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1 NCUC Africa Regional Webinar: Updates from EC/ GNSO/Finance/ Regional Initiatives Monday, February 12th 2018

2 Agenda Updates from EC Africa: GNSO : Finance Committee: Ines Hfaiedh Rafik Dammak Thato Mfikwe Regional Initiatives : Adam Ahmat Doungous 2

3 Updates from the Africa Representative in the Executive Committee NCUC AFRICA in 2017 NCPH Meeting: ICANN 61 NCUC Africa in

4 NCUC Africa Africa Representative at the Executive Committee: Ines Hfaiedh Activities and Regional Goals: 2017: (May) Middle East DNS Forum (Cairo, Egypt) (July ) Two day NCUC outreach in Johannesburg with the digital rights community focusing on WS2, Geonames, and other PDPs. (October) NCUC Africa First Webinar (October): Tunisia SIG ; Introduction to the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (December) Africa Internet Governance Forum (Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt) 4

5 NCPH Meeting: Feb 1st-2 nd Los Angeles, USA Diversity of views on how to address whois in a privacy law compliant manner Understanding that there will be some form of tiered or layered access Transparency Subgroup Rapporteur will reach out to ICANN s David Conrad to clarify whether the FY2019 budget include sufficient funds to implement the Open Data Initiative. In the interest of finding a new formula to ensure greater transparency of ICANN legal with respect invoking attorney/client privilege with respect to the DIDP and IRP processes the Transparency Subgroup Rapporteur will work with ICANN staff to determine how to use upcoming CCWG Accountability plenaries to incorporate the Minority views in the Transparency Subgroup report before that report goes back to the community for final review. GDPR, Procedures for Review Teams and Capacity Building are topics which demand greater dialogue between board and community 5

6 ICANN 61 NCUC Constituency Day Briefings from: Onboarding team - Dina Solveig Jalkanen WGs/PDPs Auction proceeds - Stephanie Perrin RDS - Ayden Ferdeline (confirmed) RPM - Kathy Kleiman New gtld SubPro - Robin Gross CCWP Human Rights - Collin Kurre Transparency - Michael Karanicolas WS2 - Rafik Dammak Finance Committee Representative - Thato Mfikwe Member mapping - Renata Aquino Ribeiro Policy Committee representatives - Briefing on activities (5min each) Regional briefings - EC Focal points NCSG EC NCUC representatives NCUC at InternetFF Report NCUC at WSIS Invite and plans NCUC at Rightscon 6

7 NCUC Africa Goals in

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9 2018 Enhancing active particpation of members. Africa Internet Summit : Elaboration of an NCUC Africa membership proposal NCUC Radio with ISOC Gauteng, South Africa Building bridges and encouraging active participation in AFRINIC, AFRISIG and MEAC SIG. : Supporting the members continuous engagement in subjects such as RDS, NomCom review and participation at the NCSG Policy Committee. Continuous engagement: National and Regional Governance Foruns Advertising more about the CROP Opportunity Encouraging more African members to apply and hold key positions within NCUC: So far: Chair of Policy Committe: Rafik Dammak Member of Policy Committee: Farrell Folly Finance Committe Representattive: Thato Mfikwe Public Comment Pen Holder: Liz Orembo 9

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