Hi Rafik,
Having been part of the team that reviewed this strategy in July 2018,
I will be happy to assist the team should they have any question. I
prefer to review the comment when it will be shared for membership
inputs.
It is so good that so many people are interested in teaming up for this.
Regards,
Arsene
2018-07-31 14:39 UTC+02:00, Thato Mfikwe <[log in to unmask]>:
> Thanks for sharing Rafik,
>
> Firstly I would like to mention that the strategy needs to also strike a
> balance in how outreach is done to various sectors in order to increase
> participation and contribution of Africa in ICANN activities, SOs and ACs.
> The regional office must consider engagement the fellowship alumni in order
> to involve them, improve and and increase participation of the wider
> general community in ICANN activities and to deepen DNS penetration in the
> continent amongst other things.
>
> The strategy also needs to be more succinct on how new voices and
> participants who are not necessarily have a technical background, will be
> brought to the table. Fellows and those active within ICANN, SOs and ACs
> could play a role in local outreach and awareness initiatives, capacity
> building and outreach should be strengthened to also look into policy
> development and orientation on ICANN at national and regional events.
>
> With technical training on DNS, there should be basic training on how DNS
> and unique identifiers work in order to create mutual interest in the DNS
> industry and increase the number of sectoral participants. Furthermore
> active and engaged members need to be supported in order for the region to
> be fully represented and based on minutes of the meeting that was held in
> ICANN 61, there needs to be a finance committee or department of the
> regional office because the ICANN African strategy currently does not come
> with a budget so building capacity in that division will ease plenary,
> forecasting and implementation processes.
>
> Last, the strategy needs to accommodate and communicate how the regional
> office with work will SO and AC members to deliver on the regional strategy
> but the strategy itself does take into account all these issues listed but
> is not specific enough on how they will be achieved.
>
> I will help with commenting on this, thanks.
>
> Thato Mfikwe.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 3:23 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> ICANN published a new public comment, this time on the ICANN Africa
>> Strategic Plan 2016-2020. Regional strategies started few year ago, in
>> Prague meeting 2012 in ad-hoc way and the first strategy was for Africa.
>>
>> This public comment is an opportunity for NCSG as stakeholder group to
>> give input in the draft strategy and to see there is any area of concern
>> or
>> improvement. It is also an opportunity for our members from Africa to
>> influence it and draft a comment. You can find more details about the
>> background of this public comment and the report here .
>> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-strategic-plan-2018-07-30-en
>> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-strategic-plan-2018-07-30-en>
>>
>> To kick-off the discussion I created this google doc to be used during
>> the
>> drafting by the volunteers to populate it: https://docs.google.com/
>> document/d/1GGTNxgct2a01Z4lAKdt5m-pxx3Lyemc8lZ0sgAoA65E/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Please let me know offlist if you want to volunteer for the drafting. It
>> is good to have several people to volunteer together and work as team so
>> they can share the tasks such as analyzing the report, conducting some
>> research, find previous work, proofreading and so on. I will support you
>> during the drafting if you need any help during the whole process.
>>
>> You can find previous public comment submitted by NCSG here
>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018
>> and
>> listing those who drafted them. We submitted 3 responses to 3 public
>> comments last Friday and I want to thank all the drafters and reviewers
>> for
>> the work done there in such short time to ensure that NCSG gives input on
>> those consultations.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Rafik Dammak
>>
>> NCSG Policy Committee Chair
>>
>
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