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      Bulgarian ISOC, Ramanou!!<br>
      Well deserved, and well done!!<br>
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      Thanks, Judith, for letting us know!<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/19/20 14:01, Judith Hellerstein
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      <p>HI All,</p>
      <p>A big congratulations to ISOC Benin's leader, Ramanou Biaou for
        being awarded the 2020 Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity
        Building. Such a great honor.  Ramanou has been instrumental on
        building up capacity within ISOC Benin and working to enable his
        community to become active within meetings with the Internet
        Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Governance Forum
        (IGF), and ICANN</p>
      <p>Cheers,</p>
      <p>Judith Hellerstein</p>
      <p>Accessibility SIG, Secretary</p>
      <p>Member, ISOC DC<br>
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Judith Hellerstein, Founder & CEO
Hellerstein & Associates
3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington DC 20008
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                                            <span><strong><a
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                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">Ramanou
                                                  Biaou Honored with
                                                  2020 Dr. Tarek Kamel
                                                  Award for Capacity
                                                  Building</a></strong></span></p>
                                          <p><span style="color:#000000">19
                                              October 2020</span></p>
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                                          <p>LOS ANGELES – 19 October
                                            2020 – The Internet
                                            Corporation for Assigned
                                            Names and Numbers (ICANN) is
                                            honored to announce the
                                            first recipient of the 2020
                                            Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for
                                            Capacity Building is Ramanou
                                            Biaou.</p>
                                          <p>The ICANN Board recognizes
                                            Biaou's commitment to local
                                            and regional
                                            capacity-building programs
                                            in his home country of Benin
                                            as well as across Africa. He
                                            has worked to improve the
                                            technical skills of women in
                                            Africa and encouraged their
                                            participation in endeavors
                                            related to the Internet and
                                            Domain Name System (DNS).
                                            Through his efforts, the
                                            diversity and number of new
                                            ICANN community members
                                            increased.</p>
                                          <p>Since 2018, Biaou has been
                                            the President of the
                                            Internet Society, Benin
                                            Chapter. He introduced a
                                            program to enable local
                                            community members'
                                            participation in meetings
                                            with the Internet
                                            Engineering Task Force
                                            (IETF), the Internet
                                            Governance Forum (IGF), and
                                            ICANN. Biaou is active in
                                            the African Regional
                                            At-Large Organization
                                            (AFRALO) at ICANN and also
                                            serves as a member of the
                                            Root Server System Advisory
                                            Committee (RSSAC) Caucus.</p>
                                          <p>ICANN first <a
                                              href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/JR2PC20l2E0NS780dg00000"
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                                            the Dr. Tarek Kamel Award
                                            for Capacity Building in
                                            January 2020 to honor
                                            members of the ICANN
                                            community who have
                                            contributed significantly to
                                            national, regional, or
                                            global capacity-development
                                            programs related to ICANN's
                                            mission. This award was
                                            established in honor of the
                                            late Dr. Tarek Kamel, an
                                            Internet pioneer known for
                                            his contributions to global
                                            Internet governance. At the
                                            time of his passing, Dr.
                                            Kamel was ICANN's Senior
                                            Advisor to the President and
                                            Senior Vice President for
                                            Government and
                                            Intergovernmental
                                            Organization Engagement.</p>
                                          <p>You can watch an interview
                                            with Ramanou Biaou and learn
                                            more about the award <a
                                              href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/c00022gC0PNR02dET08m700"
                                              target="_blank"
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                                              moz-do-not-send="true">here</a>.</p>
                                          <h3>About ICANN</h3>
                                          <p>ICANN's mission is to help
                                            ensure a stable, secure, and
                                            unified global Internet. To
                                            reach another person on the
                                            Internet, you need to type
                                            an address – a name or a
                                            number – into your computer
                                            or other device. This
                                            address must be unique, so
                                            computers know where to find
                                            each other. ICANN helps
                                            coordinate and support these
                                            unique identifiers across
                                            the world. ICANN was formed
                                            in 1998 as a not-for-profit
                                            public-benefit corporation
                                            with a community of
                                            participants from all over
                                            the world.</p>
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