ICANN Academy Intercultural Awareness Programme - Deadline 31 August

[Ayden Férdeline]

Hi James,

I shared this more to raise awareness of the fact that ICANN is institutionalising a culture of capacity building programme musical chairs, shuffling the same people from new programme to new programme, and I think that is not necessarily the best approach.

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 9:35 am, James Gannon <james at CYBERINVASION.NET> wrote:

> Hi Ayden,
>
> As an LTP graduate I can speak to this a little more, this is a trial run and the plan would be potentially to open this up further as indeed happened with the LTP itself feeding into Chair skills program and others. So think of this as the trial and with future possibilities to come.
>
> I’m not quite sure why it was shared here however, to my knowledge there are only 3-4 NCSG members who are graduates and I wouldn’t want to fill up the application process with ineligible members, so please everyone ONLY apply if you are a graduate and received the invitation via the LTP graduate mailing list, no other members are currently eligible for this program, so lets not waste staffs time with additional applications.
>
> -James
>
> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ayden Férdeline
> Sent: 30 August 2017 23:40
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: ICANN Academy Intercultural Awareness Programme - Deadline 31 August
>
> The [ICANN Academy Intercultural Awareness Programme](https://community.icann.org/display/LTP/ICANN+Academy+Intercultural+Awareness+Program) is currently accepting applicants — but only if you have previously participated in the ICANN Academy Leadership Programme, of which sparingly few people will have.
>
> From a cursory glance at the issues being discussed it sounds like something which many of our members would find interesting (maybe even beneficial), so it is unfortunate that registration is so restricted and lacks the very inclusivity that the programme itself claims to be addressing.
>
> Given how scarce resources are, it would make more sense to me to widen the pool of candidates and to potentially reach someone who has not already benefited from an ICANN leadership course. Perhaps we can feed this suggestion back.
>
> Anyway, rant over. If you are one of the extremely few people who have participated in the ICANN Academy Leadership Program, you have the opportunity to take part in the intercultural awareness programme in Abu Dhabi. The [registration form is here](https://www.formpl.us/form/6133876508327936) and closes 31 August. Good luck!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
>
> [linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline)
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