Middle East Engagement Strategy: Difference between revisions

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==Progress Reviews==

===Second Year Implementation Plan Review (2015)===

Key milestones ~~were~~:<ref name="icann"></ref>

Key milestones:<ref name="icann"></ref>

* The DNS Entrepreneurship Center ([[DNS-EC]]) was off to a great start with two business track training programs and one train-the-trainer program on [[DNS]] Operations and [[DNSSEC]].<ref name="dns">[The DNS Entrepreneurial Center for the Middle East and Africa Takes Off to a Great Start], ICANN.org. Published 2015 April 22. Retrieved 2015 November 17.</ref>

* The [[MEAC DNS Study]] was initiated, and its findings were shared at [[ICANN 54]] meeting in Dublin.

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===First Year Implementation Plan Review (2014)===

Key milestones:<ref name="yearone">[https://www.icann.org/news/blog/middle-east-strategy-one-year-later Middle East Strategy - One Year Later], ICANN.org. Published 2014 July 7. Retrieved November 17.</ref>

* The Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs ([[TF-AIDN]]) was inaugurated during the 2nd Arab IGF in Algiers in early October 2013, and tackld issues related to Arabic Script [[IDN]]s in a bottom-up, consensus-driven, multi-stakeholder model. Their deliverables included two face-to-face meetings.

* Inaugural [[Middle East DNS Forum]] was held in Dubai in early February 2014, creating a platform for regional stakeholders to engage in and strengthen the region's DNS industry, and a program committee was formed to develop program and agenda for future DNS Forums.

* The Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance ([[MEAC-SIG]]) took place in Kuwait, and 25 students from 9 countries attended 5-days of extensive education on issues related to Internet Governance.

* ICANN community was updated on the implementation plan at [[ICANN 50]] in London.

* Two strategic agreements were signed at ICANN 50 in London: the regional DNS Entrepreneurship Center ([[DNS-EC]]) and the MoU with the Qatari Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.

==References==

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 ==Progress Reviews==
 ===Second Year Implementation Plan Review (2015)===
-Key milestones were:<ref name="icann"></ref>
+Key milestones:<ref name="icann"></ref>
 * The DNS Entrepreneurship Center ([[DNS-EC]]) was off to a great start with two business track training programs and one train-the-trainer program on [[DNS]] Operations and [[DNSSEC]].<ref name="dns">[The DNS Entrepreneurial Center for the Middle East and Africa Takes Off to a Great Start], ICANN.org. Published 2015 April 22. Retrieved 2015 November 17.</ref>
 * The [[MEAC DNS Study]] was initiated, and its findings were shared at [[ICANN 54]] meeting in Dublin.
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 ===First Year Implementation Plan Review (2014)===
+Key milestones:<ref name="yearone">[https://www.icann.org/news/blog/middle-east-strategy-one-year-later Middle East Strategy - One Year Later], ICANN.org. Published 2014 July 7. Retrieved November 17.</ref>
+* The Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs ([[TF-AIDN]]) was inaugurated during the 2nd Arab IGF in Algiers in early October 2013, and tackld issues related to Arabic Script [[IDN]]s in a bottom-up, consensus-driven, multi-stakeholder model. Their deliverables included two face-to-face meetings.
+* Inaugural [[Middle East DNS Forum]] was held in Dubai in early February 2014, creating a platform for regional stakeholders to engage in and strengthen the region's DNS industry, and a program committee was formed to develop program and agenda for future DNS Forums.
+* The Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance ([[MEAC-SIG]]) took place in Kuwait, and 25 students from 9 countries attended 5-days of extensive education on issues related to Internet Governance.
+* ICANN community was updated on the implementation plan at [[ICANN 50]] in London.
+* Two strategic agreements were signed at ICANN 50 in London: the regional DNS Entrepreneurship Center ([[DNS-EC]]) and the MoU with the Qatari Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.
 ==References==
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