Exploring the ’Public Interest’ within ICANN’s Remit · “ICANN defines the global public interest in relation to the Internet as ensuring the Internet becomes, and continues

Exploring the ’Public Interest’ within ICANN’s RemitHigh Interest Session | ICANN55 | 7 March 2016

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BACKGROUND THE STRATEGY PANEL ON THE

PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY

FRAMEWORK

RECENT DISCUSSIONS:

EURALO AND IGF

OPEN DISCUSSION CONCLUDING REMARKS AND

NEXT STEPS

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Agenda

Background Nora Abusitta, SVP Development and Public Responsibility Programs

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Why a High Interest Session?

May 2014 ICANN53 ICANN54 IGF 2015 Dec

2016 Today

The Strategy Panel

Publishes Report with

Draft Definition

Informal discussions on useful items

EURALO General

AssemblySO/AC/SG/RALO

Discussions

Session “The ‘global public

interest’ in critical Internet

resources”

Publication of community

resources wiki and mailing list

• Recurring topic of discussion and community requests to discuss• Several Themes have been linked to it• Bandwidth for Discussions to Commence

Why now?

High Interest Session to

Gather Input and Discuss Next Steps

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Organizational Background Research: Takeaways

Departments have general understand of topic and how ICANN’s mission- to support a single, stable, interoperable Internet- serves the “global public interest”

Some gaps exist in clear discussion, understanding or implementation of definitions

Creation of a living inventory of documents referencing the term

Concerns about making sure ICANN’s remit is central as conversations progress

The need to understand how any potential definition or definitions will impact ICANN operationally, fiscally and legally

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Publication of Resources

Community Wiki: http://bit.ly/icannPI

• BackgroundReadingonStrategyPanelonthePublicResponsibilityFramework• StaffSupportedResources

• “Public Interest”Departmental Synthesis• InventoryofReferencestotheGlobalPublic InterestandPublicInterest

• RecentDialoguesandSessionsonthisTopic• GlobalPublic InterestinCritical InternetResources,WS52

• November11,2015,InternetGovernanceForum10th AnnualmeetinginJoão Pessoa,Brazil

• At-LargeEURALOGeneralAssembly Part1• October21,2015,ICANN54PublicMeetings inDublin,Ireland

• GlobalPublic InterestoftheInternet,WS159• September 4,2014,InternetGovernanceForummeeting inIstanbul,

Turkey• RelatedAcademicResources• OnlineMaterial- BlogPosts,OpinionPiecesandArticles

Mailing List:http://bit.ly/PImailer

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Inventory

•AffirmationofCommitments•AffirmationofCommitments: Reactions•WHOISPolicyReviewTeamFinalReport•ICANNBylaws•ICANNStrategicPlanforfiscalyears2016-2020•CrossCommunityWorkingGroup(CCWG)Accountability InitialDraftProposalforPublicComment•Public InterestCommitment DisputeResolution Procedure•GACOperatingPrinciples

•FinalRecommendations oftheAccountabilityandTransparencyReviewTeam(ATRT1)•Accountability andTransparencyReviewTeam2ReportandRecommendations (ATRT2)•ICANNDraftFY16OperatingPlan&Budget•BoardGovernanceGuidelines•ICANNDocumentaryInformationDisclosurePolicy•RegistryAgreement•2013RegistrarAccreditation Agreement•RightsProtectionMechanisms Review•Competition, ConsumerChoice,andConsumerTrustReviews(CCT)•NewgTLD ApplicantGuidebook•IndependentObjector(IO)

The Strategy Panel on the Public Responsibility FrameworkNii Quaynor

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The Strategy Panel on the Public Responsibility Framework

The Panel was Chaired by Nii Quaynor and members were Tim Berners-Lee, Blake Irving, Soumitra Dutta, Nevine Tewfik, Bob Hinden, and Raúl Zambrano.

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Panel Definition

“ICANNdefinestheglobalpublicinterestinrelationtotheInternetasensuringtheInternetbecomes,and

continuestobe,stable,inclusive,andaccessibleacrosstheglobesothatallmayenjoythebenefitsofasingleandopenInternet.Inaddressingitspublicresponsibility,ICANNmustbuildtrustintheInternetanditsgovernance

ecosystem."

Recent DiscussionsEURALO at ICANN54Wolf Ludwig

Recent DiscussionsIGF The ‘Global Public Interest’ in Critical Internet ResourcesMarília Maciel

Open DiscussionOlivier Crepin-Leblond

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• Howisthetermunderstood/appliedinSO/AC/SG/RALOscurrently?

• Whataretheexpectationsonhowthisconversationshouldmoveforward?• Howcouldthisbeappliedto:

• ICANN’sprocesses• SO/AC/SG/RALOdecision-makingandwork

• Whatexpectationsandhopesaretherefornextsteps?

Questions from Initial Conversations

Wrap Up