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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Dear Members,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">The NPOC EC proposed a pilot program to
request travel support for Local Leaders from developing countries
for the regions that ICANN meetings are being held. The program was
approved.<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">NPOC is please to announce an
opportunity to send a member from the LAC Region to ICANN62 being
held in Panama. The closing date for application is <b>April 26</b><sup><b>th</b></sup><b>,
at 11:59 UTC</b>. Please see funding details below:<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">To apply, please
send an email to <a href="mailto:joankerr@fbsc.org">joankerr@fbsc.org</a> and <a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a> with
the following:<br></p>
<ol><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Name</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Organization</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Country/Region</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in">ICANN Affiliation</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Why do you want to attend the
meeting?</p>
</li></ol>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Funding details</b><br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">NPOC–Leadership Development &
Support especially from Developing Countries is an inititiative to
enhance noncommercial leaders participation in ICANN and promotion of
the multistakeholder approach –<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Similar leadership support activities
have been productively piloted by members of the Commercial
Stakeholder Group (CSG). This request is approved on an FY18 pilot
basis only. Travel for one new participant from a developing country
in the regions of ICANN60, ICANN61 and ICANN62 is approved to attend
the relevant ICANN Public Meeting.<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">The request component seeking travel
support to attend third party Internet governance related meetings is
not approved and can be addressed via the CROP program. </p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="">Approval
of this request is contingent upon the supported traveler
demonstrating participation in already established programs (i.e.,
Newcomers day session and Fellowship meetings) and on the submission
of a written report to be submitted within 30 days of travel which
addresses each itemized metric as per request.</b> Report to be
submitted to <a href="mailto:sbr-outcomes@icann.org">sbr-outcomes@icann.org</a>
and is a condition of future resource allocations.<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Unused travel slots cannot be rolled
over to future ICANN meetings or fiscal years. Travel components
include: economy airfare + hotel + per diem.<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Regards,</p>
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