Dear Daniel and Tijani,

Thanks for sharing the AFRALO strategy with us and making time to draft this strategy for AFRALO

+1Hassan's suggestions and

Here are my thoughts about the strategy:

1. I am wondering why we all have 2017 events on a 2018 strategy. Was this an oversight or is it that we have a different system of tracking the year. - I suggest that we track 2018 activities in the 2018 strategy.

2. Then in the strategy plan you mentioned about organizing local events in partnership with ALSes but that was not added to the engagement events targeted - I would like to suggest that you add some of those events be mentioned too.

3. I was also wondering if AFRALO has a strategic plan or the one suggested by Daniel and Tijani is the AFRALO strategic plan. Because it seems to me like this is limited to only outreach and engagement - kindly advise

Generally my view of the AFRALO strategy would be a strategic document with strategic objectives. The ALSes can then allign some of their activities with the AFRALO strategic objectives using a Cascading approach.

Then we can have a strategic plan that can be tracked with input from the ALSes including budgetary implications.

The my suggestion about attending the events , the ALSes within the event host country or region can attend and get clearance to conduct outreach activities for AFRALO. With support this can be achieved unless if key decisions are required to be made.

On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 at 13:14 Aziz Hilali via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

Dear all,

Daniel Nanghaka and Tijani BEN JEMAA prepared the below draft AFRALO Outreach and Engagement Strategy for FY18.
If you have any comment, please send it on this list as soon as possible, and not after Monday 31 July 2017.

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Draft AFRALO FY18 Outreach and Engagement Strategy

Introduction

AFRALO has achieved tremendous success in outreach and engagement within the region especially with its participation in Africa Internet Summit and AFRINIC Meetings. We have achieved a high rise in the number of ALSes to current 53 African ALSes.

Aim of the Strategy

With the important increase in the number of ALSes, the strategy of FY18 will focus on Engagement of the end users and will aim at:

Reaching out to African end users all over Africa to enhance engagement in the policy development processes and all other ICANN activities
Promoting the ICANN multi-stakeholder model and its bottom-up decision making process
Continuing the effort of recruitment of new members (At-Large Structures and/or individual members)

Strategy plan

To reach the aims of the strategy, AFRALO shall:

Participate in events across Africa to:
Organize engagement sessions to present AFRALO, At-Large and ICANN to the event participants, explaining mission, constituencies and activities.
Make use of all breaks and social events to do the adequate outreach to bring African Internet organizations and individuals into ICANN Arena and make them interested to be involved in the processes
Make presentations about topics under discussion in ICANN to show how the African ICANN community participate effectively in the ICANN policy development
Organize local events, in partnership with the local ALSes to enhance their engagement and broaden their radiance in their respective countries
Continue to identify universities and academic institutions to organize fruitful discussions with students and teachers about Internet and ICANN to bring young people into ICANN through these Open Sessions

Engagement Events targeted

The engagement will be done at various forums within the Africa Region. The following non-exhaustive list identifies some targeted events:

AFRINIC Meetings 2017 - AFRINIC 27
Africa Internet Governance Forum 2017 – AfIGF 2017
Africa Internet Summit 2018 – AIS’18

Best Regards
Aziz Hilali
AFRALO Chair

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