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New gTLD Program: An Overview & GDD Registry Services DNS Business Workshop | Nov 2015 | Harare - Zimbabwe Agenda 1 ICANN & New gTLD Overview and Why this Training Propram 2 3 Global Domains Division Overview Developing Regions Initiative 4 New gTLD Update 5 Universal Acceptance | 2 What is ICANN?
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a global multistakeholder, private sector-led organization that manages Internet resources for the public benefit ¤ ICANN coordinates the top-level of the Internet's system of unique iden;ﬁers via global, mul;stakeholder, boAom-up consensus policy processes, with the outcome of those processes implemented via the IANA Func;ons.

| 3 One World, One Internet | 4 What is the multistakeholder community?
“Stakeholder” refers broadly to anyone who has an interest in the Internet Within ICANN, stakeholders include: Large and small businesses Technical community Civil society Governments Researchers and academics End users The multistakeholder community functions on bottom-up consensus building which, by design, is resistant to capture due to the openness, diversity and equal division of authority among participants ICANN’s private sector-led mul;-stakeholder community supports the success of the Internet’s DNS | 5 ICANN’s Global Multistakeholder Community • Private-sector companies • Trade associations • National governments • Distinct economies recognized in international fora • Multinational governmental and treaty organizations • Public authorities (including UN agencies with a direct interest in global Internet Governance) Institutions of higher learning • Academic leaders • • Professors • Students Government & Governmental Organizations Academic Business Internet Users Technical Civil Society Domain Name Industry • Protocol developers • Equipment and software developers • Network operators • Technical researchers • Registries • Registrars • Domain organizations • Non-governmental Organizations • Non-profits • Non-commercial Users • Think Tanks • Charities | 6 Our Africa Strategy turns 3… 1 2 3 Started with a 9 Member WG (ASWG) in 2012 Later Conceived the Africa Strategy 2012 - 2015 Today; aJer 3 Years & over 10 ICANN mee;ngs, we reﬂect on our journey as we get ready for the 2nd phase 2016 – 2020.
We are in Africa to stay | 7 What is the New gTLD Program?
Largest-ever expansion of the Domain Name System Introduction of Internationalized Domain Names Innovation Global restructuring Managed by ICANN = multistakeholder input Security & stability | 8 The New gTLD Program by Numbers gTLD Key Stats 1930 total applica;ons received by the deadline (May 2012) 1300+ new gTLDs or “strings”possible Language Op6ons 1st ;me Interna;onalized Domain Names will be available as gTLDs, enabling new extensions in diﬀerent language scripts such as Arabic, Chinese and more.
Applica6ons By Region 17 Africa 675 Europe 303 Asia/Paciﬁc 911 North America 24 La;n America/Caribbean Safeguards In Place 17 new safeguards created to help lay the founda;on for a broader, more mature domain name industry.

Examples include Rights Protec;on Mechanisms and DNS Security.
| 9 New gTLDs: Transforming the Internet Ecosystem • Mature Domain Name Industry • Internet Economy and GDP • Entry into emerging markets • Using Top-Level Domains in new ways: o Brands, Cities, Common Interest Groups § Foster reputation online § Increase visibility & revenue potential § Correlation between cities and their businesses, businesses and their products, and communities and their interests Competition Innovation Choice | 10 Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) • IDNs at the top-level enable Internet users to access domain names in their respective languages and scripts • IDN country-code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) allow countries and territories to represent their respective names in scripts other than ASCII characters o Completed five years of implementation o 46 IDN ccTLD labels successfully evaluated for 36 countries and territories; Armenia and Macao most recently announced | 11 Registry/Registrar Services • ICANN’s Registry and Registrar Services teams provide support and outreach to contracted parties and implement new consensus policies developed through the Generic Names Supporting Organization’s Policy Development Process.
• Registry and Registrar Services staﬀ are located in each of ICANN’s hub oﬀices and in other locations around the globe.

• Each ICANN-accredited registry and registrar has an assigned account manager who serves as their point of contact at ICANN.

| 12 Registry Services A global team of 9 individuals accessible to you Americas Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA) Asia Pacific (APAC) | 13 Registry Services Service Design and Launch Registry support Outreach Policy Implementation Projects (e.g.
Security Threats Framework) | 14 Registrar Services WASHINGTON D.C. AMY BIVINS LOS ANGELES CAITLIN TUBERGEN BOSTON MIKE ZUPKE ISTANBUL Open position SINGAPORE HOWARD LI | 15 4 Registrar Services Accreditation Registrar support Outreach Policy Implementation Projects (e.g.
Underserved Regions) | 16 Registries & Registrars Around the Globe North America 419 Registries 1157 Registrars Latin America/ Caribbean Islands 109 Registries 17 Registrars Africa 13 Registries 9 Registrars Europe 302 Registries 163 Registrars Asia/Australia/ Pacific Islands 174 Registries 198 Registrars | 17 4 1 1 2 Underserved Regions Initiative • • ICANN launched a review of registrar accreditation criteria in 2014 as part of an eﬀort to level the playing field for prospective registrars in all jurisdictions.
ICANN held two public comment forums, and convened meetings with registrars and other stakeholders at several public ICANN meetings and other industry events.

• Community urged ICANN to do more outreach and conduct research to better understand domain name industry issues and challenges on a global scale.

• Some commenters urged ICANN to evaluate the role of resellers in the domain name system ecosystem and consider opportunities for resellers in the global market.
| 18 Underserved Regions Initiative • Individual commenters from Africa and South America urged ICANN to revisit the registrar accreditation insurance requirement (US$500,000 commercial general liability insurance is currently required under the 2009 and 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreements).

• And a resolu;on was recently (Sept 2015) approved by the ICANN Board of Directors to remove this unnecessary barrier to registrar accredita;on.
• ICANN continues to evaluate marketplace issues identified in the public comments and is working to continually enhance global outreach to existing and prospective stakeholders.

| 19 Initiatives by GDD 1 Universal Acceptance • Steering Group (UASG) leadership seated and charter established.

• Executive briefing paper produced – includes what “Universal Acceptance-ready” looks like.

• Email address internationalization identified as biggest challenge to achieving success.
2 Internationalized Domain Names • Arabic and Armenian script communities completed proposals for Label Generation Rules.

Currently available for public comment.
• Six scripts added in recent update of Maximal Starting Repertoire (Armenian, Ethiopic, Khmer, Myanmar, Thaana, Tibetan) | 20 New gTLD Program: Driving Toward Completion Withdrawn Prior to Contracting Contracted Withdrawal Expected 40 In Contracting Delegated 522 133 259 318 800 1277 Potential Unique Strings | 21 800+ Delegations and Counting Europe 215 gTLDs North America 312 gTLDs Latin America/ Caribbean Islands 34 gTLDs Africa 6 gTLDs Asia/Australia/ Pacific Islands 112 gTLDs | 22 4 1 1 2 Engage with ICANN Thank You and Questions Website: icann.org Contact me at: bob.ochieng@icann.org twitter.com/icann gplus.to/icann facebook.com/icannorg weibo.com/ICANNorg linkedin.com/company/icann flickr.com/photos/icann youtube.com/user/icannnews slideshare.net/icannpresentations | 23