Dear Members,

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.

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 April 26^th, at 11:59 UTC. Please see funding details below:

To apply, please send an email to joankerr@fbsc.org and maryam.bakoshi@icann.org with the following:

1. Name

2. Organization

3. Country/Region

4. ICANN Affiliation

5. Why do you want to attend the meeting?

Funding details

NPOC–Leadership Development & Support especially from Developing Countries is an inititiative to enhance noncommercial leaders participation in ICANN and promotion of the multistakeholder approach –

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.

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. 

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. Report to be submitted to sbr-outcomes@icann.org and is a condition of future resource allocations.

Unused travel slots cannot be rolled over to future ICANN meetings or fiscal years. Travel components include: economy airfare + hotel + per diem.

Regards,