Universal Acceptance (UA) Day will be held on 28 March 2023.
UA Day is an opportunity to rally local, regional, and global communities and organizations around the world to spread general UA awareness and to encourage UA adoption with key stakeholders.
The day will consist of UA training, awareness, and strategy sessions held by the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), ICANN, global partners, and regional and local organizations.
The ALAC and At-Large community will be working with the UASG, RALOs, ALSes and individual members around the world to promote the end users benefits of UA and encourage the adoption of UA at the local and regional levels.
Suggested multi-pronged approach to the At-Large 2023 UA Day activities:
| Level | Activities |
|---|---|
| ALAC Level | Social Media campaigns |
| Cross-RALO Level | Organization of a cross RALO online discussion to deliberate on what has been done in each RALO so far to promote UA, what challenges are foreseen and how to take it forward. The UA ambassadors from the region who may be part of ALSes could be encouraged to come and share on the first part, while the way ahead could be discussed by RALO heads. |
| RALO Level | Videos, infographics can be created and for that can apply for UA funding. This could be done in collaboration with the regional GSE team. |
| ALS Level | Local level activities by ALSes can be encouraged. There are presentations, speakers available from the UASG team for this. For venue and other costs ALSes can be encouraged to ask for funds. This can also be done in coordination with the GSE team |
At-Large UA Day 2023 Tool Kit Workspace - including logos, hashtags, and documents for use during your UA Day event.
IMPORTANT: Please be sure to work with your region's GSE team on any UA Day events you are planning.
PLEASE NOTE: The UASG is offering expert support and financial support to hold local, national and regional events. The presentations are available to use at your event. The deadline for funding support requests is 31 January 2023. More details are available on the UASG UA 2023 website.
PLEASE NOTE THE APPLICATIONS LISTED ARE NOT APPROVED YET
| ALAC Activities | Date | Lead | ALS | Details | Status |
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| RALO Activities | |||||
| AFRALO | |||||
| Raymond Mamattah | EGIGFA ALS | |||
| Aziz HILALI | ISOC Morocco | We are planning to organize a UA day in Morocco. It will take place in the form of presentations, a promotional video, a presentation by the manager of the MA ccTLD and a local expert who has contributed with ICANN to the Working Group on IDN. Demonstrations and training are also planned. | |||
- | Innocent Adriko, Lucky Jimmy Boroa, Esther Nyapendi and Sarah Kiden | International Business, Science and Technology (ISBAT) University, in partnership with ISOC Uganda | We are organising a 2-day event at ISBAT, under the theme 'Demystifying Universal Acceptance in Uganda. The target audience is computing students and the developer community in Uganda. | Confirmed | |
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| APRALO | |||||
| 28th March 2023 | Maria Kolesnikova | UA CIS-EE Local Initiative members | Full day regional event. More details are available here: https://uaday.am/en/# [uaday.am] | Confirmed | |
| Ali Al Meshal | Bahrain Internet Chapter | ||||
| 28th March 2023 | Jahangir Hossain | ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter | We are planning to organize a half-day event where we will invite all concerned stakeholders including Technical, Academia, Government, Business, Journalists and end users to build awareness about UA. We divided the event into two sessions which are mentioned below. Introduction: ICANN ecosystem and At-Large Community (1hr). Session 1: Awareness about UA including promotional video (1hr+) Session 2: A panel discussion about UA initiative, scope, opportunity, and challenges (1hr+) Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Program details (to be updated): https://internetsociety.org.bd/ | UA day event activity proposal sent to UASG. | |
| EURALO | |||||
| LACRALO | |||||
| FUNDETIC-BOLIVIA | 1/2 day outreach event Dia Del Internet - Aceptacion Universal | ||||
| ALS with LACNOG (working with Daniel Fink) | |||||
| 10/03/2023 | 1/2 day outreach session Taller Aceptación Universal (UA): Estratégias para el Estado de Aguascalientes, Mexico | Approved | |||
| 15/05/2023 | ISOC El Salvador Chapter, SVNET (ALS), LACRALO | Two day UA training session Internet Day El Salvador (Aceptación Universal: hacia una Internet multíngue) | Approved | ||
| NARALO | |||||
| NARALO UA Day Event | 31 March 2023 | Greg Shatan/NARALO | ISOC NY/NARALO | 1/2 day outreach session | Approved |
| NARALO UA | 28 March 2023 | Louis Houle | dot Quebec | 1/2 day outreach event. Acceptation universelle: Opportunités pour les francophones du Quebec, du Canada et des pays francophones | Approved |
