The Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (lCANN) launches the application rounds for both the
NextGen@ICANN and Fellowship Programmes to participate in ICANN56 in Panama
City, Panama in June 2016, reports ITRealms.
This round, ICANN said, remains open
until 19 February 2016 and successful candidates would be announced on the
ICANN website, 25 March 2016.
ITRealms gathered that an important distinction
regarding this round of the Fellowship Programme is that only those who have
previously participated in at least one ICANN Fellowship could apply.
This is
due to the new ICANN Meeting Strategy / Meeting B that is specifically
focused on policy making and ongoing work within ICANN Communities, therefore
only those Alumni of the Programme who are currently actively engaged in one of
the ICANN Multistakeholder Model Communities are eligible to participate.
ITRealms
further reports, the ICANN
Fellowship programme seeks participants from developing countries of the
world in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents to
engage in the Multistakeholder process and become the new voice of experience
in their regions and beyond.
Recalling that since its creation in
2007, the Fellowship Programme has built a strong group of individuals who are
actively participating in all of the ICANN communities as well as various
Internet Governance entities within the Internet Ecosystem.
Their engagement ranges from writing
articles and blogs, providing online or in-person public comment in regard to
bottom up policy building, engaging in Internet conferences and panel
discussions, lifting a pen in working groups, mentoring newcomers, assisting
our regional leaders and becoming leaders themselves.
On the NextGen@ICANN programme, ITRealms reports that it remains the
same for Meeting A, B and C: it is an education and awareness based experience,
designed for a smaller, younger, and more region-specific group of participants.
Applicants, ICANN said, must be
between the ages of 18 and 30, live in the region of the meeting, and be
engaged in some level of higher education, with focus on Internet related
subject matter. Each selected member will deliver a 5-10 minute presentation on
a topic relevant to the community. Recent presentation topics include Internet
governance, Domain Name System (DNS), and the future of the Internet.
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