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Workshop: Funding cyber cooperation

17 July 2020Online Webinar

The 'Closing the Gap' conference is organised by the EU Cyber Direct project together with 12 other institutions from around the world and in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. The aim of the conference is to contribute to closing various gaps that underpin the debates about cyber-related issues: between scholars and practitioners, different generations of scholars (emerging talents and established researchers), disciplines (law, political science, international relations, economics, IT, media studies), sectors (government, private sector, academia, NGOs) and regions (Global South-North).

Powerpoint that we have forwarded
- Hewlett Foundation Cyber Grants
- The Partnership Instrument
- Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre

Download Rachael Falk's Presentation

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  • Nils Berglund

    Research ICT Africa

    Q: Great question Patryk and I agree with you Ruhiya! I don’t want to speak entirely on behalf of RIA here but I think a challenge for us as an organisation has been trying to respond to the new trends and going where the funding is. Like you say, traditional challenges of access and use—the bedrock of what we work on at RIA—is not always as easy to market as AI, despite what the needs or local context might be in terms of ICT development. But I also want to stress on that note that where IDRC has been critical for our work is the ongoing and long-term support structures that have allowed us to incorporate work on for example artificial intelligence with our broader vision digital policy agenda or organisational vision as opposed to short-term funding grants that might not result in meaningful research or policy impact (to Caitriona Heinl)

  • Joe Burton

    Q: For early career researchers, funding applications and terminology as well as the funding process and systems are hard to decipher. What can you do to support early career researchers to develop applications and understand how the funding systems work. And who would like to fund my next project on AI and Information Warfare? :) (to Caitriona Heinl)

  • EUCyberdirect

    Q: feel free to post questions to speakers in this Q&A

About the Organiser

About the Organiser

EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations is an independent think-tank based in Brussels. Its interdisciplinary research is conducted in a spirit of total academic freedom. Drawing on the expertise of its own research fellows, as well as that of external specialists, both Belgian and foreign, it provides analysis and policy options that are meant to be as operational as possible.

About EU Cyber Direct

The EU Cyber Direct project supports EU cyber diplomacy efforts and consequently contributes to the development of a secure, stable and rules-based international order in cyberspace through extensive dialogues with strategic partner countries and regional/international organisations. EU Cyber Direct is funded by the European Commission under the Partnership Instrument, International Digital Cooperation project: Trust and Security in Cyberspace.

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