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
Area | 1. Vis-à-vis ALAC/At-Large Community | 2. Policy-related priorities | 3. RALO Membership Retention & Engagement priorities | 4. ICANN operating priorities – top 5 to monitor** | 5. Consideration of additional, new topics *** |
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* 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 2024 (comment-only mode)
Next Activities:
- TBD
Immediate Past Activities
- APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #5: Let's Talk About Internet Fragmentation & Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance, 25 April 2024
- APRALO ICANN79 Readout, 19 March 2024
2024 Activities
COMPLETED [26] APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #5: Let's Talk About Internet Fragmentation and Multistakeholder Internet Governance
Background: Having had an earlier conversation on Internet Fragmentation in the ICANN context, this fitfh APRALO Fireside Chat will feature moderator Amrita Choudury in conversation with Anriette Esterhuysen, Senior Advisor on Global and Regional Internet Governance, Chris Buckridge, Independent Consultant on Internet Governance and Digital Policy, and Pablo Hinojosa, Senior Director of Engagement at APNIC. They will be discussing the state of multi-stakeholderism in Internet Governance, with a focus on:
- What does Internet Fragmentation mean, what are some of the dimensions of fragmentation and how does it impact especially individual end-users?
- What role does the At-Large Community have, as part of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model and beyond, in addressing Internet Fragmentation risks, given ICANN's "One World, One Internet" goal? How can the At-Large Community support ICANN's endeavour.
Target Aims: 1, 3, 4
Target Priorities: 1b, 3a, 3c, 4c-OI-9, 5a
Event Wiki: APF Fireside Chat #5, 25 April 2024
Recording: EN Zoom Recording
More about: APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chats
PLANNING [27] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar #3 on the Next Round of New gTLDs: Applicant Support Program in the Next Round
Background: ICANN org is seeking feedback on the Draft Application Support Program (ASP) Handbook, which has been previously discussed by the Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) Implementation Review Team (IRT) Sub-Track on ASP as part of ICANN’s efforts to implement the policy recommendations on Topic 17: Applicant Support, of the SubPro PDP Final Report, and taking into account the guidance provided by the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) on Applicant Support. An APF Small Team is to be constituted to work on inputs for APRALO's submission to this call for feedback.
Target Aims: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Target Priorities: 1a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 5b
Event Wiki: APF Webinar, date TBD
Recording:
ACTIVE [10] APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (2021-2024)
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
COMPLETED [25] APRALO ICANN79 Readout
Background: Panelists will discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN79 and participants are welcomed to join in the conversation aimed at identifying where and how end-users may play a role in any next steps to each of those takeaways.
Moderator:
Amrita Choudhury, APRALO Chair, based in India
Panelists:
Aris Ignacio, APRALO Vice Chair, based in Philippines
Manju Chen, GNSO Councilor representing NCSG, based in Taiwan
Pranav Bhaskar Twari, ICANN79 Fellow, based in India
Dr Shamsuzzoha, representing GAC Bangladesh, based in Bangladesh
Russell Deka T Harada, ccNSO, based in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Target Aims: 1, 4
Target Priorities: 4b-OI-3, 4e-OI-10
Event Wiki: APRALO ICANN79 Readout
Zoom Recording: EN
NO STMT [24] APRALO Statement to ICANN Org Review of the Draft Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook – New gTLD Program
Background: ICANN org is seeking feedback on the Draft Application Support Program (ASP) Handbook, which has been previously discussed by the Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) Implementation Review Team (IRT) Sub-Track on ASP as part of ICANN’s efforts to implement the policy recommendations on Topic 17: Applicant Support, of the SubPro PDP Final Report, and taking into account the guidance provided by the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) on Applicant Support. An APRALO Small Team on ASP is to be constituted to work on inputs for APRALO's submission to this call for feedback.
The Small Team, which comprised several APRALO Leadership selected APRALO/APF members, had reviewed the public comment supporting materials, identified and discussed comments for consideration over a period of February 9-28, 2024. Thereafter, our efforts shifted to the At-Large, in shepherding the ALAC/At-Large comments for the same, through the ICANN79 At-Large Policy Discussion session held on 2 Mar, and continued through 3 subsequent At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) calls on 13, 20 and 27 Mar, where suggested positions were discussed by the At-Large Community. The Small Team contributed significantly to the positions discussed by At-Large and many of those proposed by the Small Team were eventually taken up in the ALAC Statement AL-ALAC-ST-0224-02-01-EN.
Target Aims: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Target Priorities: 1a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 5b
Small Team Workplan: [24a] Small Team Work Plan on Draft ASP Handbook
Dedicated Workspace: At-Large Workspace: Review of the Draft Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook – New gTLD Program
NO STMT [23] APRALO Statement to ICANN Board Call for Public Comments for the IDNs-EPDP Phase 1 Final Report, February 2024
Background: APRALO seeks to respond to the Public Comment proceeding that is seeking input on the Phase 1 Final Report Recommendations from the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) for ICANN Board Consideration. After deliberations at the APF call of 13 Feb 2024, it was determined that no statement was needed.
