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• Aim 1: Encourage engagement of APRALO members on issues within ICANN's remit  
• Aim 2: Facilitate informed, inclusive regional position development on issues within ICANN's remit
• Aim 3: Support APRALO Leadership's participation as a regional partner to the ALAC Policy Platform / the At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group
• Aim 4: Grow APRALO outreach opportunities within the AP region and with other RALOs and ICANN communities on ICANN policy issues
• Aim 5: Provide suggestions on AP regional issues of interest which may fall within ICANN’s remit

How do we achieve these aims? By:

• Informing the APRALO Community on ICANN policy issues.
• Engaging the APRALO Community in At-Large discussions on ICANN policy issues 
• Consulting the APRALO Community to formulate input on ICANN policy issues.
• Building the capacity of the APRALO Community to effectively participate on ICANN policy deliberations 
• Participating in inter-RALO discourse on ICANN policy issues 
• Creating intra-regional discourse & cooperation opportunities to advocate for individual end user interests

APRALO Priorities for 2023-2024

1. Vis-à-vis ALAC/At-Large Community 

• 1a-Continue to contribute towards policy position development
• 1b-Pay attention to ICANN governance matters
• 1c-Take greater cognizance of "global public interest" applicability

 2. Policy-related priorities

• 2a-Increase involvement in DNS Abuse mitigation
• 2b-Continue focusing on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
• 2c-Increase participation in promotion of Universal Acceptance (UA)

 3. RALO Membership Retention & Engagement priorities

• 3a-Continue with capacity building / development
• 3b-Build on leadership development & mentorship
• 3c-Improve participation & engagement, institute activity metrics

 4. ICANN operating priorities – top 5 to monitor**

• 4a-OI-4.  Evolve & strengthen ICANN Community’s decision-making processes [**p.28]
• 4b-OI-3.  Evolve & strengthen the Multi-stakeholder Model (MSM) [**p.23]
• 4c-OI-9.  Evaluate, align & facilitate improved engagement in the Internet Ecosystem [**p.44]
• 4d-OI-7.  Promote the Universal Acceptance of domain names and email addresses [**p.38]
• 4e-OI-10.Through targeted engagement, improve Govt and IGO engagement & participation [**p.47]

* Per the 2022 Hot Topic Survey. For an explanation of the above priorities, please refer to: **https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/op-financial-plan-fy22-26-opplan-fy22-2021-en.pdf

   5. Consideration of additional, new topics ***

• 5a-Internet Fragmentation or “Splinternet”
• 5b-Aspects of the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains (New gTLDs)

*** Per the APF Town Hall Meetings of 10 Aug 2023

Membership:

Open to all APRALO members interested in ICANN policy-related discussions, by subscription to the mailing list. The membership list is published below.

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