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Kgothatso brings 23 years of senior management experience as a practitioner in the civil service, international development organizations and civil society. Amongst other leadership roles, she was formerly the Senior Program Manager & OIC for International IDEA’s Africa Program, the…

Torunn Reksten is a plain language expert at the Language Council of Norway and Vice President of the Plain Language Association International. She has played a pivotal role in championing plain language as a powerful tool for enhancing government communication,…

He is the Open Government Leader at Corona Foundation, an organization with 60 years of work in reducing inequality gaps in Colombia. Juan Carlos has worked for the last 10 years in citizen participation, accountability, public innovation, and public policy…

Kai is the executive director of Network of Estonian Non-profit Organizations, an advocacy organization focusing on a sustainable civic space, CSOs capacity building and civic awareness. NENO is an umbrella organization with a variety of different members, meaning the team…

Bruna is a digital rights activist who focuses on advocacy, regulation, and policy-making related to emerging technologies and Internet Governance. She has been a proactive contributor to the shaping of internet legislation in Brazil, notably the Civil Rights Framework for…

Michael worked for many years in the socio-cultural, educational, and psychosocial sectors. As an anthropologist and team supervisor, he is interested in collective intelligence, citizen participation, and shared governance. In the Brussels Citizens’ Assembly, he coordinates evaluations and contributes to…

Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Minero. Doctora en Ciencias Sociales (UBA) y en Filosofía (Université Paris 8). Magister en Ciencia Polìtica y Sociología (FLACSO). Licenciada en Ciencia Política (UBA). Fue Directora Nacional de Mejora de la Gestión Productiva en el ex Ministerio…

Liia Hänni is a physicist by education and holds a Ph.D. degree. She spent 20 years working in the field of science, conducting research in astrophysics. In the early 1990s, during the revolutionary events in Estonia, Liia became actively engaged…

Josh Lerner is the Executive Director of People Powered, a global hub for participatory democracy. He has 20 years of experience developing, researching, and working with leading community engagement programs across North America, Latin America, and Europe. He was previously…