

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25. April 2010

Haití y más allá: Lograr resultados en la Gestión de la Información durante las Crisis

El terremoto masivo que golpeó a Haití el 12 de Enero 2010, hizo añicos los cimientos del país. El 23 de enero, poco menos que una quincena después del sismo, ...

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20. April 2010

ICT4Peace Wiki on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Executive Summary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill wiki Photo credit: Deepwater Horizon Response The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also called the BP Oil Spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil ...

11. April 2010

HCI for Peace

The Foundation was pleased to know about the HCI for Peace initiative , which promotes and widens aspects of research, advocacy and work the Foundation has pioneered. As noted on the ...

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5. April 2010

Haiti and Beyond: Getting it Right in Crisis Information Management

Download the full report as a PDF here. The massive earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 shattered the foundations of the entire country. By 23 January, a little less ...

24. March 2010

ReliefWeb Survey

Ahead of planned improvements this year, ReliefWeb is conducting a short survey to ensure that its future service is informed by the requirements of those engaged in humanitarian action worldwide. ...

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10. March 2010

Critical information on Chile earthquake: ICT4Peace Foundation sets up crisis information wiki page

As noted on the OpenStreetMap wiki, the 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), ...

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28. February 2010

Earthquake in Chile

Executive Summary of Chilean earthquake wiki The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), ...

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25. February 2010

ICT4Peace at 9th Forum on New Technologies of Information & Communication Applied to Conflict

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, will participate in the 9th Forum on New Technologies of Information & Communication applied to Conflict, from 2 − 3 June 2010 ...

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18. February 2010

Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Chilean Joint Peacekeeping Operations Centre and the ICT for Peace Foundation in Santiago de Chile

18 February 2010: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce that The Chilean Joint Peacekeeping Operations Centre (CECOPAC), located in Santiago de Chile and the ICT4Peace Foundation, Geneva have signed ...

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9. February 2010

What is ICT4Peace?: Article written for Strategic Foresight Group

“ICT4Peace is the belief, supported by a growing body of practitioners globally, that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) including mobile phones help in all aspects of peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Much ...

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5. February 2010

Meet the Wikipedia of the mapping world – Guardian

Victor Keegan, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 4 February 2010 11.34 GMT If you want to find an up-to-date map of Haiti, then there is only one place to go. It is not ...

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22. January 2010

ICT4State-Building: African Experiences and Opportunities

View full report here by Crisis Management Initiative. ### The use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is becoming more and more commonplace around the world and the spread of ...

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22. January 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation featured in IRIN podcast on use of technology in January 2010 Haiti earthquake aid effort

UN OCHA’s IRIN news service has a podcast up that features key observations by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation on the use of technology / ICTs in ...

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18. January 2010

Haiti Earthquake 2010: Critical information updates to ICT4Peace Foundation wiki – 18 January 2010

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Its shocking aftermath once again demonstrates the need for timely, accurate information to strengthen aid, response and recovery after a ...

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18. January 2010

Haiti Earthquake 2010: Critical information updates to ICT4Peace Foundation wiki – 17 January 2010

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18. January 2010

Haiti Earthquake 2010: Critical information updates to ICT4Peace Foundation wiki – 15 January 2010

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Its shocking aftermath, the scale of which is only now coming to light, once again demonstrates the need for timely, ...

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14. January 2010

Urgent information on Haiti: ICT4Peace Foundation sets up wiki page

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Its shocking aftermath, the scale of which is only now coming to light, once again demonstrates the need for timely, ...

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13. January 2010

Useful web resources for Haiti earthquake information and help

Twitter feeds http://twitter.com/cnnbrk/haiti (from CNN / requires manual refresh) Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake (refresh often for more updates and edits) Google social media updates http://www.google.com/search?q=Haiti+earthquake&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&tbs=rltm:1&tbo=u&ei=zfJNS67oAtP0_Ab29byfDg&sa=X&oi=realtime_result_group_more_results_link&ct=title&resnum=9&ved=0CCYQ5QUwCA (this is updated every second automatically) News ...

12. January 2010

First ever Wiki: Haiti Earthquake

Executive summary of wiki on Haitian earthquake Photo credit: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. This wiki now features a curated list of key ...

