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• APRALO recommends a presence at regional Asia-Pacific IGFs and AP* Events, including representation by APRALO officers, secretariat or volunteers.
• AFRALO suggests attendance at the forthcoming IGF in Nairobi. In 2010, it organized a very successful workshop at the IGF in Vilnius with no funding whatsoever from ICANN. The workshop was very well attended, even by senior ICANN staff. In light of the benefit to ICANN’s image and considering its success it is unfair to expect volunteers and ALSes to sustain a repeat proposal without funding in FY11/12. The organizing of a workshop which is part of the core IGF schedule has the potential to raise APRALO’s profile, and through this, ICANN’s profile in a considerable manner.
• EURALO proposes a presence of up to three five (5) of its members at the European Dialogue for Internet Governance, EURODIG 2012 (FY11/12 or FY12/13), Europe’s premier Internet Governance yearly conference, organized by the Council of Europe and many partners, several of which are ALSes.
• LACRALO recommends involvement at LACNIC and LACTLD meetings, a representation by LACRALO president, secretariat and two (2) ALAC members. A sustained involvement with these organizations directly supports ICANN’s strategy of regional engagement and strategic alliances
• NARALO supports a sustained presence at several regional meetings including:

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One specific project proposed by NARALO, involves the reduction of Economics, Ownership and Trust barriers to policy-critical data through the establishment of an advisory working group which will produce one or more documents with the help of legal and technical experts. This could then be used by lawmakers, stakeholders, and decision makers to base their decisions on asset of first hand facts.

Key At-Large and ALAC Priorities

As mentioned in the ALAC 2011-2014 Strategic Plan statement, a key ongoing project remains the organization of a second ICANN At-Large Summit. The first At-Large Summit held in Mexico City in March 2009 having yielded such benefits as to motivate At-Large Structures to work together, to produce a flurry of useful material, in-reach momentum can only be kept through another Summitregular Summits.

This project requiring careful planning, it is expected that activity in the period FY11-FY13 will be stimulated through the Regional General Assemblies (GAs) described earlier in this document. An At-Large Summit requiring a substantial investment both in cash and in resources, the ALAC recommends that this process be given a budget of its own through a sinking fund to be topped up yearly, in time for a summit to take place at a suitable time in the FY13-16 period.

Confirming last year’s ALAC Financial FY11 Budget Proposal, this Project should be undertaken in conjunction with outreach and participation activities with other SOs and ACs, in particular, the GAC, the ccNSO, and possibly the stakeholder groups Stakeholder Groups of the nonNon-contracted Contracted House of the GNSO, and with the full support of ICANN’s Global Partnerships department. The ALAC is actively searching for a synergy with those partners aiming at increasing and improving public participation Public Participation and the development of a healthy Internet ecoEco-system.

The ALAC is aware that a special challenge for a second Summit has materialized in setting its agenda to coincide with the key lines of the ICANN Strategy. With the help of SOs and ACs, we aim to be able to strengthen the ability of the ALAC, with its unique RALO and ALS configuration, to serve as an integral asset which is able to better contribute to achieve the strategic goals of ICANN.

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Conclusion

The above proposals were prepared in good faith by all five (5) Regional At-Large Organization (RALO) regions, following the new format and procedures which were presented during conference calls and the face to face meeting in Cartagena.  

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