[Icann-aswg] Report about my Khartoum mission and report ICANN board committee in LA

Mon Sep 17 13:17:48 SAST 2012

Dear Dr Tarek,

In the wake of Barack, I would tell you that,  the feedback t you provide
us is wanderful, thank for all this work.

Best regards,

2012/9/15 Barrack Ong'ondo Otieno <barrack at aftld.org>

> Dear Dr. Tarek,
>
> Thank you for the feedback and congratulations for on your elevation. This
> is good progress, well done.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
> On Sat, September 15, 2012 5:19 am, Tarek KAMEL wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I have given a report this week in LA about our work in progress of our
> > African strategy to the ICANNs board committee on global relations BGRC
> > during the board retreat this week in LA.
> > It was well received by the board members attending the committee. I have
> > also spoken to many other board members here in LA about our good work
> > and they have been very supportive including Fadi. Ray has also been
> > helping in that.
> >
> > Last week I was in Khartoum attending the African ministerial ICT meeting
> > and our work was also positively received as attached.
> >
> >
> > The following is a report about my mission to Khartoum:
> >
> > - I have spoken at the ministerial meeting on behalf of Steve Crocker and
> > Fadi Chehade.
> > I have thanked the African Union for the invitation. My talk focused on
> > the Internet evolution in Africa, ICANNs and Afrinic role in Internet
> > development, the ICANNs Senegal meeting and the exchanged high level
> > letters, ICANNs new internationalisation plans, the work in progress of
> > new ICANNs strategy for Africa, Africa as a the first region that ICANN
> is
> > starting with to implement its internationalisation plans and strategies,
> > an invitation for wider participation in ICANNs constituencies and GAC
> > (noting that there will be a HLM for governments this time in Toronto.)
> >
> > - I have been invited also to speak at the closing of the experts meeting
> > on the day before the ministerial meeting started
> >
> > - The attitude of the African Union by Commisioner Elham Ibrahim and
> > Moctar Yedaly has been very positive towards us and they have welcome our
> > participation (Mike Silber was also there and he had some good
> > opportunties for networking). The Commissioner has mentioned ICANN three
> > times in her opening speech in the presence of the President  of Sudan.
> > Her references to ICANN were in relation to the build-up of the relations
> > after the Senegal meeting last October and her views and expectations
> from
> > ICANN in the coming months.
> > After my talk there was a general welcome for the new signals about
> ICANNs
> > internationalisation plans and the new African strategy for ICANN.
> >
> > - I have met briefly with Aida Bogoda from UNECA and she looks forward to
> > our participation in the African IGF in October and I have confirmed to
> > her that we will have participation from ICANN and the African Workgroup
> > to promote the African strategy
> >
> >
> > - I have met with the new minister in Senegal Abdou LO and he was
> > interested to learn about the progress since the last ICANNs meeting in
> > Senegal last October. He is relatively young, motivated, open minded and
> > he studied and lived in Germany for many years. I speak little French, he
> > speaks little English so we had our conversation in German. He can be a
> > good asset for our future African strategy implementation on a government
> > level.
> >
> > - I also spoke with the minister of Burundi and the minister of Borkina
> > Fasso  and they were eager to learn about ICANNs internationalisation
> > plans and our African strategy.
> >
> >
> > - I have spoken in details with the new Minister of ICT in Egypt, Hani
> > Mahmoud. He used to work for vodaphone before he was hired as the chair
> of
> > the postal authority in Egypt just before I left.
> >
> > - I had brief talks with the  minister of Zambia, as he is taking over
> the
> > chairmanship of the African council of ICT ministers for the next two
> > years. We need to keep a dialogue with them.
> >
> >
> > They all expect to see a stronger presence of ICANN in Africa on the
> > ground in the coming phase.
> > I think we have a good chance to make a difference in Africa.
> >
> > I travelling a lot, Oslo, Mauritius, Khartoum, in the last weeks. This
> > week in LA and next week I am with Fadi and Steve Crocker in DC. Then I
> > have also India, Kuwait  for some government meetings and the Arab IGF
> and
> > all before Toronto.
> > So please bear with me when I am not always fully online with you.
> > Please keep our good work going on.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Tarek
> >
> >
> >
> > Senior Advisor to the President of ICANN
> > Brussels
> > Mobile: +33626487835
> >
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