Hi McTim,

yes but it is concerning that ICANN organize event to promote trademark,
intellectual property and the unsuccessful trademark clearinghouse ( that
was pushed by ICANN staff and bypassed the policy development process) in
Africa.

Best Regards,

Rafik



2014-05-15 22:45 GMT+09:00 McTim <[log in to unmask]>:

> FYI:
>
> A blog on the just concluded DNS & Trademarks workshop in Benin has
> just been posted at:
>
>
> http://blog.icann.org/2014/05/curtains-fall-on-the-domain-names-trademarks-and-user-rights-protection-workshop-benin-africa/
>
> So there is on-going related activity in this area.
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Quite important comment to respond : it is a continuity of the work
> started
> > with the new gTLD applicant support Working Group or JAS that was pushed
> by
> > NCSG in Kenya meeting in 2010 and initiated as joint cross community
> group
> > between GNSO and ALAC. The WG provided several recommendations to the
> board
> > to support applicants form developing countries and in particular
> non-profit
> > to become registries. unfortunately the board acted too late and there
> was
> > no enough outreach during the critical time of application period.
> >
> > There were also requests from African and MENA strategy working group to
> > (Amr and me were members of the latter) to support more DNS industry in
> > developing countries in order to have more registrars.
> >
> > the report outlines several issues and barriers for any entrepreneur from
> > developing countries to be an ICANN accredited registrar. they are due to
> > ICANN requirements and to the registrar accreditation agreement which is
> the
> > contract between registrar and ICANN.
> >
> > having more registrars and registries from Africa, LAC, AP is important
> to
> > serve users more closely and for strengthening internet infrastructure in
> > developing countries. registries and registrars are part of the internet
> > ecosystem and their presence is enabler for more local content (providing
> > cheaper access to hosting service since registrars usually provide
> bundled
> > services etc). it will important to support non for profit model to serve
> > communities.
> >
> > I think that I will start drafting a comment and welcome any volunteer to
> > join me in this effort. we have other comments in parallel and we will
> try
> > to share the workload. just contact me .
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Rafik
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Yaovi Atohoun <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2014-05-15 17:19 GMT+09:00
> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for comments- appel à commentaires;
> Report:
> > Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions
> > To: AfrICANN list <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> > (Français plus bas)
> >
> > This is a report about supporting the domain name industry in underserved
> > regions, prepared by ICANN staff for public comment. Public comments on
> this
> > report will be used to determine next steps to support the domain name
> > industry in underserved regions.
> >
> > More information at
> >
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm
> >
> > Thanks
> > -----
> > Bonjour à tous,
> >
> > C'est un appel à commentaire du rapport sur l'appui à l'industrie des
> Noms
> > de Domaies dans les regions mal désservies.   Les commentaires publics
> > serviront pour la détermination des prochaines étapes pour l'appui à
> > l'industrie des Noms de Domaines dans les régions mal désservies.
> >
> > Plus d'information à
> >
> >
> http://www.icann.org/fr/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-14may14-fr.pdf
> >
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm
> > -
> >
> > Merci
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>