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Launch of two new local partnerships
The Embassy of Denmark in Washington D.C. allocated two new grants to the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.
In December, the Embassy of Denmark in Washington D.C. allocated two new grants to the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Each partnership will support projects and research focusing on implications for developing countries, with the objective to promote the social and economic development.
Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)
Women, peace and security (WPS) is a long-standing political priority for Danish development cooperation, and in 2005 Denmark was the first country in the world to develop a National Action Plan for WPS. Denmark’s current National Action Plan was launched in 2020 with the goal to ensure the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace efforts, and to incorporate the consideration of women and men’s equality, rights, interests, vulnerabilities and needs into all aspects of work for sustainable peace. The Embassy will therefore be working to promote this agenda together with GIWPS. The Institute has a long track record of engaging in cutting-edge research on women’s roles in peace and security efforts, economic empowerment, countering violent extremism, and mitigating climate change and natural disasters. The objective of the partnership is to develop policy-relevant analysis and recommendations that advance inclusive approaches to peace and security in fragile, conflict-affected, and developing contexts. You can read more about GIWPS here: Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security - GIWPS.
Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)
In 2021 Denmark launched its Tech for Democracy initiative, which brings together representatives from governments, multilateral organisations, tech industry and civil society to make technology work for democracy and human rights – and not against them. Protection and promotion of democracy and human rights and defending against authoritarianism are fundamental aspects of Danish foreign policy and development cooperation. Around the same time, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab launched its initiative Democracy + Tech in 2021 working to ensure the voices and perspectives of vulnerable populations and those most affected by digital policy and tech governance decisions are represented in the policymaking process. The objective of the partnership is to foster civil society involvement and human rights-aligned approaches in developing countries to the development of tech governance frameworks. This will be done through supporting research by African scholars on key tech concepts and questions, collaboration with civil society on engagement in policy-processes and elevating democratic and global insights into multi-national, -lateral and -stakeholder fora. Read more about the DFRLab here: Democracy + Tech Initiative - Atlantic Council.
Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)
Women, peace and security (WPS) is a long-standing political priority for Danish development cooperation, and in 2005 Denmark was the first country in the world to develop a National Action Plan for WPS. Denmark’s current National Action Plan was launched in 2020 with the goal to ensure the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace efforts, and to incorporate the consideration of women and men’s equality, rights, interests, vulnerabilities and needs into all aspects of work for sustainable peace. The Embassy will therefore be working to promote this agenda together with GIWPS. The Institute has a long track record of engaging in cutting-edge research on women’s roles in peace and security efforts, economic empowerment, countering violent extremism, and mitigating climate change and natural disasters. The objective of the partnership is to develop policy-relevant analysis and recommendations that advance inclusive approaches to peace and security in fragile, conflict-affected, and developing contexts. You can read more about GIWPS here: Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security - GIWPS.
Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)
In 2021 Denmark launched its Tech for Democracy initiative, which brings together representatives from governments, multilateral organisations, tech industry and civil society to make technology work for democracy and human rights – and not against them. Protection and promotion of democracy and human rights and defending against authoritarianism are fundamental aspects of Danish foreign policy and development cooperation. Around the same time, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab launched its initiative Democracy + Tech in 2021 working to ensure the voices and perspectives of vulnerable populations and those most affected by digital policy and tech governance decisions are represented in the policymaking process. The objective of the partnership is to foster civil society involvement and human rights-aligned approaches in developing countries to the development of tech governance frameworks. This will be done through supporting research by African scholars on key tech concepts and questions, collaboration with civil society on engagement in policy-processes and elevating democratic and global insights into multi-national, -lateral and -stakeholder fora. Read more about the DFRLab here: Democracy + Tech Initiative - Atlantic Council.