Dear Councillors, Herewith an update of the presentation of the ICANN outreach strategy in the LAC region, presented on 10 April (during the Council Meeting). 1.This is the outcome of a process that began formally on 21 December 2012 and which is now reaching its final phases. It is worth noting that the presentation is a _draft document_ since the projects and their respective indicators which are mentioned have not been assessed formally by the Working Group. 2.This WG is comprised by the following: - Andres Piazza (LACNIC) - Oscar Robles (LACNIC Chair + nic.mx) - Hartmut Glaser (cgi.br + LACNIC) - Vanda Scartazzini (Polo consultores, private sector + NOMCOM) - Alejandro Pisanty (ISOC Mexico) - Raimundo Becca (ICANN board) - Fatima Cambronero (AGEIA DENSI, LACRALO, civil society) - Dev Anand Teelucksingh(Civil society, LACRALO, Trinidad Tobago) - Olga Cavalli (GAC + South School of Internet Governance) - Tracy Hackshaw (Trinidad & Tobago Government - GAC) - Carolina Aguerre (LACTLD) - Eduardo Santoyo (LACTLD + .CO) - Anthony Harris (CABASE, private sector) - Celia Lerman (eInstituto, Private sector) - Victor Martinez (Mexican government, GAC) 3.The session was moderated by ICANN's VP for the region (Rodrigo de la Parra). Board Members (Raimundo Becca, Gonzalo Navarro, Erika Mann and Baher Esmat were present), as well as Fadi Chehadé and Steve Crocker who were part of the commentators/presenters. 4.The strategy is comprised by 4 thematic areas: *Political Issues; Capacity Building and Outreach; Operations;Economic Issues*. Each of these areas have to comply with at least one of ICANN's strategic areas (i.e. (i) DNS security and stability; (ii) Core Operations including IANA; (iii) Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice and (iv) Healthy Internet Ecosystem). For more information please refer to the attached power point. 5.The following are the objectives for each area: *a.**Political Issues:* Security, Stability and Resiliency of ccTLDs Engagement with Regional Organizations (/NB: not only ccTLD ROs/) Strengthen the Multistakeholder Model Accountability of organizations with ICANN funding *b.**Capacity Building and Outreach:* Regional Capacity Building Programs Capacity Building for Governments Capacity Building for Users Capacity Building in Technical Aspects of the DNS Participation Schemes Strengthen Regional Participation Participation of Corporations and Organizations Participation of Academia Participation of Other Stakeholders *c.**Operations* Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS Adequate deployment of IPv6 Operational Capacity of ccTLDs Implementation of the new gTLD program *d.**Economic Issues* Improve design of ICANN meetings. Reduce participation barriers. Promote the accreditation of Registrars and Back-End Registries in the region Promote the emergence of new related services in the region Create a UDRP provider based in the region and responsive to the region's needs Support ccTLDs in the development of self-sustaining models and in the sale of domain names 6.The working group has to refine objectives, projects and indicators before the next public presentation of the document which will take place during the LACNIC - LACTLD Joint Meeting in Medellín, Colombia on 6 May. 7.If you would like to read the full power point available, please don´t hesitate to contact me (I have not sent it since it is 14 MB). --