After the conclusion of our first two Cohorts with emerging policy leaders, we are excited to welcome our first group of digital policy practitioners. Practitioner leaders are those who are already in a digital policy related role, and are looking to connect with and learn from peers, to refine and sharpen policy skills, and support each other in the growing policy leadership community. Together with these five policy leaders, we launched our third Cohort on 30 January, 2024.
The themes of the cohort sessions and outcomes include nurturing networks; centering narrative, and facilitating power; having impact on EU policy while being based outside of Brussels; sharpening advocacy and negotiation skills, crafting and iterating policy strategies, measuring our progress, and more.
Meet our Practising Policy Leaders
Here are the members of our third Policy Leadership Cohort:
Lotje Beek - Lotje is a Policy Advisor at Bits of Freedom. She’s interested in understanding how those who are not based in Brussels can influence EU policy making.
Eleftherios Chelioudakis - Eleftherios is a Co-founder of a Greek organisation Homo Digitalis. He has deep interest in the intersection between human rights and new technologies.
Khaleesi - Khaleesi is a spokesperson at the CCC where she works on multiple EU and German Digital Rights policy files. She’s passionate about bringing tech community and policy advocates together to shape better, more sustainable policies.
Katrin Fritsch - Katrin is a Senior Program Manager at Green Web Foundation. She has a background in feminism and arts, and is currently working towards intersecting digital rights with climate justice.
Juliana Wahlgren - Juliana is the Director of EAPN - European Anti Poverty Network. She’s a Brazilian migrant and the founder of an EU organisation providing legal aid and psychological support to Latin American victims of domestic abuse and racism in Europe.
Next steps
We continue to accept expressions of interest to participate in the Policy Leadership Cohorts on a rolling basis, and schedule new cohorts and other learning opportunities throughout the year. If you are interested in participating, please fill out this Expression of interest. If you have already submitted your expression of interest, there is no need to resubmit. Our team will be in touch with you as soon as we can.
If you’d like to learn more about the program, including receiving updates about offerings, sign up by emailing us.