Klaus Stoll

Klaus Stoll is the General Manager of Fundacion Chasquinet. http://forum.icann.org/lists/alac-comments/msg00076.html

Mr. Stoll studied theology in Germany and the UK

Career History

He has been active in the Internet Industry for almost 15 years. He built the internet network of Churches in UK (ChurchNet.UK, based at St. Martin College, Lancaster) as its manager. He was a founding member of the European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC) and the International Christian Internet Conference (ICIC). After which, he started making church network on a global basis.

After some years he got involved in the creation of church networks on a global basis through the World Council of Churches (WCC, Geneva). His activities where particular concentrated in developing countries. In 1997 Mr. Stoll left the church sector in order to co-found Fundacion Chasquinet in Quito, Ecuador. The main aim of Chasquinet (www.chasquinet.org) is to promote the strategic use and development of the Internet in the social sectors of developing countries through research, education and enhanced communication . Mr Stoll is now the general manager of Chasquinet. Typical projects Chasquinet has and is undertaking are the creation and co-ordination of the Somos@Telecentros, (www.tele- centros.org), the regional network of Telecentres in Latin America and the Caribbean, whose project manager Mr. Stoll is at the moment, BarrioNet (www.barrionet.org) and Street Children projects (www.chasquinet.org/ninosdelacalle) to name some. Chasquinet is fully committed to promote the non commercial use of the Internet and very much involved in the policy discussions regarding information technologies in LAC and worldwide. It is Chasquinets and Mr Stoll?s personal goal to further develop, in co- operation with other relevant organizations and individuals, the policies, strategies and tools that are very much needed in order to use the available information technologies as a effective means for just development.