LACNIC’s Líderes Program Selects 16 Research Projects on Internet Governance Topics

30/11/2020

LACNIC’s Líderes Program Selects 16 Research Projects on Internet Governance Topics

LACNIC’s Líderes 2.0 program announced that it has selected 16 winning projects as a result of its call for research proposals on Internet Governance topics including Internet and the Pandemic: Impacts on Human Rights, Digital Inclusion, and Security and Trust.

The winning projects were selected among 45 proposals submitted by members of the community across Latin America and the Caribbean. It is expected that the work of the 16 participants will increase the knowledge on new aspects of Internet Governance in the region.

Kevon Swift, Head of Strategic Relations at LACNIC, stressed that the selection had prioritized geographical diversity.

These are the 16 selected projects:

– IXPs as an Instrument for Expanding Digital Inclusion, by Héctor Huici (Argentina);

– Surveillance in Schools? Impact of the Use of e-Proctoring Technologies on Privacy in Latin America, by Carlos Guerrero (Peru);

– Are We Connecting? Digital Inclusion Beyond Connectivity, by Luíza Couto Chaves Brandão (Brazil);

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– Codes of Digital Coexistence: Proper Cybersecurity Habits for Schoolchildren, by Noralí Duin Picón (Panama);

– Digital Literacy for Inclusion and Active Participation of Young People, by Kindy Vereus Montreuil (Haiti);

– Challenges and strategies for access to information and communication technology, platforms and the Internet by women over 40 in Aguascalientes during the pandemic for working remotely, by Angélica Contreras (Mexico);

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