1. Korean School on Internet Governance (krSIG)
Jungbae An
krSIG WG chair
APIGA 2017 /
rev

2. Schools on Internet Governance
Regional SIGs
Euro SSIG: ~300 participants since 2007
South SIG: ~1,500 since 2009
AfriSIG: ~300 since 2012
MEAC-SIG: ~150 since 2013
APSIG: ~90 since 2016
National SIGs
afSIG, EGI.br, Beijing-APILP, inSIG, pkSIG, lkSIG
Pending: npSIG, bdSIG, lbSIG, krSIG, …
Others
APILP (at APrIGF)
APIGA
APC: ittrainonline, APC Impact, …
Citizen Lab Summer Institute, Univ. of Toronto
DiploFoundation: Introduction to Internet Governance (online)
Eliademy: Internet Governance series (online)
IG Academy (online)
Internet Society: Inforum Course: Shaping the Internet and Futures (online)
Public Knowledge: Open Internet Course (online, in Spanish)

3. At glance – Internet in South Korea
Internet user: 41.9M (85.1%) 27th of the world
Broadband subscription: 20.2M (38%) 6th of the world
ccTLD: 1M th of the world
IPv4: 112.4M th of the world
IPv6: 5.2K th of the world
Annual IGF participants ? of the world
2016 Jalisco, Guadalajara 11
2015 João Pessoa 8
2014 Istanbul 17
2013 Bali 10
2012 Baku 2
2011 Nairobi 0
2010 Vilnius 0
2009 Sharm El Sheikh 4
remark. The number of participants is estimated figure.
Source: ITU 2014; OECD 2014; KRNIC 2016; KISA 2016; IGF

4. Challenges to IG in South Korea
Act on Internet Address Resources : conflicting condition
Government regulation vs. Multi-stakeholder governance
Funnel effect in discussion : barrier to emerging issues and capacity building
Weak participation
Government
Private sector
Others
Lack of strategy for sustainability
recruiting next generation
developing capacity building program
participation in global fora strategically

5. The Needs Practitioners’ Next generation’s
to participate in global/regional/local Internet governance through understanding the definition, perspectives, actors, institutions/fora, and issues.
Next generation’s
to empower next generation to be next leaders through enhancing the literacy and experience on Internet governance
Focus on graduate school students of International Relations, global governance, ….

6. KrSIG Working Group
Initially suggested in 2015 to serve next generation
Launched in as KIGA’s WG
KrIGF tutorial session in 2015, 2016, (2017)
10 members from academia, technical, government, civil society

7. Preparation period ~2017Q4 2018Q2 Collecting necessary materials
IGF, APrIGF, krIGF workshop video
APSIG lecture video
Others
Organizing lectures
core classes
Lecturers
class materials
2018Q2
1st KrSIG targeting practitioners/graduate students

8. Additional resources APSIG, 2017, APSIG Overview, APSIG.asia.
Kilnam Chon, 2017, SIG Curriculum – draft, All SIG Meeting, APSIG 2017.