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ICANN's '''IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process''' was created to enable [[ccTLD]] managers to request an expedited evaluation of [[Internationalized Domain Name|internationalized]] versions of their country's top-level domain.<ref name="icann">[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fast-track-2012-02-25-en ICANN.org - IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process]</ref> Countries with an Alpha-2 code on the [[ISO 3166-1 Standard]] are allowed to apply for an IDN ccTLD in scripts other than Latin.<ref name="icann" /> The strings must comply with all requirements in the Final Implementation Plan (FIP) for the process.<ref>The [https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-28mar19-en.pdf most recent version] of the Final Implementation Plan, March 28, 2019 (PDF)</ref>

==History==
The ICANN Board approved the FIP for the IDN Fast Track Process at [[ICANN 36]] in October, 2009<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2009-10-30-en#2 ICANN Board Meeting Minutes], October 30, 2009</ref> The Process was launched on November 16, 2009.<ref name="evals">[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/string-evaluation-completion-2014-02-19-en ICANN.org - IDN Fast Track Completed String Evaluations]</ref> The first IDN requests, from Egypt, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, were approved in January 2010.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2010-01-21-en ICANN.org - First IDN ccTLD Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation], January 21, 2010</ref>

ICANN reports that as of May 2020, sixty-two string requests had passed through the Fast Track Process, on behalf of forty-three different countries.<ref name="icann" /> As of March 2021, a total of seventy strings (including requested variant strings for a specific country) have passed through the process.<ref name="evals" /> India accounts for fifteen IDNs, representing four languages in fifteen scripts.<ref>Specific alphabetical link to ICANN's [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/string-evaluation-completion-2014-02-19-en#i table] of successful requests</ref>

==IDN Fast Track WG==
[[ALAC]]
* [[Cheryl Langdon-Orr]], Chair of ALAC
* [[Hong Xue]]
[[ccNSO]]
* [[Chris Disspain]], chair of the ccNSO Council
* [[Mohamed El Bashir]], [[.sd]]
* [[Hiro Hotta]], [[.jp]]
* [[Jian Zhang]], [[.cn]]
* [[Young Eum Lee]], [[.kr]] (co-chair)
* [[Ming-Cheng Liang]], [[.tw]]
* [[Ibaa Oueichek]], [[.sy]]
* [[Andrey Romanow]], [[.ru]]
* [[Bill Semich]], [[.nu]]
* [[Jonathan Shea]], [[.hk]]
[[GAC]]
* [[Bertrand de la Chapelle]], France
* [[Manal Ismail]], Egypt (co-chair)
* [[Janis Karklins]], Chair of the GAC 
[[GNSO]]
* [[Edmon Chung]], [[.asia]]
* [[Charles Shaban]], [[Intellectual Property Constituency]]
GNSO Observers
* [[Olga Cavalli]], [[Nominating Committee Appointees|NCA]]
* [[Avri Doria]], Chair of GNSO Council
* [[Cary Karp]], [[.museum]]
[[SSAC]]
* [[Steve Crocker]]
[[:Category:Technical Community|Technical Community]]
* [[Patrik Faltstrom]]
[[:Category:ICANN Staff|ICANN Staff]]
* [[Doug Brent]]
* [[Denise Michel]]
* [[Kurt Pritz]]
* [[Donna Austin]]
* [[Bart Boswinkel]]
* [[Michelle Cotton]]
* [[Tina Dam]]
* [[Baher Esmat]]
* [[Olof Nordling]]
* [[Gabriella Schittek]]
* [[Theresa Swinehart]]<ref>[https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_11060/idnc-wg-board-proposal-25jun08.pdf IDN Fast Track Board Proposal 2008, ccNSO]</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-28mar19-en.pdf IDN ccTLD Final Implementation Plan (PDF)]