1. 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

2. 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
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The IANA Transition and Impact on the USR
Barriers to participation
Next Steps and Implementation
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3. Welcome Alice Munyua, African Union Commission GAC USR WG Co-chair
Pua Hunter, Cook Islands GAC USR WG Co-chair
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Julia Charvolen ICANN GAC support staff

4. Welcome and Introductions
Rajiv Bansal
Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
GAC India representative
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5. ICANN Government Engagement
Tarek Kamel
Senior Advisor To The President And Senior Vice President, Government And IGOs Engagement
Anne-Rachel Inne VP Government Engagement
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6. Introduction to ICANN Göran Marby, ICANN CEO
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7. Introduction to the Governmental Advisory Committee
Thomas Schneider, Chair of the GAC
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8. GAC USR WG / ICANN GSE-GE Team
GAC Working Group page:
GAC Newcomers page:
Global Stakeholder Engagement Team:
GAC and the Global Stakeholder Engagement Team:
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9. 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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10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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

14. IANA Transition and Impact for the Asia Pacific Region
Kavouss Arasteh, Iran GAC representative in the CCWG-Accountability
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15. Barriers to participation and lack of contribution
What are the barriers?
Please tell us
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16. Thank you Asha Hemrajani, Nominating Committee (NomCom)
Board Member
Rinalia Abdul Rahim, At-Large Board Member
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17. Conclusion Reach us at: gac-underservedregions-wg@icann.org
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