Albertina Piterbarg is a senior Electoral Expert and journalist at the UNESCO Freedom of Expression and Security of Journalists section. With over 20 years of experience, she has worked in the fields of electoral observation, communications, civic and voter education, electoral-related conflict prevention, and women’s political participation in organizations like the Organization of the American States (OAS), UN Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), UNDP, UN Women, and UNESCO. Her roles have included head of office, team leader, field officer, government advisor, and independent consultant. Albertina has undertaken international missions in various countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including Niger, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Libya, East Timor, New Caledonia, Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. She studied Philosophy and Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. She is a certified BRIDGE trainer and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Saint Andrews University of Argentina, where she received the Outstanding University Graduate award in 2018.

Prateek Sibal is a Programme Specialist at the Digital Policies and Digital Transformation Section of the Communication and Information Sector at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. In this framework, he leads the Sector’s work on artificial intelligence and digital transformation with a focus on capacity building for the executive, legislative and the judicial branches of government. The programmes he leads have supported over 100 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe in their digital transformation journey.

He represents UNESCO at GlobalPolicy.AI, a platform of exchange on AI policies among 8 inter-governmental organisations, including the World Bank, OECD, European Commission, Inter-American Development Bank, Council of Europe. He is a member of the OECD Working Group on AI, Working Group on “Open AI Definition” of the Digital Public Goods Alliance, Law and Technology Working Group of the World Bank’s Global Forum on Law, Justice, and Development, African Union’s AI Working Group and an observer at the Council of Europe’s Committee working on the Convention on AI. 

In thepast, he has worked for a Member of Parliament in India, consulted for the City Government of Vancouver, REN21, Paris and founded a multilingual education start-up to publish books in tribal languages in India.

He teaches digital government at Sciences Po, Paris as an adjunct faculty.

Tatiana Monney is an electoral expert for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Governance Team of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS). She brings 20 years of experience in electoral assistance, governance and peacebuilding with the United Nations, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the European Union (EU). She specializes on dialogue and conflict prevention. She is also a member of High-level Expert Group on digital Conflict of the Center for the Humanitarian Dialogue. From 2018 to 2020, Tatiana Monney worked as a Senior Electoral Adviser for the European External Action Service of the European Union. For the Swiss FDFA (2012-2018), she managed the programme on “Peace, Elections and Democracy” and facilitated negotiation processes between electoral management bodies and political parties in Tunisia, Egypt, Myanmar, Georgia and Zimbabwe. She also managed the Swiss Peacebuilding programme in Sahel from 2011-2012. Prior to this she worked as an Electoral Adviser for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (2010-2011) and for the Electoral Assistance Division of the Department for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding (in New York – 2007 to 2009- and in New Caledonia – February to June 2017). Ms. Monney co-edited a publication on the facilitation of electoral codes of conduct for political parties with International IIDEA in 2017 and edited a FDFA publication on “Elections to Peace in 2019”.

Osama Aljaber serves as the Digital Democracy Specialist at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York, where he pioneers the use of new technologies and artificial intelligence to enhance democratic institutions and processes. He works on strategic interventions in areas related to information integrity, electoral support, and inclusivity. His work involves supporting national and regional institutions,civil society organizations, and media organizations, leveraging technological solutions and AI applications. Osama has established and contributed to several national and regional networks aimed at enhancing democracy, as well as civic, political, and digital participation. He holds a Master of Arts in Data, Culture, and Society from the University of Westminster in London and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Hashemite University in Jordan.

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