Candidate Statement for GNSO Councilor: Bruna Santos

[Bruna Martins dos Santos]

Just clarifying that I no longer hold the position of chair and this might
be obvious since Julf has been steering us forward for the last couple of
years.

Apologies for the minor mistake!

Best,


*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


Bruna Martins dos Santos <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> schrieb am Do. 23. Mai
2024 um 16:54:

> Candidate Statement - Bruna Santos
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> Name: Bruna Martins dos Santos
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> Declared region: LAC
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> Gender: Female
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> Employment: Global Campaigns Manager at Digital Action
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> Conflicts of Interest:  none that im aware
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Qualifications for the position:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Statement of availability for the time the position required:
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> 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.
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> Additional information:
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> 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.
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> Kind regards,
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> --
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> *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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