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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference | 22 April 2026 at 13:00 UTC
by ccNSO Calendar March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

***TIME CHANGED TO 13:00 UTC DUE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS*** Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference is scheduled for 22 April 2026 at 13:00 UTC An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S Thank you!

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NOTES | UAC | 25 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC
by Joke Braeken March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

NOTES | UAC | 25 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC 1. Welcome Apologies by Abdalmonem Welcome by Regina 2. Admin matters a. SoI update Consult the ccNSO SOI Guideline<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/ccnso-internal-procedure-general-soi-coi-2…> Complete the SOI template<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRpehiCw2ty2PYRiaPG0K3lZSKk9LrLPQ…> Check the ccNSO Statements of Interest<https://community.icann.org/x/doAFEg> b. UA-Day 2026 Anna: issues with receiving e-mail from Regina. Regina to contact Anna via messenger. Bart: status of UA Day 2026 preparations? Any role for UAC? Seda: first UA Day event was yesterday. With ITU and EURid. General events will continue until 30 May. Different type of events. Lasting 6 hours. Adoption requirements. Some of them met, some of them pending. May not be able to complete the requirements in time. Deadline for live cons will be extended. Last week materials were published: presentations, awareness videos, academia presentations. Other videos from Tripti and Kurtis and UNESCO coming soon. Additional comms packages are shared with UA Day event organisers. Speakers are being introduced to the hosts.UNESCO will join many of the events. Strengthen the regional events. Executives or board members included in the regional events. Regina: regarding the event yesterday. Regional development forum ITU in Prague yesterday. Memorandum of understanding with ICANN to further UA. We held a cocktail. Janis from ICANN explained UA and what ICANN is doing with UNESCO, and spoke about activities, past and upcoming. I spoke on behalf of eurid. We showed visuals from icann and EURid. Janis was also in a panel. Also relevant to other stakeholders: e.g. postal scope. Good feedback from gvt people. They liked the idea. We gave them an understanding of what it means. Emails need to work in state applications and services Masha: please share a link about the event. Interesting! Our local initiative: one regional strategic event in Armenia. Colleagues will join, including Anna, Regina, Belarus colleagues. Multilingualism being discussed: content, and engagement with the gvt and academic community. We wait for participation from unesco, icann, ITU, with many people joining in person. The event will be hosted by the European university of Armenia. A chance to prepare them better and increase their UA skills. One adoption event in Moldova. Exercise was prepared and checked. They wait for further follow-up from Seda and ICANN colleagues. They need help with trainers. It is ongoing, end April. Time is running out. 31 of March, the event will be held in our region. Regina: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/meetings/rdf/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2026/03/… Seda: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/meetings/rdf/home/rdf-2026/europe/home/ Bart: secretariat could share the links to the members list. For awareness purposes Seda: event in Armenia. https://uaday.am/en/2026-eng/ Sharing the events with other hosts, we will do that Bart: should we send the link to the ccTLD managers? Seda: Registration to Armenia event: https://uaday.am/forma/ Andrew: Question: Are the resources available to those who got training in preparation for UA day in respective countries? Seda: yes. Resources available to all. Only the logos are only for the organisers. Seda: UA Day events and materials: https://www.icann.org/ua-day-2026-events-en that includes presentations, videos, and comms package. Logos are sent to contracted organizers. We are introducing the UNESCO and ICANN speakers to the event hosts so they are included in the agenda and event preparation. We will strengthen the regional events. Seda: See materials on https://universalacceptance.day/ = https://www.icann.org/ua-day-2026 c. Looking back at ICANN85 i. Work session (weekend) Bart: light attendance, due to travel issues etc. Any views on the working session over the weekend? Regina: smooth experience as a remote participant. Went as intended. ii. Joint Tech Day session (Monday) Vadim: experience from a presenter perspective was great. Sorry to miss Abdalmonem today. He was a good moderator. Sami also joined the discussions. The topic of the session was very innovative. Usage of AI regarding UA problems and technical issues around that. Really insightful. I underline NIXI’s presentation. I knew that there are a lot of IDN domains and lots of work happening there. But it was interesting news. Rajiv presented in the first part of Tech Day. They have in product prototype interesting results for detection. Sami: It was a good initiative to have this as part of Tech Day. The session timing needs to be readjusted, to ensure sufficient time to have everyone’s point of view. The topic was good. Let’s plan ahead for the next 2 icann meetings. Have people from different regions share their perspectives. Bart: panel with 5 people makes it hard to have a real dialogue. Quick sound bites, then you need a broader panel. Balancing act. Vadim: the presentation by Arnt. great overview of the most used technical and program spec. Great overview of the most popular program products. Status of support. Look at that presentation. Seda: good and informative. Some comments received. Work on UA