[Chapter-delegates] ChAC Steering Committee elections - Candidate statement - Flávio R. Wagner - Brazil Chapter

[Flávio Rech Wagner]

Dear Chapter leaders

I am the President of the Brazil Chapter since 2018, now in my third 
(and final) 3-year term, and a candidate to be reelected to the Chapters 
Advisory Council Steering Committee, of which I am a member since 2024 
and the current Chair since January 2025.

I am Professor Emeritus for Computer Science and Engineering at UFRGS, 
in Porto Alegre, one of the top Universities in Brazil. I have been very 
active in the national and international Internet Governance ecosystem 
for almost 20 years. I was a Board member of CGI.br, the Brazilian 
Internet Steering Committee, for three terms, and a Board member of 
NIC.br, the Brazilian Network Information Center, for two terms. Since 
2017 I am the permanent chair of the Programme Committee of the 
Brazilian IGF. I was also very active in the organization of the two 
NETmundial events. I served as a member of the MAG, the IGF 
Multistakeholder Advisory Group, from 2015 to 2017 and also in 2025. I 
am currently a member of the Executive Committee of IGFSA, the IGF 
Support Association, which supports both the global IGF and many NRIs 
(national, regional, sub-regional and youth IGFs).

At ISOC Brazil, we develop a very broad range of technical, educational 
and public policy-related activities, covering many relevant topics, 
such as community networks and meaningful connectivity, encryption and 
cybersecurity, intermediary liability, and digital sovereignty. In these 
activities, we managed to engage dozens of our Chapter members in very 
active roles. We built a solid relationship with the ISOC staff and 
contributed to many ISOC initiatives, such as the Internet Impact 
Assessment Toolkit, the Framework on Intermediary Liability, the Policy 
Brief on Age Verification and Online Safety, and the Online Trust and 
Safety Hub. I am using this experience to help build better connections 
between the ChAC and the ISOC Board of Trustees and senior staff.

If reelected to the ChAC Steering Committee, I want to give priority to 
three main objectives:

*Increase chapters engagement in the discussion of ISOC priorities, 
positions and programs*- It is my firm belief that chapters need to be 
much more involved in discussing ISOC priorities, positions, programs 
and action plans. The ChAC must promote a structured dialogue between 
the chapters regarding those strategic aspects, and serve as a primary 
channel to convey important contributions from the chapters to the 
ISOC's Board of Trustees and senior staff.

*Increase cooperation between chapters*- The ChAC must work closely with 
the ISOC staff to help create many more opportunities for exchange of 
information and joint activities between chapters, so that they learn 
from each other and develop collaborative initiatives in various dimensions.

*Continue the implementation of the ChAC Action Plan*– The ChAC is 
leading, in very close cooperation with the ISOC staff, various 
activities that are of great relevance to the chapters, for instance:

- the Chapter Content Archival Project, which is being implemented in a 
cooperation between the Mexico and US New York Chapters, with funding 
from the ISOC Foundation, and will establish a robust system for the 
ISOC global community for document archival and audiovisual generation;

- the revision of the Chapter Charter Agreement and of the annual 
chapter performance evaluation criteria, which shall reflect a new model 
for chapter health, resilience and impact,

- the implementation of an annual event to bring together chapter 
leaders and discuss modalities for chapter engagement, collaboration, 
and support, of which a pilot edition will be held at Day Zero of the 
IGF 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya;

- support to better onboarding of new chapters and chapter leaders; and

- support chapters by peer mentorship.

If reelected to the Steering Committee, I want to support the successful 
continuation / conclusion of these activities, and, of course, enrich 
and extend the ChAC Action Plan with new activities following chapters 
input and deliberation.

Best regards

Flávio R. Wagner
President of ISOC Brazil


-- 
Prof. Flávio Rech Wagner
Instituto de Informática - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Presidente da ISOC Brasil
ISOC Chapters Advisory Council - Steering Committee Chair
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