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Guilherme Canela

Guilherme Canela

Guilherme Canela is the Director for the Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation at UNESCO. He also serves as the Secretary for the Information for All Programme Before that he held the position of chief of the section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists at UNESCO headquarters in Paris for 5 years. For 8 years, he held the position of Communication and Information Regional Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNESCO Montevideo Office. During those years, he performed as Regional Coordinator of the UNESCO Initiative for the Promotion of Democracy and Freedom of Expression in judicial systems in Latin America.

He has a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Brasília (UNB) and a Master’s Degree on Political Science from the University of São Paulo (USP).

During the last years, he coordinated important UNESCO’s programmes aiming to address the issue of disinformation/misinformation and other threats to democracies and human rights. For example, the Internet for Trust Initiative, the #coronavirusfacts project, the Social Media for Peace initiative, Media and Elections programme, the global initiative for the transparency of internet companies.

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    Director, Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation
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