Agenda Pre-SIF 15 May
Pre-SIF will take place at the Sida Head Quarters in Stockholm. The Address is Valhallavägen 199. If you are staying at one of the official hotels there will be a transfer in the morning taking you directly to the meeting. At the end of the day there will be transfers taking you back to the hotels.
| 08.30 – 10.00 | Registration and Coffee Mandatory ID-Control please bring your passport |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Welcome note |
| 10.15 – 12.00 | Workshop: Countering shrinking spaces – Movement building in a digital age Lightening talks and interactive group discussions Organizer: Association for Progressive Communications (APC) |
| 12.00 – 13.15 | Lunch |
| 13.15 – 14.30 | Geographical Break-outs Sessions and Workshops covering the following regional areas. Africa – Closing democratic spaces in Africa Latin America – The new faces of censorship in Latin America Eurasia – Central Asia – Access to online spaces shrinking for Feminist Movements, and LGBT+” South East Asia – Defending democratic space – Digital rights movement MENA – Shrinking from two sides, MENA’s online space under assault by tech companies and governments |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | Coffee break |
| 15.15 – 17.00 | Thematic Break-outs Sessions and Workshops covering the following topics. Secure Interpersonal Communication Mobilizing against shutdowns Using video to mobilize Defining meaningful access Gendering community networks Effects of Social media tax in Uganda |
| 17.30 – 19.00 | Informal dinner |
| 19.00 | Buses leave for the hotels |