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CROSS-RALO | E-tool “Welcome Package” for all RALOs newcomers (Updated)
| Natalia Filina, EURALO Secretary for Cross-RALO | Purpose Electronic resource/E-tool, "Welcome Package" is a guide for new and existing members of the At-Large community, which accumulates and gives in a convenient understandable form (texts, infographics, videos, links, names, application forms) complete information on how best to start working in At-Large and take more than 1 role (PDP, organisation, finance & budget, CPWG, reviews, analytics, communications etc). The amount of work is significant, the next financial year may be devoted to this project, but the result will be used for many years ahead (it will only be necessary to make updates occasionally). Alignment The project is fully consistent with the ICANN mission and current strategic plan, because it helps to involve into the At-Large/ICANN activities interested professionals (including technical specialists) from around the world, and this will help:
The implementation of the project is clearly related to ongoing political, advisory or technical work: we will help to attract more professional members of the community to work (PDP, organisation, finance & budget, CPWG, reviews, analytics, communications etc), mobilize the existing community, ensuring that people navigate directly first to the knowledge base, then to processes, working groups and mentors who will help get started. Details of the "Welcome package" multilingual E-tool: It is a guide book for new community members (Individuals or ALS members), as well as for those who just have applied for participation. This Guide book will help to get the useful understandable information: - to understand the place, role and purpose of the At-Large Advisory Committee in the ICANN structure. - to find the set of required information for learning how to start the interacting and get involved in the work process - to start to navigate all open web resources of ICANN and At-Large. - to get to know the key people of the local European ICANN, IG community, to understand the wide spectrum of the community members` expertise in order to establish the interaction, to ask substantive questions, and to identify the opportunities for mentoring support. - to follow the ICANN, At-Large, RALOs news on all communication channels - to find mentors within At-Large/ICANN - to find exact expertise (At-Large member with needed professional knowlege related ICANN issues, Technical IG or IG) - links to forms for applications to all RALOs, Associations of individuals. - to use as excellent open knowledge base - there are links to Capacity Building webinars, online courses, videos, infographics and other learning resources offered here. (Apparently it might be an accessible e-tool hosted on additional external resource - landing page). If the question arises - are we duplicating the At-Large website? no. We are creating a separate usability tool that will be easy to use and understand for any beginner. Category
Audience All regions without restrictions. Age - from 25 years.old Gender - all Members of organisations and non affiliated individual members representing the interests of internet users worldwide. (prof areas: IT, IG, diplomacy, academia, research, human rights, legal/regulatory, IoT, Cybersec etc) Outcomes Raising knowledge for mobilizing community and a new inflow of professional experienced active members to work in all areas of the At-large, ALAC mandate and their possible moving to all ICANN constituencies. Speedup of the entry of newcomers or passive members into the active working phase (PDP at first, other At-Large Working Groups, too), since information about At-Large work, goals and objectives, ways of involvement is clear, visual, mobile and digital. And this resource (including communication with mentors) will allow us not to allocate additional resources for explanations and navigation. This is a map for an independent and productive journey of a member (or representatives of ALSs) into At-Large communities and within ICANN. On the recommendation, I looked at the Community Onboarding pilot project https://community.icann.org/display/COP22/ALAC: it is great project, certainly becomes part of the content of e-WP, but the proposed e-WP is different product of engagement in essence. We should now use the opportunity to create a new, digital, visual, user-friendly clickable e-WP that combines many engagement resources. It will help connect people in the At-Large community for fruitful collaboration. If we will prepare just a text document with links and description, it will be another duplicate of the descriptive document (in fact, a duplicate of our At-Large website). Therefore, I propose this configuration of the e-WP as a cross-RALOs tool for many years to come. Total Support being requested: $25,000 USD | Looks like a project that could be done with a WG and staff. This is a good project which should be implemented. Funds specified seem about right (but may be using existing resources) Two comments were to focus the funds on ensuring materials are translated. Natalia is encouraged to look at the materials that At-Large developed under the pilot Onboarding project to see how this project is different. | Approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
