[governance] Nomination

Thu Sep 5 18:39:07 EDT 2019

Dear all,

Thank you again to Deirdre for the nomination, and to the returning
officers for all their efforts so far. I include below my statement.

*My name is Sheetal Kumar, and I’m based in London, UK where I’m a
Programme Lead at Global Partners Digital (GPD). I believe the role of IGC
coordinator requires enthusiasm, understanding of internet policy issues,
organisational and facilitation skills. At GPD, I have experience in
facilitating civil society engagement in internet policy and governance
spaces, including at the global level where I’ve been working on ensuring
greater openness, inclusivity and transparency for civil society engagement
in multistakeholder and multilateral processes. For example, I’ve supported
coordination of civil society in the WSIS+10 Review Process, and other
global processes including the ICDPPC, the G20, the UNHRC and more recently
the HLP and the UN First Committee. Currently, I lead a cybersecurity
capacity building programme which supports civil society organisations to
promote and protect human rights in relevant discussions at the national
and global levels. *

*In addition, I represented Bestbits at the CSCG where I helped to
coordinate the involvement of the previous Bestbits network in the CSCG.
I’ve also been an active participant in the civil society pre-IGF
coordination mee*tings, *as well as a participant of the IGF and its
intersessional activities, most recently the BPF on cybersecurity.*

*I’ve been helping to lead the discussions regarding the closure of
Bestbits and been involved in the related discussions regarding the IGC’s
revival. As the internet and digital technologies become increasingly
relevant, we need a coordinated and strong civil society presence which
meaningfully involves a diverse and wide range of voices more than ever. I
believe my experience in the field of internet policy, relationships with a
wide range of stakeholders in the community, and my facilitation of the
closing of Bestbits process, as well as my strong organisational skills
will support me to carry out a role as IGC coordinator. *

On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 00:06, ahmed eisa <kassmoor22 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear friends
> I support the nomination of Sheetal because she is one of the best active
> civil society I met and she deserve the nomination
> Ahmed eisa Sudan
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 6:13 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thank you to Deirdre for the nomination, and to others for their
>> expression of support so far. I appreciate the trust and support and I'll
>> send the 300 word statement as requested in the next week.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Sheetal.
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 23:50, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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>>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 7:30 PM Nadira Alaraj <
>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I second Deirdre nomination to Sheetal Kumar,
>>>> Sheetal is an achiever, she never leaves any unfinished task before
>>>> being accomplished.
>>>>
>>>> I hope Sheetal will accept to be one of the coordinators to IGC.
>>>>
>>>> Nadira AL-Araj
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 20:29 Deirdre Williams <
>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sheetal Kumar
>>>>>
>>>>> Country of residence: UK
>>>>>
>>>>> Country of origin: UK
>>>>>
>>>>> I nominate Sheetal Kumar to be one of two co-coordinators for the
>>>>> Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). While several people have been working
>>>>> steadily for more than six months to re-awake and unify a voice of civil
>>>>> society in the internet governance debate, it has been Sheetal’s
>>>>> persistence that has provided the “glue” to hold the group together. She
>>>>> has been open to all points of view, patient, diplomatic, working towards
>>>>> consensus without steering things towards her own preference, while keeping
>>>>> the group together to produce results. IGC needs these skills if it is to
>>>>> survive as an effective actor.
>>>>>
>>>>> Deirdre Williams
>>>>>
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>>
>>
>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
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*Sheetal Kumar*
Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
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