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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW:
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ICANN Board of Directors held its first workshop of 2026, marking a productive start to the year. We convened in Singapore from 23 to 25 January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW:
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The annual strategy review is the process through which we ensure that the assumptions underpinning the Strategic Plan still hold, and to stay alert to emerging trends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Materials Provide Prospective New gTLD Applicants Clarity on Key Topics</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN org is developing supplemental, complementary materials to aid prospective generic top-level domain (gTLD) applicants in understanding the Next Round application requirements,
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Next Round Champions Toolkit Available in the Six ICANN Languages </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN is working with the community to identify potential Applicant Support Program (ASP) applicants – especially in regions that are currently under-represented in ICANN. If you are
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To stay up to date on the New gTLD Program: Next Round and ASP, join the mailing list: nextroundinfo@icann.org. ASP leads, targets, and ideas can be sent to
<a href="mailto:engagement.newgTLDprogram@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">engagement.newgTLDprogram@icann.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN is seeking volunteer mentors who would like to offer their expertise to supported applicants as part of the ASP in the
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Request for Proposal: Geographic Names and Reserved Names Panels</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interested providers are invited to submit proposals that ICANN will then evaluate for capability and expertise. Because the work related to both panels is similar, ICANN intends to
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline: 13 March 2026</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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