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For the purposes of this plan, ‘civil society’ includes not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations, non-commercial individual Internet end-users, and academia, in particular those with interests in Internet-related policy and research. Within ICANN, this will include the GNSO Non Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), with both of its components the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC), and the Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), as well as the At-Large community represented by regional At-Large Structures (ALS) that self-identify as civil society. Not for profit organizations such as industry associations that serve for profit/commercial interests would not be within scope. (Relations with academia will be handled in coordination with the Development Public Responsibility Department (DPRD) academic relations activities).
The long-term goals in engaging with civil society are:
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