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| ===== Cyprus EMEA Observatory ===== | ===== Cyprus EMEA Observatory ===== | ||
| - | The Cyprus EMEA Observatory is a legal entity that brings together individuals and organisations interested in research, investigative activity and analysis of current and upcoming phenomena in network geopolitcs, digital cultures, information freedom or control, human-centered XXX | + | The Cyprus EMEA Observatory is a legal entity that brings together individuals and organisations interested, in the first instance, in the research, investigation and analysis of current and emergent phenomena in digital culture and rights, information freedom and control, and in network geopolitcs with a focus on European, Middle Eastern, and African perspectives. |
| - | Goals | + | Activities |
| - | * Investigate the | + | * Conduct research and develop investigative and publication projects |
| - | * Strong collaborators | + | * Report and respond to current events and policy developments and debates |
| + | * Disseminate information and findings | ||
| + | * Connect strong collaborators and develop a culture of synergy and exchange across fields and disciplines | ||
| + | * Join research institutions and academic projects | ||
| + | * Develop technologies and tools related to our goals | ||
| + | * Participate and organise conferences, exhibitions, workshops, educational projects, and other events | ||
| + | * Facilitate the conduct of research, manage funds, hire people and services, reimburse travel, accommodation and other costs, pay rent and recurring costs for a physical space, and support our activities in other ways | ||
| + | * Educate | ||
| + | * Observe, assist, mobilise, and raise discussion with regard to policy making | ||
| + | * Investigate censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation on the internet, open data, transparency, access to publicly funded outcomes | ||
| * Reflect on technology and our societies | * Reflect on technology and our societies | ||
| - | * Raise discussion on mis-doings of those in control | ||
| * Connect and invite, think tank/panel | * Connect and invite, think tank/panel | ||
| + | * Follow up on practices that violate digital human rights at a local and international level | ||
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| - | Activities | + | |
| - | * Join research institution and academic projects | + | ____________________ |
| - | * Develop technologies and tools in accordance to our goals | + | |
| - | * Participate and organized related events | + | ===== Previous definitions ===== |
| - | * Receive public and private sector funds to conduct research, hire people and services, reimburse travel/accommodation/food costs, pay the rent to our physical space, support our activities | + | |
| - | * Disseminate our findings | + | |
| - | * Educate | + | |
| - | * Assist in policy making | + | |
| - | * Open data, transparency, access to publicly funded outcomes, XXX | + | |
| This is a humble attempt to set-up or to begin thinking about setting-up an independent Cyprus-based Europe, Middle East and Africa Web / Internet Observatory. | This is a humble attempt to set-up or to begin thinking about setting-up an independent Cyprus-based Europe, Middle East and Africa Web / Internet Observatory. | ||
