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WHAT HAS CHANGED FOR FY20 (these changes have been made based on community feedback, to facilitate clarity about the scope of the program):

• Determining whether a specific country is within an applicable geographical region will be done in accordance with the list of countries and geographic regions currently used by ICANN org’s Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) team, and not the ICANN meeting regions - click here to see the full GSE list of countries and regions. 

• While the rule that at least 1 out of 3 allocated trips must be to either an ICANN Public Meeting or ICANN-organized meeting taking place in the applicable region, this no longer needs to be the first CROP trip for the FY (i.e. any 1 out of the 3 allocated trips may fulfill this rule).

• While conference registration fees will not generally be funded, a limited exception has been created that requires approval from the Vice-President for Strategic Community Operations, Planning and Engagement (SCOPE) in consultation with the relevant regional GSE Vice-President.

• Instead of a “5 working days plus 6 weeks” deadline for trip proposals and bookings, the applicable period, starting with the last day for submitting a trip proposal, is now seven (7) weeks from the commencement date of the proposed trip. However, concurrence from the relevant GSE regional Vice-President must still be obtained at least six (6) weeks before the trip commencement date.