Even though we’re gathered this week in the Asia Pacific, we are continuing our work on the three-year Middle East engagement strategy over the past three months. On Monday, I had the honor of facilitating a working session with about 60 ICANN community members about the draft strategy document. The strategy identifies key goals for the Middle East in relation to DNS security and stability, domain name industry and the Internet Governance ecosystem.
Development of this strategy has been truly community-driven and bottom-up, just as the implementation will be in full partnership with the regional and International Internet community. Already, many organizations, like the Internet Society, Regional Internet Registries, ccTLD managers and others, are active in this area, and our efforts are complementary to theirs.
The public is invited to comment on the draft strategy until 19 April, and I encourage you to do so if you haven’t already. We plan on posting the final document in May, and look forward to working with the community on the implementation plan.