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5. January 2010

ICT4Peace Presentation at Lunch Seminar of Swiss Mission to UN in New York on ICT as tools for peace building, crisis management and disaster recovery

At a Lunch hosted by the Swiss Ambassador to the UN in New York, Sanjana Hattotuwa made the following presentation on: ICTs for humanitarian aid: Some enduring challenges in crisis such ...

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5. January 2010

Presentation at Lunch Seminar on ICT as tools for peace building, crisis management and disaster recovery

Lunch Seminar Security Arena: ICT4Peace – ICT as tools for peace building, crisis management and disaster recovery Date: December 8, 11.30 – 12.30, Lindholmen Science Park – Security Arena Location: ...

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27. December 2009

ICT4Peace Foundation – 2009 Year in Review

Dear friends and colleagues, 2009 was again a very busy and successful year for the ICT4Peace Foundation. As you might remember, the ICT4Peace process was launched with the support of ...

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14. December 2009

ICT4Peace calls for better disaster preparedness and crisis management at the Copenhagen Climate Summit

ICT4Peace calls for better disaster preparedness and crisis management at the Copenhagen Climate Summit 14 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark: The ICT4Peace Foundation actively engages at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, invited ...

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10. December 2009

The Role of Communications Technology During Natural Disasters and Conflicts

As natural disasters and civil conflicts increase worldwide, so too does access to new and lower cost technologies. The United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership’s latest report, New ...

4. December 2009

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher at Internet Governance Forum 2009 (IGF)

The Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher is interviewed by Egypt’s Nile TV at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in November 2009. Dr. Stauffacher talks about ICT for ...

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2. December 2009

3rd high-level luncheon on Crisis Information Management (CiM) at the United Nations in New York

24 November 2009: Held at the office of the Swiss Mission in New York, the 3rd high-level luncheon on Crisis Information Management (CiM) was co-organised by the Office of Information ...

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2. December 2009

ICT4Peace Foundation accompanies UN CITO on mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH)

3 – 6 November 2009: Dr. Daniel Stauffacher and Mr. Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation were invited to participate in a field mission to Haiti by Dr. Soon-Hong Choi, ...

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24. September 2009

Launch of Peace IT! September 2009

The September 2009 issue of Peace IT!, produced by the ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland in cooperation with Crisis Management Initiative, Finland, is available for immediate download here. In this edition contributors ...

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13. August 2009

Ushahidi’s Goma release incorporates features from ICT4Peace Foundation’s crisis information management prototype

Ushahidi’s launched a major new update to their platform called Goma. The ICT4Peace Foundation is very pleased to see key features in Ushahidi’s Goma release that had evolved directly from ...

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23. July 2009

MoU between L’Ecole de Maintien de la Paix (EMP) and ICT4Peace Foundation

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the L’Ecole de Maintien de la Paix (EMP) based in Bamako, Mali on 13th July 2009. The full text ...

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23. July 2009

Presentation on new media and crisis information management at UN ECOSOC

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, gave a presentation on new media and crisis information management at the General Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council meetings (ECOSOC) ...

23. July 2009

Presentation of Crisis Information Management at UN ECOSOC

Crisis Information Management Strategy Discussion by The Office of Information Communications Technology / UN Secretariat in collaboration with The ICT4Peace Foundation Over the past two years alone, powerful examples of ...

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25. June 2009

New Media and Humanitarian Aid – Presentation at Kofi Annan Global Humanitarian Forum, 2009

At this year’s Kofi Annan Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher was invited to make a presentation on New Media and Humanitarian Aid on ...

7. June 2009

Good practices in participatory mapping – Review by IFAD

An excellent new report from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) looks at GIS and participatory mapping techniques that in places like Ghana have been used for conflict resolution as ...

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7. June 2009

Keynote Speech by Dr. Choi Soon-Hong, Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer at the United Nations to Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

Keynote Speech Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, 3 June 2009, Bonn, Germany Choi Soon-Hong, PhD, Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer, The United Nations Mr. Bettermann, Excellencies, distinguished guests, ...

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5. June 2009

ICT4Peace Chairman Daniel Stauffacher on Ushahidi and crowdsourcing crisis information management

A brief soundbite from the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher on Ushahidi and crowdsourcing crisis information management. The soundbite was recorded at the second DW Global Media Forum ...

