1) Objective:
The UA Project is a joint effort between AFRALO, ICANN GSE , and the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), designed to increase UA awareness across the African region and engage with technical stakeholders directly.
The project will organize two Webinar sessions to provide AFRALO members with an Introduction to the fundamentals of UA and its importance.
First Session: 10 May 2022 at 13:30 UTC
Second Session: 17 November 2022 at 13:00 UTC
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Universal Acceptance is key to achieving a digitally inclusive Internet by ensuring that all domain names and email addresses – regardless of script, language, or character length – are accepted equally by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems. This includes supporting all country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), new and long generic top-level domains (gTLDs), and Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).
Sessions and Presentations
Sessions | topic | Instructors | Quizz and Webinar evaluation survey results |
|---|---|---|---|
Session 1: 10 May Session 1 ZOOM recording | Introduction to IDNs and how ICANN Community helped for multilingual Internet Introduction to UA of domain names and email addresses See AGENDA for details. | Zoom poll Result.xlsx | |
Session 2: 17 November Session 2 ZOOM recording | See AGENDA for details. 1. Introduction to IDNs and how ICANN Community Helped for Multilingual Internet – 15 min Pitinan Kooarmornpatana (ICANN)
| Zoom poll Results |
Glossary of Terms
IDN Glossary: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-04-en
ICANN Glossary: https://www.icann.org/resources/en/glossary
New gTLD Glossary: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/glossary
IANA Glossary: https://www.iana.org/glossary
2) Resources on UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE
Regional Universal Acceptance Training Programs
3) Social media promotion:
- ICANN post in LINKDN https://www.linkedin.com/posts/icann_icann-internet4all-activity-6926802748248129537-B3dx?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web
- Tweet by UASG:
- ICANN tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/icann/status/1521037052741099520?s=21&t=Tdy_lMD2K07KkbEaXCaqhw
- AFRALO Tweet: https://twitter.com/AfricanAtLarge/status/1521611903532941313/photo/1
- AFRALO Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/icannorg/
- List of regional events
- 7-10 March 2022 : ICANN73
- TBD : Africa Engagement Forum 2022 : (tbc)
- 29 May – 10 June 2022 : Africa Internet Summit 2022
- 6-15 June 2022 : WTDC (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC21/Pages/default.aspx [itu.int]) in Kigali (Rwanda)
- 13-16 June 2022 : ICANN74
- August 2022 : AFPIF 11 in Kigali
- 17-22 September 2022 : ICANN75
- 14-18 Nov 2022 : AFRINIC 36
- Last quarter 2022 : Africa DNS Forum 2022 (date tbd)
- IGF dates : tbc
ICANN LEARN UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE COURSE: See blog: Learn How You Can Help Build a More Digitally Inclusive Internet
3) AFRALO Universal Acceptance Training
