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AFRALO proposes to organize a Workshop at the upcoming 2015 IGF due to take place in Brazil from 10 to 13 November 2015 about “how the ICANN multi-stakeholder model will evolve” in light of the new accountability mechanisms under consideration today. Speakers from all over the world would give their views and perspectives about the new landscape of the Internet Governance and the multi-stakeholder-ism after the IANA Functions’ stewardship transition and the new accountability mechanisms that will accompany it. The workshop would be a 90 minute session where the interaction with the attendees would be privileged,

Pending acceptance by the IGF MAG of this program - support for 3 AFRALO travelers is allocated.  Travelers must agree to produce a trip report on what the support made possible - i.e., other work, meetings. ICANN staff is not available to support session development, preparation or other support.

At-Large FY16 Request for an APRALO Leadership Team Outreach at The Tenth Annual IGF Meeting Workspace

The Tenth Annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Meeting is scheduled to take place in João Pessoa, Brazil, on 10-13 November 2015, which serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet.

This event is a unique outreach opportunity to reach persons from the globe involved in internet governance issues to raise awareness of ICANN multi-stakeholder model and the opportunities for participation therein.

In the past, APRALO members have participated in different IGFs with specific workshops, were among panelists & moderators, and in case of physical absence, have participated remotely. The Asia Pacific region is very diverse, and we call it “the region with many regions”, with different cultures, languages, religion, etc. During the tenth the IGF 2015, APRALO leadership is planning to be a part of different workshops as panelists like previous years, but have no secure funding for participation, as it happened during IGF 2014, where the members of APRALO initiated the workshop during the IGF, but due to the lack of funding were not able to run the workshop in person.

The IGF informs, influences and inspires those with policy-making power in both the public and private sectors, in addition to civil society. At their annual meeting delegates discuss, exchange information and share good practices with each other and this is an important meeting for our members to achieve the incorporation of as many organizations as possible to strengthen and enhance the ecosystem in Asia Pacific region, to facilitate a common understanding of how to maximize Internet opportunities and address risks and challenges that arise in our region. It is the only way to achieve effective results. We need feedback from the end users of Internet from the whole region.

There are 2 parts to this request:  APRALO Leadership driven Outreach at IGF and IGF Workshop Proposals.  In regard to the Outreach, as the proposal notes, it is not anticipated that there will be many Asia Pacific attendees at Latin America IGF.  The metrics provided for leadership team outreach do not appear to track for an event that is in Latin America rather than the Asia Pacific.  This concept may be more applicable for a future IGF located in the AP region.  With respect to workshop proposals - pending acceptance by the IGF MAG of the sessions proposed here - support for 2 APRALO travelers will be allocated.  Travelers must agree to produce a trip report on what this support made possible - i.e., other work, meetings. ICANN staff is not available to support session development, preparation or execution.

As in previous years (2013 in Lisbon and 2014 in London), we would like to convene our next face-to-face General Assembly to a) provide our ALS community a next opportunity to meet and exchange experiences to improve our community building and Inreach and b) to make our member ALSes closely familiar with ICANN issues and procedures during an ICANN meeting (training / capacity building).

Regular meetings of our members are needed to promote inclusion and to stimulate broader ALS participation at our regular activities.

Timeline/Schedule

Autumn 2015 during the ICANN 54 Dublin meeting. Preferably all meeting days to allow some further capacity building sessions for our members to improve and broaden their understanding about ICANN.

An option could be to offer training sessions in coordination with or after the ICANN leadership training (Academy). Sandra Hoferichter, chair of this WG, is member of EURALO and could assist in preparing and conducting such a complementary training element, particularly for new members and those who are not yet familiar with ICANN’s org. structure, working methods and functioning.

FY16 resources are only available to support one At Large General Assembly (GA) this fiscal year.  The ALAC has the opportunity to choose between the EURALO GA (line 43) and the NARALO GA (line 48) proposals. Consideration of future GAs will be taken up again in FY17.

The Telecon is scheduled for November, maybe 19-20th, to be held in the Brazil/Recife-Pernambuco.

The Telecon is a regional forum initiated by the IBDI (ALS) since 2005, to approach the legal community that works with the Cyber Law and Internet Governance. This is an education/capacity building activity.

Approximately, 150/200 persons attend this event ranging from civil society, telecom, business and government. The TELECON is an open network of individuals from different Internet constituencies from the private sector, academia, civil society and government.

Established in 2005, the TELECON organizes annual high-level expert seminars on current Internet Governance subjects and Cyber Law.

LACRALO proposes to organize, in cooperation with the Telecon -.organisers team, an activity for increasing the skills and engagement of LACRALO members.

 The proposal is to have a training module for members of LACRALO and of course for those attending the Forum. This module would last for one morning. (Between 4 and 6 hours). The idea is to have between one to three trainers from ICANN according to budgetary possibilities. In this module should attend LACRALO members who have an active participation in LACRALO according to criteria agreed between ICANN and / or LACRALO.

Approved with limitations on travelers and training resources as follows. Activity to take place in conjunction with June 2016 ICANN Meeting in TBD location in Latin America and only cover cost of one extra hotel night for up to 25 travellers. Resources are not available to provide professional leadership training in FY16. Staff will examine the possibility of using previous LTP graduates who reside in the region (with emphasis on selecting individual(s) who are already funded to attend that ICANN meeting) to provide training opportunities. Staff will support providing of session rooms and required materials for the training to be successful. Preference should be given to alumni of the Fellowship program who are actively engaged in ICANN and would benefit from leadership skills training.