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

Mon Sep 29 20:56:45 EDT 2014

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy of Chennai, India, has indicated to me his
interest, thus I would like to nominate him. I trust he will foward his SOI
directly to you Jeremy.

joly

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 7:20 PM, João Carlos R. Caribé <joao.caribe at me.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> _
> João Carlos Caribé
> (021) 8761 1967
> (021) 4042 7727
> Skype joaocaribe
> Enviado via iPad
>
> Em 29/09/2014, às 19:46, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito <ekenyanito at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
> 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.
>
> Name: Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
>
> Region of residence: Africa
>
> Nationality:
> Kenyan
>
> Gender: Male
>
> Personal statement and IG-related work:
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> 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 )
>
> 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.
>
> 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:
>
> Developing countries participation in global IG-
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2014/index.php/proposal/view_public/114
>
> Youth Coalition on Internet Governance-
> www.intgovforum.org/cms/147-igf-2014/1861-igf-2014-youth-coalition-on-internet-governance-meeting
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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/>
> <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
>
> 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 )
>
> 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
> )
>
> 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/>” (
> 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/ )
>
> 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.
>
> 
> 
> --
>
> Best Regards,
> 
> *Ephraim Percy Kenyanito*
> Website: http://about.me/ekenyanito
> @ekenyanito
> PGP: E6BA8DC1
>
>
> 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 Foundationhttps://eff.orgjmalcolm@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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