GSE/GE Government and IGO related activities as
background for monthly GAC calls
Report 35 – Coverage: February / March 2016
Date: March 15, 2016
I.
Report about main activities February 2016
a. Africa
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 2-3 : ICTs and Parliamentarians Workshop,
Abuja, Nigeria
2. February 9: Safer Internet Day Nairobi, Kenya
3. February 10-11: DNS Business Workshop in Nairobi
(Kenya)
4. February 17-19: DNSSEC Workshop in Lome (Togo)
5. February 18: AGER - LUSNIC 7th Communication Forum of
the Portuguese speaking countries. Sao Tome and
Principe, Sao Tome.
6. February 24 : MWC16 Breakfast – Digital Opportunities for
African economies, Barcelona, Spain
7. Feb 25-26: DNS Business Workshop in Dakar (Senegal)
The Africa regional team participated to all events
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilaterals were arranged in conjunction with the public
meetings with different stakeholders
b. Asia / Australasia Pacific Islands
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 18: Asian Security Conference, : Delhi, India
2. February 18: 2016 KIGA Start Meeting, Seoul Korea
3. February 18: National Law University - ICANN 55 Pre-Event
Briefing, Delhi, India
4. February 29: G-77 Meeting of Experts on ICT and
Sustainable Development for South-South Cooperation,
Bangkok, Thailand
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The Asia regional team participated to all events
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. February 4-5: Asia Team had bilaterals - Mumbai and Delhi
c. Eastern Europe Central Asia
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 4: Workshop on IG in Georgia
2. February 8: 18th Info Forum conference, Moscow Russia.
Information security
3. February 26: School on Digital Law, GIPI Kyrgyzstan
The EACA regional team participated to all events
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. February 8: Meetings with Russian IGF organizers
(Coordination Center for .ru/.rf)
2. Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with the public
meetings with different stakeholders
d. Europe
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 4: Internet and regulation: Who Governs the
Internet?, Bucharest, Romania, multi-stakeholder event
hosted by and at the Parliament of Romania, organized in
partnership by ICANN, with support from ISOC, RIPE and
Eurodig
2. February 17: ICANN Berlin civil society series - Open
discussion on Internet fragmentation with Professor Bill
Drake, Berlin, Germany
3. February 18: Seminar on The Global Internet Infrastructure
- transition, values and futures - Netherlands – coorganised by ICANN, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs,
SIDN, ISOC-NL, in The Hague, Netherlands
4. February 21-25: Mobile World Congress 2016, Barcelona,
Spain, - European Internet Forum High Level Roundtable ,
GSE Europe and GE Geneva teams participated with
ICANN’s CEO
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2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. February 3: Bilateral meeting with the new Romanian
Minister of Communications, Bucharest
2. February 21-25: Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with
the Mobile World Congress with different stakeholders
including the ministers of Finland, the UK, Somalia,
Senegal, Brazil, Guinea, and Mexico, as well as the ITU SG,
GSMA CEO, and ETNO – ICANN’s CEO and Geneva GE
Team attended the bilateral
e. Latin America – Caribbean
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 11: Capacity Building Webinar for ICT Regulators
within REGULATEL
2. February 25: VI Webinar on ICANN-GAC for the LAC
Region
The LAC regional team participated to all events
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilateral meetings arranged in conjunction with the Public
Meetings with different stakeholders.
f. Middle East
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 1-2 2016: Muscat, Oman, DNS-EC SWOT
Workshop for .om
2. February 3-4, 2016: Dubai, UAE, DNS-EC SWOT
Workshop for .ae
The Middle East regional team participated to all events
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. February 1: TRA Oman
2. February 2: IT Authority of Oman
3. February 3: E-government and CERT of Oman
4. February 16: Moroccan Office for Intellectual and
Industrial Property (OMPIC)
5. February 22-25: Saudi Arabia; Dr. Allam Mousa,
Ministry of Telecommunications and Information
Technology, Saudi Arabia and Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Rwais,
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Governor of the Communication and Information
Technology Commission, Saudi Arabia GSMA at the MWC,
Barcelona met with the ICANN Geneva Engagement team.
g. North America
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 25: New America - Digital Globalization: The New
Era of Global Flows and what it means for the U.S.
Washington, D.C.
The North America Team participated to the meetings
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with public meetings
with different stakeholders.
h. IGO/IOs and Country Missions
1.
Public Meetings
1. February 2: Domain Pulse Conference, Lausanne, GE
Geneva team; GE staff spoke on panel on IANA Transition;
2. February 5: Progress made on the Technology Facilitation
Mechanism – General Assembly, Informal Meeting, New
York
3. February 9: DIPLO Session on Forecast for ICT and IG
challenges in 2016
4. February 12: Washington DC, World Bank, GE New York
staff met with team working on Governance best practices
and inclusive institutions and the implementation of MSM
in World Bank initiatives
5. February 15: Open Consultation ITU CWG – Internet
Policy, Geneva
6. February 17 – 18: ITU Council Working Group on
International Internet-related public policy issues, Geneva
7. February 18-19: ITU Council Working Group on WSIS,
Geneva
8. February 22-24: MWC, GSMA Barcelona, GE Geneva Team
participated in several events and panels
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9. February 23: DIPLO - College of Europe event -
Cybersecurity and Digital Challenges for Europe - The Role
of International Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland.
10. February 26: Second Physical Open Consultation for the
WSIS Forum, Geneva
Geneva and NY GE team participated to all events
2.
II.
