Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Expanding Developing Economies Participation in the New gTLD Program

[Eleanor Afful <periadwoa@xxxxxxxxx>]

More awareness  of the gTLD, ccTLD and .Africa related issues need to  be
created along side its implementation. This will improve  the understanding
of the whole concepts of gTLD and the IDN in order to increase the size of
its usability  since it has been slow adopting to this generic and country
code concepts in most developing countries I guess. Due to lack of
financial,  policy  and technical resources  less participation in the
usability at the developing economies level had led to slow adoption of
gTLD. There is the need to develop strategies  such as awareness creation,
capacity building to adapt the gTLD and IDN  to existing and future
technologies for the developing economies..

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Eleanor Afful <eleanora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Expanding Developing Economies Participation in
> the New gTLD Program
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> Expanding Developing Economies Participation in the New gTLD Program
>        Comment Period  Important Information Links
>        Open Date:      10 June 2011
>        Close Date:     29 July 2011    Public Comment Announcement     To
> Submit Your Comments (Forum)
>        Time (UTC):     24:00   View Comments Submitted         Report of
> Public Comments
>        Originating Organization:       ICANN Board
>        Purpose:
>
> Public comment is requested concerning the Second Milestone Report [PDF,
> 282 KB], which deals with a very important issue: How can ICANN assist
> applicants from developing economies increase their participation in the New
> generic Top-Level Domain (New gTLD) Program?
>
> The Report offers recommendations on how ICANN should develop a sustainable
> approach to providing support to applicants from developing economies
> requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs Registries
> under the New gTLD Program. The Report proposes initial criteria for
> qualification as well as several other types of support for ICANN to
> consider. It has been approved by ALAC, one of the chartering organizations
> of the working group, but it has not yet been approved by the GNSO.
>        Current Status:
>
> The Second Milestone Report is a continuation of the work done by the Joint
> Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG). The group is represented by ICANN
> community members who have been working together on this initiative since
> April 2010. The JAS WG was formed following a Resolution from ICANN Board of
> Directors in Nairobi, on March 2010 which asked ICANN's stakeholder
> community "...to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to
> applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs."
>        Next Steps:
>
> The following activities are anticipated at the completion of the Public
> Comment Forum:
>
>    • The Board, Staff, Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations
> will review the Second Milestone Report and public comments received.
>    • Commentary received regarding the JAS from within recent statements of
> the Governmental Advisory Committee will be addressed.
>    • The Board, upon consideration of the Report and its commentary, may
> instruct the JAS and Staff to develop an implementation program based upon
> the Report and comments received.
>
>        Staff Contact:  Karla Valente   Email:  karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx
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