Deadline: 15-Mar-22
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) invites journalists, Civil Society Organisation (CSO) representatives, legal professionals and IT experts with an interest in the issues where media and technology intersect to apply for a five-day digital rights capacity-building programme- From Personal Security to Surveillance Capitalism – Training Programme.
BIRN invites journalists, Civil Society Organisation (CSO) representatives, legal professionals and IT experts with an interest in the issues where media and technology intersect to apply for a five-day digital rights capacity-building programme.
Focus Areas
- personal digital security of journalists and NGO workers in the field
- the political aspect of surveillance capitalism, as seen from the point of view of media and NGO workers.
Aims
- The programme aims to empower participants to defend themselves against surveillance capitalism and understand power relations between the public and private sphere.
Programme Details
- The programme focuses on personal privacy protection and document handling, reporting on issues around surveillance capitalism and finally digital activism and lobbying for policy change.
- The wrap-up sessions encourage debate and networking, so that participants can develop relationships and establish connections with media and NGO sector workers, and ultimately benefit from these synergies to cover surveillance capitalism with a broad perspective.
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Date of Training: April 1st – April 5th, 2022
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Language: The training sessions will be conducted in English, with simultaneous translation into local languages also provided.
Topics they plan to explore:
- (1st and 2nd of April): Personal digital security: aiming to explain the issues of surveillance capitalism that impact on the privacy and security, to offer effective ways to combat it, and to facilitate hands-on exercises that participants can replicate in their own environments.
- (3rd and 4th of April): Reporting on surveillance capitalism: focusing on developing effective media reporting skills when tackling surveillance capitalism issues, from both theoretical and practical points of view, while referencing media reports from the region.
- (5th of April): Digital activism: addressing digital policy development, the role and practices of digital activists, including examples from the region and real-world strategies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local journalists, CSO representatives, legal professionals and IT experts interested in media.
- They welcome anyone who wants to improve their digital skills and habits, protect their digital privacy, and upgrade their digital security, regardless of whether they have extensive knowledge of the area, or merely the enthusiasm to know more.
- The applicants are those people who want to get informed, learn methods for safely and confidently reporting on these topics to audiences and communities, and to ultimately use this knowledge to advocate for better solutions.
- Applications are welcomed from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
For more information, visit https://birn.eu.com/news-and-events/call-for-applications-from-personal-security-to-surveillance-capitalism-training-programme/