FY21 APRALO STRATEGY
Goal | Activities | Funding | Remarks |
1. Encourage ALS and individual member participation in ALAC policy development | Use the RALO Policy Platform | None required | The RALO Policy Platform is currently being developed under the leadership of Justine Chew. In addition, APRALO is planning to revise the policy topics of interest to the community ("Regional Hot Topics") through a survey |
2. Work towards the formation of new ALSes and recruitment of new individual members | Reach out to existing members as well as regional partners and the GSE team to identify potential ALSes and individual members | None required. | One of the Vice-Chairs to be mandated with membership development for leading this initiative |
Plan a trip to one of the countries where there are no member ALSes (such as Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia etc) | Either available CROP slot or funding as agreed with APAC GSE | To commence planning when COVID-19 situation has abated and global travel situation becomes predictable. | |
| 3. Enhance engagement with existing ALSes and individual members | Partner with the GSE Team to create outreach programs targeted at ALSes and individual members as well as the broad community, including webinars, and local community meetings where possible. Use ATLAS 3 Ambassadors wherever possible | Funds may not be required, but a paid Zoom meeting account for common use by the APRALO community would be useful. | Leverage on high-interest topics (e.g. DNS abuse). Target 1 webinar per subregion (e.g. Middle East / Asia / Pacific / Central Asia per quarter). To discuss with GSE Team on details. |
| Create an inventory of skills and capacity required by the member community | Funding may not be necessary | A survey to be conducted to capture these requirements | |
| Continue the APRALO Newsletter and see if it's possible to circulate it to ALS' members as well | Funding may not be necessary | Consult Amrita to see how the Newsletter could be enhanced or supported | |
| Pacific IGF just before APTLD Meeting in Fiji in 2021 | Possible funding by APTLD, ICANN, ISOC, University of the South Pacifc (USP) and DotAsia | Possible use of 1 CROP as well as personal funding | |
| Use the ALS Mobilization plan as the basis for planning further engagement with ALSes and individual members | Funding may not be necessary | ||
| Support and participate in APrIGF 2021, Kathmandu. | 2 CROP slots | If the event is to take place as a face-to-face meeting at Kathmandu, Satish will travel with personal funds, and 2 CROP slots will be used for other LT Members | |
| Participate in APRICOT 2021, Manila, The Philippines | 1 CROP slot + 3 persons on external/private funding | If within FY21. Can also consider partnering ATLAS Ambassadors. | |
4. Enhance awareness about ICANN, APRALO and ICANN At-Large | Support key regional DNS/ICANN events | APRALO ALSes and individual members participate through independent/private fund |
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| Disseminate information and engage with linguistic communities on Universal Acceptance and Internationalized Domain names for promoting their use, at the RALO level as well as at the level of ALSes | Funds may be required for local meetings, and can be sourced from APRALO Discretionary Budget or from funds available for local initiatives in UASG | Discuss with ICANN org teams (GSE, UA/IDN Programs) to plan for activities. | |
5. Enhance regional and global co-operation within the IG Ecosystem | Work with regional partners and global processes such as the global IGF | ||
| Participate in the virtual APrIGF 2020 | No funding required as the meeting is confirmed as virtual | Lianna, Maureen and Satish will be participating as speakers and MSG members. | |
| Participate in the virtual IGF 2020 | No funding required | LT members to participate at the IGF |