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6. May 2009

Peace 2.0 – Interview with ISN’s International Relations and Security Network

Chairman of the Foundation, Daniel Stauffacher speaks to the International Relations and Security Network on using Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for peacebuilding and crisis management. Listen to the podcast ...

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20. April 2009

Update 1: Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid

Download the report here.

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20. April 2009

New Facebook page for ICT4Peace Foundation

We’ve created a new FaceBook page for the ICT4Peace Foundation here. Our fan page has details of our work on Crisis Information Management with the United Nations, our new publications ...

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20. April 2009

Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid

Download the report here. Download the update to the report here. Cyclone Nargis was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of ...

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5. March 2009

Ushahidi and ICT4Peace Foundation collaborate to develop of Crisis Information Management Demonstrator (CIMD)

The ICT4Peace Foundation, Geneva has mandated Ushahidi to develop an ICT4Peace Crisis Information Management Platform Demonstrator (CIMD), based on Ushahidi’s existing platform with the following features and functionality. A product ...

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28. February 2009

Recommendations and ideas to strengthen best practices of Crisis Information Management at the United Nations, New York

This is an excerpt from Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities that can be downloaded in full from here. Recommendations and ideas to strengthen best practices of ...

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28. February 2009

Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities

Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities Authors: Sanjana Hattotuwa and Daniel Stauffacher Download the full report as a PDF from here. From October 2007 to February 2008, ...

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25. February 2009

Working Session on Crisis Information Management Systems

ICT4Peace co-organized High Level Retreat with the United Nations, New York and the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) The two-day working session will take place on 26 and ...

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1. January 2009

ICT4Peace Foundation leads UN GAID Community of Expertise on Information and Communication Technologies for Peace

ICT4Peace Foundation was asked by the United Nations DESA to lead the UN GAID Community of Expertise, which will address the fundamental question how ICTs can be best used for ...

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14. December 2008

Nobel Lecture by Martti Ahtisaari, Oslo, 10 December 2008

President Martti Ahtisaari is the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Policy Advisory Board and an ardent champion of the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for peacebuilding and conflict transformation. The following ...

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12. December 2008

Gen. Martin L. Agwai, Force Commander of UNAMID with ICT4Peace Foundation and CCCPA in Cairo, Egypt

From L-R:Juan Pekmez (ICT4Peace Foundation), Amb. Daniel Stauffacher (Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation), Gen. Martin L. Agwai (Force Commander, UNAMID), Amb. Soad Shalaby (CCCPA), Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar (United Service Institution of India, ...

12. November 2008

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari on ICT4Peace

Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2008 delivered at High-level meeting to discuss Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities, held on ...

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1. November 2008

Launch of GenevaNetwork’s second report: A Time for Action

GenevaNetwork recently launched its second report – A Time for Action. The GenevaNetwork is an informal group of individuals, including ourselves, concerned about the future of International Geneva. A Time for ...

12. October 2008

Call for papers: Improving ICT use in Crisis Management and Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) for ISCRAM 2009

Call for papers: Improving ICT use in Crisis Management and Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) for ISCRAM 2009 Inter-operability, and the meaningful use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in all aspects of ...

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30. September 2008

ICT4Peace Foundation Board Member Maria Cattaui appointed member of UN Leadership Group on business and human rights

ICT4Peace Foundation Board Member Maria Cattaui was appointed a member of UN Leadership Group on business and human rights. John Ruggie, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative for business and ...

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10. September 2008

ICT4Peace enters into MoU with Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC)

The ICT4Peace Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. The MoU recognises, inter alia, the need to strengthen the role of African States ...

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26. August 2008

Information Sharing Models and Interoperability in National, Cross Border and International Crisis Management

Crisis Management Initiative has published a final report of a project aiming to improve the understanding of information sharing models and interoperability in national, cross-border and international crisis management. Download ...

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5. August 2008

Information and Communication Technology and Peacebuilding: Summary of a Workshop (2008)

Information and Communication Technology and Peacebuilding: Summary of a Workshop, July 2008 Carol Arenberg and Greg Pearson, Editors NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES On December 14, 2007, the ...

