We
are committed
to
realizing our common vision of the Information Society for ourselves
and for future generations.
We recognize that young people are
the future workforce and leading creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They
must therefore be empowered as learners, developers, contributors,
entrepreneurs and decision-makers.
We must focus especially on young people
who have not yet been able to benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.
We are also committed to ensuring that the development of ICT
applications and operation of services respects the rights of children as well
as their protection and well-being.
Principle No 11 WSIS 2003
World Summit on
Information Society (WSIS) held at Geneva on December 10-12 2003, marks the
beginning of a new world order where the Digital Dimension of our society will
come under a different set of regulatory control where the Sovereign
Governments of the physical world will have a greater say in the affairs of
the borderless Cyber Society.
The Geneva
Convention which was the inaugural event of the new movement adopted a
"Declaration of Principles" and an
"Action Plan" according to which the constituent members would take
necessary follow up measures which will be taken up for discussion in the next
summit planned in Tunisia in November 2005.
Principle no 11
of the declaration is reproduced above identifies the commitment of the WSIS
community on the education of the younger generation in applying ICT for the
development of the society in conformity with the other principles enumerated
in the document.
It has been also
the motto of naavi.org to contribute towards the building of a "Responsible
Cyber Society" through education. Naavi's
Cyber Law College
has already been working in this direction both with courses in Cyber Law and
Techno Legal Security for the public as well as the CyLawCom Certification
programme for the industry. In a bid to further take the education to the
undergraduate student level, it is proposed to introduce a
Foundation course on "The Laws of the Information Society"
The Course will
presently be available only in Chennai and will be given to group of
undergraduate students through their respective colleges without disturbing
the student's current schedule.
Naavi
March 01, 2004
