[Npoc-discuss] My Candidate statement for NPOC Policy Chair Role

Mon May 8 21:31:48 UTC 2023

Nice profile !
Under construction...
Keep it easy.
Warm regards
Olévié

Le lun. 8 mai 2023, 19:58, Emmanuel Vitus via Npoc-discuss <
npoc-discuss at icann.org> a écrit :

> Name: Emmanuel Vitus Agbenonwossi
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> Biography & CV:
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> A Digital Policy researcher bridging humanity and technology through
> social sciences, media  and Public Policy. My interests span from Internet
> governance & Public policy to journalism and platforms’ democracy.
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> I have been instrumental in implementing a couple of National and Regional
> Internet governance Initiatives including, the Togo Internet Governance
> Forum and the West Africa Internet Governance Forum. I am  the coordinator
> of the West African School on Internet Governance and faculty member of the
> Ghana and Benin School on Internet Governance. I have  also served within
> Internet governance bodies, including Internet Society and ICANN's NPOC as
> General Secretary. I am the representative of  the NCSG at the EPDP on
> Internationalised Domain Names.
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> In the last few years, I was a consultant on projects to organizations,
> including Association for Progressive Communications, the Web Foundation,
> Open Society Foundations, Paradigm Initiative, Local Development Research
> Institute (LDRI), Alliance for Affordable Internet, Internet Corporation
> for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), UNESCO, The Humboldt Institute for
> the Internet and Digitalisation, Berlin's Digital Society Institute,
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> etc.  I authored and co-authored a number of articles and a book chapter
> on Internet governance, IT policy, AI  and Internet governance. My interest
> topics include AI, Data Governance, IT policy, Internet Governance, Digital
> Rights and Privacy.  I am  a certified Scrum Master and member of the
> Project Management Institute of France. I speak French, English and over 9
> African languages.
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> Affiliations:  Sciences Po School of Public Affairs (France), University
> of Central Lancashire – UCLan, Afrotribune
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> Position applied for: Policy Chair for NPOC
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> Why I applied for this position:
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> As you are all aware, the Policy Chair Role is one of the important roles
> within NPOC Leadership because most of what we do is policy and for the
> last few years we have not been doing great in that regard.  During the
> last year meeting in The Hague, I accepted the EC’s mission to join the
> available EPDPs. I first joined the GNSO Expedited Policy Development
> Process on Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs EPDP) where I have so far
> dedicated over 1200 hours in 11 months to bring the constituency’s
> perspective to the conversation. This EPDP will run till 2025 with more
> demands and engagements and I’m happy enough to continue this work.
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> I also joined the ICANN Leadership program recently in Cancun and the
> ICANN Policy Transition Program. Both programs were designed to equip us as
> leaders within our various constituencies.  It’s time for me to give back
> to the community.
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> As an experienced Tech Policy  and Internet Governance Expert with over
> 11  years of experience, I see myself as having new and fresh ideas that
> can be very useful for the EC and the community. I would like to improve on
> what we ought to be doing and what we have done in NPOC especially at the
> EC level to get members involved in Policy work. Currently our constituency
> is one of the few who don’t have a proper Policy Team. I brought the idea
> out recently to support Juan, our current policy chair in that regard and I
> hope when elected it will be one of my first priorities to get our old and
> new members involved. As someone who speaks both French and English and
> understands most policy contexts in Africa (having worked in 5 countries
> and traveled over 26 of them) and Europe where I currently stay, I can
> easily rally many members to join NPOC policy engagements.
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> My focus, when elected, is to work closely with the NCSG, especially the
> policy committee to increase capacity building webinars for members, policy
> engagement, strengthen them and notify them of possible funding or support
> opportunities to also participate on site at such meetings through the use
> of CROP or remotely.
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> Also, I want the Policy team to be a great liaison between the EC and the
> community members. This I believe will help them participate more actively
> without feeling left out when it comes to decision-making and documenting
> policy thoughts without the necessary incentives and motivation.
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> It is my belief that there is a better option in diversity and
> youthfulness which stands as a major rally point for my supercharged energy
> to do and perform better to fill the big shoes left by Juan.
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> With your voices behind me, I can use the knowledge I have gained in
> working with CSOs to best represent and implement your ideas. So, if you
> like what I hope to achieve, I would be most appreciative of your support. Together,
> we must get engaged, to ensure that this community remains open,
> pluralistic and democratic.
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> Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: No conflict to the best of my
> knowledge
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> How many hours per week are you able to dedicate to the position?
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> 8 - 10 hours or more as the demand for responsibility brings.
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> Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts if so please state?
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>  Over the last year, I have been an active in the GNSO Expedited Policy
> Development Process on Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs EPDP),
> contributor to the policies have been discussed at the level of NCSG and
> NCUC ICANN public meetings and remotely in between. I have participated
> actively at my regional RALO in the at-large structure and led the creation
> of ICANNWIKI.
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> *Emmanuel Vitus, MA (PMP® , PSM1)*
> Tech Policy Researcher - Working for a Free, Open & Inclusive Internet |
> NPOC Secretary General | Ex Coms & Research Lead @ParadigmHQ | Ex @Google Policy
> | Mobile: +33 763102234
> My WiFi connects automatically in France & Togo
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