May 2020 - Comments-africa-regional-plan-fy21-25-15apr20

NCSG Comment
by Rafik Dammak May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Hello, I am submitting NCSG comment on ICANN Africa regional plan. Best Regards, Rafik

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Pending Ratification: AFRALO Statement on ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 27, 2020

May 27, 2020

Dear All, Please find attached the AFRALO statement regarding ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025<https://community.icann.org/x/EYHsBw>. In the interest of time, the ALAC Chair requested that the statement be transmitted to the ICANN public comment process with a note that the statement is pending both AFRALO and ALAC ratification. Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025
by secretariat＠aftld.org May 27, 2020

May 27, 2020

PUBLIC COMMENT AFRICA TOP LEVEL DOMAINS ORGANIZATION AFTLD welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the ICANN Africa Regional Plan for fiscal years 2021 - 2025. We acknowledge and appreciate collaborative efforts and support from the global stakeholder engagement team that has resulted in significant improvement of the Domain Name industry in Africa. More than 95 % of African ccTLD registries are completely automated and are currently focused on becoming sustainable entities as they grow local domain name system markets. Furthermore, a study conducted by AFNIC the French ccTLD in 2019 indicated that the Africa Region indicated the highest growth in registrations despite the small zone size of the ccTLDs, a testament of the fruits of the collaborative efforts. Africa ranks third regionally in terms of ccNSO membership with an increasing number of ccTLDs joining the ccNSO to learn best practices from developed ccTLD with the primary objectives of being on par with global best practices. Specifically we are grateful for the support and collaboration that has seen the African ccTLDs build their capacity in the following areas: Technical (Implementation of the Domain Name Security Extension System -(DNSSEC) Partnership in the planning and organization of the Africa Domain Name System Forum from 2013 - 2020 Support in registrar and reseller development. Support in research (Africa Market Study, ongoing efforts to develop a DNS observatory) We call upon ICANN to consider the following issues as it implements in Regional Strategy for financial years 2021 - 2025 Dedicate more financial resources to the global stakeholder engagement team in Africa for supporting ccTLD development in the region particularly in capacity building. Dedicate more financial resources to the global stakeholder engagement team for stakeholder engagement to support our efforts as the regional organization in encouraging governments to embrace best practices in management of ccTLD and new TLDs in general with an emphasis on public private partnership based models for ccTLD and 3 R (Registry, Registrar Registrant models) for new TLDs Strengthen the capacity of the Nairobi hub to engage key stakeholders drawn from government, private sector, technical community and academia across the African continent on the role of ICANN and the Domain Name System for Social and Economic development.. Thank you for your consideration secretariat(a)aftld.org www.aftld.org

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comment africa régional plan
by Iyedi Goma May 20, 2020

May 20, 2020

Bonjour à tous voici mes commentaires et mes propositions en quelques lignes 1- Pour la partie résultats attendus (3.1.3) de la rubrique 3.1 sécurité, il ya deux idées magnifiques ceux : de la promotion, sur coûts d accès internet (Better promotion for a systemic approach to interconnection in Africa to help lower the connection costs for the end users) et l'harmonisation des politique des Noms des Domaines en Afrique, Dans les mesures apprendre je n’ai pas vu les mesures concernant la questions des coût et l harmonisation c est ainsi je propose que : L’Icann se constitue en lobbying et aussi comme acteur pour faire plus de plaidoyer auprès des gouvernement ( Régulateur, Ministère des poste et télécom) sur la question des taxations de l'internet et des coûts pratiques afin de faire d'internet un produit accessible a tous, L’ICANN soit un ambassadeur auprès des gouvernements et communauté dans la mise en place des politiques claires, transparentes et harmonisées des registres et des registrar en promouvant l émulation des CCTLD L’Icann aide à faire la promotion auprès des institutions, entreprise, gouvernement et université sur le rôle et l'intérêt d avoir des contributeurs,et accompagner dans la mise en place d’ une stratégie globale pour la valorisation 2- Pour la partie 3.3.1 Stragic Objective il serait souhaitable pour les objectif de la région pouvoir intégrer aussi la sensibilisation et la promotion sur le Nom de domain géographique, qui est enjeux majeur pour demain sachant tous la diversité des peuples, des cultures et des régions géographique existant en Afrique 3- Autres Iil serait aussi très intéressant que l'on rajoute de la sensibilisation et la promotion sur protection des donnée personnelle, et faire l'accompagnement pour la mise en place des Tasks force sur la question Faire un plaidoyer auprès du secteur public et des privés sur le rôle et l importance d un écosystème salutaire pour les entrepreneurs (STARTUP ) et aussi faire un lobby pour le mise en place d'un régime fiscal particulier pour les start up, afin d'avoir une industrie de DNS résiliente #################### la version anglaise 1- For the Target outcomes part (3.1.3) of section 3.1 Security, there are two wonderful ideas those: Better promotion for a systemic approach to interconnection in Africa to help lower the connection costs for the end-users) and the harmonization of Domain Name policies in Africa, In the actions steps I have not seen the measures concerning the issue of cost and harmonization so I propose that : Icann is constituted in lobbying and also as an actor to do more advocacy with governments (Regulator, Ministry of Post and Telecom) on the issue of Internet taxation and practical costs to make the Internet a product accessible to all, ICANN should be an ambassador to governments and the community in establishing clear, transparent and harmonized registry and registrar policies by promoting CCTLD emulation. Icann helps to promote to institutions, companies, government and universities on the role and value of having contributors, and to assist in the implementation of a global strategy for the valorisation of 2- For part 3.3.1 Stragic Objective it would be desirable for the objectives of the region to be able to integrate also awareness and promotion of the Geographical Domain Name, which is a major challenge for the future, given the diversity of peoples, cultures and geographical regions in Africa. 3- Others It would also be very interesting to add awareness-raising and promotion on personal data protection and to accompany the setting up of task forces on the issue. Advocate to the public and private sector on the role and importance of a healthy ecosystem for entrepreneurs (STARTUP ) and also lobby for the implementation of a special tax regime for start-ups, in order to have a resilient DNS industry. Cordialement Serge-Parfait Goma

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Public comment
by Gregoire EHOUMI May 19, 2020

May 19, 2020

Hello,There is no explicit mention of collaboration with Africa Top Level Domains (AfTLD) Organization. I think AfTLD can help on some action steps.Big thank to the working group.Best regards, Gregoire EhoumiNetwork Architect, #CCIE

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