[bc-gnso] Public Comments: Proposal for the Systematization of the Organizational Review Processes

[BC Secretariat]

Public Comments: Proposal for the Systematization of the Organizational 
Review Processes

9 June 2009

The Structural Improvements Committee of the Board has - among other 
duties - the responsibility of 'Reviewing, and suggesting changes as 
warranted to, ICANN's policies and processes governing organizational 
review'.

In this role, and taking stock from the lessons learned in the recent past, 
the Structural Improvements Committee undertook an analysis of the 
processes, timeline and methodology of the Organizational Review activity, 
which is crucial for the organizational improvement of ICANN. Based on this 
analysis, the Structural Improvements Committee presents now for public 
comments its proposals for a systematization of the OR processes [PDF, 
673K].

The paper analyses - for each of the phases making up the Organizational 
Review processes - the opportunities in revising the phases, their 
objectives, the lessons learnt, and proposals for their systematization. The 
adoption of the proposed processes since the present phases of the first 
round of ORs will contribute to enhance accountability and transparency of 
organizational reviews, to increase consultation with the communities under 
review, and to streamline key phases of the processes.

A public comment period is now open until the 8 July 2009 to allow comments 
from the community and interested parties.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat