Dear Community Leaders,

The purpose of this communication is to transmit the FY17 Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (CROPP) Administrator’s Summary Report (attached PDF) highlighting the processes and outcomes for our fourth full cycle and final cycle as a pilot, which closed effective 30 June 2017.

We wanted to ensure that all of our program veterans as well as new participants had access to this informative summary of last year’s program operations. The report contains four sections including:

• 1-Executive Summary
• 2-Pilot Program Background and Overview
• 3-Results and Outcomes – FY17
• 4-Program Review – FY17

The report is intended to be an exhaustive analysis of the program which can either be read or downloaded via the ICANN Community Wiki at: CROPP-FY17 Administrator’s Report.

Below are a few key results we would like to highlight:

• The program achieved 76% of its original plan meaning that, of the 45 budgeted travel allocations, 34 individual travelers utilized CROPP allocations. The results for FY17 were slightly higher than those from FY16 (68%) proving a remarkable result indicating considerable interest in the program that, we hope, reflects substantive value to each of your communities.
• The At-Large RALOs confirmed 19 travelers (76%); the GNSO Constituencies approved 15 (75%). (Note: IPC out of region trip, for CROPP reporting purposes, is counted as the equivalent of having approved 2 travelers. Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) approved and completed 1 engagement event and 2 individual trips; however, for CROPP reporting purposes, these events are counted as the equivalent of having approved 2 travelers each.)
• Of the eight (8) operational ICANN regions identified for CROPP, trip events occurred in 5 of those regions: Africa (10 or 45%), Asia (2 or 9%), Europe (3 or 14%), Latin America & Caribbean (1 or 5%), and North America (6 or 27%). No outreach trips were conducted in Australia & Pacific Islands, Middle East, or Eastern Europe & Central Asia.

As reflected in the attached report, CROPP-FY17 is considered to have been a successful year for the program - both in terms of quantitative and qualitative accomplishments. We would welcome any insights or feedback you have about the program’s results or the report's format and substance.

FY17 marked the last year in a pilot phase, having tested this resource for four years, it will move to a core function in FY18 and will be renamed moving forward to: Community Regional Outreach Program (CROP). This capability has been moved to the Policy Development Support budget as part of the core activities to be coordinated by that staff in collaboration with the Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) team for FY18.

We encourage additional dialogue, input, and ideas from all of you as to how we can continue to improve and maximize CROPP’s utilization for your community outreach and engagement efforts.

Kind regards,

Benedetta Rossi

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Benedetta Rossi | Manager, Policy Support & Community Services

benedetta.rossi@icann.org | +33.610.38.27.02

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