DNS Entrepreneurship Center (DNS-EC) Fahd Batayneh | AIS 2015 | June 1, 2015

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Vision

The repository for DNS knowledge and expertise in Africa and the

Middle East

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Mission

Develop a robust and healthy domain name ecosystem in Africa and

the Middle East

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The Project

•  DNS-EC opens in Cairo, Egypt and serves Africa and the Middle

East

•  Partnership between ICANN and Egypt’s NTRA

•  Agreement signed in June 2014 during ICANN London meeting

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ntra-mou-23jun14-en.pdf

•  ICANN; through partnerships with regional and international

experts, provides training and mentoring programs

•  NTRA incubates DNS-EC during the start-up phase and provides

training facilities

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Scope

Phase  1  Founda-on  

Phase  2  Launch  

Phase  3  Opera-on  

July 2014 – June 2015 July 2015 – June 2017 July 2017 and Beyond

Phase  1  

D e v e l o p  C a p a c i - e s  necessary   for   the  establishment   of  the  DNS-­‐EC  Programs   cover  various   Technical,  P o l i c y ,   a n d  Business  aspects  

Phase  2  

Start  up  DNS-­‐EC;  develop  business  plan  and  seek  partnership  Start  offering  training  and  consulta-on  services  

Phase  3  

Lend  exper-se  and  knowledge  across  Africa  and  the  Middle  East  Possibility  of  assuming  a  DNS  opera-onal  role  

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Training Tracks

Technical Track •  Registry operations

•  Secure registry operations /

DNSSEC

•  Virtualized training platforms

Business Track •  Registry / Registrar models

•  Business models and marketing

strategies

•  Registration policies

•  Dispute resolution

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Trainees Skills

•  Ability and desire to teach, including able to talk and present in front of

groups of people

•  Willingness to use what is learned in this program to teach and mentor

other people

Technical Track •  UNIX and/or Linux System

Administration experience

•  Knowledge of TCP/IP protocols

and l aye r 2 and l aye r 3

networking

•  An understanding of network and

systems security basics

Business Track •  Business development

•  P r o d u c t d e v e l o p m e n t a n d

branding

•  Digital marketing

•  Consultancy in Internet business

innovation and strategy

•  Financing and legal issues

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Potential Partners

DNS-­‐EC  

Governments    NTRA,  ITI…  etc.  

Others    Universi-es,   Academic   Networks,  Consultants,  Donors…  etc.  

Internet  Technical  Community    ICANN,   ISOC,  RIRs,  RTLDOs,   ccTLDs,  NSRC…  etc.  

Business    Registries,   Registrars/Resellers,  ISPs,  Internet  Businesses…  etc.  

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Trainings Provided so Far

Training  Name   Dates  

DNS  Business  Development   March  28  –  April  2  

DNS  Business  Best  Prac-ces   April  6-­‐9  

DNS  Opera-ons  and  DNSSEC  TtT   April  26-­‐29  

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DNS-EC Content Partners

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Workshop Group Photo

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Future Trainings

Between the period July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016, we expect to

conducted 2 workshops on each of the following •  DNS Business Development

•  DNS Business Best Practices

•  DNS Operations and DNSSEC

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Website

http://dns-ec.eg/

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Fahd Batayneh Coordinator, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East E: fahd.batayneh@icann.org W: http://icann.org/

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