Internet Society Fundamentals Catalog 2021
Internet Society Fundamentals aims to develop new community leaders who, together with local Chapters, create local awareness with concrete activities for our 2021 projects.
Use the Fundamental Catalog to find the best activity for your interest and topic. You can filter by profile, project, audience, or level of difficulty. Find the descriptions of the filters at the bottom of this page.
Advocate for the importance of open standards and securing webservers
Conduct a policy panel discussion on Securing Global Routing (MANRS)
Conduct a policy webinar on Securing Global Routing (MANRS)
Conduct a practical webinar on how to stay safe with encryption
Conduct a training or webinar on open standards and securing webservers
Conduct a webinar or briefing meeting with policymakers on the importance of encryption
Conduct policy or technical trainings or webinars on community networks
Conduct trainings or webinars on Infrastructure and Community Development
Conduct webinars about IXP policy briefs or other IXP publications
Conduct webinars advocating the importance of Internet Exchange Points
Contribute an update to the Global Partners Digital encryption map
Create and publish policy or technical videos, blogposts on community networks
Identify relevant organizations that can work as partners
Join the Global Encryption Coalition as chapter and recruit 5 local organizations
Organize local webinars (not necessarily training) on community networks
Plan social media outreach on the importance of routing security
Prepare list of local partners that community networks could work with in your country
Promote project’s policy recommendations through webinars, videos, online campaigns, or blogposts
Reach out to your local regulator or government about the importance of routing security
Register for the Internet Way of Networking eLearning course beginning May 2021
Research routing security incidents
Send the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit infographic to your national elected officials
Share a personal “why encryption matters to me/my community” story (video, written, or photo story).
Share Internet Way of Networking resources on social media, tagging experts and influencers
Write and publish blog posts or create videos open standards and securing webservers
Write or contribute to a blog post or an article on routing incidents
Profiles
Doer
Meet Ariel
Hi, I am Ariel and I am a doer! As a doer I enjoy bringing ideas to action. I am extremely motivated by accomplishments and achieving goals.
Contributor
Meet Aram
Hi, I am Aram and I am a contributor! Sharing knowledge is key to me. I love to teach and provide resources to others.
Researcher
Meet Ayodele
Hi, I am Ayodele and I am a researcher! For me it is fascinating to discover new things. I get motivated when I find something new that no one else knows.
Socializer
Meet ‘Akau
Hi, I am ‘Akau and I am a socializer! I love to establish relationships and make connections with people. I am energized when I am able to influence others.
Level of Difficulty
Easy (estimated time: <6 hours)
Can be done with no previous knowledge. You can use the content of the webinars to accomplish this activity.
Moderate (estimated time: >6 hours)
Requires specific skills and sufficient experience level in addition to content from the webinars to accomplish this activity.
Difficult (estimated time: varies according to experience)
Requires expert level knowledge and extensive experience in the subject.
Focus Areas
Policy
Initiatives contributing to policy-making decisions or procedures related to the project topic (e.g. host a webinar or briefing meeting with policy makers on the importance of encryption).
Technical
Initiatives geared toward increasing and improving technical knowledge or infrastructure related to the project topic (e.g. conducting routing security research).
Community building
Initiatives aimed at engaging a diverse group of organizations and people to work together to coordinate activities focused on the project topic (e.g. prepare list of local partners that community networks could work with)
Note to the participants of the Internet Society Fundamentals 2021 program:
To receive your certificate of participation, you must report your approved and executed initiative before June 30, 2021.