CROSS-RALO | Zoom Room for each RALO
| Sebastien Bachollet, EURALO Chair for Cross-RALO | Purpose A dedicated Zoom Room to be managed by each RALO leadership and used to help ALSes and individual mobilisation and preparation calls for RALOs. Alignment (No text) Audience RALO ALS and individual members Outcomes Help the ALS and individual members to be more involved in RALO, At-Large and ICANN activities. Total Support being requested: $1,000 USD | FBSC requests more info be added on examples on when such Zoom rooms would be needed. What are the scenarios in which a Zoom room for the RALOs would be needed that would not be provided by At-Large or GSE staff? | Approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
EURALO | The role of individual stakeholders, I* and international organizations in preventing (or facilitating) digital genocide. (Updated)
| Oksana Prykhodko, EURALO ALS | Purpose The purpose of our research is to collect and analyze data regarding threats to Internet during military invasion, summarize the effectiveness of multistakeholder response to such threats, prepare some evidences for more effective participation in policy advice development, organize open discussion of the results within EURALO and within ICANN, propose some recommendations for ICANN and different stakeholders, promote the role of ICANN in ensuring the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems. We are going to start with webinar, devoted to the discussion of terminology, legislative basis, available evidences. Then we will prepare questionnaire both for Ukrainian stakeholders and members of different ICANN constituency (maybe for some other I* organizations). Then we will analyze the results of survey and other evidence basis and prepare our recommendations and present them during the nearest IG Forum (ICANN conference, IGF, EuroDIG). I very much hope that Ukraine will defeat the aggressor country very soon, and we will be able to sum up the results of our study in 2023. Alignment The mission of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (24 February 2022) created threats for digital survival of Ukrainians. Aggressors used a variety of approaches: - physical destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure; - violent seizure of the office of Ukrainian providers and operators; - rerouting of Internet and mobile traffic from Ukrainian networks to other ones; - cyberattacks on critical Ukrainian infrastructure; - stealing of personal data; - spreading of disinformation; - disruption of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; - others. All Ukrainian and majority of foreign stakeholders join forces to protect the country's digital assets, Ukraine received huge amount of help and support from international and I* organizations. Nevertheless in the end of 2022 the threat of digital genocide of Ukrainians remains. But it is not only the threat to Ukrainians. It is the threat to the multistakeholder model of “One world, one Internet”, to the resiliency and stability of free, open and secure Internet. It is impossible to “(ii) Facilitates the coordination of the operation and evolution of the DNS root name server system” without analyzing of such threats. Our proposal fully meets all five Strategic Objectives for Fiscal Years 2021–2025 - strengthen the security of the Domain Name System and the DNS Root Server System (by analyzing military threats to .ua and .укр); - improve the effectiveness of ICANN’s multistakeholder model of governance (Ukrainian experience is the best way to promote multistakeholderism); - evolve the unique identifier systems in coordination and collaboration with relevant parties to continue to serve the needs of the global Internet user base (we are sure that ICANN has to know a lot about the unique identifier systems in time of war and the role of different parties); - address geopolitical issues impacting ICANN’s mission to ensure a single and globally interoperable Internet (I hope I do not have to explain this point); - ensure ICANN’s long-term financial sustainability (as far as I know, ICANN for the first time has allocated $1 million to help to protect Internet access in war-torn Ukraine. Are you interested to receive some answers from Ukraine regarding the efficiency of your help?)Category Please select the category for the proposed activity:
Audience We will survey Ukrainian end users (from the age of 13 – youngest participants of Youth Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum), all other Ukrainian stakeholders (government, ISPs, LIRs, .UA managers, registries, law-enforcement structures, others), EURALO members, representatives of different ICANN constituencies, representatives of other I* and international organizations. We will present results of our research at IGF-UA (for sure), at ICANN conference, EuroDIG, IGF (depends). Outcomes Please describe the expected impact of the proposed activity.
