At-Large Statement of Interest (SOI) Form
1) Please enter your Name: | BERAN DONDEH GILLEN |
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3) Are you participating in the At-Large advisory process (including email and real-time discussions) as a representative of: |
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a) ALAC (if so, detail the region and term): | AFRICA 2013-2015 |
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): | Internet Society Gambia Chapter |
d) Any ICANN Committee, Constituency or Stakeholder Group (if so, which one(s))? | Community Onboarding Pilot Program, ALAC, At Large Social Media Working Group, GAC (Advisor to Gambia Government) |
e) Any other company or organization, whether commercial or nonprofit (if so, please detail the organization and your position): | President -- IT Association of The Gambia Member -- ISOC Gambia Advisor -- Women in STEM Gambia Chair-- Gambia IGF Steering Committee Member -- WAIGF Planning Committee ICT Policy Advisor -- Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, The Gambia Chair, DotGM Advisory Committee |
4) Please identify your current employer(s): | The Hub |
5) Please identify your current position(s): | CEO and Co-Founder |
6) Please identify the type(s) of work performed: | Incubation and Acceleration of Startups Bespoke training services for private and public sector Digital Transformation services |
7) Please identify your declared country of primary residence: | The Gambia |
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: | |
9) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions: |
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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): | NEW MEETING STRATEGY WORKING GROUP - CHAIR AFRALO ROP WG - MEMBER OUTREACH FOR MORE AFRICAN REPRESENTATION IN ICANN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WG - MEMBER TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE - MEMBER CAPACITY BUILDING WG - MEMBER CCWG ACCOUNTABILITY - OBSERVER SOCIAL MEDIA WG |
11) Additional information (optional): | Since joining ICANN in 2012, I have actively participated in the ICANN policy development process having held pen holder and chair positions across different working groups and participated fully in the IANA transition process. In addition, I have single handedly recruited the first ALS from The Gambia in the name of ISOC Gambia. Due to personal commitments, I could not continue to stay active in the ICANN process at a central level. However, I continued to organize training sessions and readouts through the Information Technology Association of The Gambia of which I am currently the President. I have also led the Internet Governance Steering Committee in the Gambia and successfully hosted the first West Africa IGF in The Gambia in 2019. The Gambia IGF under my stewardship has created a mulstistakeholder entity that currently oversees all IGF related issues and has registered gains in the past year having successfully pushed for and realized the development, validation and enactment of a Cybercrime Bill and Data Protection Bill in The Gambia. As the chair and participant of the DotGM steering committee, I successfully contributed to the development of the DotGM Policy to support the delegation of the DotGM back to The Gambia. We have successfully identified an entity for the delegation and are now preparing for implementation stages of the project. Through the ISOC Gambia chapter of which I am an active member, we were able to successfully train over 30 participants on Initial Registry Operations Course (IROC) with support from AfTLD and the .sn Registry under the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. PUBLIC PROFILE www.linkedin.com/in/berandondeh |
12) Page last revised: | 24-May-2023 |
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At-Large SOI Template v3 (Feb 2014)
