Name: Romina Bocache
Profession: Diplomat
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

“I feel that all the knowledge acquired during the Programme and the net of IG experts add an extra value to my diplomatic formation…at the Ministry this experience is highly valued.”

Romina Bocache joined Diplo’s Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomacy programme in 2004, as a young lawyer specialised in international law. She hoped to eventually join the diplomatic service of her country. Towards the end of the year-long Postgraduate Diploma programme, Romina received the exciting news that she had passed all the exams and was offered a position in the Argentine Foreign Service.

In 2006, as a diplomat, Romina attended Diplo’s Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme. Her participation in the Internet Governance (IG) programme deepened her understanding of current issues related to IG and gave her the tools to better perform her diplomatic functions.  She explains “both the Postgraduate course and this Programme made me confirm that I definitely want to go on working in this field during my diplomatic career. I feel that all the knowledge acquired during the Programme and the net of IG experts add an extra value to my diplomatic formation.”  Romina contends that ICT will play an important role in promoting development in Latin America.

Romina says that her experience with Diplo transformed her way of reading and learning. The programmes included intensive teamwork between different cultures, professions, and personalities. Learning was supported by a wide range of instruments include annotations and links, chat sessions, forums, and blogs. She says “In fact, I have transferred some of the e-learning tools to traditional learning.” Romina was also surprised at how much she bonded with her colleagues in the Diplo programmes. She has kept in touch with many of them and considers her network of contacts one of the “main treasures” she keeps from the experience. Most of all, Romina enjoyed “the active exchange of ideas, the atmosphere of freedom and respect of diversity, and the open-mindedness of this virtual community.”