[menog] RIPE NCC Dubai Regional Office in Operation - One Year Later

[Eng.Allan]

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 <hmi at ripe.net> 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
>
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Eng.Allan Ghazi
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