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At-Large Statement of Interest (SOI) Form

1) Please enter your Name:

Fouad Bajwa

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3) Are you participating in the At-Large advisory process (including email and real-time discussions) as a representative of:

 

a) ALAC (if so, detail the region and term):

 n/a

b) A Regional At-Large Organization (RALO) (if so, please detail the region, position and term):

c) An ICANN-accredited At-Large Structure (if so, which one):

The Internet Research Project Pakistan IRP2

d) Any ICANN Committee, Constituency or Stakeholder Group (if so, which one(s))?

I participated in ICANN for the first time through the ICANN fellowship program and attended NCUC/NCSG as an individual member in my personal capacity. I served on various working groups

e) Any other company or organization, whether commercial or nonprofit (if so, please detail the organization and your position):

No other representational role into At-Large advisory processes

4) Please identify your current employer(s):

Byonyks Private Limited. Lahore, Pakistan Centre for Public Policy & Governance, Lahore, Pakistan.

5) Please identify your current position(s):

Co-Founder and Chief of Strategy Visiting Fellow and Adjunct

6) Please identify the type(s) of work performed:

Leadership, business management activities, strategy, policy, business. Adjunct Faculty Member for Internet Public Policy

7) Please identify your declared country of primary residence:

Pakistan

8) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN:

None

9) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions:

 

a) Do you, your employer, and/or sponsor have any type of material or financial interest in the At-Large advisory process and its outcomes?

No

If the answer is “Yes,” please describe the interest:

b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member?

No

If the answer is “Yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s):

10) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable):

  • At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)
  • UA Tech Working Group
  • Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance
  • APRALO Co-Vice Chair 2012-14
  • APRALO Co-Vice Chair 2010-12
  • New GTLD Review Group
  • Technology Task Force
  • Member Multistakeholder Steering Group MSG, APrIGF
  • Member of the steering group and faculty for PKIGF Pakistan School on Internet Governance

11) Additional information (optional):

Fouad Bajwa is a rights advocate, public policy advisor, Free and Open Source Software FOSS Advocate,  entrepreneur and educator from Lahore in Pakistan. Fouad participates in various initiatives that promote a free and open Internet in Pakistan. He founded the IRP2, a strategic Internet policy advocacy group in 2009 to help make the citizenry aware of their rights in the digital space and the social, economic and political changes being brought about due to the Internet. The group has been actively engaging in improving the Internet policy landscape in the country, promote Internet Governance activities, contribute to other IG related initiatives around Pakistan. 

He founded the FOSS movement in the country that helped increase the penetration of open source innovation in the country and promote a culture of digital creation and sharing that helped evolve the startup culture in the country. He has also been awarded the national OSS award for his contributions to the movement. Fouad participated in the WSIS process and contributed to the IGF. He served as a member of the IGF MAG from 2009-2011. He teaches Internet Governance and Public Policy at the Center for Public Policy and Governance, Lahore since 2015 and contributes to the Pakistan School on Internet Governance as a faculty and organizing committee. 

Fouad is a co-founder and partner in a biomedical startup that designs affordable technology for those that have no access to it. He also serves on the government standards committee for biomedical devices. He is actively contributing to COVID19 crisis response teams in his country and participates in actively open sourcing technology designs to help front line caregivers around the world.     

Fouad believes in the ethos of community, empathy, inclusiveness, caring, sharing, helping and promoting each others ideas and contributions so that we can grow together as a community.

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30-Apr-2020

 

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