Dear NCUC Africa members, <div><br></div><div>The call for applications is now open to all African Countries. Deadline March 3rd.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards<br><br>---------- Message transféré ----------<br>De : <b>Stephanie Perrin</b> <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>><br>Date : jeudi 28 février 2019<br>Objet : Update - Participation of underserved countries in ICANN 65 in Marrakech<br>À : <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a><br><br><br>
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<font size="+2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Unfortunately we did not receive any applications from the three countries listed in the travel opportunity for under-served regions below. The NCSG Leadership, after consulting with ICANN staff,
has decided to open the opportunity to an NCSG member in the <b>Africa region</b>.
<u></u><u></u></span></font><font size="+2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Please apply for funding to participate in ICANN65 Marrakech, if you reside in any of the African countries. We are looking for members who are already engaged/leaders or
newcomers/less active members who plan to become more active at NCSG and its constituencies and take part in policy discussion.</span><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> </span><u></u><u></u></font><font size="+2"><u></u><u></u></font><font size="+2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">A
commitment to attend all NCSG meetings ( and the candidate's constituency meetings if the candidate belongs to a consistency) during ICANN65 is necessary. A written report is also required 30 days after the meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></font><br>
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<font size="+2"><u></u><u></u></font><font size="+2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Please send your Statement of Interest to
<a href="mailto:chair@ncsg.is" target="_blank">chair@ncsg.is</a> and <a href="mailto:Maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank">
Maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a> by Sunday 03 March 2019 2359 UTC. We do apologize for the short notice.<font size="+1">
</font><u></u><u></u></span></font><font size="+2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060"><font size="+1" face="Lucida Grande">The NCSG Excom will decide on applications within
3 days of the submission deadline.</font><u></u><u></u></span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:white;background:navy">Text for the ABR and of the previous call for applications are below:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:white"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FY19-08-NCSG-Participation of Leaders from Developing Countries at ICANN Meetings NCSG request for support of leadership from developing countries at ICANN Public Meetings</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#313131"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The success of similar pilot efforts and the opportunity presented for leadership recruitment from under served and underrepresented countries qualifies this request for support. Approval
is granted for 1 traveller per ICANN Public Meeting in FY19 (i.e. ICANN63, 64, and 65) from an<span> </span>underserved<span> </span>and underrepresented country within the applicable ICANN meeting
region. Approval of this request is contingent upon coordination with ICANN’s Policy Development Support Team and on the submission of a written report within 30 days of travel which addresses how the opportunity met the request objectives and each itemized
metric as per the community request. The report is to be submitted to<span> </span><a href="mailto:sbr-outcomes@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">sbr-outcomes@icann.org</span></a><span> </span>and
is a condition of future resource allocations. Unused travel allocations may not be carried over to future meetings or the next fiscal year. Approved travel means economy airfare + hotel + per diem for 1 traveller as noted above.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#313131"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Stephanie Perrin
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<stephanie.perrin@mail.<wbr>utoronto.ca></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 12 February 2019 at 16:56<br>
<b>To: </b>NCSG List <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">
<NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.<wbr>edu></a>, Maryam Bakoshi <a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank">
<maryam.bakoshi@icann.org></a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Participation of under-served countries in ICANN 65 in Marrakech<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span>As some of you may recall, we have an approved additional budget request for 2018-19 to fund the participation of representatives from under-served countries, in the various
ICANN meetings. ICANN 65 in Marrakech is coming up, and members are encouraged to apply for the funding if they are resident in the following countries:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span>Guinea Bissau</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span>Sao Tome and Principe</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span>Eritrea</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p><span>This is a short list, and a short time frame as we are being asked to confirm our list of travellers by February 22nd. If you know members who might qualify and be interested,
please bring it to their attention. Please forward statements of interest to myself and Maryam Bakoshi by COB February 21st.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span>kind regards,
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<p><span>Stephanie Perrin</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span>NCSG Chair</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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