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26. July 2008

Conference report of ‘Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace, Sustainability’ event released

Strategic Foresight Group is pleased to convene an action initiative on business, peace and sustainability. The fi rst step is to convene an international conference on Responsibility to the Future: ...

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25. July 2008

15th ASEAN Regional Forum emphasises crisis management and civilian military cooperation

41st AMM 17 – 24 July 2008 Shangri-La, Singapore Chairman’s Statement, 15th ASEAN Regional Forum, 24 July 2008, Singapore 1 The Fifteenth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was ...

9. July 2008

CMI and IASCI launch online survey on information management and sharing in crisis response situations

On behalf of the Crisis Management Initiative, IASCI is conducting a research project related to information management and sharing in crisis response situations. IASCI is contacting fellow practitioners from key ...

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29. June 2008

Training for Peace: The Governments of Egypt, Japan and UNDP launch a project to develop the leading peacekeeping and conflict resolution centre in Cairo

Cairo, Wednesday 18 June 2008 – Today, the Cairo Regional Centre for Conflict Resolution and Peace-keeping in Africa (CCCPA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Japan and ...

18. June 2008

2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution

Victoria, British Columbia serves as the host city for the 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution. This important conference will held at venues including Royal Roads University, and the ...

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18. June 2008

Roundtable on ICT Technologies for Peace-building and Crisis Management at Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace and Sustainability

The ICT4Peace Foundation will conduct a Roundtable on ICT Technologies for Peace-building and Crisis Management on Friday, June 27, 2008, 11:30-13:00, Nehru Centre, Mumbai as part of the Responsibility to ...

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2. June 2008

ICT for disaster management in least developed countries and small islands in the Asia Pacific Region

Authors: Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa Originally written for UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) Disaster management is an imperfect science. It is impossible to accurately predict ...

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1. June 2008

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum – MEDIA IN PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum MEDIA IN PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION 1 – 4 June 2008 The modern approach to creating independent media organisations was largely developed during the Cold ...

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2. May 2008

Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use

The United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation’s Access to Communications Publication Series produces studies that give governments, NGOs and the private sector research and recommendations on how to ...

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2. May 2008

M-Gov and mobile phones for development

Sanjana Hattotuwa Sustainable and equitable development is severely undermined when citizens do have not have access to a voice. When basic human needs are marginalised or suppressed, the resulting emergence ...

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2. May 2008

Final Report on the Global Symposium +5 on Information for Humanitarian Action

Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to share with you an advance electronic copy of the Final Report on the Global Symposium +5 on Information for Humanitarian Action, held last ...

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3. April 2008

The Text message – an important transmitter of information in times of crisis

Media – The use of information and communication technologies in order to promote peace in the world. This is the challenge of the ICT4Peace foundation, based in Geneva. Interview with ...

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24. March 2008

« Le SMS, un vecteur important d’information en temps de crise. Un interview avec Daniel Stauffacher, Président de la Fondation ICT4Peace »

Utiliser les technologies d'information et communication pour favoriser la paix dans le monde, c'est le pari de la fondation Ict4Peace, basée à Genève.

Interview par Caroline Stevan Le Temps Genève, Jeudi 20 mars 2008 Le Sommet mondial sur la société de l’information (SMSI), dont la première phase s’est déroulée en 2003 à Genève, ...

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10. March 2008

ICT4Peace Foundation enters into partnership with 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution

The ICT4Peace Foundation today entered into a partnership to strengthen the 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution. Victoria, British Columbia serves as the host city for the ODR Forum ...

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5. January 2008

Technology and Peace – What’s the Connection?

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5. January 2008

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of Ict4Peace Foundation on ICT4Peace by David Kirkpatrick from Fortune Magazine

Fortune Magazine published on 4th January 2008 an article on the ICT4Peace Foundation and it’s work on ICT for peacebuilding. “As 2008 gets underway we don’t have peace. (Just look ...

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23. December 2007

ICT4Peace Launch Event at the United Nations, New York – Participants, Report, President Martti Ahtisaari’s speech and Concept Note

The Permanent Representative of Switzerland hosted a High-Level working Lunch, on 15 November 2007. The event was sponsored by the ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of UN DESA Global Alliance ...

