<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>This is for your information, attention and action.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Secretariat AfIGF</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:africanigf@gmail.com">africanigf@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 1:08 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: IGF 2019 Call for Travel Support<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Stakeholders,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div>Below kindly find a call for travel support from the Internet Governance Forum Secretariat to take part in IGF 2019 to be held in Berlin, Germany from 25-29 November 2019. Deadline is fast approaching.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><div>-------------------------------------------</div><div>The African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) Secretariat, African Union</div><div>Le Secr<span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);letter-spacing:0.2px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.93px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent">é</span>tariat du Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet (AfIGF), Union Africaine</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:Africanigf@gmail.com" target="_blank">Africanigf@gmail.com</a></div></div><div><br><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> IGF Secretariat <br>Date: Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:46 AM  <br><b>Subject:</b> IGF 2019 Call for Travel Support</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Dear All,</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> </span></p><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp22641e4ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><p class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp7b3faecfyiv8202152468MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The 14^th annual IGF meeting will be hosted by the Government of Germany in Berlin from 25 – 29 November 2019.<span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp7b3faecfyiv8202152468MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">With this email, the IGF Secretariat would like to inform that the </span><a shape="rect" href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/supporting-participation-at-the-igf-2019-annual-meeting" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration-line:underline" rel="nofollow" class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324enhancr_card_0843493076" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">Call for Travel Support to attend the 14th annual IGF meeting</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt"> is open until 30 June 2019: </span><a shape="rect" href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/supporting-participation-at-the-igf-2019-annual-meeting" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration-line:underline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/supporting-participation-at-the-igf-2019-annual-meeting</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><div><br></div><div id="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6enhancr_card_0843493076" class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6yahoo-link-enhancr-card m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6ymail-preserve-class m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/supporting-participation-at-the-igf-2019-annual-meeting" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6card-wrapper m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6card m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp3a3015e6yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233);bor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ittees of the national, regional and youth IGF initiatives (NRIs) in order to identify the most suitable candidates that will enrich the IGF 2019 processes, but also bring long-term benefits to their respective communities from gained experience.</span></p><p class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp7b3faecfyiv8202152468MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Potential applicants are kindly advised to consult the IGF website and review all information about the application and evaluation procedure, before submitting requests.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp7b3faecfyiv8202152468MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Best regards,</span></p><p class="m_-5186142493192476000m_-7340815746012937915m_-7146461359935433324ydp7b3faecfyiv8202152468MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">IGF Secretariat</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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