Dear all,

Thank you for attending the open working group meeting for the Asia Pacific Internet Leadership Program (APILP) at the sidelines of ICANN49 in Singapore, and for volunteering to be part of this working group. (Thanks Yannis for helping to set up this emailing list too for APILP.)

Some key points and follow ups are below, based on the discussion. I'm also attaching the draft terms of reference (TOR) – my apologies that this is coming in late. (Draft TOR document can also be found at ICANN's Community Wiki: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=48334730).

Call for Action

The draft TOR document, which includes the objectives, possible format and target audience for the APILP, is entirely up for discussion, so please feel free to comment and amend. Could we suggest for comments/amendments to come in by 6 June (Fri)? Thanks very much and we look forward to your comments.

Regards,

Kelvin

Kelvin WONG

Head, Outreach & Public Responsibility, Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific Hub, Singapore

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Direct: +65 6808 6672

www.icann.org

== Salient Points of Discussion during ICANN49 (March 22, 2014)==

Approach

Draw up terms of reference, target audience (young professionals) objectives, end goal for the APIL
Determine the gap, areas of research that is missing
Work on 3-5 year plan, meanwhile continue programs that are in the pipeline
Form a working group to look into the details
Consider having community support to gain legitimacy

Curriculum/Direction

Consider including into mainstream curriculum and/or having diploma on specific topics such as TCP/IP, ccTLD management
Consider including non-technical aspects, such as internet governance, policy making and socio-economic implications.
Build repository/database of all available courses and capacity building programs in the region (ICANN is developing an "ICANN Learn" one-stop-shop online platform, we could see if we can build on this)

Funding and support

Need to seek funds to run program
Need for strict accountability measures and transparency
Determine the managing secretariat of the program (ICANN, AP*, APNG raised as possibilities. AP* as home institution for APILP?)