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21. December 2007

ICT4Peace: An International Process for Conflict Management featured in PeaceIT!

The latest issue of Peace IT!, a journal for conflict and crisis management professionals published by the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) is out and can be downloaded here. The journal ...

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20. December 2007

Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland at ICT4Peace launch, United Nations, New York

ICT4Peace: STRATEGIC USE OF ICTS IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT New York, 15 November 2007 Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland I am a strong believer in the UN system ...

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20. December 2007

Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland at ICT4Peace launch, United Nations, New York

Download the speech here.

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10. December 2007

Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications

Daniel Stauffacher, the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation has been invited to participate at the Global forum on Emergency Telecommunications – 10-12 Dec 2007. Background Increasingly, natural disasters are causing considerable ...

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14. November 2007

ICT4Peace Foundation invited to participate at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications – 10-12 Dec 2007

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14. November 2007

Prevention Web: a new tool to increase knowledge on disaster risk reduction

The UN/ISDR secretariat is launching PreventionWeb.net, a new website for increasing knowledge sharing on disaster risk reduction (DRR) issues, for both the general public – including media and teachers – ...

26. October 2007

UN OCHA +5 Symposium presentation by Sanjana Hattotuwa

Watch the presentation by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation made at the UN OCHA +5 Symposium here.

22. October 2007

Launched by ICT4Peace: An International Process for Crisis Management Through ICT at United Nations, New York

The ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of UN DESA Global Alliance for ICT and Development organised a high -level lunch on 15 November 2007 at the UN New York, to ...

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22. October 2007

Sanjana Hattotuwa at the Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’, October 2007

The Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 22 – 26 October 2007 at the Palais des Nations. Watch the presentation by Sanjana Hattotuwa, ...

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11. October 2007

ICT4Peace Concept Note for United Nations, New York meeting

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10. October 2007

Advisory meeting for the establishment of new online communities of practice thematically focused on Disaster Prevention & Response, and Stabilization & Reconstruction

The the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC (CSIS) and the Development Gateway Foundation (DGF) have partnered to develop two new online portals: Stabilization and Reconstruction and ...

4. October 2007

The limits of the web and Internet to engender democracy?

From the New York Times comes an interesting news story on how the junta in Myanmar thwarted the use of the web and Internet by pro-democracy activists. It was about ...

2. October 2007

Welcoming new members to the ICT4Peace Foundation Advisory Board

The Foundation is pleased to welcome Nigel Snoad and Dag Nielson to its Advisory Board. Between them, Nigel and Dag bring to the Foundation a wealth of technical knowledge and ...

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1. October 2007

UN ICT Task Force Series 8: The World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past into the Future

(Edited by Stauffacher and Kleinwaechter, 2005) This book summarizes the main issues discussed at the World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva in 2003. It addresses the challenges ...

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1. October 2007

Partnership between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

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1. October 2007

Partnership between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

1st October 2007, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce the new partnership between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ...

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30. September 2007

Geneva Network: Thoughts for the Future

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28. September 2007

I-Power: The Information Revolution and Stability Operations

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28. September 2007

An ICT Primer: Information and Communication Technologies for Civil-Military Coordination in Disaster Relief and Stabilization and Reconstruction

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26. September 2007

ICT4Peace: une approche internationale de la gestion de crise

ICT4Peace (Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour la paix) a pour objectif de relever le niveau de performance de la communauté internationale dans la gestion de crise en ...

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16. September 2007

Mapping a Peace Process using ICT

In exploring the possibilities of constructing a mapping process for peace in Sri Lanka, this monograph engages with the theoretical aspects of process mapping and then explores possible ways in ...

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16. September 2007

Towards a new cartography: Mapping a peace process using Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Access the academic paper by Sanjana Hattotuwa here.

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13. September 2007

ICT4Peace now on Facebook

The ICT4Peace Foundation has opened a Facebook group to raise awareness and share information on its ICT4Peace process . Please join the ICT4Peace Facebook group here – you’ll need a ...

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13. September 2007

Can SMS really help in emergencies and early warning?

Two posts from Sri Lanka examine the role of SMS in alerting populations at risk in coastal areas of a tsunami. One, from the Editor of the country’s first SMS ...