Target Aims: 1, 2, 3
Target Priorities: 2b, 3a, 3c, 5b
Event Wiki: APF Call, 13 Feb 2024
Dedicated Workspace: IDNs-EPDP Phase 1 Statement Googledoc
Activity & Meeting Archives
- APRALO ICANN79 Readout, 19 March 2024
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 13 February 2024: APRALO Statement on IDNs-EPDP Phase 1 Final Report
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 31 January 2024: Public Interest Commitments & Registry Voluntary Commitments
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 25 January 2024: EPDP on IDNs Phase 2 Preliminary Recommendations
- 2024 Jan-Jun Planning Document
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 08 December 2022
- APF Regional Hot Topics Survey 2022 Report during ICANN75, 20 September 2022
- ICANN75 At-Large Policy: ICANN’s Goal for a Multilingual Internet through IDNs, 19 September 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #3: Let's Talk About Transfer Policy, 29 June 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #2: Let's Talk About Closed Generics, 08 June 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #1: Let's Talk About GNSO PDP 3.0, 26 May 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Team Call, 13 May 2022
- APF HTS Project Team Call, 13 October 2021
- APRALO Policy Forum: Webinar on IDNs, 27 July 2021
- APF Project RoSI Team Call, 20 July 2021
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:
Name | Date Joined / (Resigned) | Subscribed to the Mailing list |
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1. Justine Chew (Chair) | 04.01.2024 | |
2. Shah Zahidur Rahman (Vice-Chair) | 04.01.2024 | |
3. Amrita Choudhury | 04.01.2024 | |
4. Cheryl Langdon-Orr | 04.01.2024 | |
5. Gopal Tadepalli | 04.01.2024 | |
6. K. Mohan Raidu | 04.01.2024 | |
7. Nitin Walia | 04.01.2024 | |
8. Nazmul Hasan Majumder | 04.01.2024 | |
9. Fouad Bajwa | 04.01.2024 | |
10. Vipul Gautam | 04.01.2024 | |
11. Houda Chihi | 04.01.2024 | |
12. Udeep Baral | 05.01.2024 | |
13. Phyo Thiri | 05.01.2024 | |
14. Kong Diep | 05.01.2024 | |
15. Ashirwad Tripathy | 06.01.2024 | |
16. Nabeel Yasin | 12.01.2024 | |
17. Laxmi Prasad Yadav | 12.01.2024 | |
18. Maureen Hilyard | 12.01.2024 | |
19. Jasmine Ko | 13.01.2024 | |
20. Prateek Pathak | 13.01.2024 | |
21. Muhammad Umair Ali | 14.01.2024 | |
22. Iqra Ejaz Bhatti | 14.01.2024 | |
23. Ashrafur Rahman Piaus | 14.01.2024 | |
24. Priyatosh Jana | 15.01.2024 | |
25. Suhaidi Hassan | 15.01.2024 | |
26. Harisa Shahid | 15.01.2024 | |
27. Holly Raiche | 15.01.2024 | |
28. Fidya Shabrina | 15.01.2024 | |
29. Bibek Silwal | 17.01.2024 | |
30. Mabda Haerunnisa Fajrilla Sidiq | 30.01.2024 | |
31. Faheem Soomro | 01.02.2024 | |
32. Satish Babu | 01.02.2024 | |
33. Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu | 08.02.2024 | |
34. Shehab Karman | 13.02.2024 | |
35. Adarsh Bu | 16.04.2024 | |
36. Barkha Manral | 24.04.2024 | |
37. Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | 25.04.2024 | |
38. Charles Mok | 26.04.2024 |
Past Membership
Justine Chew (Chair) | Md Toufik Hayder | Laxmi Prasad Yadav | Bibek Silwal | Suhaidi Hassan |
Shreedeep Rayamajhi (Former Chair) | Kashif Adeel | Rao Naveed Bin Rais | Udeep Baral | Priyatosh Jana |
Amrita Choudhury | Ayesha Iftikhar | Fouad Bajwa | Samik Kharel | Abhishek Gautam |
Nabeel Yasin | Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | Shidul Alam Kaisar | Jaewon Son | Faheem Soomro |
Dr. N.Sudha Bhuvaneswari | Md. Jahangir Hossain | Stacy Gildenston | Amir Qayyum | |
Asyraf Mierza Abd Rahma | Eranga Samararathna | Namra Naseer | Abdul Ghayoor Bawary |
Justine Chew (Co-Chair) | Satish Babu (Co-Chair) | Maureen Hilyard | Aris Ignacio | Nadira Alaraj |
Holly Raiche | Gunela Astbrink | Priyatosh Jana | Kristina Hakobyan | Azatullah Dawoodzai |
Fouad Bajwa | Gopal Tadepalli | Cheryl Langdon-Orr | Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | Sivasubramanian Muthusamy |
Narine Khachatryan | Amrita Choudhury | Shreedeep Rayamajhi | Jaewon Son | Ali AlMeshal |
Mahmoud Lattouf | Lianna Galstyan | Amir Qayyum | Winthrop Yu | Hilmi Ghalib |
Prateek Pathak | Abdul Ghayoor Bawary | K Mohan Raidu | Suhaidi Hassan |