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In late 2019, the then APRALO Leadership Team proposed the initiation of an APRALO Policy Platform for 2020. After reviewing input from RALO members to the proposal and in light of the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, the Leadership Team envisaged that the APRALO Policy Forum (APF) would be a modest way to facilitate and coordinate ICANN policy-related discussions at a regional level. The APF has served APRALO’s Priorities since 2021, with its 2023-2024 Priorities focusing on 5 aspects. For ICANN Fiscal Year 2026, the APF will expand its coverage of ICANN issues to include governance matters. Therefore the updated Purpose of the APF is as follows.
Purpose:
The APRALO Policy Forum aims to:
Aim 1: Encourage engagement of APRALO members on issues within ICANN's remit
Aim 2: Facilitate informed, inclusive regional position development on issues within ICANN's remit
Aim 3: Support APRALO Leadership's participation as a regional partner to relevant At-Large Working Groups
Aim 4: Grow APRALO outreach opportunities within the AP region and with other RALOs and ICANN communities on ICANN issues
Aim 5: Provide suggestions on AP regional issues of interest which may fall within ICANN’s remit
How do we achieve these aims? By:
Informing the APRALO Community on ICANN issues.
Engaging the APRALO Community in At-Large discussions on ICANN issues
Consulting the APRALO Community to formulate input on ICANN issues.
Building the capacity of the APRALO Community to effectively participate on ICANN issue deliberations
Participating in inter-RALO discourse on ICANN issues
Creating intra-regional discourse & cooperation opportunities to advocate for individual end user interests
APRALO Priorities for 2025-2026
To be determined with RALO input
Membership:
Open to all APRALO members interested in ICANN policy and/or governance related discussions, by subscription to the mailing list. The membership list is published below.
Operation:
The work of the Policy Forum will be facilitated using a combination of the following resources:
This work space, as the central repository for the Forum
The apralo-policy@icann.org mailing list which will be moderated by members of the Leadership Team and supported by At-Large Staff.
APRALO Policy Forum Webinar Series on A Multilingual Internet - Webinar #2: Internationalized Domain Name Policies and Implementation, 26 March 2026 at 06:00 UTC (TBC)
APRALO Policy Forum Webinar Series on A Multilingual Internet - Webinar #3: Universal Acceptance of All Domain Names and Email Addresses, 23 April 2026 at 06:00 UTC (TBC)
ACTIVE[38] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar Series on A Multilingual Internet - Webinar #3: Universal Acceptance of All Domain Names and Email Addresses, 23 April 2026 at 06:00 UTC
Series Description & Purpose: This is Webinar #3 in a series of 3 webinars to introduce ICANN’s goal for a Multilingual Internet and its engagement of relevant stakeholders to deliver this goal. This series is aimed at Internet policymakers —including governments, tech companies, civil society, the technical community— and the general Internet community, to communicate the significance of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA) for a digitally inclusive Internet. In particular the series will explore the key technical aspects of IDNs, and the connection to UA–complementing the ICANN Learn 605 Introduction to Universal Acceptance (UA) course—as well as to offer suggestions for how to get involved. This Webinar #3 provides an introduction to Universal Acceptance, current issues and how these are being addressed in collaboration with the community. The session also covers how the community can contribute to promote UA adoption.
Status: In planning.
Event Wiki: EN
Zoom Recording:
Post-Event Report:
ACTIVE[38] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar Series on A Multilingual Internet - Webinar #2: Internationalized Domain Name Policies & Implementation, 26 March 2026 at 06:00 UTC
Series Description & Purpose: This is Webinar #2 in a series of 3 webinars to introduce ICANN’s goal for a Multilingual Internet and its engagement of relevant stakeholders to deliver this goal. This series is aimed at Internet policymakers —including governments, tech companies, civil society, the technical community— and the general Internet community, to communicate the significance of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA) for a digitally inclusive Internet. In particular the series will explore the key technical aspects of IDNs, and the connection to UA–complementing the ICANN Learn 605 Introduction to Universal Acceptance (UA) course—as well as to offer suggestions for how to get involved. This Webinar #2 covers IDN related policies and their implementation for enabling secure and stable use of IDNs under both gTLDs and ccTLDs.
Status: In planning.
Event Wiki: EN
Zoom Recording: EN
Post-Event Report: EN
COMPLETED[37] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar Series on A Multilingual Internet - Webinar #1: Multilingual Domain Names, 26 February 2026
Series Description & Purpose: This is Webinar #1 in a series of 3 webinars to introduce ICANN’s goal for a Multilingual Internet and its engagement of relevant stakeholders to deliver this goal. This series is aimed at Internet policymakers —including governments, tech companies, civil society, the technical community— and the general Internet community, to communicate the significance of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA) for a digitally inclusive Internet. In particular the series will explore the key technical aspects of IDNs, and the connection to UA–complementing the ICANN Learn 605 Introduction to Universal Acceptance (UA) course—as well as to offer suggestions for how to get involved. This Webinar #1 includes an introduction to Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and a guided exercise on how to develop a Label Generation Rules (LGR) which is a key technical requirement for enabling IDNs.
To subscribe to the APRALO Policy Forum mailing list (or read the archives / manage your subscription) please send a request to staff@atlarge.icann.org.
2026 Members
Current membership of the APRALO Policy Forum comprises:
