1. Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance - Overview -
APSIG
2018 AP*, New Caledonia

2. School on Internet Governance (SIG)
Regional SIGs
EuroSSIG (2007~ )
South SIG, Internet Governance Caribbean (2009~)
AfriSIG (2013~)
MEAC-SIG (2014~)
APSIG (2016~), APIGA (2016~)
North America SIG (2018~)
National SIGs
China/APILP (2011~), Brazil (2014~), Pakistan (2015~), India (2016~)
2017: Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Bangladesh
2018: Nepal

3. Objective
Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG) intends to serve Internet governance Internet governance experts and leaders in Asia Pacific on their professional upgrades and collaboration.
APSIG collaborates with national SIGs and IGFs in Asia Pacific which serve several thousand Internet governance practitioners on their capacity development through introductory, general and advanced courses. 

4. Scope Develop open courseware on the Internet governance
Offer courses on the Internet governance for IG leaders and experts
Collaborate with other SIGs and IGFs through All SIG Meetings.
Offer APSIG/Amazon fellowships for IGF participation

5. Program 7 Tracks (with 26 classes and 5 additional classes)
- Internet Governance – General
- Internet Governance – Perspectives
- Internet Governance – Stakeholders
- Internet Governance – Institutions
- Human Rights
- Security
- Internet Governance - Extended
Sessions: Hot Topic, Case Study, BoF,…

6. SIG Schedules in Asia: 2016, 2017, 2018 2018: January Nepal
2016: MEAC-SIG, APIGA, APSIG, inSIG, pkSIG
2017: April/Afghanistan, May/Sri Lanka, July/APSIG
August MEAC-SIG, APIGA, pkSIG
October Philippines, inSIG
December bdSIG
2018: January Nepal
April Afghanistan
July APSIG
August APIGA, MEAC-SIG
Q pkSIG, lkIGF/SIG
Q inSIG, bdSIG, cnSIG

7. APSIG: 2015 Activities Fund Raising 2015Q3-Q4
Generic Program Development
2016 APSIG Course Planning
2015Q4-2016Q1

8. APSIG: 2016 Activities
APSIG Course, ~15, AIT, Bangkok 39 Participants from 21 countries Four Day Course minutes Classes and 6-hour Role Play Class - Hot Topic Session - Opening and Closing Sessions 2. Co-sponsored inSIG Sent 15 APSIG fellows to inSIG and 5 APSIG fellows to pkSIG. 3. All SIG Dinner and Meeting, ~04, Hyderabad

9. APSIG: 2017 Activities
1. Annual Meeting (2017 APSIG), ~26, Bangkok
48 participants
4 day Course with
- 10 Classes
- 4 Sessions: Case Study, BoF, Lightning Talk
- Opening and Closing sessions
2. All SIG Meeting
First All SIG Meeting, , Bangkok
Second All SIG Meeting, , Geneva
3. APSIG/Amazon Fellowship for 2017 IGF participation
4. Sponsoring national SIG participation

10. APSIG: 2018 Activities
1. Annual Meeting (2018 APSIG), ~12 at AIT, Bangkok 45 Participants from 22 Countries Four Day Course (with Day 0 Event) - 7 Classes - 7 Case Study Sessions - 2 BoF Sessions - Opening and Closing Sessions 2. All SIG Meetings; /AIT, /Paris IGF 3. APSIG/Amazon Fellowships for 2018 IGF participation

11. APSIG: 2019 Activities (Plan)
1. Annual Meeting (2019 APSIG), ~10 at AIT, Bangkok 45 Participants from 22 Countries Three-Day Course (with Day 0 Event) - 6 Classes - 5 Case Study Sessions - 3 BoF Sessions - Opening and Closing Sessions 2. All SIG Meetings; APSIG/Amazon Fellowships for 2018 IGF and RightsCon participation

12. Issues
1. How to serve several hundred Internet governance leaders and experts who need professional upgrades every 4-5 years? APSIG could serve only 40 participants at each annual APSIG course. 2. How to support SIGs and IGFs in Asia Pacific which offer courses for Internet governance practitioners and students? 3. How to secure lecturers who are “best in Asia and the world”? 4. How to secure stable funding? 5. How to collaborate globally?

13. References APSIG.asia Website APSIG – Annual Reports; 2016, 2017, 2018
APSIG – Annual Plans; 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
All SIG Group with All SIG Meeting, APSIG.asia
APSIG Library with Lecture Videos and Presentation Marials

14. Appendix: APSIG Program – Tracks and Classes
1. Internet Governance - General History and Principles, Local Language, Net Neutrality, Internet Policy 2. Internet Governance - Perspectives Legal, Social, Tech/Eng, Economics/Business 3. Internet Governance - Stakeholders Multistakeholder Model, Global Internet Users/Non-Users 4. Internet Governance - Institutions Eco System, Standardization, Names and Numbers 5. Human Rights General, Privacy, Gender 6. CyberSecurity General, Crime, Surveillance, Warfare 7. Internet Governance – Extended Digital, IoT, Data, Security, AI, Blockchain/Digital Commerce