through AI. thanks for planning and organising. Between monday and thursday, better slot to have this. Bart: this was on monday. The joint session with Tech Day Seda: For more UA and AI content, you may wish to join CODI’s UA Day Regional Event: https://www.codi.global/newsroom/ua-day-2026 on 28 May. Maria: UAC to organise webinar with ICANN on the UA Roadmap. For registries. I see webinars in euralo etc communities. Icann is preparing some documents with overview of how AI technologies can be used for UA adoption. Please share with ccnso members once available and publish in the library. Important to share. Bart: during the working session over the weekend we briefly discussed the publication from the UA Expert Group. You discussed the submission of a public comment. Stressing the importance of AI Sami: using the latest technology. But technology will evolve. Make it adoptive in the culture of the organisations, academia, gvt, small governments. Bart: is the public comment still open? Seda: Public comment deadline 13 April 2026 | 23:59 https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-guidelines-for-adv… Bart: if UAC wants to make a submission to the public comment, we need a drafting team Sami: yes, comment would be good. Bart: any volunteers to draft the comment by UAC? Maria volunteers Regina: Abdalmomen, myself and Maria volunteered. Please set up the google doc. What is missing from the ccTLD point of view? Let’s focus on that. Bart: yes, will be in your inbox by tomorrow afternoon. Maria: abdalmonenm’s suggestion. Contribution for the global dialogue in the field of IG. WSIS, IGF … keep the topic on their agenda. That is important. I checked the report. Some mentioning is already there. No huge problem for the report. But perhaps suggest better wording? Bart: Sami to be included in the drafting team Maria: you were going to check with Council if UAC is empowered to do so? Bart: we did check. You are empowered to do so. 3. Two pager introducing UA a. Discussion/ finalizing two pager introducing UA: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivoxHF42kYpT4F1uL0Q0g4BLFtjJww5XV5fpQO7… Bart: thanks to Regina and Maria for reviewing. Please highlight fundamental issues Maria: What is the audience? The title says “for ccTLDs and local communities”. We should probably be focus on language local communities? Or technical local communities. Bart: let’s delete the “for ccTLDs and local communities” from the title. Based on Dublin discussions. Keep it high level. Maria: consistently? Equally? Bart: no hick-up Regina: difficult to come up with the definition Let’s use the definition that UASG came up with. Do not confuse people. Universal Acceptance (UA) is a fundamental principle for building an inclusive, multilingual digital environment. It ensures that all domain names and email addresses – regardless of script, language, or character set – are fully recognized and function seamlessly across digital platforms and services. By enabling people to use the internet in their own languages and writing systems, UA supports cultural and linguistic diversity and strengthens equal participation in the digital sphere. IDNs’ are not mentioned Maria: new gTLDs neither. If we cover UA, we should not only focus on IDNs. We should mention it probably at one place. Regina: depends on the focus. Bart: KISS. keep it as simple as possible. The more you want to include, the more you need to explain. Maria: hence my question about the audience Regina: field of operation of ccTLDs. In the sense of “countries”. Maria: for the ccTLDs and their local communities Bart: what is your concern? Maria; local communities is too general. What does it mean? Regina: Why UA matters for ccTLDs? Maria: for some ccTLDs, the new gTLD aspect is also relevant Regina: understand. It will be good to publish this. We can always add chapters for the new round, for backend providers etc… in a later phase. Explain what it is, why it matters, what standards to follow, and what to do to get ready. Keep it simple. Expand in future. Bart: let’s not reinvent the wheel. This is to summarise the UASG documentation. You have the broader references included. It is a high level intro. Regina: let’s add this in the intro. Most relevant highlights for ccTLDs, based on 10 years of UASG work Maria: links missing Bart: noted. See chapter 5. I am working on that. Maria: if we mention unicode, we should also refer to UT#58 Seda: whitepaper. Old document. By icann and aptld. Was replaced by the Roadmap. Avoid referencing to UASG. is no longer active. We can refer to the sunsetting. Let’s not raise any expectations. Bart: the documents are all overtaken? Seda: no. no harm to refer to them. About UASG, how they work …. Do not raise expectations Regina: not describe what UASG is. But to say at the start of the doc that this is based on decommissioned UASG. Maria: not mention the number of the doc. Only the names of the docs. Regina: if we have direct links, we can ignore the numbers Bart: will clean up and let you know next week where we are at. Maria: clearly mention that the UASG has completed its work. The charter referred to a 10-year mandate. It was closed after exactly 10 years. Bart: ok Remaining agenda items deferred to a next meeting b. What to do with doc? Circulation to ccNSO members/ccTLD managers, include in repository? Circulate to others? 4. Workplan: Update UAC workplan.docx<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o3tPVX9DeIRrEQOw0S--zN8tRT8kzNB_/edit> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1o3tPVX9DeIRr…> a. Final reading b. Next work item Regina: please all have a look at the draft workplan by 8 April. Bart: rather; 22 April 5. Next meetings 8 April 2026: 8 am UTC · Draft public comment · Finalise the 2-pager · UA Day Event updates 22 April 2026: 13.00 UTC · workplan 6 May 2026: 8 am UTC 6. AOB none 7. Adjourn Meeting ended with 10 min overtime Thank you all! Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>

