[governance] Analía Aspis - Self nomination for endorsment : UNCSCG

Thu Mar 10 21:56:51 EST 2016

I support your endorsment.

Good luck!

J. León Unger

2016-03-10 20:09 GMT-03:00 Analia Aspis <analia.aspis at gmail.com>:

> Dear member,
>
> I do present my self-nomination to represent civil society at the UNCSCG
> <http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1193> .
> Since the group have 4 days to discuss my name among with others who may be
> presented, I do share with you my details (as were asked by the call).
> Deidre, as retiring co-coordinator will help with the discussion until
> Arsene can incorporate himself as coordinator.
>
> If you have any objection to this nomination, please do not hesitate to
> explain your reasons. Otherwise, endorsements are welcome.
>
> Kind regards,
> Analía Aspis
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Analía Aspis
>
>
>    1.
>
>    Short  bio of one paragraph
>
> I am a Argentinean woman and lawyer (36) who have been working for the
> past years in the IT law and political field, both in research on the field
> of Privacy, International Law and Internet Governance and well as Research
> Group Projects at the University of Buenos Aires in the field of
> Surveillance, IT Law and Human Rights evaluating and monitoring the current
> agenda and well as the international forums related to Internet Governance.
> Accordingly, Not only I have obtained several support for the Argentinean,
> Swiss and Swedish governments to pursue her studies and doctoral research
> but as well I has return all that support and knowledge to my country. I
> holds one of the best grades in the University of Buenos Aires, as well as
> an MBA in Switzerland (University of  Lausanne) and research work  in
> Sweden (University of Stockholm – Center for Law and Informatics). I am as
> well a specialist in Internet Governance and International and Humanitarian
> Law and is one of the few professionals in Argentina you is deeply
> committed to built a strong network within the academia as well as with
> students to promote the human rights and the use of the technology. I am
> author of different articles and chapters related to technology, politics
> and law. Finally, I am a member of the Global Internet Governance Academic
> Network, ITU working group on Aviation Applications of Cloud Computing for
> Flight Data Monitoring, and I was recently accepted as a member of the
> Advisory group of the Global Internet Policy Observatory.
>
> 2.  My motivation to be a civil society representative to the WG
>
> I am an academic with a strong calling for civil society. Accordingly, I
> am a consultant and I active participant on multistakeholder dialogue on
> Internet Governance. I do consider that my professional and academic
> profile gives an unique point of view of both the regulatory and political
> aspect of technology for understand the role that CS should represent and
> how to enhance its participation. Every time I did have the opportunity to
> contribute to CS within the UN system, I made my best to strengthen its
> influence in the international agenda (ITU, UNCTAD, WSIS+10, NCUC ).I
> consider I have always shown an early concern in alternatives solutions to
> nowadays problems between technology and law, being always my aim to join
> forces and to collaborate in both educational and social problems that this
> field involved. As a Latin American citizen I think I can offer a
> comprehensive point of view of  the issues, contribute to the understanding
>  of the different backgrounds and situations. Moreover, I do consider the
> research as a unique opportunity to enhance civil society dialogue and to
> start an active network worldwide. I am more than convinced that I do have
> has both the intellectual and professional capacity to promote and
> subscribe Tunes Agenda enhanced cooperation. Finally, for a personal point
> of view I consider myself  as a very responsible, enthusiastic, proactive
> and team-worker person, always being very positive and compromise with each
> task and challenge in my life.
>
>
>
> 3. Substantive proposals or a vision on “how to further implement enhanced
> cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda”
>
> From my perspective, 3 main themes should develop coordinations and
> policies: children, literacy and security, encouraging the participation
> as many stakeholders as possible from a wide range of fields without
> interfering growth and development of the Internet. I do strongly believe
> that recommendations with regard human rights and cybersecurity should be
> taken into consideration in order to prevent the interruption of the
> advanced use of the Internet by ensuring the free flow of information and
> establishing an environment for the safe utilization and application of ICT
> through international cooperation. The governance of Internet should be
> improved and democratized  at  all  levels,  therefore  its  implementation
>  is  continuous,  and  needs  to  be  evaluated on an ongoing basis
> throughout the Internet governance ecosystem. A more concrete and
> accessible database with Internet Goverance information and policies should
> be open to citizen and CS organizations should be trained, both with legal
> and technical training, on the core issues that are discussed, so as to
> enhance its level of knowledge and participation.
>
>
> 4. My experience or qualifications to represent civil society on the WG.
>
> I am the co-coordinator of the Internet Governance Caucus, which convokes
> individual and organizational civil society actors who came together in the
> context of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to promote
> global public interest objectives in Internet governance policy making. As
> an academic and civil society participant, I have a full understanding of
> civil society role within the digital diplomacy context as well as a deep
> commitment to develop policies and programs to enhance CS participation and
> influence on international relationships.  Moreover, I am a group member of
> the WG on Internet Security and Human Rights in the Freedom Online
> Coalition, where I have been working closely with a multistakeholder group
> (including the government of United States of America, Canada and The
> Netherlands) focusing our effort in enhancing human rights protection
>  within online activities as well as an active participant of the Civil
> Society pre-conference and training on capacity building at The Hague.
>
> In Argentina, I am the founder of the Argentinean Hub of Internet
> Governance, a group who seeks to promote discussion and information on IG
> issues form a Latin-American point of view and the Argentinean Legal
> Hackers chapter, a group that combines both technical and legal expertise
> to seek solutions for Internet’s current challenges. In this sense, I do
> strongly promote online training and international conferences remote
> participation by different channels I have created. I have been involved in
> many advocacy activities. To mention a few I have been member (twice) of
> the Member of the Stakeholder Selection Committee to choose potential
> speakers from non-governmental organizations for the High-level Meeting on
> the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World
> Summit on the Information Society (WSIS +10). I have also implemented many
> hubs for CS to follow remote participation in internacionals events
> (WSIS+10, ICANN, Eurodig, IGF)
>
>
> 5. Name, gender, regional/geographical, as well as any appropriate
> affiliation information and contact information should be included as well.
>
> ANALIA ASPIS
>
> Argentina
>
> Internet Governance Caucus
>
> University of Buenos Aires
>
> Landline:541148244212
>
> Mobile: 54961121911
>
>
>
>
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