Dear Hisham I think you and others like Sandra and chafic create new version for Ripe in Arab region.
Thank you for every thing. On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Hisham Ibrahim <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > The sun is about to set on our first year here in the Dubai office. Our > team of four, supported by our colleagues in Amsterdam, has been busy > trying to meet the needs of the technical community and our members in the > Middle East. I will try to summarize some of the key engagements we were > busy with in the following lines. > > ** Community Engagement* > > *Member Lunches* > > We felt that we needed to get even closer to our members to better > understand the needs of its members in a particular country, and provide > feedback on how to improve our services accordingly. To that end we > organised a series of member lunches, conducted on a small scale, to act as > unofficial focus groups on RIPE NCC services. > > The RIPE NCC has conducted successful member lunches in Iran, Saudi Arabia > and has plans to do the same in Turkey, Kuwait and Lebanon this year. > > *National IPv6 Working Groups* > > With the explosion of Internet of Thing (IoT), smart government > initiatives as well as 3G/4G mobile applications the move to IPv6 makes it > easier to conduct realistic plans and infrastructure upgrades that support > the future. We have been working with a number of regulators and Internet > service providers in the region that have realized the opportunities IPv6 > offers. > > We are currently working with the TRA of the UAE and the country’s two > ISPs/mobile providers to form an IPv6 National Working Group in UAE. The > RIPE NCC also intends to do the same in Lebanon. > > We also continue to support the Saudi IPv6 task force with IPv6 roadshow > workshops and presenting at their bi-annual meetings. > > *Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)* > > Cyber threats and protection have become of great importance to all LEAs > in the region. The RIPE NCC has been working with Arab LEAs through several > meetings and LEA workshops, including a meeting with Middle Eastern LEAs at > the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France. The RIPE NCC also organised and > participated in conferences and workshops for the cyber police in Jordan > and Iran. > > > *Academic Engagement* > > The RIPE NCC opened up the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) to > MENOG Meetings, ensuring that one dedicated RACI candidate from the region > will be chosen to attend each RIPE Meeting. > > RACI received a total of 30 applications from the region. Of these, three > were selected to present at MENOG in Dubai and two to present at RIPE 70 in > Amsterdam. > > > *Engagement in Yemen* > > The RIPE NCC introduced itself to the Yemeni technical community and > service providers through two site visits in 2014. Following these visits, > the RIPE NCC designed two workshops dedicated to the needs of the local > technical community and delivered them in Jordan. > > *Policy Development Process (PDP) Translation * > > The RIPE NCC publishes monthly PDP updates in Arabic and English, to > support increased engagement and participation in the PDP from members in > the Middle East region. > > *** Capacity Building* > > *IPv6 Roadshows * > > The three-day IPv6 Roadshow workshop provides network operators and > administrators with the information, documentation and hands-on experience > they need to deploy IPv6. > > This year, the RIPE NCC added a new track to the roadshow portfolio - > “IPv6 for Enterprise” which caters to the needs of non-ISP network > operators wanting to deploy IPv6. The RIPE NCC also added a new mobile lab, > dedicated to the Middle East, as a resource base for more roadshows and > workshops. > > The RIPE NCC has successfully conducted five roadshows in Bahrain, Saudi > Arabia, Jordan (dedicated for Yemen Service providers) and the United Arab > Emirates. Upcoming roadshow destinations include Lebanon and the UAE. > > http://www.menog.org/ipv6-roadshow/ > > > > *Train the Trainer Initiative * > > The RIPE NCC launched a “Train the Trainer” initiative at the offices of > the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the UAE in Dubai. The > initiative is a long-term goal of the RIPE NCC and is designed to train and > build a diverse pool of skilled local trainers capable of delivering the > IPv6 Roadshow in the Arab region. The launch attracted 15 trainees from the > United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Palestine, > drawn from the public, private and academic sectors. > > > https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/uae-tra-centre-of-innovation-organises-train-the-trainer-initiative-in-cooperation-with-the-ripe-ncc > > > > ****Regional Meetings* > > *Regional Meeting in Iran *(18 November 2014) > > Iran is the RIPE NCC’s second-largest membership base in the Middle East. > The RIPE NCC held a successful Regional Meeting in Tehran in 2014, attended > by around 270 participants from the technical, governmental and academic > sectors, where the local participants expressed interest in hosting a > future MENOG Meeting. > > > https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-regional-meeting-tehran > > > > *MENOG 15* (28 March – 2 April 2015) > > MENOG 15 took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This edition > included two days of plenary presentations (incorporating the RIPE NCC > Regional Meeting) and four days of hands-on technical workshops. The > conference attracted 195 attendees from 32 countries, and 35 trainees took > part in the two workshops (Advanced Routing and DNS/DNSSEC). > > http://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-15/ > > > > *Other Meetings* > > The RIPE NCC participated in and presented at a number of events and > initiatives across the Middle East, including: > > - ASREN’s e-AGE meeting > > - Saudi’s IPv6 National Forum > > - The Middle East School on Internet Governance > > - ITU Plenipotentiary Conference > > - SAMENA’s Cable Submarine Summit > > - SDNOG (The Sudanese Network Operator Group) > > We look forward to continue working with the technical community and the > other stakeholders in the region. It has been a very fruitful year and we > look forward to much more to come in the upcoming years. > > We thank you all for your support and ask you to continue guiding us to > better support our region. > > Kind Regards > > Hisham Ibrahim > > Regional Programme Manager > > RIPE NCC > > _______________________________________________ > Menog mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.menog.org/mailman/listinfo/menog > > -- Eng.Allan Ghazi
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