[bestbits] Call for nominations for civil society representatives for the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory group (MAG)

Mon Sep 29 19:20:06 EDT 2014

Count me in to support your nomination, so I worried about to not see anyone from Brazil or Latin America, and seriously think about nominate myself too. 

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> Em 29/09/2014, às 19:46, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito <ekenyanito at gmail.com> escreveu:
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> Dear Jeremy, all,
> 
> Thanks all for the endorsements and more especially from the young people and those from the global south as this are two constituencies that I am blessed to be part of.
> 
> Please find my somewhat long and detailed statement below.
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> Name: Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
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> Region of residence: Africa
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> Nationality:
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> Kenyan
> Gender: Male
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> Personal statement and IG-related work:
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> I am a Policy Fellow working with the Policy team for Access (https://www.accessnow.org/ ), where I focus on the connection between internet policy and human rights and specifically works on Internet Governance Reforms. Since joining Access, I have extensively supported Access in analyzing and contributing to international and national African policy positions at major internet governance fora, including the recent NetMundial meeting, the International Telecommunication Union, and the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity, among others and have assisted to extend and defend rights of users through  ICANN Civil Society related events.
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> I a member of the interim steering committee for the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance (a Dynamic Coalition of the IGF). I am also an affiliate at the Internet Policy Observatory (IPO) (http://globalnetpolicy.org/about/ipo-affiliates/ ) (created by the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania).
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> Being only 21 years in July 2013, I was the youngest fellow of the African School on Internet Governance, held in South Africa and run by Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and NEPAD (the technical body of the African Union). In the mean time, I am scheduled to graduate from Law School in 2015 and I am also a Global Civics Student at the Global Civics Academy (www.globalcivics.net )
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> Prior to Access and Internet Policy Observatory, I have worked with Transparency International (Kenya Chapter) in the Advocacy and Legal Advisory Centre (ALAC Eldoret Office) programme as a Law Student Intern for two years. The programme offers free legal advice to victims and witnesses of corruption and at the same time empower members of the Kenyan public to advocate for transparency and accountability in management of public affairs and is active in advocating for Freedom of Information and Data Protection Laws in Kenya.
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> Post IGF 2011 in Nairobi Kenya, Transparency International-Kenya has played active role in using ICTs in human rights, to the point of organizing a hack-a-thon which brings developers together to through a weekend marathon of developing apps that can be used in human rights work. The programme also uses a toll free call centre, social media and FM radio programmes to empower and promote community participation in monitoring public service delivery.
> I am a previous attendee at IGF at (as an on-site participant and remotely) both at the global and African regional level and more recently in the last IGF 2014 Istanbul, I engaged assertively as an on-site panellist on the following sessions:
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> Developing countries participation in global IG- http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2014/index.php/proposal/view_public/114
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> Youth Coalition on Internet Governance- www.intgovforum.org/cms/147-igf-2014/1861-igf-2014-youth-coalition-on-internet-governance-meeting  
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> Net Neutrality Main Session- https://igf2014.sched.org/event/11c53224e232d7f3298247f3ec624e44 I am a member of a number of academic, end-user and activist mailing lists, and I plan to feed to consult report back about MAG discussions regularly.  I plan to also write regular blog posts in assisting with this purpose.
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> As a 22 year old youth, I believe that the youth are not leaders of tomorrow but of today and involving youth in IG processes ensures that there is no generational gap as regards to Internet Policy advancement. I have often believe that young people ought to be at the forefront in advancing democratic and positive institutional reform. My position is consistent with Civil Society views such as BestBits on the need for diversity in terms of age (bestbits.net/2014-mag-nominations/ ) and Internet Governance Caucus that “..Targeting youth groups or the younger generation of professionals will have, in the long run, an effective impact..” (http://igcaucus.org/answers-cstd-questionnaire-improvements-igf-19-november-2010 )
> This gap on youth involvement in IG has repeatedly been identified during subsequent, IGFs and more recently in IGF 2014, attendees pointed out that youth are about 3% minority in the IGF community (September 5th 2014 11.00 Taking Stock/ Emerging issues), which is consistent with 23 November 2010 IGF MAG Meeting (http://igf.wgig.org/cms/mag/102-igf-2010/transcripts2010 ) where it was stated, “...I think that we should have an opportunity to provide it -- to provide opportunities for youth representation from African countries, Asian, former USSR, other countries, to make it the IGF's better mandate...”
> 
> My views for IGF reform are that Civil Society needs to take a more prominent role in the IGF decision making and this is outlined at this BestBits statement:  <http://bestbits.net/igf-2014-submission/> and in this IG- Caucus 2010 statement that is still relevant to-date: http://www.unctad.info/upload/CSTD-IGF/Contributions/M1/CSIGC.pdf
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> Bio
> 
