[governance] Marilia's election statement

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Here is Marília's election statement, which I have just posted on the voting site also.

> I would like to volunteer to work as one of the coordinators of the Internet Governance Caucus. In this short statement I would like to briefly share my views on the main challenges regarding the IG process in the near future and the skills that would make me fit to facilitate discussions in IGC so we can face these challenges together.
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> Civil society is confronted with very important issues when it comes to the Internet Governance Process. Firstly, the IGF is going through a moment of reevaluation and change. It is important to intervene effectively, to ensure that the changes that will eventually be implemented will have as outcome a more inclusive meeting and a strengthened international forum, capable of influencing the myriad of organizations currently involved with internet governance. Secondly, it is important to resist some attempts of forum-shifting that try to diminish the role of the IGF, while empowering ITU to deal with issues related to Internet Governance that are currently under the scope of the IGF.
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> I have decided to include my name on this election for some reasons. The first one is that I believe that we need to bring more diversity to the IGF process, such as diversity of organizations involved, diversity of speakers, geographical diversity and gender diversity. If I am elected for IGC, this is one of the topics I would like to prioritize. In order to promote diversity, it is important to communicate better about the IGF process and its importance for civil society. This leads me to the second reason why I volunteered for this task. I believe that over the past few years I have improved communication skills that have helped to promote the IGF and the possibility of remote participation, by being actively involved with the Remote Participation Working Group. I would like to continue working not only to promote remote participation, but also to foster more involvement of civil society organizations with IGC. 
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> Lastly, in a challenging moment such as the one we are living, an effective coordination among ourselves, capable of leading to concrete and concerted actions, is essential. I have experience in project leading, I am very used to working in group and I have been involved with politics and policy development. I would like to use this experience to facilitate the process of harmonizing IGC´s positions and to help carry out the activities that have been decided upon.
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> I am looking forward to working with the IGC coordinator and with all the group and I thank you in advance for your support. 
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> Marília Maciel

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