Total Support being requested: 20,000-25,000 USD Details: I am asking $10 000 for an end-users survey. In Ukraine the minimum price of the nation-wide survey, based on international standards (2000 interviews by telephone, different age, gender, geography and so on) is about $8000 (in our days prices). We are also planning to organize some focus-groups with lawyers, technicians, and politicians - to discuss the results of the end-users survey. There is no open pricelist for such a survey. Then we have to summarize results of the survey and discussions in focus groups. $3000 for translation - in case ICANN does not have translators from/into Ukrainian. $3000 for travel support - to present results of the project at EuroDIG or IGF. | Organizer to add more details on how additional funds would be used rather than existing org funds. | Approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
LACRALO | Universal Acceptance Hackathon
| Claire Craig, LACRALO Secretary | Purpose The purpose of this project is to begin to use this as a pilot project to build the technical competence on the subject matter of UA first in T&T and then at the university level then materials for this can be used as template for a Roadshow to other regions in the region. to build innovation and awareness on the area of US among students at universities in Trinidad and Tobago who are studying Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology. Alignment (No text) Category
Audience In person training would be provided to persons between the ages of 18 to 35, who are enrolled at one of the recognized universities in the country. Outcomes Age : 18 – 35 Gender; All Region: Caribbean Sector: Education Skills: Computer science, programming, software engineering Total Support being requested: 20,000 USD | Encourage the organizer to change the language to make it a pilot/prototype to note the benefit of an investment into this project. JZ and Claire to work together | Approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
LACRALO | Caribbean DNS Observatory – Government
| Rodney Taylor | Purpose The pandemic has caused many Caribbean governments to seek greater online alternatives to face-to-face interaction. The effect of the pandemic on the Caribbean was for it to activate online schooling from Primary to Secondary Education level utilizing G Suite for Education. Schools, for example in Barbados, have a domain of the form <abbreviation-of-school>.school.edu.bb. Government departments began to publish contact telephone numbers and email addresses via their websites, as well as those of the Government Information Service. Those email addresses and websites were on the domain gov.XX (gov.ccTLD). Examples include gov.bb, gov,tt, gov.jm. Caribbean governments continue to pursue online services more aggressively understanding that this is a component of national digital transformation and critical to their socio-economic development. However, what of the domain name space foundation on which this all is predicated? Is it reliable, well designed, trouble-free, monitored, incident free? What does live experience teach us about our national domain name space foundation? The purpose of this project is to review the “health” of these domains in what will be a precursor to the establishment of a Caribbean DNS Observatory and Research Centre to assist regional stakeholders in better management of the DNS and promote best practices and adherence to global standards. Alignment The ICANN strategic plan identifies security of the DNS as a priority, aiming to “improve the shared responsibility for upholding the security and stability of the DNS by strengthening DNS coordination in partnership with relevant stakeholders.” It also aims to Identify and mitigate security threats to the DNS through greater engagement with relevant hardware, software, and service vendors. DNS abuse is also one of the priority areas for ICANN and this work will go a long way in helping to inform ICANN’s policies and policy development process in this regard. Category
Objectives Provide a report to regional stakeholders on DNS issues relating to the 2nd level government domains in the Caribbean, given the move towards more online critical government servcies. At the moment there is not a well established DNS observatory for the Caribbean which can help to provide research and support that is useful to regional governments. This will allow for information sharing and development of best pracices and ensure complaince with global internet standards. It will also provide and analytics platform that gives a dashboard view on the DNS, particulalry those systems providing critical public services. Audience Governments in the Caribbean. Specifically those that are the top 5 highest ranking on the UN e-Government Global Development Index. This will include but not be limited to Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Bahamas and others depending on availability of resources. Outcomes This project is a stepping stone towards the establishment of a Caribbean DNS observatory and research centre and can be expanded beyond the initial focus on governments. The initial focus on governments is based on the critical services that they provide such as education, health care, business licenses, national IDs, etc. If the DNS is not being effectively managed then it can lead to