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Agenda meeting 25 March 2026
by Bart Boswinkel March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

Dear all, Please find included the agenda for today 1. Welcome 2. Admin matters * SoI update * UA-Day 2026: * Looking back at ICANN85 i. Work session ii. Joint Tech Day session 1. Two pager introducing UA * Discussion/ finalizing two pager introducing UA: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivoxHF42kYpT4F1uL0Q0g4BLFtjJww5XV5fpQO7… * What to do with doc? Circulation to ccNSO members/ccTLD managers, include in repository? Circulate to others? 2. Workplan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o3tPVX9DeIRrEQOw0S--zN8tRT8kzNB_/edit * Final reading * Next work item 3. Next meetings – * 8 April 2026: 8 am UTC * 22 April 2026: 13.00 UTC * 6 May 2026: 8 am UTC 4. AOB 5. Adjourn

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference | 22 April 2026 at 14:00 UTC
by ccNSO Calendar March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference is scheduled for 22 April 2026 at 14:00 UTC An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S Thank you!

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference | 08 April 2026 at 8:00 UTC
by ccNSO Calendar March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference is scheduled for 08 April 2026 at 8:00 UTC An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S Thank you!

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference | 25 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC
by ccNSO Calendar March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

***REMINDER*** Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference is scheduled for 25 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S Thank you!

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference | 25 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC
by ccNSO Calendar March 18, 2026

March 18, 2026

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference is scheduled for 25 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S Thank you!

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High level Introduction UA readiness
by Bart Boswinkel March 9, 2026

March 9, 2026

Dear all, As discussed on Saturday , please find included the document that was discussed at the session: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivoxHF42kYpT4F1uL0Q0g4BLFtjJww5XV5fpQO7… Based on the discussion I have included a right to left example, and references to ccTLD UA readiness documentation. Please review and include your comments in the Google doc, Kind regards, Bart

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NOTES ICANN85 | UAC | Saturday, 7 March 2026
by Joke Braeken March 7, 2026

