The Interledger Foundation believes society benefits from technology most when it's built with open source standards, protocols, and software. Our bold and ambitious goal is to increase individuals’ autonomy and agency while building more equitable financial systems. We consider digital public infrastructure in broader and more inclusive ways than others do. We see the Internet as a global public good, and we want people to be secure, empowered, and informed to make meaningful choices about their finances. We advocate for a level playing field when it comes to online technologies, markets, and financial systems. We see the opportunity that interoperable technologies can bring in making that a reality. We believe that digital and financial literacy are essential for everyone, and that access must be accompanied by meaningful capacity building efforts.
This perspective must be well represented within the institutions that shape global agenda-setting and decision-making processes on these issues. These institutions include the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, the European Union’s various bodies, national foreign ministries, and other national and regional institutions with similar mandates. To date, the Interledger Foundation has engaged in these spaces through ad hoc contributions, such as our participation last year at NetMundial+10 in São Paulo, the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, and the Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh. Now, the time is right to make this a core focus—engaging strategically and systematically in the right opportunities, within the right institutions, to advance our vision and mission effectively.
I recently joined the Interledger Foundation as Lead, Public Policy and Government Affairs, a role seated within the Programs team, which is responsible for strategic influence. Over the coming weeks I will be working on an initial plan for how we will make sure our perspective is represented within intergovernmental or international fora, and then my role will shift to one of coordinating and executing on that agenda. This engagement plan will be reviewed and updated annually – and as new issues and opportunities emerge – and I will work closely with internal colleagues, our community and Interledger Ambassadors, and external stakeholders to make sure we are singing in harmony if not unison. I also expect to be working with colleagues to drive more thought leadership material: policy briefs, position papers, official submissions to public consultations, Op-Eds, talking points, model laws, and regulatory engagement.
Please send me an email or write to me on our community Slack if you’d like to collaborate or if there’s something on the horizon you’d like to flag for my attention.
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