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Sustainable development has been a focus of international public policy since the Earth Summit in 1992. It identifies three core objectives for human development – economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. Only by pursuing these together can the world achieve development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

In this post, DotAsia Organisation CEO, Edmon Chung, sits down with NetMission ambassador, Ananya Singh. Read the full conversation here.

Excited to announce the virtual sessions selected for our program this year. Check out the list and register your virtual seat at: 2020.aprigf.asia

#GlobalTigerDay was observed on July 29th. The idea behind International Tiger Day has always been to spread awareness, making more and more people understand why tigers are important and what is the threat to their survival. If you are interested in International Tiger Day, a first step is to educate yourself about factors like illegal wildlife trade, human wildlife conflict and habitat loss which impact tiger population. One way of doing that is watching documentaries available on the internet. To support the cause of saving the tigers, you could also adopt a big cat at World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature and help the species thrive. You can share images, posters on your social media profiles to make other people aware of International Tiger Day. Several animal rights agencies also organise online and offline events and competitions around the day!!! @wwf_tigers

This year we're collaborating with different youth leaders from all around the world for one of the sessions in our Youth IGF 2020 Virtual Camp. Whether you're new to Internet governance or you have been engaged in the local or regional community for a couple of years, it's a golden opportunity to have a dialogue with all young talents in our Lightning Talk! #YIGF2020

In addition to joining the online Asian community when you register for a .Asia domain, you are helping to support Asian focused projects worldwide with your .Asia domain. Since 2007 DotAsia, the organization that manages the .Asia extension, continues to focus on giving back and reinvesting in the Asian community. DotAsia supports an ever-growing list of projects that educate and connect Asians worldwide.

Asian #GenerAsian

#DotAsiaShoutOuts - Menaka Lounge is a lounge in #Cambodia that offers craft cocktails as the focus to celebrate the rich traditions of Cambodia.

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Asian #InspirAsian

It is an honour and a privilege to have been chosen by my DotAsia Board colleagues as the first officially elected Chair of the Board.

I very much appreciated working with Atsushi Endo for nearly 18 months on the development of DotAsia’s new Governance Framework and especially his leadership of Board meetings during that interim period. We wish him well in his new promotion in JPRS.

Among the new initiatives that have been taken up by the Board, has been the establishment of three Board subcommittees: Governance, Finance and Community Projects. Each subcommittee is responsible for drafting Board and organisational policies in collaboration with the staff and presenting them for discussion and subsequent endorsement by the full Board.

We aim to share any new developments with our DotAsia community, by getting feedback from our Advisory Council. We believe that we can achieve a lot within DotAsia by involving our organisational members in the formulation of foundation policies that will ensure the integrity of our organisation as well as the security and stability of the .Asia domain within the DNS.

I look forward to leading our Board and Organisation into its new future, to promote the service and features of our .Asia brand, in collaboration with our global network of Domain Registrars, as well as with our Asia Pacific organisational partners and cctld members, and I look forward to working with you all.



Maureen Hilyard
Chair, DotAsia Board