<div dir="ltr"><div><div>My name is Wisdom Donkor and leave in Ghana.<br><br></div>I nominate myself for the CSTD WG on enhanced Cooperation <br><br></div>Regards,<br><div><br>..................................................................................<br><b>1. short bio of one paragraph,</b><br>I
am a Ghanaian , 39 years of age and work with the National Information
Technology Agency as engineer and currently the IT Manager with
specialization in e-government and infrastructure, Internet Governance
and Open Government Data initiatives policies and platforms. I also
work as the technical lead person for the Ghana Open Data Initiative
Project and also lecture part time at the Ghana Telecom University
College (Centre for Professional Development Unit). I was the immediate
past Vice General Secretary of the Internet Society Ghana Chapter and
currently the National Secretariat Manager of the Information Technology
Association of Ghana (ITAG) and also serve as the Secretary
(ex-officio) to the Executive Management Committee of which Prof Nii
Quaynor is the Chair and President. I have being involve in the IT
Industry for over 10 years in areas of ICT Policy development, Internet
Governance, Open Government Data, Software Design and Development,
Databases and Consolidation, Open Source Software Technologies, Data
Divide Privacy and Security, Big Data and analytics, Data Management and
technologies, and Human Resource Planning and Development and also
consult to many local organisations and several ICT projects across
Ghana and Abroad.<br><br><b>2. My motivation to be a civil society representative to the WG</b><br>With
my deep understanding and involvement with civil society both national
and at global level couple with my passion for free open Internet, open
government data and open source software technologies, I will be
honoured to represent civil society on the working group besides, my
association with ICANN as Fellow coach (mentor) and subsequently
support staff. It will be my privilege to represent civil society on
the working group because Civil society has been widely recognized as
one of the essential ‘third’ sector. Its strength has a positive
influence on state or government. CS is an an increasingly important
agent for promoting good governance like transparency, effectiveness,
openness, responsiveness and accountability. Civil society most often
further good governance, first, by policy analysis and advocacy; second,
by regulation and monitoring of performance and the action and behavior
of institutions; third, by building social capital and enabling
citizens to identify and articulate their values, beliefs, civic norms
and democratic practices; fourth, by mobilizing particular
constituencies, particularly the vulnerable and marginalized sections of
masses, to participate more fully in national and global affairs; and
fifth, by development work to improve the well-being of societies or
communities. I believe with my experience with ICANN, IGF, IETF, World
Bank, ITU, ISOC, etc with my deep understanding of the subject matter, I
will be privilege to work and contribute to the objectives of the
working group by bringing to bear my skills and expertise.<br><br><b><br>3. Substantive proposals or a vision on “how to further implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda”</b><br>From
my perspective three main issues need to be discussed thoroughly:
Internet governance and open government data policies framework and
human right:<br><b>1. Internet Governance and Open Government Data Initiatives:</b>
We need to encourage participation from as many stakeholders to explore
the relationship between access to the Internet, and the development of
Open Government Data initiatives that is geared towards cetizen
empowerment and sustainable job creation. As the number of Open Data
initiatives increases worldwide, including in countries where open
governance is not common, the Internet governance issues surrounding
such release of data have yet to be thoroughly investigated and
discussed. We need to focus on some of the issues that have arisen with
the advent of Internet governance and Open Government Data Initiative,
particularly in the African region with the view to help focus on
Internet governance, such as access, security, the data divide and
privacy. There is the need to also examine the need for global ethical
standards that can govern the responsible use of the Internet and the
release and use of data within an Internet governance framework. In this
present days, Open Government data issues are been discussed outside
Internet governance domain. I will bring to bear perspectives from
multiple internet governance stakeholders about determination of what
data is released and how it is used, this will be done to stimulate
discussion about the issues by looking at the number of culturally
influenced views on the issue of internet governance and open government
data initiatives. Internet infrastructure, access and interoperability
as well as reliability and management of data are important for
successful implementation of Internet governance and Open Government
Data policies. The policies that have been developed in Internet
governance circles have a direct effect on the use and reuse of data
and must be acknowledged and discussed. Furthermore, inter-cultural and
multi-stakeholder dialogue is needed to help shape public interest
policy principles for Open Data and Internet governance. <br>2.<b> Human Right:</b>
I believe that realizing human rights is the essential first step to
building just societies. When people are empowered to pursue their own
destinies and have a voice in shaping solutions to problems they
experience, they are better equipped to overcome poverty, live with
dignity and transform the lives of others. “Millions of people are
suffering enormously at the hands of states, while governments are
shamelessly painting the protection of human rights as a threat to
security, law and order or national ‘values.'" There is an insidious and
creeping trend undermining human rights which has come from governments
deliberately attacking, under funding or neglecting institutions that
have been set up to help protect our rights. The United Nations’ human
rights bodies, the International Criminal Court, and regional mechanisms
such as the Council of Europe and the Inter American Human Rights
system, are being undermined by governments attempting to evade
oversight of their domestic records. Amnesty international has stated in
their 2015 – 2016 report that governments are broken international law
in their national contexts: more than 98 states tortured or otherwise
ill-treated people and 30 or more illegally forced people to do things
against their will where they would be in danger. In at least 18
countries, war crimes or other violations of the “laws of war” were
committed by governments or armed groups. “Instead of recognizing the
crucial role these people play in society, many governments have
deliberately set out to strangle criticism in their country. They broken
their own laws in their crackdowns against citizens,” My question now
is: Is there any charter of human right and principles for the
Internet? If yes to what extent has it influence human right policies on
the Internet and if no is there any plans to lead the process. <br><br>This are issues that need to be taken into consideration and discussed thoroughly and deal with it on its merit.<br><br><br><b>4. My experience or qualifications to represent civil society on the WG.</b><br><br>I
have been an active member of the global Internet governance community
since 2012 focused on facilitating meaningful civil society engagement
at both national and global forum. With my professional, technical and
human resource planing and development background and my involvement
with ICANN, ISOC, IETF, World Bank Open Data team, Global open data
working group, Diplo Foundation, Open Government partnership (OGP),
ITU, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), Open Data
Institute (ODI), USAID, UNDP activities couple with over 10 years of
working experience within the ICT field within the public and private
sector, I have gain the needed experience and understanding of the
governance related issues. I am more than convinced that I do have the
professional capacity to work and adhere and subscribe to the Tunes
Agenda.<br><br>5. Name, gender, regional/geographical, as well as any
appropriate affiliation information and contact information should be
included as well.<br><br>Gender: Male<br>Name: Wisdom Donkor<br>Nationality: Ghana<br>Region: Africa<br>Affiliation: National Information Technology Agency, Ghana/<br>Ghana Open Data Initiative./ National Information Technology Association of Ghana<br><br>Contact: 0243380618<br>Mobile: 0208128851<br><br><br><br><br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation<br>OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member<br></div><span style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<br></span></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>National Information Technology Agency (NITA) <br></div><div>Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)</div><div>Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana</div><div>Tel; +233 20 812881</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:wisdom_dk@hotmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>Skype: wisdom_dk</div><div>facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk<br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.nita.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nita.gov.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.data.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.isoc.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.itag.org.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.itag.org.gh</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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