Fwd: For Your Information -> Fwd: Consensus call: Global Indigenous Ambassador Program (GIAP)

July 24, 2018

      Dear Colleagues,

please see below an email from Eduardo Diaz that proposed drafting a
comment to support Global Indigenous Ambassadors using the fellowship
programme. Please be so kind to comment as to whether EURALO should
support such a request.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

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Subject: 	For Your Information -> Fwd: Consensus call: Global Indigenous
Ambassador Program (GIAP)
Date: 	Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:58:07 -0400
From: 	Eduardo Diaz <eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com>
To: 	Satish Babu <sb@inapp.com>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
<ocl@gih.com>, Mohamed El Bashir <mbashir@isoc.sd>, Humberto Carrasco
<hcarrascob@gmail.com>, Mohamed El Bashir <mbashir@mbash.net>
CC: 	Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn@gmail.com>

Satish, Mohamed, Humberto & Olivier:

Saludos,

I just want to share the note that I sent today to the NARALO membership
in relation to the GIAP and the ICANN Fellowship Program (IFP).

I encourage all of you to do something similar in your region as you see
it fit. Closing date for comments is 27 July 2018.

-ed 

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From: *Eduardo Diaz* <eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com
<mailto:eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com>>
Date: Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 3:01 PM
Subject: Consensus call: Global Indigenous Ambassador Program (GIAP)
To: NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org
<mailto:na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>>

@All:

The ICANN Global Indigenous Ambassador Program (GIAP) did not get any
money under the recently approved ICANN FY 2019-2020 budget which came
into effect 1^st of July 2018. As a result of this budget cut, the one
year old IGIAP is currently defunct.

As some of you may know, NARALO was key in focusing efforts outside and
within ICANN to outreach to underrepresented indigenous communities in
our region. These efforts were initially focused to US and Canada. In
July 14, 2017, ICANN announced
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-06-14-en> the creation and
adoption of a formally structured program to outreach to these
communities all over the world and named the program the “*/Global
Indigenous Ambassador Program” (GIAP). /*During the last year we saw
fellows participating in ICANN meetings from US, Canada, Columbia and
Bolivia indigenous communities. 

NARALO member Judith Hellerstein started to promote
<https://rightscon2018.sched.com/judith4> the program at an
international level during the RightsCon 2018 event with good results.

Having said that, there is a community consultation process to review
the current ICANN Fellowship Program (IFP) which is different in scope
to the GIAP. The comment period will be open until July 27, 2018
(see HERE
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-proposal-2018-06-11-en>).
We have an opportunity to raise our voice and suggest ideas on how we
can enhance the IFP with parts of the currently defunct GIAP. 

I proposed that NARALO puts forward the following comment directly into
the IFP consultation process
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-proposal-2018-06-11-en>:

*/“NARALO encourage the existing ICANN Fellowship Program (IFP) to
actively outreach to global indigenous communities and designate two
fellowships to these communities from their IFP total allocation until
such time as the original Global Indigenous Ambassador Program (GIAP)
program is reinstated. These communities exist throughout the world.  We
believe that this abides to the wishes of ICANN to be inclusive and
demonstrative that they include this sector of our society as part of
the ICANN multi-stakeholder community.”/*

*/ /*

I have received preliminary feedback about this proposal indicating that
what is being asked is for a quota for two IFP slots. This might seem
like such but it is not permanent since we are asking for these
slots  */“… /**/until such time as the original Global Indigenous
Ambassador Program (GIAP) program is reinstated“ /*to address this issue. 

ALAC will be submitting, as part of a long list of suggestions
<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+Draf...>,
the following comment to the IFP:/“//There should be consideration
given to applicants from global indigenous communities to apply as first
time Fellows. Subsequently, they would have to meet the criteria for
returning fellowships, along with other second/third-time Fellows.”/

/
/

The comment that I am proposing supports and enhances the ALAC comment
by suggesting */“…/**/to actively outreach to global indigenous
communities, designate two fellowships to these communities from their
IFP total allocation and until such time as the original Global
Indigenous Ambassador Program (GIAP) program is reinstated. /*After all,
the GIAP was up and running for a year before it got trashed.

Please let me know if you have any objections to my proposal. If I do
not receive more than three objections, I will proceed to submit the
comment as proposed. Otherwise, I will submit the comment directly from
me as a member of NARALO.

This consensus call will be open until Thursday, October 26, 2018 @ UTC:
16:00.

-ed

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