Tijani.benjemaa

Tijani BEN JEMAA • Senior Engineer (Retired). • Tunisian Citizen living in Tunis (Tunisia).

Order of Tunisian Engineers (OIT) • Member of the OIT since its inception in 1983 • Member of the OIT Council from 1992 to 2005 • Secretary General of the IOT from 1995 to 1998

Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI) • Executive Director of the FMAI since its inception in 2007.

World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) • Participated in the WSIS as a civil society activist since the first PrepCom of the Geneva phase till the conclusion of the second phase in Tunis. • Member of the WSIS civil society Bureau representing the “Science and Technology” family.

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) • Participated in 8 of the 11 editions of the IGF (Athens, Sharam El Sheikh, Vilnius, Nairobi, Baku, Bali, Joao Pessoa and Guadalajara). • Is one of the founders of the Tunisian IGF as well as the North African one. • Was a member of the first Arab IGF MAG. • Active Participant in the African IGF.

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) • His first ICANN meeting was in June 2008 in Paris. • Member of the African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO) @ ICANN since March 2009 • Vice Chair of AFRALO (2010 – 2013) • Member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and its leadership team since December 2010. • Vice Chair of ALAC since 2013.