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12. September 2007

International Geneva- Taking Stock of Peacebuilding Capacity

The conference will offer an opportuity to receive the first presentation of our findings of the mapping project that is part of ‘The UN Peacebuilding Commission and International Geneva’ project. ...

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8. September 2007

In conversation with Daniel Stauffacher on ICT4Peace – What is it? How can it help?

“Do you believe that the better use of technology can strengthen peace processes to the extent that there will be more peace 5 years hence than today? Yes indeed. ICTs ...

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8. September 2007

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher on ICT4Peace

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3. September 2007

Building Peace Through Information and Communications Technologies

“Peace is not created with a one-time act: the cease-fire, accord, or reconciliation is just a public point on a timeline between war and durable peace. True peace is built ...

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28. August 2007

Press Release on launch of ICT4Peace inventory wiki

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28. August 2007

Launch of ICT4Peace inventory wiki: A global database ICT in crisis management, humanitarian aid and peacebuilding

27th August 2007, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its ICT4Peace Inventory Wiki, accessible immediately from http://www.ict4peace.org/inventory-1.html. The ICT4Peace inventory wiki is one of ...

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25. August 2007

First version of the OCHA Information Management Toolbox

The first version of the OCHA Information Management Toolbox, a resource base designed to assist Humanitarian Affairs professionals in managing information to support their work in ensuring better humanitarian planning ...

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15. August 2007

Business engagement in humanitarian relief: key trends and policy implications

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5. August 2007

ICT4Peace – E-Book

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2. August 2007

Technology and its limits in humanitarian aid

Photo credit: The Economist The Economist, in a recent article, contributes to the debates on how technology is (re)shaping humanitarian aid. Titled , the article goes to explore how ...

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23. July 2007

ICT4Peace – A Concept Note and Roadmap

Download the concept note here.

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23. July 2007 Geneva

Launch of ICT4Peace: An International Process for Crisis Management

ICT4Peace aims to enhance the performance of the international community in crisis management through the application of information Communications Technology (ICT) – technologies that can facilitate effective and sustained communication ...

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22. July 2007

Media and the Information Society

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17. July 2007

CV of Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation

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16. July 2007

A world wide web of terror?

“In short, the hand-held video camera has become as important a tool of insurgency as the AK-47 or the RPG rocket-launcher. As Mr Zawahiri himself once put it in an ...

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7. July 2007

ICT as a tool for Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management: Some pertinent questions

Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation Sanjana Hattotuwa ‘s blog on ICT4Peace has an entry with links to research, websites and current best practices from the field on the use ...

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6. July 2007

PeaceIT! – Second Edition

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4. July 2007

7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government recognises role of ICT in developing countries

7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government recognises role of ICT in developing countries The 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government , via the Vienna Declaration on Building Trust in Government, ...

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28. June 2007

Our Common Humanity in the Information Age: Principles and Values for Development

A speech late last year by President Martti Ahtisaari , Chairman of the Board at Crisis Management Initiative, and Chairman of the ICT4Peace International Advisory Board, titled Our Common Humanity ...

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28. June 2007

The Role of Information Technology in Crisis Management

This is a foundational lecture by Kristiina Rinkineva, Programme Director, Crisis Management Initiative, on the Role of Information Technology in Crisis Management at the 14th EINIRAS Conference 30.9.-1.10. 2004. Ms. Rinkineva ...

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24. June 2007

ICT Foresight – consultation and campaigning in the age of participatory media

This is the second in a series of Third Sector Foresight reports on the emerging relationship between voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) and information and communication technology (ICT). ICTs have ...

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23. June 2007

My Digital Dream: A disaster mitigation program strengthened by the use of ICT

My Digital Dream: A disaster mitigation program strengthened by the use of ICT “Having a disaster mitigation program strengthened by the use of ICT would not only save lives in ...

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22. June 2007

Peace and ICT Research Project

The Peace and ICT Research Project website contains some interesting information on the possible uses of ICT for peacebuilding. As noted on the website, the aim of the project was ...

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22. June 2007

ICT as a Tool for Environmental Education, Peace, and Reconciliation

In this paper we describe a project that emanates from a conception of environmental education as peace education and utilizes ICT as a tool for bringing communities together and enriching ...