March 7, 2026

NOTES ICANN85 | UAC Saturday, 7 March 2026 https://sched.co/2GwYJ ________________________________ 1. Welcome and housekeeping Housekeeping intro by Claudia Welcome by Abdolmanem 2. UA Session during ICANN85 Tech Day: final preparations and heads up 3. Finalising the UAC Work plan<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o3tPVX9DeIRrEQOw0S--zN8tRT8kzNB_/edit> Bart: made following the Dublin discussions. Between now and the Seville meeting, items to be completed. Originally Mumbai, but prep for ICANN85 was intense. Purpose of this document is to inform people who are not familiar with UA. ccTLDs working with UA, to inform their stakeholders. >> motivation toolkit Successful journeys to assist ccTLDs in their interactions with gvt and other stakeholders to inform them about positive experiences and the need for UA. Assist gvt. Is there a role for UAC? Abdalmonem: if we have scope of work to share with GAC-UAIDN WG. how to cooperate in the future? What do you think? Bart; this is the outcome of the session in Dublin. There were not many representatives from GAC at the time. If UAC thinks it is a good idea, who am I to question this? This is the result of the discussions. Abdalmonem: attended the GAC UA-IDN WG earlier today. Human rights. Collaborate with UNESCO. ccTLD is the local community. Bart: add it as a separate working item. To date, there has been only one session. You invited them, but not well attended. What is the status? What does UAC want? Wait for the GAC group? Or already start work, and share outcomes for comments? This group is well established and has a good working pace Abdalmomen: our ccTLD in Egypt is part of the gvt. What about others? Bart: even though the ccTLD manager for Egypt is gvt -related, there are about 35 % of the ccTLDs in the same situation. The ccTLDs participate equally, independent of their governance model. As chair you can reach out and see if there is a willingness to cooperate Regina: ccTLDs to reach out to their neighbours or colleagues in the region. Bart: outreach to regional org will be included in the work plan. To all 4 of them? Sami: what do you want from the RO’s? I am on the APTLD Board. I can help. Abdalmonem: UA adoption. It should be from ccTLDs itself to go to the RO’s. focus on adoption, not awareness Sami: what we did with ICANN, like what we did in Bahrain. University program for UA. Push through APTLD. Spoke with Sarmad about training program. Reason for doing this engagement. APTLD is all ccTLDs. We can do an MoU. Use the ICANN MoU? We can use both directions Regina: i do not see emergency for more MoU or institutionalised approach. We have the ccNSO membership and this group at ccNSO. Each of us in the WG need to try to find one or 2 allies. Aim for a country event. E.g UA Day 2027. Small work, but concrete. Rather than a declaration. Bart: the ccNSO is not mandated to enter into arrangements. ccNSO is part of ICANN. Does not have the mandate to enter into a MoU. This is a platform for ccTLDs from various regions to share info What is the value of an MoU? Abdalmomen: ICANN, UASG, and RO in the past. Now, bottom up process. Format between UAC or ccNSO and other RO’s. different now. Now we have the UA Expert Group, that will have guidelines. Bart: you are a member of both. Why have the vehicle? You drive the agenda Abdalmomen: have the RO Reps at the table. Masha: i would suggest to look at the list of tasks. Prioritise them. What to do now, later? All these tasks are regarding how to make a ccTLD ready. I agree and support. One task regarding the procurement policies. I agree with Abdalmonem. Should be discussed again. The GAC WG might have its own plans and tasks. If this group gives guidance to the gvt, we do not need to repeat this work. Unsure what the plans are for this group. We can ask Abdalmonem. UAC can only make recommendations. We already have 2 docs in the workplan. Procurmeent policies. Second comment. Regarding RO’s. Agree with Bart. More clearly formulate what the task is about, regarding cooperation with ROs, What do we want to achieve? Now UAC works on recommendations for ccTLDs. This is a global community. Most ccTLDs are already part of the ROs. * Procurement policies Regarding the cases: UAC can be helpful and put together the well-know initiatives from the governments. See GAC session today, regarding Indian experience. Bart: I suggest to alert the UA-IDN WG Based on successful cases, alert the WG. working on model procurement language might be helpful. Recommendation, not drafting language itself. Vadim: there are ccTLDs that are members of the RO, but not ccNSO. In that case we can involve them, if we interact with RO’s. Bart: hardly any, but in principle Vadim: .su for instance. They are a member of APTLD Bart: any other comments regarding the workplan? If not, we close the discussion on the workplan. Upcoming meeting, finalize the work plan. Then start implementing the work plan. 