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|region=Eastern Europe and Central Asia

|region=Eastern Europe and Central Asia

|country=Serbia

|country=Serbia

|stakeholdergroup=Civil Society/Non-Governmental

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|affiliation=Fellowship Program, GNSO

|affiliation=Fellowship Program, GNSO

|email=mike.oghia@gmail.com

|email=mike.oghia@gmail.com

=== Biography ===

=== Biography ===

He is a third culture kid (TCK) and a connector at heart with professional experience in conflict resolution, journalism & media, policy, and development across five countries: The United States, Lebanon, India, Turkey, and Serbia. Michael was formerly the communications manager of [[IGMENA|iGmena]], a programme launched in 2012 by [[Hivos]]; worked closely with Jane Coffin, the director of development strategy at the [[Internet Society]] (ISOC), for nearly two years; and has been a two-time ISOC ambassador to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). He has lectured on Internet governance at the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut (MDLAB), and frequently writes about development, digital rights, and the relationship between the Internet, the environment, and sustainability. Michael holds a Master of Arts in sociology from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), and a Bachelors of Science in sociology from the University of Louisville (USA). Additionally, he has completed various Internet governance and media policy-related training programs, including the 2017 European Summer School on Internet Governance ([https://eurossig.eu/eurossig/ EuroSSIG]) and the 2016 Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute. Michael also loathes referring to himself in third person.

He is a third culture kid (TCK) and a connector at heart with professional experience in conflict resolution, journalism & media, policy, and development across five countries: The United States, Lebanon, India, Turkey, and Serbia. Michael was formerly the communications manager of [[IGMENA|iGmena]], a program launched in 2012 by [[Hivos]]; worked closely with Jane Coffin, the director of the development strategy at the [[Internet Society]] (ISOC), for nearly two years; and has been a two-time ISOC ambassador to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). He has lectured on Internet governance at the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut (MDLAB), and frequently writes about development, digital rights, and the relationship between the Internet, the environment, and sustainability. Michael holds a Master of Arts in sociology from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), and a Bachelors of Science in sociology from the University of Louisville (USA). Additionally, he has completed various Internet governance and media policy-related training programs, including the 2017 European Summer School on Internet Governance ([https://eurossig.eu/eurossig/ EuroSSIG]) and the 2016 Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute. Michael also loathes referring to himself in the third person.