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ICANN posted on 22 March 2010 a Proposed Implementation Plan for Synchronized IDN ccTLDs.

Synchronized IDN ccTLDs are described by situations in the Fast Track Process where:

• IDN ccTLDs are requested in more than one official language or script in a country/territory,

• the requests for corresponding multiple strings are considered equivalent,

• delegation would solve a significant problem for Internet users, and

• users accessing domains under any of the equivalent IDN ccTLDs expect that such domains will resolve to the same address or value.

There are several comments in the still open Public Comment forum for the proposed plan http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201004-en.htm#synch. In addition, several independent observations and requests for clarification have been made by the technical community. In order to address these, ICANN has published a set of Questions & Answers (Q&A) and is conducting two webinars. The webinars will include a presentation of the Proposed Implementation Plan and allow for questions by interested participants.

The webinars will be conducted on Thursday 15 April, 2010 at 01:00 UTC and at 14:00 UTC. The two webinars will contain the same content but are set to facilitate participation across time zones. Registration and more information about webinar participation can be found at the ICANN e-learning site.

Participants should read the Q&A and the Implementation Plan for Synchronized IDN ccTLDs prior to the webinar.

The webinars will be recorded and the recordings will be published in the public comment forum for the Proposed Implementation Plan. The public comment period was originally scheduled to end on 13 April, and is now extended through 17 April at 00:00 UTC.