<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="">Dear Colleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><br class="">You are invited to register for the AFRINIC Webinar Series.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Title: Introduction to the AFRINIC Policy Development Process (PDP)</span></strong><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Date and time: </span></strong>Thursday 8th June 2023 at 09:00 UTC<br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Venue: </span></strong>Online on Zoom Platform.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><br class="">The AFRINIC Policy Development Process is based on a bottom-up multi-stakeholder approach and is used to develop resource management policies. The goal of the webinar is to give an overview of AFRINIC’s Policy Development Process, the key stakeholders and their role, steps a resource policy follows and how consensus is reached. The webinar will feature the AFRINIC Policy Working Group Co-chair,Mr. Darwin da Costa,together with the AFRINIC Policy Liaison team;Mrs. Madhvi Gokool and Mr. Brice Abba.<br class="">By the end of the session, At the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" class=""><li class="">Understand why resource policies matter.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="">Explore the AFRINIC Policy Development Process<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="">Gain Insights into AFRINIC Policy Implementation.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="">Understand how they can participate in policy discussions.<o:p class=""></o:p></li></ul><p class="">Register for this webinar here >> <span class="zerowidthspacecontainer"></span> <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RqXk0gWeTfqYIbnFC-0tlg#/registration" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RqXk0gWeTfqYIbnFC-0tlg#/registration</a><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><br class="">To find out more about our webinars, visit the <a href="https://www.afrinic.net/events/webinar-series" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">AFRINIC Webinar Series</a> page and register for upcoming sessions.</p><p class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">NB: </span></strong>Please share our Webinar Series with your colleagues. Our events are open to the community to support Internet Development in Africa.<br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">We look forward to your participation in this exciting webinar series.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">Kind Regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><br class="">AFRINIC Communications.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>