[Ncuc-af] Follow up meeting report: NCUC on Africa Strategy

[Thato Mfikwe]

*MEETING REPORT*



Hi members,



Just to provide a follow up based on our meeting that was held on the 12th
of April 2019 (audio recording
<https://participate.icann.org/p5r0fd20ksf/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=adf23e53178e74ed85ab8b34185e5d948ae255ccbd98c8c0e52ba7bd9ba45257&proto=true>).
This message specifically related to the ICANN African strategy that was
discussed in the said meeting.

I will push to ensure next time we have a Doodle to ensure everyone
participates in the next meeting during May as agreed, below are some of
the recommendations and action steps made by members who were present:



*Recommendations:*

There was general Consensus that we need to be organised as NCUC Africa and
strengthen our outreach efforts.

There is also a need for mapping out regional activities and planning, a
centralized tracking system to be developed for planning purposes

GSE must be engaged more on outreach and NCUC must start publishing African
statements like AFRALO

Need to gain insight and more information Africa’s proposition to ICANN and
we must avoid working in Silos within NCUC

Since NCUC work is intensive, capacity building will be very important, new
people are needed and underrepresentation must also be deal with

Option of organising workshops within ICANN to introduce Africans to ICANN

There is a need for Africa NCUC members to meet at one of the major
regional events like the African IGF or Africa Internet Summit for example
to kickstart and thoroughly deliberate on NCUC Africa.



*Other suggestions*

-          The Africa mailing list must be used for communication and
engaging members

-          When working groups are developed they need to be defined and
have a focus in term of objective and purpose

-          The language barrier also needs to be broken to also accommodate
Francophone countries





*Way forward*

Current volunteers (7): Bukola Oronti, Ines Hfaiedh, Katambi Joan, Liz
Orembo, Pascal Bekono Taiwo Peter Akinremi and Thato Mfikwe.

Action items:

-          Development of *NCUC Africa concept document outlining
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nm9yh7ctS1xHoOS8hjkeH_SUsDwMIQS-2TZEeCX2KqU/edit>*
(to be populated) how our goals, plan, projects and deliverables towards
the Africa strategy, pre ICANN65 if possible. This document can be
discussed with the wider community during ICANN65, Africa Strategy session.

-          *2-year Action plan* which will marry the NCUC Africa concept
document in order to enhance and sharpen execution of deliverables, by
ICANN66.

-          Both these documents can be reviewed and updated annually and
anyone willing to contribute or participate is more than welcome.



*Please also note that there is CROP available as announced, which needs to
be used for regional outreach, this is another opportunity to represent
NCUC in any regional event or ICANN65 before 30 June 2019, you can contact
GSE to start planning your application or discuss within the mailing list
for support purposes.*



In closing, our work does not have to take years to complete, the quicker
we are able to move, the sooner we will be able to gain momentum for long
term impact. Great apologies for the delayed follow-up message, thanks.



Thato Mfikwe.
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