disruption of these critical services, not necessarily as a result of abuse or attacks but because of misconfigurations, lack of real-time monitoring , poor operations and lack of adherence to global standards. The effect can be as devastating as a cyber threat. In the past for example there have been outages due to non-payment of fees. This will help to mitigate these challenges with better research and monitoring tools, informed by the outcomes of this project. It is proposed that the findings be presented within regional forums at the conclusion of the research. This includes Caribnog (Caribbean Network Operators Group), CTU ICT Week - ICT Collaboration Forum, Caribbean Peering Internet Forum (CarPIF), and direct presentations as needed or requested by regional governments. Total Support being requested: 47,500 USD | Organizers might consider asking the GAC to submit this ABR. Claire to speak to Rodney re asking the GAC. Rodney asked to explain how this proposal is for end users. | Consider submitting as GAC ABR proposal. Consider asking Joanna to submit it to the GAC for consideration. If not, approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
LACRALO | Indigenous Community in Bolivia (Title TBCDIGITAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS CYBER ACTIVISTS (Updated Title) Current title: APTHAPI TECNOLÓGICO EN LA CIUDAD DE EL ALTO (Apthapi means bring together something to share in Aymara or Quechua)
| Harold Arcos for LACRALO | Purpose In Bolivia there are more than 30 indigenous nations and the Constitution recognize them. Aymaras and quechuas are the largest population in the country and they are localized in other countries such as Perú, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador. El Alto is the largest aymara city, where there are a lot of people who are promoting or using the internet in order to strengthen their language and culture in cyberspace through different platforms or digital tools. So the purpose is to organize a training days among cyber-indigenous people through an APTHAPI TECNOLÓGICO (Apthapi means bring together something to share in Aymara or Quechua) getting together promoters, expertises, and users of the internet among the civil society, academia and the government. The event will be organized by: Comunidad Jaqi Aru, Universidad Pública de El Alto- Carrera de Ingeniería de Sistemas, and Agencia de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación-AGETIC. Presentation and virtual activity Date: July 27, 28 of 2023 Alignment The indigenous people as civil society and part of the academia have been appropriating the internet as a tool of promoting the language and culture on the cyberspace, and this is an ongoing policy of ICANN, users of the internet. Category Training Audience Age: mostly young people of civil society and academia Gender: male, female and others Region: El Alto and La Paz city Sector : Urban Indigenous people Skills: use of the digital tools Rural areas and other countries: through Social Networks and SEOTV we will reach to rural areas and indigenous people in other countries of the region. Outcomes
Total Support being requested: 12,800 100 USD | FBSC to send comments for organizer to include. | Approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
LACRALO | LAC Digital, 2nd Ed.
| Harold Arcos for LACRALO | Purpose The main objective of LAC Digital is to facilitate inclusive and productive debates on public policy issues related to the Internet from a general perspective, keeping these 3 segments “Civil society”, Governments” and “Academia” involved within the wide range of possibilities that the multi-stakeholder model has to offer. LAC Digital has among its goals the interaction of Civil Society, Governments and Academia to ensure that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the Internet support and help implement the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" (Resolution approved by the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2015). Alignment During the activity we will address issues related to Internet Governance and what issues impact us in the lives of users. We will address issues related to geopolitics, Internationalized Domain Name (IDN), Whois-GDPR, regional update on Universal Acceptance, as well as workshops on the gender perspective in ICTs and the participation of women and gender diversity. Category
Audience Members of the accredited regional community who are experts on the topics currently being discussed in Icann's PDPs and working groups will also be participating as speakers. Outcomes We will be involving new groups of students, researchers, academics and legislators to the different Icann working groups. The regional technical community will be summoned to the activity to take the message of Icann's IDN, UA and PDPs to new spaces where it has not been discussed. After the activity, a Dossier will be published with the contributions of the presenters and the discussion on the proposed topics in order to be a basis for monitoring each researcher in the different LAC subregions. Total Support being requested: 19,000 USD | FBSC request the organizers to explain how the in-person event (with the associated travel costs) would add to the success of the event that was previously held successfully virtual. FBSC commented that the event could likely take place as a virtual event. Some concern that LACRALO would ask for a similar event on an annual basis. | Approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