Bilateral Meetings
1. February 4: Geneva team met with the Belgian
Ambassador and colleagues at the Residence, hosted by
Belgian Ambassador to the UN and WTO, Geneva
2. February 4: Meeting with Brahima Sanou Director of the
ITU-D Bureau, in Geneva, by ICANN Geneva Engagement
team
3. February 5: GE Geneva team attended bilateral lunch with
EU Ambassador and colleagues
4. February 12: discussion with Governance section, World
Bank, Washington DC, NYC Engagement Team
5. February 12: meeting with UNESCO in Paris; Geneva GE
team
6. February 12: meeting with OECD in Paris; Geneva, GE
team
7. February 17: bilateral with DHM UK Mission re WTO and E
Commerce; GE Geneva team
8. February 24: Bilateral with Mauritius Permanent Mission,
Geneva team
9. February 22-24; Bilaterals with ITU and CTO while at
MWC, Barcelona
Planned main activities March 2016
a. Africa
1.
Public Meetings
1. March 4-6: DNS Forum in cooperation with ISOC and
AfTLD at ICANN 55
2. March 6: Marrakesh Morocco, African Ministerial meeting
3. March 7: Marrakesh Morocco, High Level Government
Meeting
4. March7-10: Marrakesh Morocco, ICANN 55
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5. March 17-18: West African Research and Education
2.
Network, Dakar Senegal
6. March 21: Connected East Africa 2016
http://www.connected.go.ke/ Nairobi, Kenya.
7. March 28 – 29: Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire workshop on DNS
Entrepreneurship; Youthcom – Minister of Digital
Economy and Communication will open the meeting
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilateral meetings are arranged in conjunction with the
public meetings in March in Marrakech with different
stakeholders, including the minister of India, Mali, Egypt,
UK, heads of delegations of Japan, Iran, Brazil, Switzerland
for ICANN’s CEO and GSE/GE Teams
b. Asia / Australasia Pacific Islands
1.
Public Meetings
1. March 2: Regional Commonwealth of Communications
Working Meeting. China.
2. March 28: APAC Seoul Visit. Seoul, Korea.
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilaterals meetings to be arranged at ICANN55
2. Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with other public
meetings with different stakeholders
c. Eastern Europe Central Asia
1.
Public Meetings
Public meetings to be confirmed
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilaterals will be arranged in conjunction with the public
meetings with different stakeholders
d. Europe
1.
Public Meetings
1. March 2: Madrid High Level Roundtable with Spanish
stakeholders on IANA transition and Internet Governance
2. March 4: Rome – ICANN training for Law Enforcement and
Security Agents on DNS
3. March 8, Marrakech, Francophonie coordination,
supported by GSE Europe
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4. March 8, Marrakech ICANN55, European stakeholders
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2.
networking cocktail, organised by GSE Europe
March 10, Marrakech, ICANN55 South Eastern Europe
community (ICANN-SEE) coordination meeting, organised
by GSE Europe
March 15: DIDS Serbia Domain Days 2016. Belgrade,
Serbia, sponsored by ICANN, with speaking involvement
by ICANN Board member Mike Silber and GSE Eastern
Europe Team
March 16: South Eastern Europe Regional Internet Forum,
with speaking involvement by GSE Eastern Europe Team
March 17: Czech Conference on Digital economy: chances
and challenges. Prague, Czech Republic, co-organised by
ICANN and the Czech Communications Authority (CTU),
with speaking involvement by the ICANN GSE Europe team
March 21: Enhancing ICANN Accountability discussion
organised by ICANN and the Oxford Internet Institute,
with key participants ICANN VP Europe; UK Department of
Media, Culture and Sport; Interconnect; Chatham House;
and the Centre for Democracy & Technology (CDT).
(all details available at:
https://features.icann.org/calendar)
Bilateral Meetings
1. March 2: Dave Piscitello, ICANN VP Security, meeting with
Czech National Security Office (NBU) and CZNIC. Prague,
Czech Republic.
e. Latin America – Caribbean
1.
Public Meetings
1. March 29-30: The Eighth South School on Internet
Governance. http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/
Washington, D.C. Participation from senior staff in GE,
SSR, and Strategic Initiatives
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilaterals at the ICANN 55 meeting included meetings with
the Brazilian delegation to the High Level conference/
GAC.
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f. Middle East
1.
Public Meetings
1. March 6-11: Marrakesh, ICANN 55. Marrakesh, Morocco –
Sessions on:
a. Update on the ME Strategy Session;
b. DNS Industry in the Middle East.
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. ICANN 55 Bilaterals meetings to be arranged with different
stakeholders
g. North America
1.
Public Meetings
1. March 29: The Eighth South School on Internet
Governance. http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/
Washington, D.C. Participation from senior staff in GE,
SSR, and Strategic Initiatives
2. March 30-31: Internet of Things Institute. Washington,
D.C.
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilaterals will be arranged in conjunction with public
meetings with different stakeholders.
h. IGO/IOs and Country Missions
1.
Public Meetings
1. March 12: UNESCO. Ministerial conference, ICANN
speaking. Paris, France.
2. March 15: EIF Dinner; Brussels; GE Staff
3. March 16: IIC Conference on Telecommunications;
Brussels; GE Staff
4. March 23-24: CTO Cybersecurity Conference; London;
Board and ICANN Staff speaking; ICANN partner
5. March 30th – 1 April: OECD CDEP meeting, Paris, GE
Geneva
2.
Bilateral Meetings
1. Bilaterals will be arranged in conjunction with the public
meetings with different stakeholders
2. Bilaterals with COE and EBU at Marrakech; GE Staff
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3. March 14: UNESCO meeting with senior staff, Geneva GE
Staff
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