The objective of the South School on Internet Governance is to train professionals in the Americas free of charge on Internet-related issues in order to promote their participation in spaces where rules, regulations and other standards related to the Internet are defined. The South School on Internet Governance awards scholarships to all its participants, which since its inception in 2009 have awarded scholarships with a complete gender balance. (50% women 50% men).
The main objective of the school is to train the new and new leaders of Internet governance in Latin America. In its 11 consecutive editions, it has already awarded more than 4000 scholarship recipients, many of whom today have already been actively involved in leading different Internet activities. The South School on Internet Governance rotates between countries to encourage the participation of different communities. It has simultaneous translation in all its editions during the five days of the training. It is also transmitted in a virtual way through social networks, allowing the participation of thousands of people from many countries.

https://gobernanzainternet.org/ssig2020/

• Latin America and the Caribbean

• Youth
• Women
• The unemployed

Yes, Dr. Olga Cavalli is also the Academic Director of ARGENSIG, the Argentine School of Internet Governance, which began in 2017 and has the same scholarship scheme with strict gender balance. Argensig's website is www.argensig.org

The sharing and strengthening of global knowledge for development can be enhanced by removing barriers to equitable access to information for economic, social, political, health, cultural, educational, and scientific activities and by facilitating access to public domain information, including by universal design and the use of assistive technologies.