Events
Upcoming events:
Be Internet Citizens Teacher Training
Date: 27 September 2018
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Venue:
- St Luke’s Church Centre, Birmingham, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
NetzDG Report Launch
Date: 25 September 2018
The launch of the NetzDG report will include a press talk with contributors and a panel discussion, including state secretary Gerd Billen and representatives from Facebook.
Venue:
- Berlin, Germany
Organised by:
- ISD
Past events:
Commission for Countering Extremism Prioritisation Workshop
Date: 19 July 2018
This workshop, undertaken by ISD on behalf of the Commission for Countering Extremism, will bring together policymakers and practitioners, academics and civil society representatives to discuss counter-extremism efforts in the UK and help the Commission define its priorities and key considerations as its work develops.
Venue:
- London, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
Be Internet Citizens Teacher Training
Date: 14 July 2018
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Venue:
- Manchester, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouTube
Be Internet Citizens School Workshop
Date: 13 July 2018
BIC’s school workshop will provide students with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Venue:
- Bradford, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouTube
Dorset Prevent Conference
Date: 12 July 2018
At this conference, ISD was able to talk about how our Education programmes help young people to talk safely and confidently about extremism with their teachers through Extreme Dialogue, and how our Be Internet Citizens, Young Digital Leaders, and Digital Resilience units of work have reached over 75,000 young people in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, and Romania.
Venue:
- Weymouth, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- Dorset Prevent
Strong Cities Network Global Summit 2018
Date: 10-12 July 2018
The SCN 2018 Summit will provide a unique forum for policy makers, practitioners, academia and other specialists to connect and develop region-specific, best-practice approaches to countering and preventing violent extremism. The Summit will deliver training workshops for local practitioners, showcase local projects and provide networking opportunities with an Asia-Pacific focus.
Workshops and training will focus on a range of key issues including: individual interventions; multiculturalism and integration within cities; political communications around countering violent extremism; youth engagement in preventing and countering violent extremism; gender and violence; local action planning; new models for multi-agency cooperation; global-local integration; and how to harness the private sector and technology to tackle polarisation and violent extremism. The Summit includes additional side events for mayoral and national government representatives.
Venue:
- Melbourne, Australia
Organised by:
- Strong Cities Network
- Australian Government
- Victoria State Government
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
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Be Internet Citizens: Community Training Workshop
Date: 6 July 2018
BIC’s ‘Creators for Change’ workshop will equip attendees to support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Google and YouTube want a safe and exciting web where young people are empowered to be creative, express themselves and experience a sense of belonging as digital citizens. Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
The workshop is aimed at youth workers, local community educators, youth leaders, charities and any NGOs working with young people. Speakers include the local MP, a panel of influencers, YouTubers, and leaders, working to empower young people with life skills online and offline.
Be Internet Citizens Teacher Training
Date: 6 July 2018
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Venue:
- Cardiff, Wales
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouTube
Be Internet Citizens Teacher Training
Date: 30 June 2018
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Venue:
- London, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouTube
OCCI Berlin workshop
Date: 28 June 2018
This workshop is in collaboration with German NGOs about the role conspiracy theories play in online subcultures. Five external speakers will present on the role of conspiracy theories for hateful content online, the connection to disinformation campaigns and the potential of fact-checking and counter-speech to challenge conspiracy thinking.
Venue:
- Berlin, Germany
Organised by:
- ISD
- Facebook Berlin
Be Internet Citizens Teacher Training
Date: 27 June 2018
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Venue:
- Newcastle, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouTube
OCCI Mini-Hackathon
Date: 27 June 2018
The hackathon aims to produce a multi-partnered, Pan-European, decentralized civil society-led campaign that promotes a positive and unified message on World Humanitarian Day (August 19th), with support from participating technology companies. The campaign, rather than focusing on challenging hate and prejudice, will focus on celebrating unity and compassion.
Event programme:
- Session One: ISD presentation on counter-messaging campaigns
- Session Two: Group work to discuss a shared message attendees would like to vocalise on World Humanitarian Day
- Session Three: 70-minute group work for group member NGOs to produce digital assets for their campaigns
Venue:
- Dublin, Ireland
Organised by:
- ISD
- Facebook Dublin
Be Internet Citizens School Workshop
Date: 22 June 2018
BIC’s school workshop will provide students with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Venue:
- Louth and Horncastle, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouTube
Digital Citizenship: How can we empower young people to become digital leaders?
Date: 20 June 2018
We’re working with Google to ensure that young people learn can create a fun, positive, and vibrant community online. We aim to equip them with the necessary skills so that they can be empowered to make the right choices online. This means teaching the participants how to be a digital leader, responding to trolls online, and when and where to go for help.
