[Community] Call for Travel Support to attend the 15th annual IGF meeting (IGF2020 Poland, Katowice)

[Desk Officer]

SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION AT THE IGF 2020 ANNUAL MEETING

CALL FOR TRAVEL SUPPORT TO ATTEND THE 15TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IGF [1]


The mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) calls for
strengthening and enhancing of the stakeholder engagement from
developing ‎countries. It also calls for the Forum to contribute to
building capacity for Internet governance in ‎developing countries,
drawing fully on local sources of knowledge and expertise‎.  

During the 13th IGF, the United Nations Secretary-General has called for
action to increase inclusiveness in the IGF processes, underlining that
the IGF must increase its efforts to draw upon the "weak and missing
voices" into the IGFs work. It was also called for a broader
multidisciplinary approach, to involve experts not traditionally
involved in the IGF processes. The community also echoed for more
inclusion and diversity in the IGF's participation spectrum.  

For these reasons, a limited number of eligible candidates from
developing countries will be supported to participate at the 15h annual
meeting of the IGF from 2 - 6 November in Katowice, Poland.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

The Call will consider supporting individual stakeholders that: ‎ 

 	* Represent any stakeholder group.‎
 	* Are from a Least Developed Country, Landlocked Developing Country,
Small Island ‎‎Developing State or a Transitional Economy.‎
 	* Are engaged in the IGF 2020 process as active contributors to
intersessional and ‎NRIs work, session co-organizers, session speakers,
moderators, and rapporteurs.‎
 	* Demonstrate interest in Internet governance-related activities.‎
 	* Show a demonstrated commitment to contributing to its community
after ‎participating at the IGF 2020.‎
 	* Are recommended by a respected community member.‎

Preference may be given to underrepresented groups, such as: ‎women,
indigenous ‎people, persons with disabilities, elderly population,
youth.‎ 

Those requesting partial funding will have preference over others,
should all ‎criteria be ‎met. ‎ 

Those that did not receive travel support in the past may be given
preference,‎ should all ‎‎criteria be met. ‎ 

SELECTION PROCEDURE 

The IGF Secretariat will evaluate received applications as per listed
eligible criteria. ‎Applications will be given further consideration if
three first formal criteria are met.‎ 

The number of selected candidates would be dependent on the funds
available.  

The final compositions of participants will be stakeholder, regionally,
gender and age -balanced. 
‎ 
The IGF Secretariat can approach underrepresented stakeholders that can
enrich the ‎diversity of the meeting and comply with the eligibility
criteria, with an offer to support ‎their participation at the IGF
2020.‎ 

TIMELINE AND APPLICATION FORM 

Eligible candidates can submit the travel request through the TRAVEL
SUPPORT APPLICATION E-FORM [2] by 15 APRIL 2020, 23:59 UTC. 

Thank you. 

NIGF Desk Officer 

cc: NIGF Secretariat.

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Links:
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[1] https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/lexicon/8#IGF
[2]
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-call-for-travel-support
[3] http://www.nigf.org.ng
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