It’s not that I disagree with you, Arsène – because I don’t, and I actually
identified this as a barrier to participation in my earlier email – but I don’t
think it is helpful to flag this obstacle if the NCSG responds to the
consultation. My feeling is that this is a known hurdle which cannot easily be
addressed until machine translation advances to a satisfactory standard. This is
a painful reality because linguistic diversity is very important. But like it or
not we are constrained by resources and so we need a common language. English
has become the lingua franca of Internet policy; maybe it shouldn’t be, maybe
that should be Portuguese or French another tongue, but it is. So in theory we
could keep ICANN’s language services team very busy translating all the traffic
on the fellowship mailing lists and Facebook groups, helping break down barriers
to participation, but given ICANN’s website is barely translated into languages
other than English, in practice I think we need to make better use of their
time. I think it’s quite reasonable to expect that all public-facing documents
are translated by ICANN into the seven official languages. Maybe more
face-to-face sessions and working group calls should have simultaneous
interpretation too. And I would like all sessions to have live captioning. But I
respectfully submit that this is not a discussion for the renewed focus of the
Fellowship programme.
- Ayden
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 2:15 PM, Mamadou LO [log in to unmask] wrote:
+1 Arsene TUNGALI
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Head of Communication and Information Department
Crédit Agricole Sénégal
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Objet : Re: ICANN Fellowship Program Application Process Review Just a quick reaction,
Fellows shouldn't be expected to speak English to be selected because ICANN
meetings work with all UN languages (though English is their working language).
It is still indeed a barrier because the application form is in English and I
remember having serious issues to fill it some time ago (as a native French
speaker).
I think this needs to be looked into very seriously to ensure inclusion and
diversity
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CEO, Smart Services Sarl , Mabingwa Forum
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2016-06-15 14:06 GMT+02:00 Ayden Férdeline < [log in to unmask] > :
Thanks for sharing this, Mamadou. Mama J has proposed some very sensible changes
to the Fellowship programme here. I will review the supporting documents more
closely over the coming weeks and respond to the consultation activity in my
personal capacity, but I would hope that this renewed mandate and focus of the
Fellowship programme is something we as the NCSG are able to support. From a
cursory glance at the documents, I'm glad to see that we now acknowledge that
there are factors other than nationality which contribute to inequality — so
trying to bring voices in from women, indigenous people, the LGBT community, and
those with disabilities is a push we need. I would also suggest that linguistic
barriers remain in this proposal (I believe Fellows must speak English to
participate?), but that's a much harder obstacle to overcome and I certainly
don't have any solutions. The proposed changes to the Fellowship programme will
see it being more goal-driven and merit-based: it has my support.
- Ayden
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 12:52 PM, Mamadou LO [log in to unmask] wrote:
FYI
Mamadou
Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 3:15 AM
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Fellowship Program Application Process Review
NEWS ALERT
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-14-en
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ICANN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION PROCESS REVIEW
14 June 2016
Open Date:
14 June 2016
Close Date:
29 July 2016
Originating Organization:
Development and Public Responsibility Department
Categories/Tags:
Reviews/Improvements
Brief Overview:
Leading up to the ten-year anniversary of ICANN's Fellowship program, the
organization has evaluated this successful initiative in order to address the
needs of the global community and provide appropriate enhancements to ensure
that the program will continue to thrive while addressing today's ICANN and its
capacity-building needs. In this regard, the ICANN staff have identified areas
of improvement, mainly to the language used to describe Applicant Selection
Criteria and the application assessment process. In doing so, ICANN staff is
looking to ensure that the Fellowship selection process remains accountable,
transparent, and independent while continuing to strengthen the ICANN
Multistakeholder Model.
Link:
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-application-process-review-2016-06-14-en
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