<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 700px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">The RIPE NCC and the Arab Information & Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 28 September 2022.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 700px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">The MoU focuses on cooperation between the two organisations on Internet development and capacity building through training courses, meetings, conferences and workshops. It also includes the promotion of RIPE Atlas and IPv6, and will make RIPE NCC Certified Professionals available to industry professionals in the Arab and African regions.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 700px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">You can find more information online, including a link to all of the RIPE NCC’s MoUs and other agreements with external parties:</p><div class=""><a href="https://www.ripe.net/about-us/press-centre/ripe-ncc-and-aicto-sign-memorandum-of-understanding" class="">https://www.ripe.net/about-us/press-centre/ripe-ncc-and-aicto-sign-memorandum-of-understanding</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Suzanne</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">___________________</div><div class="">Suzanne Taylor</div><div class="">Public Policy & Internet Governance </div><div class="">RIPE NCC </div><div class=""><a href="http://www.ripe.net" class="">www.ripe.net</a> </div></body></html>