We all know that our constituency, the NPOC, is the youngest one among all the current constituencies within the ICANN. The NPOC was formally established in June 2011 and is in the process of knowing its fourth EC.

The organization that I represent in the NPOC is named in french “Institut des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour le Développement” or  INTIC4DEV. In english it is “Institute of ICT for development”, a not-for-profit association that I personally initiated in January 2004 at the end of my contract as national UNV (United Nations Volunteer) ICT specialist, promoting the Cisco academies in Least Developed Countries as mine (Togo). The ICT ecosystem of my country, at that time, was missing of civil society activists specialized in ICT field. So I took the initiative to create a non-for-profit organization specialized in ICT with the help of some colleagues and frineds from the University of Lomé and the IT professional community of Togo and development specialists, coming from Belgium (Europe) and living in Togo at that time.

INTIC4DEV is a R&D Center of Excellence, promoting ICT for Development in Education (elementary to university through the high school) in general and particularly the promotion of free and open source software among the IT professionals.
My involvement in the activities of the NPOC was encouraged by the late Alain Berranger (May his soul RIP) in late 2011 and during year 2012. It leads to the acceptance of my application to join the NCSG and the NPOC in December 2012, and to my active participation in the NPOC and NCSG meetings whatever the place of meetings. Beacause, I am quite convince that if there is, on this earth, a part of the population that needs to benefit from the advantages of DNS and IP addresses on a non-for-profit basis, it is my continent, Africa. That is the purpose of my sincere commitment to the NPOC, the NCSG and ICANN.

My first concern as the Chair of the Communications Committee will adhere strictly to the duties and responsibilities related to my position which are being specified in Articles 3.3.6 and later, 4.3 and later and 6.0 and later of our charter. It is necessary that these actions become effective.

In addition, the NPOC has an project of organizing in partnership with the GKP Foundation and IICD, a capacity development program of registrars in emerging and developing economies, I will wish to see this event be realized during my second term on the EC of NPOC and I will largely contribute on it.

Since many months now, I have regular exchanges, in private for instance, with my colleague and dear friend Sam Lanfranco on projects to achieve together in Africa for Africans in the days ahead. One of them relates to "how to increase the level of awareness and involvement in politics around the net neutrality of African stakeholders." I see the NPOC get involved with us in the realization of such an activity in a previous pre-event periodic of ICANN meeting (for example).

So here are my plans for the year ahead.

Please, vote for me.