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Description

In late 2019, the APRALO Leadership Team proposed the initiation of an APRALO Policy Platform for 2020. After reviewing input from RALO members to the proposal and in light of the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, the Leadership Team considers this APRALO Policy Forum to be a modest but useful kickstart to facilitate and coordinate ICANN policy-related discussions at a regional level.

Purpose:

The APRALO Policy Forum aims to:

  • 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

Area1. Vis-à-vis ALAC/At-Large Community2. Policy-related priorities3. RALO Membership Retention & Engagement priorities4. ICANN operating priorities – top 5 to monitor**  5. Consideration of additional, new topics ***
Priorities
  • 1a-Continue to contribute towards policy position development
  • 1b-Pay attention to ICANN governance matters
  • 1c-Take greater cognizance of "global public interest" applicability
  • 2a-Increase involvement in DNS Abuse mitigation
  • 2b-Continue focusing on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
  • 2c-Increase participation in promotion of Universal Acceptance (UA)
  • 3a-Continue with capacity building / development
  • 3b-Build on leadership development & mentorship
  • 3c-Improve participation & engagement, institute activity metrics
  • 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]
  • 5a-Internet Fragmentation or “Splinternet”
  • 5b-Aspects of the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains (New gTLDs)

*    Per the 2022 Hot Topic Survey.
**  For an explanation of the above priorities in area 4, please refer to: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/op-financial-plan-fy22-26-opplan-fy22-2021-en.pdf
*** 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.

Operation:

The work of the Policy Forum will be facilitated using a combination of the following resources:

  • This work space, as the central repository for the Forum
  • The apralo-policy@icann.org mailing list which will be moderated by members of the Leadership Team and supported by At-Large Staff. 
  • Periodic team/small team project/planning calls 
  • Event calls

The ICANN Expected Standards of Behaviour will apply.

17 Aug 2023 


Discussions & Next Events

APRALO Policy Forum Planning Document: GOOGLEDOC

Next Events:

  • APRALO Policy Forum Webinar: EPDP on IDNs Phase 2 Policy Development, 25 January 2024

Immediate Past Events:


2024 Activities

ACTIVE [23] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar: IDNs-EPDP: Variant Management at the Second Level, 25 January 2024

Background: TBA

Event Wiki:  APF Webinar, 25 January 2024

Recording: Zoom Recording

 ACTIVE APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (2021-2023)

Background: Tentatively code-named "Project RoSI", this project is intended to produce a dynamic Register of Skills & Interests for APRALO.

Status: Ongoing. Project RoSI Small Team completed preliminary work on data to be presented to the RALO for consultation vide the Hot Topics Survey 2021/2022. See: Infographic report Infographic report

Dedicated Workspace:  Project RoSI Workspace


Activity & Meeting Archives

  • APRALO Policy Forum Webinar: EPDP on IDNs Phase 2 Policy Development, 25 January 2024

APRALO Policy Forum Discussions Archive 2020-2023


Contact

Staff Support Lead: Gisella Gruber

Mailing list: apralo-policy@icann.org 

To subscribe to the APRALO Policy Forum mailing list (or read the archives / manage your subscription) please send a request to staff@atlarge.icann.org.


Members

Current membership of the APRALO Policy Forum comprises: 

NameDate Joined / (Resigned)Notes
Justine Chew (Chair)04.01.2024
Amrita Choudhury04.01.2024
Cheryl Langdon-Orr04.01.2024
Gopal Tadipalli 04.01.2024
K. Mohan Raidu04.01.2024
Shah Zahidur Rahman04.01.2024
Shreedeep Rayamajhi

Nabeel Yasin20.10.2022
Dr. N.Sudha Bhuvaneswari20.10.2022
Asyraf Mierza Abd Rahma20.10.2022
Md Toufik Hayder03.11.2022
Kashif Adeel04.11.2022
Ayesha Iftikhar04.11.2022
Mohammad Kawsar Uddin05.11.2022
Md. Jahangir Hossain05.11.2022
Eranga Samararathna05.11.2022
Laxmi Prasad Yadav 09.11.2022
Rao Naveed Bin Rais 10.11.2022
Fouad Bajwa10.11.2022
Shidul Alam Kaisar 12.11.2022
Stacy Gildenston14.11.2022
Namra Naseer16.11.2022
Bibek Silwal17.11.2022
Udeep Baral17.11.2022
Samik Kharel17.11.2022
Jaewon Son18.11.2022
Amir Qayyum19.11.2022
Abdul Ghayoor Bawary20.11.2022
Suhaidi Hassan20.11.2022
Priyatosh Jana23.11.2022
Abhishek Gautam07.07.2023
Faheem Soomro27.11.2023

Past Membership



Justine Chew (Chair)Md Toufik HayderLaxmi Prasad Yadav Bibek SilwalSuhaidi Hassan
Shreedeep Rayamajhi (Former Chair)Kashif AdeelRao Naveed Bin Rais Udeep BaralPriyatosh Jana
Amrita ChoudhuryAyesha IftikharFouad BajwaSamik KharelAbhishek Gautam
Nabeel YasinMohammad Kawsar UddinShidul Alam Kaisar Jaewon SonFaheem Soomro
Dr. N.Sudha BhuvaneswariMd. Jahangir HossainStacy GildenstonAmir Qayyum
Asyraf Mierza Abd RahmaEranga SamararathnaNamra NaseerAbdul Ghayoor Bawary


Justine Chew (Co-Chair)Satish Babu (Co-Chair)Maureen HilyardAris IgnacioNadira Alaraj
Holly RaicheGunela AstbrinkPriyatosh JanaKristina HakobyanAzatullah Dawoodzai
Fouad BajwaGopal TadepalliCheryl Langdon-OrrMohammad Kawsar UddinSivasubramanian Muthusamy
Narine KhachatryanAmrita ChoudhuryShreedeep RayamajhiJaewon SonAli AlMeshal
Mahmoud LattoufLianna GalstyanAmir QayyumWinthrop YuHilmi Ghalib
Prateek PathakAbdul Ghayoor BawaryK Mohan RaiduSuhaidi Hassan



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