LACRALO | Latin America and the Caribbean Forum on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance
| Alfredo Lopez Hernandez | (Translated via Google Translate from Spanish) Purpose The Forum intends to immerse the general public in Cybersecurity and Internet Governance to promote the culture of cybersecurity and learn about Internet Governance related issues and support training and talent in the IT industry - Technology and Country information. This event will be a single activity that will be organized within the framework of World Internet Day May 17. Alignment Category
Audience The target audience will be students in their last years of colleges, university students of all university degrees, teachers, entrepreneurs and businessmen from the IT-Information Technology sector will also be included. In addition, officials from the city mayor's office will be invited. The event will be organized in the city of Bogotá, and interested persons from municipalities near the capital may participate. Outcomes The event will impact the dissemination of Cybersecurity and Internet Governance in: -Students in the last years of high school -University students -The academic programs of the universities that are part of our network of universities for Information Technologies UxTIC -Entrepreneurs in the IT sector -Companies in the IT sector -Colombian Association of Systems Engineers – ACIS -Some officials of the Bogotá Mayor's Office. Total Support being requested: 5,920 USD | FBSC suggest adding more detail about how it fits into ICANN's remit. May 17 2023 is not within FY24, so this event, if approved, would be for World Internet Day 2024. | Approved to submit with revisions. | ||||||||||
LACRALO | OWASP LATAM TOUR 2023 “STRENGTHENING WEB SECURITY IN LATIN AMERICA”
| DIEGO GONZÁLEZ ARANGO | (Translated via Google Translate from Spanish) Purpose The purpose of this event is to increase awareness of cybersecurity issues, provide education and resources to attendees, and promote the exchange of ideas and best practices among cybersecurity professionals. Alignment CANN's purposes can be aligned with a cybersecurity event in several ways: 1. Ensuring the stability and security of the internet's DNS: A cybersecurity event could focus on topics related to DNS security and how to protect yourself from DNS-based attacks. 2. Promote Competition and Choice: A cybersecurity event could explore the role that competition and choice play in the development of secure technologies and practices. 3. Improving Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs): A cybersecurity event could discuss challenges and best practices in protecting IDNs and making them more widely available. 4. Protect the rights of internet users: A cybersecurity event could address issues related to user privacy and data security, and provide attendees with tools and resources to help protect their rights online. 5. Support the global internet community: A cybersecurity event could foster collaboration and dialogue between cybersecurity professionals from different regions and sectors, helping to build a more cohesive and effective global cybersecurity community. Category
Audience Target audience for the cybersecurity event include: 1. Cybersecurity professionals: Computer security analysts, network administrators, security consultants, and other professionals working in the field of cybersecurity. 2. Business Leaders: Business leaders and executives who are responsible for managing risk and protecting their organizations from cyber threats. 3. Students: Educational and networking opportunities for students who are interested in pursuing careers in cybersecurity. 4. Government Officials and Policy Makers: Government officials and policy makers of developing and implementing cybersecurity regulations and policies. 5. The general public: By focusing on issues relevant to everyday internet users, such as online privacy and identity protection. This event is geographically targeted to Latin America, however, people from any geographic area can participate. Outcomes Expected results in the cybersecurity event: 1. Increased awareness of cybersecurity risks and threats. Make people aware of cybersecurity risks and threats and how to protect themselves from them. 2. Greater understanding of cybersecurity best practices. Provide people with the necessary tools and knowledge to protect their systems and data from cyber attacks. 3. Networking opportunities. Offer participants the opportunity to meet other industry professionals and establish valuable contacts. 4. Updating skills and knowledge. Provide participants with the opportunity to update their cybersecurity skills and knowledge. 5. Troubleshooting. Achieve breakout sessions and hands-on activities where participants can work together to solve cybersecurity-related problems and challenges. Travel support being requested: Amount not specified. However, requesting communications, language services, technology support, and travel support. | FBSC requests for the funds to be clarified and explained. This might be implemented through RALO discretionary funds and GSE. | Approved to submit with revisions. |
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