IANA Stewardship Transition &

Enhancing ICANN Accountability

Joyce Chen, GSE Strategy & Development Senior Manager, ICANN

Indonesia IGF 2016 | 15 November 2016

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What is ICANN?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and

Numbers (ICANN) is a global multistakeholder, private

sector-led organization that manages Internet resources for

the public benefit

• ICANN's mission overall is to coordinate the global Internet's

systems of unique identifiers, and in particular to ensure the stable

and secure operation of those unique identifier systems

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What is ICANN?

GLOBAL COMMUNITY:

• Participants from all over the world are

dedicated to keeping the Internet secure,

stable, and interoperable

MULTISTAKEHOLDER:

• Bottom-up consensus policy

processes

• Any stakeholder with an interest in

the Domain Name System can

have a voice directly heard in

decision making

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The global ICANN Community At Work

The Bottom-Up Multistakeholder Model

The collective efforts of the ICANN community culminate in a common shared goal:

A single, interoperable Internet supported by stable, secure and resilient unique identifier systems

Business & Domain

Name Interests

Governmental

Interests

Country Domain Name Interests

IP Address Interests

Technical

Interests

Internet User

Interests

POLICY / ADVICE

Business Government &

Governmental

Organizations

Civil Society Domain

Name

Business

Internet

Users

Academic Technical

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ICANN coordinates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions

What are the IANA Functions?

These functions include:

Coordination of the

assignment of technical

Internet protocol

parameters

Administration of certain

responsibilities

associated with Internet

DNS Root zone

management

Allocation of Internet IP

addresses

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IANA Functions Contract Expired – 1 October 2016

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An Unprecedented Multistakeholder Effort

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Why Does This Matter?

The IANA Stewardship Transition is important for all

stakeholders

Ensures the continued openness, interoperability and stability

of the Internet which both countries and their citizens

economically, socially and culturally benefit from

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Two Parallel Processes

The community developed and followed two parallel processes:

IANA Stewardship Transition

Focused on delivering a proposal to transition the stewardship of the IANA

functions to the multistakeholder community

Enhancing ICANN Accountability

Focused on ensuring that ICANN remains accountable in the absence

of its historical contractual relationship with the U.S. Government

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Community-developed Proposals

Does not replace

the NTIA role with a

government-led or

intergovernmental

organization

solution

Supports and

enhance the

multistakehold

er model

Maintains the

security, stability

and resiliency of

the Internet DNS

Meets the needs

and expectations

of the global

customers and

partners of the

IANA services

Maintains the

openness of the

Internet

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Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)

Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) was incorporated in August 2016 as an

affiliate of ICANN, and, through contracts and subcontracts with ICANN,

began performing the IANA functions on behalf of ICANN in October 2016.

PTI is responsible for the operation of the IANA functions

Not-for-profit, public corporation

ENHANCING ICANN

ACCOUNTABILITY

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Work Streams

To address accountability concerns raised during initial discussions on IANA

Stewardship Transition, a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN

Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) was convened.

The CCWG-Accountability’s work consists of two tracks:

WORK STREAM 1: Focused on mechanisms enhancing ICANN accountability

that must be in place or committed to within the time frame of the IANA

Stewardship Transition.

WORK STREAM 2: Focused on addressing accountability topics for which a

timeline for developing solutions and full implementation may extend beyond the

IANA Stewardship Transition.

GOAL: The CCWG-Accountability is expected to deliver proposals that would

enhance ICANN’s accountability towards all its stakeholders

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Four Building Blocks

The CCWG-Accountability identified four building blocks that would form

the mechanisms required to improve ICANN’s accountability.

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Principles / Mission

⦿ Limited scope of what ICANN can do; no “content regulation”

⦿ Updated definition of role for Domain Names, Numbering Resources

and Protocol Parameters

⦿ Incorporate Affirmation of Commitment (AoC) reviews

⦿ Commitment to Human Rights

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Independent Appeals & Review Mechanisms

⦿ An enhanced Independent Review Process and redress process with

a broader scope and the power to ensure ICANN stays within its

Mission

⦿ A community Independent Review Process as an enforcement

mechanism further to a Board action or inaction

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ICANN Board of Directors

⦿ Clarify Board obligations with regard to consideration of Advice provided by

the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)

⦿ Include the review of Supporting Organization and Advisory Committee

accountability mechanisms in the independent structural reviews

performed on a regular basis

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Empowered ICANN Community

⦿ Powers exercised by five

groups within the ICANN

community, recognized as a

“Sole Designator”

⦿ Strong focus on

Engagement and

Escalation, before

Enforcement

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Our Work Is Not Done!

The CCWG-Accountability’s work consists of two Work Streams:

WORK STREAM 1: Focused on mechanisms enhancing ICANN accountability that must

be in place or committed to within the time frame of the IANA Stewardship Transition

(COMPLETED)

WORK STREAM 2: Focused on addressing accountability topics for which a timeline for

developing solutions and full implementation may extend beyond the IANA Stewardship

Transition (IN PROGRESS)

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WorkStream2Topics

Diversity

HumanRights

Jurisdic<on

SO/ACAccountability

StaffAccountability

Transparency

Ombudsman

Work Stream 2 Planning

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What Can I Do Now To Get Involved?

Join Work Stream 2

CCWG-Accountability, contact acct-staff@icann.org

Participate in a public comment period

Participating in public comment periods is an integral part of ICANN’s

inclusive and bottom-up model of proposal development

Stay up to date on recent developments

Visit: https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability

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