What’s Digital Sovereignty? Lessons from Brazil to the World: Implications, Risks, and Global Insights

3 October 2024
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Authors: Alexandre Pacheco da Silva, Ana Carolina Rodrigues, Ana Paula Camelo, Beatriz Katano, Flávio Rech Wagner, Pedro Lana, Raquel Gatto The concept of digital sovereignty has become increasingly relevant in the contemporary global landscape as countries seek to assert control over their digital infrastructures, technologies, and data. This blog post, which is based on the…

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The Internet Society Foundation Commits USD $3 Million to Promote Educational and Economic Inclusion in Six Countries 

18 September 2024
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The Internet Society Foundation is delighted to announce grant funding to 13 projects in six countries to promote educational and economic opportunities through more knowledgeable and skillful Internet use. In its fifth year of operation, the Strengthening Communities, Improving Lives and Livelihoods (SCILLS) program continues to support organizations with strong relationships with the communities they serve…

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Five takeaways from the SCILLS in-person grantees kick-off

12 February 2024
Group of SCILLS grantees gatherned in Brazil in 2023

We are now three years into the SCILLS program (with 20 grantee partners in the 2023-2025 cohort) in six strategic focus countries. At the end of November 2023, we went to Sao Paulo to host the first in-person kick-off grantee gathering. Bringing together eight partner organizations from Colombia and Brazil,[1] the ISOC Brazil and Colombia…

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Building, expanding and securing the Internet: two funding programs now open for applications

14 February 2023
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Over the past few months, our Internet Society and Internet Society Foundation teams have been collaborating closely to launch our first set of funding programs this year. The two programs we are launching this week – Connecting the Unconnected and Sustainable Technical Communities reinforce our commitment to support communities around the world in gaining greater…

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Announcing our 2022 Research Grantee Cohort

1 February 2023
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Announcing our 2022 Research Grantee Cohort – 18 projects examining the future of the Internet.

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