FYI ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun@icann.org> Date: 5 October 2015 at 16:14 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for participation: Workshop on Internationalized Domains Names (IDNs) and african languages To: AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net> Dear all, In the implementation of the Africa Strategy and with the support of the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) IDN program, a workshop on IDNs specifically in the context of African languages and script will take place on *November 26-27, 2015* in Pointe-Noire (Congo) prior to the AFRINIC-23 meeting. The main expected result from this workshop is to organize participation of the African community to contribute in the relevant script based work currently being undertaken to further promote Internationalized Domain Names in indigenous African scripts (e.g. Ethiopic) and through the use of Latin script for African languages. The workshop will introduce the IDN Program at ICANN and the work undergoing through the script based Generation Panels. The participants are expected to actively contribute to the discussions during the workshop and are also expected to volunteer for script based Generation Panels for Latin and additional set up to support scripts from Africa. Language experts, ccTLD managers, computer specialist and other interested community members interested in lDNs are welcome to attend. People interested to participate and contribute are requested to send an email to yaovi.atohoun@icann.org (with cc to pierre.dandjinou@icann.org) no later than October 15, 2015. Candidates should indicate if they are able to fund their participation. There is limited logistic support available for participation from ICANN. The support will be based on the following criteria: · Relevant qualifications and experience, · Confirmation that you will volunteer for a script based Panel (specify Latin or other script), · Extent of support needed (travel or accommodation logistics, or both; candidates with at least partial support will be given preference). Thanks - Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa ICANN – www.icann.org Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228 *Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? * LEARN MORE <https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability>. STAY UPDATED <https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#status>. FOLLOW <https://twitter.com/icann>. ENGAGE <https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#involved>. _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann