Core Competency:

Core Values:

Positioning & Communications / Rela-tionships & Networks / Pioneering Innovations

Asia at Heart

Economically Successful

Community Driven

Internet Governance and Community Engagement

• Facilitating & amplifying voices from APAC, especially in support of youth, at the global Internet Governance discussions – DotAsia thrives on enhanced APAC participation in IG, especially at ICANN, and youth engagement is a foundation for sustainable participation
• Expand income source and scaling DotAsia community projects (e.g. APrIGF.Asia, NetMission.Asia and Ajitora.Asia) – diversification, scaling up and development of DotAsia flagship community projects
• Respond to and serve global Internet Governance community needs as they arise and where aligned with DotAsia vision & mission – secretariat services and support to regional and global IG initiatives

.Asia Registry

• Grow .Asia registration and income base – closer collaboration with Accredited Registrars, better understand .Asia registrant (customer) personas through data analysis, and increase renewal base
• Enhance .Asia brand value and recognition – realizing .Asia as a product for Asians globally and not an Asian product for the global market, and that “Asia” is the .Asia brand, .Asia thrives when expressing an Asian identity is valued
• Integrate .Asia market adoption with community development – foster network between .Asia registrants to promote identity, and to promote .Asia domains for APAC community activities

Other DotAsia Works

• Supporting a multilingual Internet for digital inclusion and sustainable development – advance activities on IDN, UA, SDGs (EcoInternet.Asia) and socio-technological developments, which reinforces DotAsia IG works
• Contribute knowledge and experience to TLD development in APAC – grow .KiDS to become an economically viable and independent initiative, complete historical mission in Namesphere, and continue to and expand support to new gTLDs as well as ccTLDs in APAC
• Respond to and serve APAC and global Internet initiatives – support technical developments such as DNSSEC, MANRS, KINDNS, etc., as well as to foster collaboration within APAC and bring global initiatives to the region

DotAsia Organisation & Governance

• Better inform, involve and foster constructive participation from DotAsia Members, Board and AC in the achievement of DotAsia’s vision and mission for a collaborative APAC Internet community – supporting Board and AC members to be ambassadors of DotAsia
• Better protect DotAsia’s ability to deliver on its community commitments – Amendment and implementation of an updated DotAsia Articles of Association to enhance institutional governance, stability and continuity
• Establish risk management as well as contingency and business continuity plans in consideration of geopolitical dynamics as well as legal threats