> Ephraim is a Policy Fellow working with the Policy team for Access (https://www.accessnow.org/ ), where he focuses on the connection between internet policy and human rights and specifically works on Internet Governance Reforms. At Access, Ephraim has enthusiastically and extensively supported Access in analyzing and contributing to international and national African policy positions at major internet governance fora, including the recent NetMundial meeting, the International Telecommunication Union, and the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity, among others.
> 
> He is a member of the interim steering committee for the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance (a Dynamic Coalition of the IGF) and is a global member of ISOC and served as a member of 2014's Kenya Internet Governance Forum Steering committee (http://kenyaigf.or.ke/index.php/about-kigf/kigf-team). He is also an affiliate at the Internet Policy Observatory (IPO) (http://globalnetpolicy.org/about/ipo-affiliates/ ) (created by the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania).
> 
> Being only 21 years in July 2013, he was the youngest graduate of the African School on Internet Governance, held in South Africa. He also has training in Internet Policy and Media Law from University of Oxford and University of Pennsylvania. In the mean time, he is scheduled to graduate from Law School in 2015 and is also a Global Civics Student at the Global Civics Academy (www.globalcivics.net )
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> Ephraim has participated in ICANN as a member of Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) (www.ncuc.org/about/members/ ) and as a member of the ICANN Fellowship alumni network. He has participated in all the 2014 ICANN Civil Society related events and has been volunteering part of his free time as an Independent expert at ICANN's Implementation Advisory Group for Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (IAG-CCT) (https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-10-24-en ) and as a member of the Translation and Transliteration PDP Working group (https://community.icann.org/display/tatcipdp/6+Membership+and+Mailing+List+Archive )
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> Since 2012, Ephraim is also been an Author and Translator through various online publications such as Global Voices Online (http://globalvoicesonline.org/author/ephraim-kenyanito/ ), (an international network of bloggers, translators, and citizen journalists that follow, report, and summarize what is going on in the blogosphere in every corner of the world.) Ephraim also write through The Daily Journalist (http://thedailyjournalist.com/author/ephraimkenyanito/ ) and through a personal blog, “The Diary of a Global Citizen” (http://thediaryofaglobalcitizen.wordpress.com/ ). Previously he was a Reporter and Multimedia Team member at European Journalism Centre’s “ThinkBrigade Project.” (http://www.thinkbrigade.org/author/ephraim.k/ )
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> Ephraim has also been carrying out various African Regional Integration projects with the East African Community Secretariat (Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania) and was an Intern at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade. He also has a passion for Democratic Governance Issues and has been involved in research and promotion of Governance Issues through projects facilitated by Transparency International, MercyCorps (International) and Centre for Law and Research International (CLARION) among other diverse-range of social development organizations.
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> 
> 
> --
> Best Regards,
> 
> Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
> Website: http://about.me/ekenyanito
> @ekenyanito
> PGP: E6BA8DC1
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>> On 27 September 2014 12:03, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:
>> So far I believe we have these candidates to put forward into the process:
>> 
>> * Avri Doria
>> * Lea Kaspar
>> * John Dada
>> * Matthew Shears
>> * Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
>> 
>> Before we close on September 30 this is a last call for any final nominations.  Can I also please ask those who haven't already done so to send (me, or the list) a statement addressing the criteria?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>>> On Sep 18, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This is a call for nominations for civil society representatives for the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory group (MAG).  
>>> 
>>> This nomination process in 2014 will be run across several civil society coalitions, including Best Bits, IGC, APC, Diplo, NCSG, and Just Net Coalition. You are welcome to nominate through any of the above groups. Nominations close on Tuesday, September 30
>>> 
>>> If you wish to nominate via Best Bits, or you have been nominated and wish to accept, please do so either on list or by email to jmalcolm at eff.org. 
>>> 
>>> Please include in your nomination, the nominee's name, country of residence and nationality, and gender. Please also specifically address each of the selection criteria below, giving us examples and evidence of how the nominee meets each of the individual selection criteria.
>>> 
>>> CRITERIA
>>> Past record of active engagement as part of civil society groups working on internet governance issues, acting or speaking out assertively on behalf of public interest concerns.
>>> Willingness and commitment to consult with and report back to CS networks (including beyond those focused on internet governance where appropriate) on MAG discussions.
>>> Previous attendee at IGF at a global or regional level.
>>> Willing, available and able to participate effectively and constructively in the MAG deliberations.
>>> Existing MAG members seeking CSCG endorsement should also follow this process.
>>> 
>>> Nominations must close on Tuesday, September 30. The list of candidates endorsed by CSCG will be published no later than October 16.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jeremy Malcolm
>>> Senior Global Policy Analyst
>>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
>>> https://eff.org
>>> jmalcolm at eff.org
>>> 
>>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161
>>> 
>>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jeremy Malcolm
>> Senior Global Policy Analyst
>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
>> https://eff.org
>> jmalcolm at eff.org
>> 
>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161
>> 
>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::
>> 
>> 
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