About the program
The NetMission Ambassadors program (NetMission.asia) is a network of dedicated young knowledge volunteers devoted towards promoting and contributing towards digital inclusion, Internet governance as well as a respectable and harmonious Internet environment.
The Internet has become a mainstream media and a critical infrastructure for business. Adoption and development of the Internet has the potential to dramatically transform and improve people’s quality of life, bring new opportunities in education, employment and socio-economic development. However, the gap between the “haves” and “have-nots” is widening rapidly. This digital divide problem is emerging as a major social development and poverty alleviation concern for modern society.
The training program invites experts from all sectors in society to train the Ambassadors on the subjects of Internet governance, digital inclusion and other related areas. They share insights, experiences and knowledge with the NetMission Ambassadors. Each graduating class of NetMission Ambassadors is then tasked to develop and implement two digital inclusion community projects to raise awareness and bring positive social impact to the information society in Asia. Ambassadors will create ideas and develop ways to address the digital divide problem with the support from the organizers, network of guests and supporting organizations.
Ambassadors who demonstrate commitment, make significant contributions and show a good understanding of NetMission’s work will be selected to represent the team on International and regional conferences and excursions.
NetMission in Action—self-initiated community projects
After the training period, Ambassadors are granted a large degree of freedom and flexibility to design, organize and execute community projects based on their understanding of what Internet means to them, in whatever format that suits them best. You are hence free to arrange your own roles, responsibilities and coordinate schedule with your teammates. DotAsia will support Ambassadors on the way as a facilitator to help you achieve their objectives.
Exchange opportunity
Ambassadors with outstanding performance will be selected to represent NetMission at regional and International conferences. Since the location of the conferences are different each year, please refer to www.netmission.asia for further updates.
NetMission Ambassadors from 2009-2010 participated in the following international conferences respectively:
11th APNG Camp, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (吉隆坡, 馬來西亞)
APNIC Meeting, Beijing, China (北京, 中國)
ICANN Meeting, Seoul, Korea (首爾, 韓國 )
IGF 2009, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (沙姆沙伊赫, 埃及)
12th APNG Camp, Hiroshima, Japan (廣島, 日本)
Youth IGF Camp, London, UK (倫敦, 英國)
IGF 2010, Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe (維爾紐斯,立陶宛, 歐洲)
