[bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN International Public Meeting 43 in San Jose, Costa Rica

[Benedetta Rossi <secretariat-bc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-30sep11-en.htm

Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN International Public Meeting 43 in 
San Jose, Costa RicaProgram Ensures Global Representation at ICANN's Public 
Meetings30 September 2011MARINA DEL REY, California: The Internet Corporation 
for Assigned Names and Numbers is now accepting online applications for the 
15th round of the Fellowship program. Successful candidates will participate in 
the ICANN meeting to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica from 11-16 March 2012.The 
Fellowship program is open to applicants who are current residents of 
developing and least developed nations and interested in participating in ICANN 
and its supporting organizations, constituencies and stakeholder groups. 
Priority is given to individuals new to the ICANN environment from government 
and the ccTLD community, as well as those from academic, civil, business and 
non-profit entities, which are NOT involved in or associated with other ICANN 
supported travel programs. The program provides the support and opportunity for 
these participants to gain knowledge on how to have their voices heard in the 
Internet community and ICANN. More information regarding terms and conditions, 
as well as eligibility is available online at 
http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/ or email at fellowships@xxxxxxxxx 
regarding any questions about this process or program.The Fellowship program 
arranges the airfare, hotel and a stipend for those individuals selected to 
participate in this ICANN meeting. Recipients are expected to actively 
participate in and contribute to ICANN processes, both at the meeting and in 
the future. As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone 
wanting to attend.Applications for the meeting in Costa Rica will be accepted 
from 00:00 UTC on 1 October 2011 until 00:00 UTC on 14 November 2011. 
Successful candidates will be posted on the ICANN Fellowship webpage by 22 
December 2011.What Is ICANN?To reach another person on the Internet you have to 
type an address into your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be 
unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these 
unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have 
one global Internet.ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit 
public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated 
to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes 
competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.ICANN 
doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't 
deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the 
Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and 
evolution of the Internet.

Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariatwww.bizconst.orgsecretariat-bc@xxxxxxxxxxx