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 1 2 3 4 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? 5 6 7 8 This is a stylized agenda slide for your presentation. To delete a box, if there are too many boxes, click the edge of the box, ensure the entire box is highlighted, then DELETE. To update the numbers and text, click inside the circle for the numbers or in the box for the text, revise the text. The IANA Transition and Impact on the USR Barriers to participation Next Steps and Implementation Questions 2

Welcome Alice Munyua, African Union Commission GAC USR WG Co-chair Pua Hunter, Cook Islands GAC USR WG Co-chair Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements. Julia Charvolen ICANN GAC support staff

Welcome and Introductions Rajiv Bansal Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology GAC India representative Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

ICANN Government Engagement Tarek Kamel Senior Advisor To The President And Senior Vice President, Government And IGOs Engagement Anne-Rachel Inne VP Government Engagement Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

Introduction to ICANN Göran Marby, ICANN CEO Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

Introduction to the Governmental Advisory Committee Thomas Schneider, Chair of the GAC Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

GAC USR WG / ICANN GSE-GE Team GAC Working Group page: https://gacweb.icann.org/x/w4FhAg GAC Newcomers page: https://gacweb.icann.org/x/qQCeAQ Global Stakeholder Engagement Team: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gse-2012-02-25-en GAC and the Global Stakeholder Engagement Team: https://gacweb.icann.org/x/r4FLAg This slide can be used for text, graphics or any other elements.

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.   Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

GAC USR WG work plan II What (Task Name and Description) Who By When Stakeholders Output (Decision or document) 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   Responses to the survey, shared with the GAC, are contained in two documents: survey analysis/overview collated raw data Individual survey responses are also available 4. Research the number of countries defined as under- served, identify their needs and develop a focused approach on addressing those needs while progressing 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.

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 TBD GAC Secretariat, GAC Leadership Formal agreement on changes to the GAC-Travel support rules. 7. Review the domain name industry (including registries and registrars) in regions currently under- served in an effort to grow and develop these. Working Group and GE GAC Secretariat, GE/GSE team, Document describing current state of domain name industry with recommendations for growth, to be shared with the GAC

GAC USR WG work plan IV What (Task Name and Description) Who By When Stakeholders 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 gTLD Review Working Group, GE/GSE team Record of transcripts or minutes of discussions Report back to regions via webinars as possible   Briefings in various languages 9. Engage the Auction Fees Working Group and develop a proposal on how Auction fees might be purposed to benefit the under- served regions Co-Chairs Auction Fees Working Group Under served regions Applicants support program 10. Conduct a survey to understand challenges and capacity needs of members from under-served regions. Co-Chairs/GE/GSE CO-chairs GE/GSE Capacity building plan/strategy and workplan.

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   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 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 -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

IANA Transition and Impact for the Asia Pacific Region Kavouss Arasteh, Iran GAC representative in the CCWG-Accountability Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

Barriers to participation and lack of contribution What are the barriers? Please tell us Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

Thank you Asha Hemrajani, Nominating Committee (NomCom) Board Member Rinalia Abdul Rahim, At-Large Board Member Use this slide for diagrams or other graphic elements.

Conclusion Reach us at: gac-underservedregions-wg@icann.org Website: https://gacweb.icann.org/x/hQCeAQ