Candidate Statement for GNSO Councilor: Bruna Santos

[Bruna Martins dos Santos]

Candidate Statement - Bruna Santos



Name: Bruna Martins dos Santos

Declared region: LAC

Gender: Female

Employment: Global Campaigns Manager at Digital Action



Conflicts of Interest:  none that im aware



Reasons for willingness to take on the position: After a long time serving
in administrative positions throughout NCSG and NCUC, as chair of both
groups, and first term as GNSO Councilor I would humbled if given the
opportunity to continue to be one of the NCSG elected members to the GNSO
Council and work on behalf of our community but in a more strategic way.
Given the current difficulties of engagement on policy work from our
members - either through lack of knowledge of ICANNs PDPs and structure or
lack of means for participation -, I remain committed to engaging with our
membership and other ICANN Stakeholder groups on the most pressing issues.



Having spent a couple of years in leadership positions I believe I was able
to have a comprehensive view of the challenges faced by our Stakeholder
Group while existing as the sole civil society voice within GNSO, as well
as some of the intricacies of our groups. Added to that, after the
completion of my first term of the GNSO council I'm now even more ready to
start leading some of our policy positions together with our other
councilors and PC. In light of being an avid advocate for ICANN's
Multistakeholder model and Civil Society participation on it, as well as
NCSGs relevance to the model, I would love the challenge if elected to my
second and last term as GNSO Councilor



Qualifications for the position:

I hold a BA in Law with experience in Internet Regulation, Human Rights and
International Law and experience in policy making processes regarding the
Internet that started back in 2011 while I had the chance to work at the
drafting team of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet.
Ever since then, I have worked for the brazilian government until 2016, as
a legal advisor on social matters, and as advocacy coordinator for several
collectives and Civil Society Organizations in Brazil, and have engaged
with politicians and policy makers, as well as other stakeholder groups in
high level conversations pertaining the most different aspects of the
Internet. Currently I hold the position of Global Campaigns Manager at
Digital Action where I help lead the Global Coalition for Tech Justice and
the Year of Democracy Campaign in calling big tech companies out for the
harms promoted by their products and services.



Moving on to ICANN, I have been involved with our stakeholder group since
2017 - when I joined as a member after remotely following our discussions
for years. Ever since, I have served as NCUC Chair, Vice-Chair and NCUC EC
representative for the LAC region, and currently hold the position of NCSG
Chair. Besides the leadership positions, I have contributed to NCSG's
policy work, having volunteered for being one of the pen holders for some
of the provided input to the New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures WG Comments
and am an alternate at the EPDP Phase #2.



Statement of availability for the time the position required:

I confirm that I have the required availability to focus on the needed
discussions and processes where a GNSO Councilor is required. Despite
working full time I have managed to successfully complete my terms both as
NCUC and NCSG Chair, as well as my 1st term as a NCSG Couniclor, with a
fair amount of time dedicated to the position's duties. The same is likely
to happen if I'm elected.



Additional information:

Apart from my work at ICANN I am also one of the co-coordinators of
Internet Governance Caucus and an IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group
member, have acted as one of the key constituents at the roundtable
designated for debating recommendations 3A/B of the High-Level Panel on
Digital Cooperation, and help coordinate the Internet Governance Forum's
Best practice Forum on Gender and Digital Rights.


Kind regards,

-- 

*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

Global Campaigns Manager | Digital Action <http://digitalaction.co>

German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>

Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>
Co-Coordinator | Internet Governance Caucus  <https://igcaucus.org/>

Twitter: @boomartins <https://twitter.com/boomartins> // Skype:
bruna.martinsantos
Email: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
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