<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">On 22 January, lCANN launched the application rounds for both the NextGen@<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr> and Fellowship Programs to participate in ICANN56 in Panama City, Panama in June 2016.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">On 5 February, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr> announced that due to the severity of the Zika Virus outbreak in the Latin America region, ICANN56 would be relocated and that a search is underway to identify an alternate location where the Zika Virus is not a concern. <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr> looks forward to returning to Panama for a future <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr>Meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">What does this mean for Program Applicants? Please read more at <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-02-10-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-02-10-en</a></p></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Thanks</div><div>-</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Yaovi Atohoun</font></font></div><div>Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa</div><div>ICANN – www.icann.org </div><div>Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>