Experts in the field will teach us how other industry partners help young people learn digital skills.
Location:
- Brussels, Belgium
Organised by:
- ISD
- Google EU
Workshop on Building Resiliency in Cities and Long-Term Prevention Solutions through Public-Private Partnerships
Date: 19 June 2018
An exploratory workshop bringing together public and private stakeholders to explore how businesses and cities can work together to combat hate, violence, and polarisation by sharing best practice design. The workshop brings together the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED), ISD, CEMEX, Radisson, NEC, JCDEcaux, the World Economic Forum, local authorities from Nice, Bristol, Leicester and London, and eight signatory partners.
Location:
- London, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- UNCTED
Be Internet Citizens Teacher Training
Date: 19 May 2018
BIC’s teacher training workshop will allow teachers to better support young people in their communities with essential skills to navigate social media, know how to respond to hate speech, and to use online tools responsibly.
Be Internet Citizens has been designed to teach teenagers media literacy, critical thinking and digital citizenship skills. It aims to provide a strong foundation for young people to express their identities, make a social impact, be resilient as well as active citizens online sharing their positive voices and stories.
Location:
- Cranford Community College, London, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouTube
YouthCAN/SCN Workshop
Date: 12-14 May 2018
This three-day workshop brought together Strong Cities Prevention Network members with youth between the ages of 18 and 24 from three cities across Lebanon: Tripoli, Saida and Majdal Anjar. For the first two days of the lab, 29 youth participants received training on the planning of effective campaigns taking on issues faced by youth in their local communities. On the third day, participants were joined by practitioners from the SCN prevention networks including municipal leaders, teachers and representatives of civil society organisations for sessions on youth engagement and the role of youth as active contributors to conflict prevention.
Venue:
- Raouché Arjaan by Rotana, Beirut, Lebanon
Organised by:
- ISD
- YouthCAN
- Strong Cities Network
Extreme Dialogue Sixth Former Training
Date: 5 May 2018
Our expert facilitators trained Sixth Formers on how best to use our films and supporting educational resources to start challenging but necessary conversations with young people about extremism. Using films produced by ISD and the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation that tell the stories of those affected by extremism, teachers will now be able to fulfil the Prevent duty in a proactive and engaging way.
Venue:
- Cranford Community College, London, UK
Organised by:
- ISD
Harmful Speech Workshop: At the Intersection of Algorithms and Human Behaviour
Date: 29-30 June 2017
This workshop will broadly explore harmful speech online as it is affected by the intersection of algorithms and humans, and to create networks and relationships among stakeholders at this nexus. Findings from the sessions will help shape outputs for the event, which could include various written pieces, mechanisms for network building and continued knowledge sharing across sectors, and avenues for future collaboration amongst attendees.
Event programme:
- Session One: Understanding the interplay between algorithms and human behaviour
- Session Two: Different approaches, operational barriers, and ethical issues to identifying and countering harmful speech online
- Session Three: Pathways forward
Venue:
- Harvard University – Google Maps
Organised by:
- ISD
- Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Strong Cities Network Global Summit 2016
Date: 11-12 May 2016
The SCN Global Summit brought together more than 200 delegates representing 62 cities and 39 countries to share knowledge and experiences around best practice in countering violent extremism at the local level.
The summit opened with a welcome from Menderes Türel, Mayor of Antalya, followed by a keynote from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, lending his country’s full support to SCN and highlighting the importance of increased cooperation not just between countries but between cities in countering extremism. He was joined by the Mayor of Istanbul, Kadir Topbaş.
Highlighting the need for local efforts to counter violent extremism, H.E. Governor Hassan Ali Joho (Mombasa), Minister Ranjit Patil (Maharashtra/ Mumbai), Lord Mayor Frank Jensen (Copenhagen) and Andy Berke (Chattanooga) spoke about their work in safeguarding communities from violent extremism.
The Global Summit also saw the launch of SCN’s Online Hub, where you can find out more information about the SCN.
YouthCAN Innovation Lab
Date: 11-13 February 2016
ISD, in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, hosted the first Commonwealth YouthCAN innovation lab in Kigali, Rwanda, from February 11-13th, bringing together over 35 changemakers from around the region. YouthCAN, founded in June 2015 at the Youth CVE Summit in Oslo, Norway, is a global network that exists to ensure civil society efforts in countering violent extremism are the best they can be. The network now has well over 300 active members worldwide.
At the Commonwealth YouthCAN lab in Kigali, ISD brought together youth-activists, creatives, athletes and social media representatives for counter-narrative training and content creation to push back against hate, extremism, and violence. This was the first of many labs being planned in 2016 for YouthCAN in Europe and the Commonwealth.
Organised by:
- YouthCAN