Ines Hfaiedh

Dear GNSO PDPs Course Instructors and Policy Team,

My name is Ines Hfaiedh and I am writing to be considered for the training on GNSO PDPs which will be held prior to the 2019 MEDNSF.

I am a teacher from Tunisia and I have been engaged with ICANN since April 2016 with NCUC, MEAC SWG and more recently in WT5.

Both a member of the MEAC SWG and the GNSO, as Africa Representative in the Non-Commercial Users Constituency Executive Committee, I have been active in a number of events in the region and initiatives such as in the Secretariat of the MEAC-SIG and taking part in the MEDNS Forum in 2017 to introduce NCUC to the audience and ways of engaging with our constituency.I was also part of the Drafting team of the "Middle East Statement on WHOIS Compliance with GDPR".

In terms of policy development however, I feel that to be more active, I am in need of training and education to be able to be part of a drafting team or a penholder. I am also unsure of the Policy Development steps, process and structure. This is why I am happy to see such an initiative to help community members like myself who would like to be more active in PDPs and have an impact on the discussions and comments.

Hence, I hope that, if selected to attend this workshop, we will be taught some skills and given the tools to start drafting comments and move to the next level. I have high expectations for this workshop and I really hope that it will include a 'hands-on' session as well to put into practice the theories we would have learnt, webinars prior to the training would also be great but I hope that participants will have the opportunity to actually start drafting by the end of the day. I am personally interested in the Epdp and gtld related issues and hope to gain more knowledge about it

I thank you for the opportunity of applying to this training and I am confident that if selected, this initiative would help me and other members who are lacking the education in policy development to step up and start public comments and act as multipliers in their communities.

Best regards