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22. June 2007

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Idea Book: Integrating Digital Tools Into Your Projects

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22. June 2007

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training of Trainers: Computer and Internet Use For Development

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22. June 2007

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training of Trainers: Computer and Internet Use For Development

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20. June 2007

The Geneva Security Forum

The Geneva Security Forum is a unique annual two-day international security conference, showcase and training centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in June each year, the gathering is a top-level forum ...

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14. June 2007

Terrorism and Technology

The debates on the use of ICT by terrorists and the need to protect democracy are vexed and have no easy resolution. The definitions themselves are contested, as are the ...

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11. June 2007

Humanlink : Connecting those who help others

From Paul Currion’s blog comes news of a new organisation to design ICT solutions for humanitarian field work called. The Humanlink Mission As veteran aid workers, we have experienced the ...

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11. June 2007

Daring to Dream: CSCW for Peacebuilding (PPT presentation)

Download this paper, and others on ICT4Peace by Sanjana Hattotuwa, here.

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7. June 2007

An Award, An Event, A Community: The Stockholm Challenge 2008

The Stockholm Challenge 2008 programme features six category awards for ICT for development projects and a chance to win the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Trophies. The prize ceremony in the City ...

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5. June 2007

Knight Foundation grants for community news media

In 2007, Knight Foundation will again award $5 million in grants to individuals, organizations or businesses with ideas and projects that will transform community news. Anybody, anywhere in the world ...

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4. June 2007

Micro-grant Proposals for Blog Outreach

Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices , is now accepting project proposals for the first round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach ...

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30. May 2007

Humanitarian IT with Open Source: A Case Study on Disaster Management

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30. May 2007

Launch of the Global Information Society Watch 2007 Report

The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report – the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at ...

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29. May 2007

Open Source, interoperable web identity systems through Microsoft

Ars Technica has an article on Microsoft’s recent moves to secure and strengthen interoperability in web identity management frameworks. As the article avers: The concept of web identity involves three ...

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29. May 2007

Geneva Security Forum – 20-21 June 2007

The Geneva Security Forum (GSF) is a unique annual two-day international security conference, showcase and training centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in June each year, the gathering will be a ...

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17. May 2007

Daring to Dream: Computer Supported Cooperative Frameworks (CSCW) for Peacebuilding

ICT4Peace, ODR and ICT for crisis management Thoughts on the use of technology for peacebuilding, conflict transformation and reconciliation. Download this paper, and others on ICT4Peace by Sanjana Hattotuwa, here.

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17. May 2007

Technology, Trust and Terror

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17. May 2007

Technologies and Social Change: The Contribution of Social Informatics

Social informatics is the body of research that examines the design, uses, and consequences of information and communication technologies in ways that take into account their interaction with in- stitutional ...

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17. May 2007

Appropriating the Internet for Social Change

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17. May 2007

The New Terrorism

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17. May 2007

Launch of new website for ICT4Peace Foundation

Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are pleased to launch the ICT4Peace Foundation’s new website. Our new website sports a new look and feel, and features enhanced functionality and ease of ...

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14. May 2007

Swissinfo.ch on ICT4Peace: Swiss push for peace through technology

Read the article in full here. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-push-for-peace-through-technology/4374744

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14. May 2007

Improving NATO-NGO Relations in Crisis Response Operations

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14. May 2007

How can Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Support the Peace Movement? An Investigation into the Resurgence of the Peace Movement in Australia

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14. May 2007

We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information

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11. May 2007

An Evaluation of Humanitarian Information Centers (Sida/Szpak, 2004)

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11. May 2007

PeaceIT!

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11. May 2007

Designing a Peacebuilding Infrastructure: Taking a Systems Approach to the Prevention Deadly Conflict

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11. May 2007

Evaluation of IT humanitarian platforms and their possible utilisation as co-ordination instrument

Evaluation of IT humanitarian platforms and their possible utilisation as co-ordination instrument Marcel Hummelink, Amsterdam, September 2002 Conclusions, recommendations and questions regarding the present and future role of information technology in ...

