[NCUC-DISCUSS] Candidate Statement - Louise Marie Hurel NCUC EU

[Louise Marie Hurel]

Hi all,

Please find below my candidate statement.

I would like to thank Tatiana for the nomination and for her incredible
support. I am truly humbled to learn from the amazing women that have
previously occupied this position. Hopefully, I will be able to continue
serving NCUC for another term.

*Name*: Louise Marie Hurel

*Gender*: Female

*Position/Employer:* Project Coordinator and Researcher, Igarapé Institute

*Currently Based*: London, UK

*Conflict of Interest*: None


*Statement*:

I have had the incredible opportunity to serve as representative for the
European region at the Executive Committee of NCUC since 2017. Having
joined NCUC and NCSG a short time before that (mid-2016), I was quite new
to the whole ICANN ecosystem back then. I am particularly thankful for
Tatiana, Rafik, Farzaneh, and Ayden's mentorship all throughout this
process.

Though learning is at the core of all of the activities within the NCUC
with our members, the first year was definitely a steep learning curve. We
had an exceptional case of leadership change when our former NCUC Chair
resigned. Throughout that year, we learned in practice how to better
inform, communicate, and overcome internal obstacles. Inwardly focused, the
EC matured and sought to gradually engage members, while simultaneously
understanding how to better work together. I am grateful to have worked
with people that are now in different leadership roles and/or have remained
committed to advancing the work of the EC.

Having participated in different working groups, supported and written
public comments, and advanced into a second term, I have certainly matured
in my engagement. As a team, the performance of the EC ultimately depends
on the people there. Some are more vocal, others less, but all meaningfully
composing a vital part of setting forth the possible conditions for us to
continue to advocate for greater accountability, transparency, and privacy
(to name a few) within ICANN. Making sure we abide by our Bylaws and
Operating Procedures, whilst maintaining an open channel with members. In
this past term, I have continuously engaged in drafting different public
comments (KSK rollover, EPDP Phase 1 Report, and MSH model), structuring
ABRs, helping prepare the different calls we issue, interacting more
directly with civil society in Europe (through conferences such as CPDP),
and contributing to the development of our Onboarding documents.

After being appointed as Vice Chair, I have also had the opportunity to
work more closely with the NCUC and NCSG chairs in advancing our values and
work. To put it plainly, I've really enjoyed working with the EC and, in
particular, with Bruna a Stephanie.


*Priorities*:

In previous years I would normally restate our core priorities (i)
onboarding (inreach and outreach), (ii) capacity building, and (iii)
communications. Though they remain central, pressing, and extremely
relevant, I believe that we have the opportunity to improve in being more
strategic. This includes, but is not restricted to, some of the recent
efforts directed towards building better metrics to effectively evaluate
our participation in capacity building or policy processes. These actions
also comprise thinking strategically of how to better connect with the
local and regional community in the country hosting an ICANN meeting,
making sure that our Buddy-Mentor programme is capable of taking some of
the incredible people in our membership and connecting them to those that
are equally experienced, but slowly breeding confidence to engage in policy
development processes.

I remain fully committed to advancing our engagement with civil society
across Europe. This means: Keeping civil society groups in the region
informed of our work, identifying potential areas for collaboration
(organising workshops or providing insights of cross cutting issues ), and
providing our members with information about opportunities for engaging
with the broader IG ecosystem in the region.

As we head towards a period of reviews that touch upon ICANN's structure,
model and policy process, we as a Constituency have the chance of working
cooperatively and closely within our stakeholder group to make sure we are
able to re-evaluate, assess, and identify blind spots on how we can
strategically advance in these three pillars.


*About*:

I currently work as Project Coordinator on Cybersecurity and Digital
Liberties at Igarapé Institute, a think and do tank based in Brazil. My
work focuses on cybersecurity governance, norms development,
confidence-building, and the implementation of monitoring technologies in
developing countries. I hold an MSc on Media and Communications (Data and
Society) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a
BA in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of
Rio de Janeiro.

Most of my research focuses on the politics of cybersecurity expertise and
the interplay between cybersecurity and Internet governance communities.
Previous work experience includes consultancy for UNESCO’s project on
multistakeholder models, two years at the Center for Technology and Society
at FGV (CTS-FGV) working on Internet governance, security and privacy
issues, participation at the BRICS Youth Forum (2017) and approximately
four years at the Center for Strategic and Political Studies at the Naval
War College in Brazil.

*Louise Marie Hurel*

Research and Project Development Cybersecurity and Digital Liberties
Programme | Igarapé Institute

Publications
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Louise_Marie_Hurel/publications>
Skype: louise.dias
louise at igarape.org.br
louise.marie.hsd at gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/attachments/20190605/fd7c9635/attachment.html>