4. Review of work item 1: Create clear UA definition document (proposed draft<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ETwCdur23lTE9Oa5pxAuvcy8jx-PZjLMXYbK2aW…>) Bart: the first strawman is available. Ready to be shared outside the group as well. Abdalmomen: this only refers left to right script Add another right-left example please Masha: does it include references to previous work? Roadmap for ccTLDs included? If not, please add it in the references. Bart: add one sentence, and then reference to the doc Sarmad: Here is the document Maria is referring to: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ua-roadmap-registry-registrar-s… Masha: agree Regina: agree. Address ccTLDs who do not have IDNs at second or first level just yet. Show technical enabler of IDNs as a next step. This doc as starting point for ccTLDs at different levels of UA adoption Bart: we will update at next meeting, and revisit at the next UAC meeting. Any additional comments on the document? Does it capture what people had in mind? If so, please check your green boxes. Green ticks only. 5. Public comment on: draft Guidelines for Advancing UA Adoption<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-guidelines-for-adv…> a. What is the Guideline about?<https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/ua-ewg/guidelines-for-advancing-universa…> b. Next steps for UAC Abdalmonem: UA Expert Group. Sami as ccNSO appointee. Draft guideline out for comments. Encourage ccTLDs, hosting providers, governments, open source communities. Software development, be compliant. Submissions close 13 April. Shared it with the chair of the UA Expert WG. validity or lifetime for ICANN? This document does not point to new technologies for AI. Sami: i will not be sharing a presentation. I can speak to it during UA Tech Day. standards. Coordination is needed. Platform, service providers etc Cctlds and gvts to be clear. Sami lists several points (notes missing, due to speed of speaking) Sami: agree that it would be nice that AI systems should be trained to work better with domain names. How? Usually when we talk about AI systems and how they should be ready for multilingualism. Not sure if it is within scope of UAC? People use AI to create websites. It is easy, and tools exist. Complicate question. It can reflect that UA should be considered as digital inclusion problem. Does it match the scope of the Expert Group? Task for ICANN org? Not sure if it is reflected in the report. UA issues discussed in IGF and WSIS. Should be reflected in the report. ICANN to continue its work in its agenda on IG. Work is ongoing. Important point. Sarmad: icann to expose more tools. Once we have concrete findings we will share with the community. More detailed session on UA Expert WG Guidelines tomorrow. Please join our session. Bart: does UAC wants to submit a comment? Abdalmonem: yes please Bart: UAC is not mandated. I will inform Council. Also, we need drafters. Who is willing to draft the comment? Masha to prepare bullet points, and staff can help to convert this into a submission? Abdalmomen: new UAC subgroup? Bart: volunteers from UAC, and they draft a proposal, UAC approves as a full group on the next meeting on the 25th. Then submit. Regina: council involvement? Bart: council does not need to approve. Council will need to mandate you. See mandate SOPC. We can ask Council to approve on Thursday a resolution that UAC is mandate to submit this comment. Regina: I volunteer. Perhaps Masha as well? Bart: staff will circulate the google doc tomorrow. 6. Next meetings: 25 March 2026: 14.00 UTC 8 April 2026: 08.00 UTC 22 April 2026: 14.00 UTC 7. AOB none 8. Adjourn Abdalmomen: thanks all. Meeting adjourned. Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>

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Hopefully Final Agenda TechDay ICANN85 Mumbai
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse March 4, 2026

March 4, 2026

All, as we haven't had any major scheduling issues, please find enclosed the hopefully final agenda. Please note that all slides *MUST* be in by close of business local time Friday 2026-03-06 to Claudia Ruiz, who reads in copy. We will upload them to our presenter laptop. Arrangements can be made by the individual speaker with Claudia, beforehand, to use your own laptop, but we do require them uploaded as backup. We can accommodate the usual formats (Powerpoint, Keynote, Presenter and Prezi) but also require them as PDFs without transitions for later uploading to the web site. Online presenters who are not known to me or the session chairs should perhaps seek us out so we can say hello beforehand. Everton, you may publish in the ccNSO Calendar. greetings, el -- Eberhard W. Lisse \ /Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (retired) el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht\ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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