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/*]]>*/</style></div><div>FYI</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>De: </b>"Yaovi Atohoun" <yaovi.atohoun@icann.org><br><b>À: </b>"Serge Roland SANOU" <serge.sanou@arcep.bf><br><b>Envoyé: </b>Mardi 3 Janvier 2023 09:25:48<br><b>Objet: </b>UA Readiness Survey<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">Dear</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif">ccTLD manager contacts,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Happy new year 2023</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">Universal Acceptance (UA) is cornerstone to a digitally inclusive and multilingual Internet, ensuring all domain names and email addresses – in any language, script,
or using any new or long TLD (e.g., .</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ms gothic';color:black">在</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'pingfang tc' , sans-serif;color:black">线</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">,
.photography, .</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'tahoma' , sans-serif;color:black">ไทย</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">, .</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'tahoma' , sans-serif;color:black;background:white">հայ</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">)
– are accepted equally by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems. ICANN org is reaching out to the country code TLD managers to understand the progress and the challenges faced in becoming UA-ready, and how ICANN org can help support ccTLD
managers by developing training and materials.</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">To do this we are requesting ccTLD managers to voluntarily participate in a UA-readiness survey, which will take less than 20 minutes to answer. ICANN org will summarize
the survey results without any specific details of the organizations participating in the survey. </span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">For your easy reference, please find attached the list of all the questions in the survey. Please provide your input to the survey at:</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;text-indent:36pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcTxyAF8jTUKNaJ2lWmDC30O9el-vKvJ3YQ9LhaRFQ9c9xbw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#1155cc">Universal
Acceptance (UA) Readiness Survey for ccTLDs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">We request that you answer the survey from the perspective of one ccTLD String at a time. If your organization manages more than one ccTLD, e.g. both ASCII ccTLD
and IDN ccTLD, please complete a survey for each one. </span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">We know your time is valuable and we appreciate you taking the time to take these surveys. Together, we can work to build a more inclusive and multilingual Internet. If you have any UA
related questions, please contact </span><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="mailto:UAProgram@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#1155cc">UAProgram@icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">.
If you are interested in learning more about UA, please check out the below resources.
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'symbol';color:#1155cc">·<span style="font:7pt 'times new roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'roboto';color:#1155cc"><a href="https://www.icann.org/ua-training-en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#1155cc">ICANN Learn Course and Regional UA Training Program</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'symbol';color:#1155cc">·<span style="font:7pt 'times new roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'roboto';color:#1155cc"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/universal-acceptance-roadmap-for-domain-name-registry-and-registrar-systems-31-08-2022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#1155cc">UA
Roadmap for Domain Registry and Registrar Systems</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'symbol';color:#1155cc">·<span style="font:7pt 'times new roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'roboto';color:#1155cc"><a href="https://aptld.org/documents/working-papers/17880/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#1155cc">The Role of ccTLDs in Achieving Universal Acceptance</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">Please respond to the survey by 31 January 2023. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely, </span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt">Yaovi ATOHOUN</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif">Director, Stakeholder Engagement & Operations - Africa</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt">www.icann.org</span></p>
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