Dear ISOC-CH members and friends,

This is a period in which digital rights are under huge pressure and there is a lot to do to raise awareness and strive for policies that promote privacy, security, and digital sovereignty.

ISOC-CH in the context of the NGI0 Commons project has announced a job position searching for a “policy expert on digital sovereignty and the cloud”: https://www.isoc.ch/isoc-ch-is-hiring-application-process-is-open/  

> Please forward this to anyone who might be interested. The deadline for application is August 30th.

Moreover, the ISOC-CH board has decided to join the Netzwerk SDS, that is “The network for a sovereign digital Switzerland.” (Netzwerk für eine souveräne digitale Schweiz) in order to support the development of strong, independent digital infrastructures that align with our mission of privacy and digital sovereignty. .

> Please let us know if you have any ideas or concerns about ISOC-CH's official engagement with this network.

In this context, ISOC-CH is closely following the campaigns around the E-ID referendum.

For this, we dedicated our Public Policy Sessions 2025 event, featuring a very interesting panel that you can watch here: https://isoc.live/18882/ 

> We are currently preparing an overview on the most relevant initiatives that you can support such as the E-ID-Gesetz-NEIN, which you can also directly support: https://e-id-gesetz-nein.ch/#spenden

Finally, support us by sharing this newsletter with your network and following us on 

> Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@ISOCSwitzerland 

> X: https://x.com/ISOCSwitzerland 

> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/isoc-switzerland-chapter/

On behalf of the ISOC-CH board,

Panayotis Antoniadis

ISOC-CH treasurer

Co-founder NetHood