{"id":55134,"date":"2022-03-20T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?post_type=agenda&p=55134"},"modified":"2024-01-28T23:05:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T04:05:27","slug":"2nd-training-courses-on-cyberdiplomacy-and-techplomacy","status":"publish","type":"agenda","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/agenda\/2nd-training-courses-on-cyberdiplomacy-and-techplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd. Training: Courses on Cyberdiplomacy and Techplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) conducted in 2021 the first training programme on the relationship between diplomacy and technology. The relevance of the approach and the interest of the Foreign Ministries of the region boosted the development of negotiating skills in cyberspace governance for a better understanding of the application of diplomacy to political and geopolitical problems arising in cyberspace.<\/p>\n

In this connection, the Permanent Secretariat is organizing the second training courses on Cyberdiplomacy and Techplomacy, to be taught by professors from the European Institute for International Studies (IEEI) and the Institute of European Studies and Human Rights at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Final Report – Second Specialization Courses on Cyberdiplomacy and Techplomacy<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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\n \n Justification <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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The significant social changes arising from Internet governance call for closer cooperation between the technology industry and the authorities, and it is appropriate for policymakers in the region to put the issue of Internet governance and international cybersecurity at the centre of their foreign policies and international strategies, while ensuring that they have personnel specialised in the progress and development of the technology industry, with the knowledge and skills to play an effective role in managing international governance and online security.<\/p>\n

Foreign policy makers must go beyond government-to-government dialogue by redirecting their efforts towards the establishment of relationships with a wide spectrum of actors in global governance, with technology players at the forefront.<\/p>\n

The Permanent Secretariat deems it desirable that Latin American and Caribbean countries incorporate techno-diplomacy into their foreign policy agendas and consider technology and Internet companies as geopolitical actors. In this context, traditional diplomacy must develop a more strategic approach as new companies emerge in a wide range of countries and regions whose technology will be increasingly linked to geopolitical competition.<\/p>\n

The training programme for Senior Officials in the digital era is part of this scenario, including specialisation courses in Cyberdiplomacy and Techplomacy. Their main purpose is for foreign ministries, related ministries and representatives of the academic sector of member countries to strengthen the relationship between diplomacy and technology by providing their officials with training in which they acquire sufficient expertise for an effective relationship with technological actors, the implications of cryptocurrencies in the international financial system, as well as the necessary training for future negotiations to establish rules that regulate the subject.<\/p>\n

Both courses are aimed primarily at civil servants, diplomats or international negotiators involved in foreign policy decision-making, as well as academics and specialists in the field of international relations.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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  1. Develop negotiating skills and gain a better understanding of technological development at the international level to promote the region’s interests in the digital era;<\/li>\n
  2. Train participants in operating in cyberspace as they do in physical space and building the capacity to analyse different agendas in an international cyber community not free of relations and conflicts among states; and<\/li>\n
  3. Develop the skills of future negotiators with technological actors for the construction of an agreement on norms of behaviour in cyberspace, both in terms of Internet governance and cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n
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    \n \n Information About The Event <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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    Both courses will last 8 hours each (4 hours per day) and will take place from 21 to 24 March 2022. Training material in both written and multimedia format is included.<\/p>\n