[bestbits] Re: [governance] CS Representation on Brazil Committees

[parminder]

Congrats and best wishes to all selected nominees.

I am especially happy to see Louis Pouzin in the HLC.

Whereas there are other good nominees as well, it is disappointing that 
a civil society slate is so dis-balanced between developed and 
developing country participation, 4 to 1. Civil processes used to be 
meticulous in this regard and would rather err on the side of more 
developing country nominees..

A connected point, I do not think that the proposed criterion of having 
a work background in, and linkages to, interests/ issues related to 
marginalised groups got applied. I am happy to hear committee chair's 
comment in this regard. Was this criterion applied, and if so, how. Thanks.

This term 'marginalised groups' seems to have become kind of esoteric in 
this space, which is rather problematic. Isnt civil society supposed to 
be mostly about such issues and interests.

parminder

On Wednesday 15 January 2014 08:01 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
>
> I am pleased to announce the following selections for the Brazil 
> Committees on behalf of the Civil Society Coordination Group. Many 
> thanks to all the organisations and individuals who co –operated in 
> this collaborative effort and to those who contributed to a very 
> talented list of names for consideration
>
> *High Level Committee*
>
> Jovan Kurbalija
> Stephanie Perrin
> Louis Pouzin
>
> *Executive Multistakeholder Committee*
>
> Adam Peake
> Marilia Maciel
>
> Biographical details appear below.
>
> The representatives were chosen from a field of 33 applications for 
> HLC and 24 applications for EMC, drawn from a widely disseminated call 
> for nominations across various civil society networks, including IGC, 
> Best Bits, APC, NCSG, Diplo, and associated civil society networks , 
> and including nominations from other CS individuals as well. No 
> nominations were denied full consideration.
>
> The full list of candidates was posted on the main civil society lists 
> some time ago (let me know if you need a copy). We thank all the 
> volunteers who put their names forward – this was an incredibly 
> talented field and making decisions on final candidates was 
> subsequently a significant challenge.
>
> The selections were made by a Nomcom consisting of Virginia Paque 
> (Diplo Foundation), Jeremy Malcolm (Best Bits), Chat Garcia Ramilo 
> (APC) and Robin Gross (NCSG). Ian Peter was an independent non voting 
> Chair.
>
> We realise that some aspects of these selections will be 
> controversial. We have attempted to find a balance (among the 
> candidates who best fit our criteria for selection) between such 
> factors as gender, geography, advocacy, knowledge, expertise, and 
> constituency. Geography in particular was a challenge in finalising 
> our HLC candidates – but we did note very strong support from a number 
> of prominent third world centred organisations and individuals for 
> Louis Pouzin, and trust that the perspectives and advocacy he will 
> bring to the discussions will ensure that important issues of concern 
> to many members of civil society are not neglected.
>
> Biographical details are below.
>
> Ian Peter (non voting Chair)
>
> BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
>
> *Dr Jovan Kurbalija*is the founding director of DiploFoundation. He is 
> a former diplomat with a professional and academic background in 
> international law, diplomacy, and information technology. In 1992, he 
> established the Unit for IT and Diplomacy at the Mediterranean Academy 
> of Diplomatic Studies in Malta. In 2002, after more than ten years of 
> successful work in training, research, and publishing, the Unit 
> evolved into DiploFoundation.
>
> Dr Kurbalija directs online learning courses on ICT and diplomacy and 
> lectures in academic and training institutions in Switzerland, the 
> United States, Austria, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and 
> Malta. His main areas of research are diplomacy and the development of 
> an international Internet regime, the use of hypertext in diplomacy, 
> online negotiations and diplomatic law.
>
> *Stephanie Perrin*is recognized as an international expert in privacy 
> and data protection and the social impact of technology, and is 
> conducting doctoral research focused on privacy enhanced 
> authentication technologies. Stephanie is a NCSG/NCUC member and has 
> been a strong advocate for privacy on the ICANN Expert Working Group 
> on Directory Services (aka "whois") for the last year. Her experience 
> includes several positions in the Canadian Government, including in 
> Integrity Services at Service Canada, as Director of Research and 
> Policy in the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, and as Director of 
> Privacy Policy at Industry Canada where she was responsible for the 
> development of the private sector privacy legislation (PIPEDA). She 
> has worked in the private sector and has consulted broadly on privacy 
> issues internationally, including advising on the first privacy policy 
> for CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority. She is based 
> in Canada.
>
> *Louis Pouzin*is one of the pioneers in computer communications and 
> the Internet. He designed and directed the development of the Cyclades 
> network in France, the first to use datagrams and matching end-to-end 
> protocols, later adopted by the Internet. He is now retired and 
> contributes to several associations and working groups related to 
> Internet development. He has received ACM SIGCOMM and IEEE Internet 
> awards and is a member of the Internet Hall of Fame. He graduated from 
> Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and has published 82 articles and a book 
> on computer networks.Louis is a founder or Eurolinc and has been a 
> strong advocate in internet governance discussions.
>
> *Adam Peake*is a senior researcher at the Center for Global 
> Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan. He works 
> on telecommunications, Internet and broadband policy, and follow-up 
> activities for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). 
> Adam has been active in policy-making activities for the deployment 
> and development of the Internet since the mid-1990s. He is an expert 
> on the development and deployment of the broadband networks, services 
> and applications in Japan, and has conducted numerous studies for 
> Japanese corporate clients on telecommunications/Internet/ICTs in the 
> United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. Adam teaches a short course on 
> Internet policy for MBA students at the International University of 
> Japan and is a former co ordinator of the Internet Governance Caucus.
>
> *Marília Maciel*works as a professor of Intellectual Property Law and 
> also as a researcher at the Center for Technology and Society of the 
> Getulio Vargas Foundation (CTS/FGV), in Brazil. She leads project 
> Cultura Livre (Free Culture), which investigates how new media 
> reshapes intellectual property and impacts cultural production and 
> distribution. She also represents FGV at the Standing Committee on 
> Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property 
> Organization (WIPO). Marília has a Masters degree on Latin American 
> Integration from the Federal University of Santa Maria and a Law 
> degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco. She has been a tutor 
> in the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme, organized by 
> DiploFoundation since 2008. She is also a member of the Remote 
> Participation Working Group, composed by individuals from different 
> countries who have joined together with the concern to enhance remote 
> attendance in the Internet Governance Fórum.
>

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