GAC Asia-Pacific Capacity Building Session
Sunday 6 November 2016
18:30 – 20:00
HALL 4
Leads: Alice Munuya, African Union
Commission
Pua Hunter, Cook Islands
Agenda
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Welcome and
Introductions /
Objectives of the
meeting
Introduction to ICANN
and Introduction to
the GAC
The Under-Served
Regions Working
Group
Who are the ICANN
Constituencies?
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The IANA Transition
and Impact on the USR
Barriers to
participation
Next Steps and
Implementation
Questions
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Welcome
Alice Munyua,
African Union Commission
GAC USR WG Co-chair
Pua Hunter,
Cook Islands
GAC USR WG Co-chair
Julia Charvolen
ICANN GAC support staff
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Welcome and Introductions
Rajiv Bansal
Department of Electronics and
Information Technology, Ministry
of Communication and
Information Technology
GAC India representative
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ICANN Government Engagement
Anne-Rachel Inne
VP Government
Engagement
Tarek Kamel
Senior Advisor To The
President And Senior
Vice President,
Government And IGOs
Engagement
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Introduction to ICANN
Göran Marby, ICANN CEO
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Introduction to the Governmental Advisory Committee
Thomas Schneider,
Chair of the GAC
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GAC USR WG / ICANN GSE-GE Team
o GAC Working Group page:
https://gacweb.icann.org/x/w4FhAg
o GAC Newcomers page:
https://gacweb.icann.org/x/qQCeAQ
o Global Stakeholder Engagement Team:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gse-2012-02-25-en
o GAC and the Global Stakeholder Engagement Team:
https://gacweb.icann.org/x/r4FLAg
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GAC USR WG work plan I
What (Task Name and
Description)
Who
By When
Stakeholders
Output (Decision or
document)
2. Endorse definition of
“under-served” region
Co-chairs
Working Group
TBD
GAC members, GAC
Secretariat
Definition of under-served
region can be found in the
Working Group Terms of
Reference: “The focus of
the working group will be
on regions under-served
by the DNS industry, and
on least developed
economies and small
island developing
states. A particular focus
will be on under-served
economies/countries from
the Africa, Caribbean and
Pacific (ACP) regions.
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GAC USR WG work plan II
What (Task Name and Description)
Who
By When
Stakeholders
3. Facilitation of the ccTLD survey (developed by the
GAC Leadership) among GAC members to show how
ccTLDs are managed subsequently providing the
under-served region with practical guidance for strong
management of their own ccTLDs.
Co-chairs
Working
Group
Completed ccNSO, GAC
Leadership,
GAC
Secretariat,
GAC members
Output (Decision or document)
Responses to the survey, shared with
the GAC, are contained in two
documents:
1.
survey analysis/overview
2.
collated raw data
Individual survey responses are also
available
4. Research the number of countries defined as under- Co-chairs
Working
served, identify their needs and develop a focused
approach on addressing those needs while progressing Group
with any necessary support to facilitate representation
and assistance to the under-served regions.
TBD
GAC Secretariat Report developed for GAC discussion
Conduct survey to identify needs of
under-served regions.
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GAC USR WG work plan III
What (Task Name and Description)
Who
By When
Stakeholders
Output (Decision or
document)
5. Engage in discussions with relevant areas of
ICANN including applicant support, global
stakeholder engagement, government
engagement, regional Vice-Presidents, ICANN
fellowship, the ICANN academy and others to
coordinate services (existing and new) for the
under-served countries
Co-chairs
Working Group
Hyderabad GAC Secretariat,
GE/GSE team, Strategy
Groups e.g. Africa, LAC
and Middle East
Strategy.
Develop an implementation
framework/work plan to be
circulated to GAC for comments
and endorsement.
6. Liaise with the GAC Leadership to ensure that
the output of the Under-served region WG is
incorporated in the GAC-Travel support policy
Co-chairs
Working Group
TBD
GAC Secretariat, GAC
Leadership
Formal agreement on changes
to the GAC-Travel support rules.
Co-chairs
7. Review the domain name industry (including
registries and registrars) in regions currently under- Working Group
and GE
served in an effort to grow and develop these.
TBD
GAC Secretariat,
GE/GSE team,
Document describing current
state of domain name industry
with recommendations for
growth, to be shared with the
GAC
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GAC USR WG work plan IV
What (Task Name and Description)
Who
By
Stakeholders
When
Output (Decision or document)
8. Engage the gTLD Review Working Group
and share challenges and lessons learned as
well as recommendations for growth of the
DNS industry of the under-served regions to
contribute to outcomes for the next round of
new gTLDs.
Co-chairs
Working
Group
TBD
Record of transcripts or minutes of discussions
9. Engage the Auction Fees Working Group
and develop a proposal on how Auction fees
might be purposed to benefit the underserved regions
Co-Chairs
Working
Group
10. Conduct a survey to understand
challenges and capacity needs of members
from under-served regions.
CoTBD
Chairs/GE/GSE
gTLD Review Working
Group, GE/GSE team
Report back to regions via webinars as
possible
Briefings in various languages
TBD
Auction Fees Working
Group
Under served regions Applicants support
program
CO-chairs GE/GSE
Capacity building plan/strategy and workplan.
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GAC USR WG work plan V
What (Task Name
and Description)
Who
By
When
Stakeholders
Output (Decision or document)
11. Capacity
building, to enable
increased and
meaningful
participation of GAC
members from
under-served regions
Co-Chairs
Working Group
TBD
GAC Leadership,
GAC Secretariat,
GE/GSE, Other
GAC WGs
Document containing outreach activities, plans and programs for the under-served
regions
GAC induction portfolio
Work with GSE/GE on
planned regional
outreach specific to
capacity building for
GAC
Work with GE/GSE to
see what is already
translated
Work with GSE/GE to
raise awareness for
F2F at ICANN
meetings, as well as
what is regularly
asked by
Governments for Kit
-Capacity building workshops to increase understanding of ICANN policy issues to
enable meaningful participation in GAC WG’s and Cross Constituency WG’s
-More translated material for GAC members in the under-served regions
-Development of ICANN issues and policy briefings from the ACIG GAC Secretariat,
targeted at the local level for these regions
-Face-to-face meetings during formal GAC meetings
-A range of best practice support, advice and assistance mechanisms aimed at meeting
the working group’s objectives
Development of a GAC Newcomer Engagement Kit
-Capacity building for other GAC working groups e.g. PSWG
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IANA Transition and Impact for the Asia Pacific Region
Kavouss Arasteh,
Iran GAC representative in
the CCWG-Accountability
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Barriers to participation and lack of contribution
What are the barriers?
Please tell us
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Thank you
Asha Hemrajani,
Nominating Committee
(NomCom)
Board Member
Rinalia Abdul Rahim,
At-Large
Board Member
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Conclusion
Reach us at: [email protected]
Website: https://gacweb.icann.org/x/hQCeAQ
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