Moez Chakchouk

Moez Chakchouk (Arabic: معز شقشوق‎), born in Sousse on 12 July 1975, is assistant director-general (also known as deputy secretary-general of a U.N. agency) of the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), leading the Communication and Information Sector, which is the main U.N. body responsible for the development of artificial intelligence, Internet governance, safety of journalists, press freedom, media development and access to information. He is further a senior engineer, former senior official of the Tunisian public sector and an international Internet policy expert.[1] He was formerly the chairman and chief executive officer of the Tunisian Post.[2]

Moez Chakchouk
Moez Chakchouk at a conference in 2014
Born (1975-07-12) July 12, 1975
Sousse, Tunisia
NationalityTunisian
OccupationUnited Nations' Assistant Director-General UNESCO
(2015- )
Years active2015–present
TitleAssistant Director-General UNESCO
(2018-present)
Termpresent

Early life and education

Native of Ksour Essef (Mahdia Governorate), Chakchouk is a Ph.D. in applied mathematics and in telecommunications from the Paris Descartes University and the Tunis El Manar University, since 2009.[3]

Graduated in 1998 from École supérieure des postes et des telecommunications, Chakchouk holds an MS in telecommunications from the National Engineering School of Tunis obtained in 2001.[1]

Career

Director

In 1998, Chakchouk started his career as a research engineer at the Center for studies and research in telecommunications “CERT”.[1] From 2003 to 2005, he became the chief of the R&D project: RACINES (Representation, analysis and communication of digital images).[4]

In 2005, he left the CERT for the Tunisian Telecommunication Regulation Authority (INT), first as chief of technical department, later he was promoted to head of interconnection & access.[1] In May 2010, he was appointed as “Chargé de mission” to the Minister of Communications Technologies in charge of telecommunication sector development and the promotion of broadband.[5]

OpenGov Tunisia 2013 Award to Moez Chakchouk as Chairman and CEO of ATI

Few weeks after the Tunisian revolution of 2011, Chakchouk was appointed as chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI),[6] where he succeeded in the implementation of an ambitious transformation action plan for the enterprise,[7] based on the redefinition of its role,[8] later, through founding a Tunisian internet exchange point,[9] and encouraging the establishment of an open and transparent[10] dialogue on internet governance in the country.[11] He was board member of the National Broadcasting Corporation “ONT” from 2010 to 2013.[12]

Chakchouk was appointed chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Post on 22 April 2015.[2] However, he still active in the internet sector, since he becomes the president of the Tunisian Association of Free Internet Exchange that manages the Internet Exchange Point "TunIXP"[13]

International and civic engagement

Chakchouk is internationally known as an expert in the information and communication technologies,[14] regulation and internet governance.[15]

He is involved with different global organizations, in several forums and conferences, working on such issues; locally, regionally[16] and worldwide.[17][18] Since January 2014, he has been a commissioner within the prestigious Global Commission on Internet Governance.[19] As a speaker, he is particularly brilliant through his international advocacy for an inclusive governance model for cyber security.[20]

Chakchouk at the third Freedom Online Conference in Tunis, Tunisia 2013

Chakchouk is a leading defender of online human rights[21][22] as well as a promoter of the community engagement for the development of the internet in Tunisia. In 2011, by principles, he strongly opposed the return of censorship [23] and surveillance of the Internet in Tunisia,[24] and has moreover won the case brought against the ATI.[25]

In June 2013, while chairing the organizing committee of the Freedom Online Conference,[26] he launched the 404Labs,[27] an innovation lab open for the civil society and located at the basement which was the censorship symbol.

Chakchouk, as member of the non-profit NGO (CLibre) for the promotion of free digital culture, has helped the implementation of the first MESH Network in Tunisia, in the city of Sayada.[28]

Personal life

Chakchouk is married and the father of two.[1]

References
  1. "Moez Chakchouk". internetsociety.org.
  2. "Nouveau PDG de l'Office national des Postes". tap.info.tn (in French). 23 April 2015.
  3. "Reconstruction tridimensionnelle de vaisseaux sanguins à partir d'un nombre restreints de projections par rayons X issues d'un système d'angiographie multi-vues". theses.fr (in French).
  4. "Description invariante d'objets 3D représentés par des images géométriques" (PDF). rech.enic.fr (in French). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2005-01-19.
  5. "Décret n° 2010-1228 du 24 mai 2010, portant nomination d'un chargé de mission". legislation.tn (in French).
  6. Mohamed Ali Hached (2 February 2011). "Les nouveaux PDG pour l'ATI, l'INT et l'ANSI". tunisienumerique.com (in French).
  7. Abdel Aziz Hali (11 October 2013). La Presse de Tunisie (ed.). "Le bunker d'"Ammar 404" sur la voie des réformes". allafrica.com (in French).
  8. "Moez Chakchouk : "En 2014, l'ATI va devenir un FSI à part entière"". radioexpressfm.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  9. "TunIXP". ati.tn.
  10. "L'ATI se revendique neutre et transparente, et refuse de poursuivre le filtrage". fr.rsf.org (in French). 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  11. "OpenGov Awards : la revanche de l'ATI sur les adeptes de la censure sur Internet". thd.tn (in French). 28 January 2013.
  12. "Arrêté du ministre des Technologies de la communication du 11 juin 2010, portant nomination d'un membre au conseil d'administration de l'Office national de la télédiffusion". legislation.tn.
  13. "Même loin de l'ATI, Moez Chakchouk gérera l'Internet tunisien avec un modèle Multi-acteur". thd.tn (in French). 8 September 2015.
  14. "Protection de la vie privée et liberté d'expression sur l'Internet" (pdf). unesdoc.unesco.org (in French). 10 October 2014. p. 17.
  15. Danielle Kehl, Moez Chakchouk, Jochai Ben-Avie et Kate Coyer (2 January 2014). "From Revolution to Reform: Recommendations for Spectrum Policy in Transitional Tunisia". newamerica.net. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. "Experts gather to strengthen African internet peering and regional interconnection". oafrica.com. 4 September 2013.
  17. Eric Pfanner (14 December 2012). "Message, if Murky, From U.S. to the World".
  18. "Building our broadband future". itunews.itu.int.
  19. "Global Commission on Internet Governance". ourinternet.org.
  20. Président-directeur général de l'Agence tunisienne d’Internet (Shems FM, 21 juillet 2014) on YouTube (in Arabic)
  21. Afef Abrougui (6 February 2012). ""Internet c'est la liberté" : entretien avec le PDG de l'Agence tunisienne d'Internet". nawaat.org (in French).
  22. Melek Jebnoun (22 January 2013). "Moez Chakchouk, directeur de l'ATI, nominé pour le prestigieux prix de la liberté numérique". webdo.tn (in French).
  23. Élodie Auffray (4 July 2011). "En Tunisie, la censure des sites porno en question". liberation.fr (in French).
  24. "Le niet de Moez Chakchouk à la censure des sites porno". tunisiait.com (in French). 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  25. Wafa Sdiri (22 February 2012). "Tunisie-Affaire de l'ATI : la Cour de cassation casse le jugement et renvoie l'affaire devant la Cour d'appel". tunisienumerique.com (in French).
  26. "Tunis 2013". freedomonlinecoalition.com.
  27. "L'ex-censeur du Web de Ben Ali ouvre ses sous-sols". observers.france24.com (in French). 20 June 2013.
  28. Welid Naffati (16 December 2013). "La ville de Sayada inaugure le 1er réseau Wifi gratuit communautaire en Tunisie". thd.tn (in French).
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