PNINA@ICANN-Rome

29/2-6/3/2004

Background

ICANN holds meetings 3 or 4 times a year in locations around the world (http://www.icann.org/meetings). These meetings constitute an essential part of ICANN's global consensus-development and outreach efforts. The first round of ICANN meetings in 2004 was held 2-6 March in Rome, Italy and hosted by Register.it and The Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the Italian National Council of Research. Furthermore, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of ICANN (http://www.gac-icann.org/web/index.shtml) meets 3 or 4 times per year. GAC advice to ICANN usually takes the form of a "communiqué" issued after each full meeting. Next meeting will be held in Rome from 29/Feb – 3/March/2004, in conjunction with the ICANN conference. After the opening ceremony, the meetings were split into three main sub-groups; the GAC meetings, the gTLD NSO and the country code name supporting organization (ccNSO).

The Palestinian participation in the GAC meetings was very important in order to get a clear idea about the expected role of the government in supporting PNINA and in the overall overseeing of PNINA's activities. This was intended to smooth PNINA’s work and help PNINA and the Government build a true partnership through the mutual understanding of  the role of such an organizations.

PNINA participation in the ccNSO and its workshops was very important to achieve the mission goals and get international recognition for PNINA as the .ps designated organization.

This mission was a very useful and fruitful mission and will surely serve PNINA future operation. The interaction with the ICANN high caliper participants opened PNINA’s eyes into new avenues of domain marketing, technical and administrative operation as well as the legal aspects of domain names and dispute resolution.

The public forums and panel discussions were the places where you can take an idea about all Internet stakeholders’ opinion and interests. The participants ranged from young university students, university professors, research wizards, Internet architects and founders as well as the business, legal, marketing and technical side.