[council] FW: [Soac-infoalert] Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance - Process and Next Steps - ICANN

[Jonathan Robinson]

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Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance -
Process and Next Steps - ICANN

 

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Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance - Process and Next Steps


ICANN today published Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance -
Process and Next Steps
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en> , a
document that describes the process to examine how, from an organizational
perspective, ICANN's accountability mechanisms should be strengthened to
address the absence of its historical relationship with the US Government
including looking at strengthening existing accountability mechanisms. On 14
March 2014, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) announced its intention to transition its stewardship of the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority to the global stakeholder community, which would
end its contractual relationship with ICANN that has existed since 1998.
That historical relationship has been perceived as a backstop with regard to
ICANN's organization-wide accountability.

Last spring, when the community began its initial discussions on the task of
transitioning NTIA's stewardship of the IANA Functions, the community raised
the broader topic of the impact of the change on ICANN's accountability.
What emerged was a commitment to launch a second process - parallel but
interrelated with the IANA stewardship transition process - to do this work.

During an extended public comment period from the beginning of May to the
end of June, we received 49 comments, with a majority discussing the more
substantive aspects of accountability, while some focused on the design of
the review process itself.

We took those comments relating to the development of the process, along
with those from the community dialogues at the ICANN 50 meeting in London,
and developed the accountability review process published today. The
comments provided on issues for consideration for enhancements to ICANN
accountability, or proposed solutions, are provided in a separate document
for consideration by the community groups performing the work on Enhancing
ICANN accountability.

An important attribute of the IANA Stewardship Transition process and this
ICANN Accountability & Governance Review process is that the work of each
completes in time to meet the expectations of the IANA Functions Contract
ending in September 2015.

The Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance Process and Next Steps
document can be found here
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en>
[PDF
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/process-next-steps-pdf-14aug14-
en.pdf> , 131 KB].

An infographic providing a visual display of the proposed process can be
found here
<https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/process-infographic-14aug1
4-en.pdf>  [PDF, 926 KB].

A Summary Report of Public Comments received on the proposed process can be
found here
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-enhancing-accou
ntability-14aug14-en.pdf>  [PDF, 414 KB].

Comments provided on issues for consideration for enhancements to ICANN
accountability are found here
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/issues-identified-14aug14-en.pd
f>  [PDF, 69 KB], on proposed solutions here
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-solutions-14aug14-en.p
df>  [PDF, 128 KB] and all public comments received can be found here
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-enhancing-accountability-06may14> .

 

 

David A. Olive

Vice President, Policy Development Support
General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters -Istanbul

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 

Direct Line: +90.212.381.8727 

Mobile:       + 1. 202.341.3611

Email:  david.olive at icann.org

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