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Meet LACTLD: Coordinating Internet Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

22 March 2012
By
Rodrigo De La Parra

Rodrigo De La Parra

VP, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director - Latin America & Caribbean

A leading voice and advocate for the multistakeholder Internet governance model in Latin America and the Caribbean, Rodrigo de la Parra is a Regional Vice President for ICANN. Based in Mexico City but frequently travelling through the region, Rodrigo is responsible for outreach, support and engagement with user groups, governments, private sector and civil society throughout the diverse region. In his role, he works closely with the Latin American technical community to continue to build a robust Internet infrastructure in the region. Under his leadership, ICANN has opened an engagement center in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the House of the Internet.

With more than 20 years experience as a multicultural executive, Rodrigo served as Director General of Prospective Regulation and Director General for International Cooperation of Mexico's Federal Commission of Telecommunications before joining ICANN in 2011. While at Cofetel, he leveraged his diplomacy skills and deep knowledge of Internet governance structures and ICT to develop public policy and regulation recommendations for new technologies. He was involved with various ICT groups of international organizations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Organization of American States, and the World Trade Organization, among others.

He also represented Mexico on ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee which gives governments a voice in the organization's policy formation. He was a member of the Consultative Committee of NIC. MX, the non-profit operator of Mexico's country-code Top-Level Domain and the registry that manages allocation of Internet Protocol address space to Mexican Internet Service Providers.

Rodrigo has a Master's degree in political economy and international relations from the University of Essex in the UK. He has been a lecturer of International Organizations and Economic Negotiations and a consultant to the Latin American Cooperation for Advanced Networks.

He speaks Spanish, English and French fluently.


(Oscar Robles, LACTLD Chair)

Last week at my first ICANN meeting as regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, I was proud that all my ICANN colleagues converged on Costa Rica and were able to see for themselves why I love the Latin American and Caribbean region. Besides the friendly people, great food, wonderful climate and natural beauty, there is also a thriving, dedicated Internet community.

One such organization deserves special recognition: LACTLD, the Latin American and Caribbean Top-Level Domain Organization. From 8 to 10 March, just overlapping the ICANN 43 meeting in Costa Rica, LACTLD held its Economic Affairs Workshop. More than 15 ccTLD managers from the region attended the workshop and were able to join the ccNSO activities.

LACTLD was born in pre-ICANN times when communication among ccTLDs was not formalized, but was already necessary. LACTLD has two types of members:

  • Associate members, which include any Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD; and
  • Affiliate members, which are any ccTLD outside the Latin American and Caribbean region, as well as any gTLD with particular ties with the region.

LACTLD is one of the first regional organizations to be represented in ICANN. Its objective is to represent the region’s TLD interest in global policy-making fora. Since its creation, it has organized dozens of workshops all over the region with primary focus on DNS operations. In the next two months, LACTLD has workshops and conferences coming up in Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia; Ecuador; and Argentina, with more coming later this year in El Salvador, Uruguay, and elsewhere. LACTLD is also joining in next week at the first Brazilian forum on computer emergency response for organizations during disasters and accidents.

ICANN acknowledges the importance of the ccTLDs in the ICANN community. They are cornerstones in our multi-stakeholder model. Their voluntary cooperation and coordination with one another make significant contributions to the vision of “one world, one Internet.”

ICANN recognizes the vital job that LACTLD and its membership do in the region. I hope you’ll join me in applauding their contribution toward maintaining a secure, stable, globally interoperable Internet.

Authors

Rodrigo De La Parra

Rodrigo De La Parra

VP, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director - Latin America & Caribbean
Rodrigo De La Parra

Rodrigo De La Parra

VP, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director - Latin America & Caribbean

A leading voice and advocate for the multistakeholder Internet governance model in Latin America and the Caribbean, Rodrigo de la Parra is a Regional Vice President for ICANN. Based in Mexico City but frequently travelling through the region, Rodrigo is responsible for outreach, support and engagement with user groups, governments, private sector and civil society throughout the diverse region. In his role, he works closely with the Latin American technical community to continue to build a robust Internet infrastructure in the region. Under his leadership, ICANN has opened an engagement center in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the House of the Internet.

With more than 20 years experience as a multicultural executive, Rodrigo served as Director General of Prospective Regulation and Director General for International Cooperation of Mexico's Federal Commission of Telecommunications before joining ICANN in 2011. While at Cofetel, he leveraged his diplomacy skills and deep knowledge of Internet governance structures and ICT to develop public policy and regulation recommendations for new technologies. He was involved with various ICT groups of international organizations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Organization of American States, and the World Trade Organization, among others.

He also represented Mexico on ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee which gives governments a voice in the organization's policy formation. He was a member of the Consultative Committee of NIC. MX, the non-profit operator of Mexico's country-code Top-Level Domain and the registry that manages allocation of Internet Protocol address space to Mexican Internet Service Providers.

Rodrigo has a Master's degree in political economy and international relations from the University of Essex in the UK. He has been a lecturer of International Organizations and Economic Negotiations and a consultant to the Latin American Cooperation for Advanced Networks.

He speaks Spanish, English and French fluently.

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