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11. May 2007

Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies

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11. May 2007

Untying the Gordian Knot: ICT for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

ICT4Peace, ODR and ICT for crisis management Thoughts on the use of technology for peacebuilding, conflict transformation and reconciliation. Download the article here.

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11. May 2007

Welcome statement from Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation and former Swiss Ambassador to the WSIS

Dear Colleagues, Since 2005, the Swiss government has funded a project called “ICT4Peace” that focuses on the application of information and communication technology (ICT) to support activities promoting peace in ...

26. October 2006

UN Assistant Secretary General Patricio Civili writes to ICT4Peace Foundation

UN Assistant Secretary General Patricio Civili in his letter to ICT4Peace Foundation on 26 October 2006 wrote: Dear Mr. Stauffacher, I am writing to follow up on our discussion in ...

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24. October 2006

Projects Ideas on ICT for Peacebuilding

The Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa writes on project ideas for peacebuilding .

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10. October 2006

The Informal Policy Advisory Board of the ICT4Peace Foundation established

The Informal Policy Advisory Board of the ICT4Peace Foundation was established under the Chairmanship of President Martti Ahtisaari and comprises so far Maria Cattaui, Alain Modoux, Nitin Desai, Sundeep Waslekar, ...

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25. August 2006

Strong Angel III

ICT4Peace Foundation participated at Strong Angel III in San Diego (20 – 25 August 2006). The main area of interest was how to improve ICT-based cooperation among all stakeholders in a ...

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28. June 2006

UN DESA and ICT4Peace Foundation held informal consultations with member states and NGOs during ECOSOC (28 July) in Geneva

During the Humanitarian Segment of the ECOSOC Session UN DESA and the ICT4Peace Foundation held informal consultations on 28 July 2006 with member States and NGOS on the implementation on ...

20. June 2006

GAID adopted ICT4Peace as Focus Area in Kuala Lumpur June 2006

Based on a proposal of the ICT4Peace Foundation, the UN Global Alliance for ICT for Development (GAID) has adopted ICT4Peace as one of its focus area of work at its ...

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2. March 2006

Paul Currion on Report on Information Technology and Requirements for Emergency Capacity Building

Dear Colleagues, The Emergency Capacity Building Project is proud to announce the release of the final version of its Report on Information Technology and Requirements. This comprehensive five-part Report is ...

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14. December 2005

IT for Crisis Management Conference

ICT4Peace held a side meeting at the IT for Crisis Management Conference in Nice, hosted by President Martti Ahtisaari.

17. November 2005

Launch of ICT4Peace Paper on “Information and Communications Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict at WSIS in Tunis

Please join us for the launch of ICT4Peace groundbreaking paper: “Information and Communications Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict“. The launch ...

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11. November 2005

Information and Communication Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict (Stauffacher, Drake, Currion, Steinberger 2005)

The ICT4Peace project was launched in 2004 with the publication of a book by the UN ICT Task Force on the practice and theory of ICT in the conflict cycle ...

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29. July 2005

Knowledge networking for peace: rhetoric or reality?

The workshop on “knowledge networking for peace: rhetoric or reality?” (July 27 to July 29) was organized by Bellasap: SAP-International, Bellanet Asia and SAP-Falcha, Babarmahal, Nepal. The opening session laid ...

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26. February 2005

Swiss push for peace through technology (ICT4Peace)

The Swiss government, along with a core network of organizations and individuals, has launched an initiative to use technology to prevent conflicts and promote peace, according to an article published ...

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12. December 2004

Workshop hosted by Daniel Stauffacher Ambassador for the World Summit on the Information Society on ICT4Peace

A workshop hosted by the Office of the Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the World Summit on the Information Society and co-organised with WSP International . The workshop was intended ...

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6. October 2004

6th International Security Forum in Montreux

ICT4Peace held a side meeting at the 6th International Security Forum in Montreux, Switzerland. The report on the Forum can be found here. The International Security Forum (ISF) was launched as ...

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6. October 2004

Proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum

Proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum Date : 6 October 2004 Organizer : International relations and Security Network. The proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum have been published ...

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15. December 2003

Amb. Daniel Stauffacher on the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Geneva 2003

We are living today in a transition period that is taking us from the industrial society to the information society, in which information and knowledge are at the heart of ...

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