<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues<div><br>We would like to share with you, first hand, <b>the upcoming launch of the “Datafication and Democracy Fund,” by Data Privacy Brasil, Paradigm Initiative, and Aapti Institute</b>, aimed at non-profit and non-governmental organizations in the Global South with active involvement in activities related to politics and the defense of digital rights.</div><div><br>Datafication is a complex and profound process of social transformation. Despite the Global South being strongly affected by datafication processes, there are few resources channeled so that civil organizations in the Global South can organize their work and influence the institutional spaces responsible for formulating principles and standards for these new areas.</div><div><br>The fund aims to finance activities that strengthen the work of NGOs in the Global South on issues of datafication and democracy, which include (but are not limited to) research initiatives, policy analysis, advocacy, and, in part, mission support.</div><div><br><a href="https://conteudos.dataprivacy.com.br/datification-and-democracy-fund-ddf">The Fund</a> will be officially launched next Tuesday, November 28, at the Data Privacy Global Conference. <b>So please wait until there to start spreading the word in your networks.</b> We are sending to you here as key partners in this process. Registration will be open until February 29, 2024, and proposals from organizations that work with or are run by minority groups will be a priority in the selection process. <b>Stay tuned to our social media channels next week to access the form and for more details!</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lpcq1uqk0" alt="image.png" width="452" height="254"><br><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:6pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="176"><col width="19"><col width="250"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:66pt"><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Saira,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,58,64);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:439px;height:53px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/XOxYyUJOejfuGLvx4pZS00iwOXW78J5ubvipjCuRKa65JFGds-2uTzTTNxsYievI7POCDuxbgZzScO7Jslm1BwNr3L6dJ1AYDJjUlcPMDyoWeUa1QR-yi1ZdLcOGAbMajhCYZV9rUnQQ8DVJVxM5x9lCHYizKk9K4vPRRIaRQAxIhhPpnWLap8om4G4" width="439" height="54.20153409090908" style="margin-left:0px"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,58,64);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jaqueline Pigatto</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,58,64);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Coordenadora: Governança e Regulação</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#003a40" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Coordinator: Governance and Regulation</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,58,64);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">+55 16 996066677</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:3px;height:85px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Qm0Jl-n_Gv8gDkXeGDEDNEaLva0iaqwvQjEny0Os1S8LbUn2J5pdJkA8aAePyIuq6LCRWac5Qay-zarnWp8nqitmE89xAcRqh6ZNSEqRSRIzuFoKMTsMZw4eXBDbGs-CCn0GYZY-1yUEZUWUvRekA95Sp_52_RA1jvXMjwURu1tPUVKDZUiESX77NfE" width="3" height="85" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.dataprivacybr.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-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