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July 2013

 During the ICANN meeting in Durban Nora Abusita, Vice President for Public Responsibility Programs, explained the status of the Online Learning Platform (OLP) and it was discussed how to merge both efforts in the most effective way. It was agreed, that for a pilot programme in October, participants will get the chance to use the OLP for the first time, even before the official launch during the Buenos Aires Meeting. This should then be seen as a first test case for this tool.

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May / June 2013

Follow up with the action items from April: drafting a proposal and collaborating in terms of the online learning tool with Nora Abusita, newly assigned Vice President for Public Responsibility Programs. She is responsible for developing the OLP. A follow up call with key players in this matter was organised. Matthew Shears was not working on this project anymore because he changed job.

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April 2013

On 2 April 2013 a tele-meeting took place where we discussed the results of the survey and finalised the agenda for Beijing. One week later the WG met F2F during the ICANN meeting in Beijing. The survey results were presented and conclusions drawn from it. Matthew Shears consulted the WG meeting and explaing his ideas and exchanged views about the develpment of an online Learning tool. After Beijing we hat to submit a project proposal again for a piloit leadership training programme taking place in Buenos Aires.

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March 2013

The results of the survey were evaluated and discussed by the WG. The WG was informed that  ICANN recently engaged Matthew Shears to develop an online education platform for ICANN. The aim of this initiative is very much inline with what our WG proposed in the past: pull together existing things, add new content and provide different formats and mechanisms to meet the different needs of ICANN Stakeholder groups. The agenda for the WG meeting in Beijing was developed.

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