Paula Oteguy is from Uruguay. She has a degree in International Relations, she has been part of the LACNIC staff since 2012 and is currently serving as Head of Multistakeholder Engagement as part of LACNIC's Strategic Relations department.
She has a specialized development of knowledge and management of the organizational political environment of LACNIC, with an involvement in the processes and areas of action, of the organizations and actors of the ecosystem, their interests and interrelationships. In his role of representing LACNIC, some of the main tasks are institutional communication with the different actors of the Internet ecosystem, the articulation of the organization's strategic relationship, monitoring the political environment, establishing quality relationships with government officials, main organizations and Internet operators in the region.
Her responsibilities include coordinating and strengthening relationships with the various stakeholders in the regional and international Internet community. She also coordinates the Policy Shapers Program, that provides training scholarships to a group of researchers who have participated in the Líderes program and coordinates the program that provides support for NRIs and Internet Governance Schools in Latin America and the Caribbean.
As part of her work in Internet Governance, she is currently a member of the Multi-Stakeholder Committee (MSC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF), was a member of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) until 2024 and is currently part of the IGF Uruguay Program Committee and support in the beginnings of the Youth IGF Uruguay.
