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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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<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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<span><strong><a
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Biaou Honored with
2020 Dr. Tarek Kamel
Award for Capacity
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<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"
target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">introduced</a>
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"
rel="noreferrer"
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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