Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
One of the five objectives of ICANN's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2021-2025 is to improve the effectiveness of our multistakeholder model of governance – a model that grew to fit our needs. As ICANN continues to evolve, and as our environment becomes more complex, our governance model, including our deeply valued bottom-up decision making process, must also evolve. The 'Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model' (MSM) project was launched in 2019 to address this strategic objective. Working collaboratively with community, ICANN Board published the final version of the paper, 'Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model' on 14 October 2020. Subsequently, the MSM project moved into implementation phase. See the publicly available MSM wiki page for up to date information on the implementation efforts and the progress ICANN org is making
Timeline Leading Up to Implementation
14 October 2020 |
Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model |
14 October 2020 | Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model (REDLINED) |
4 June 2020 | Public Comment: Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps |
20 December 2019 | Public Comment: Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget |
27 August 2019 | Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model |
12 June 2019 | Final Issues List [PDF, 80 KB] |
25 April 2019 | Issues List [PDF, 109 KB] |
Calendar of Events
15 June 2020 |
1600 – 1700 UTC Zoom Recording |
7 November 2019 |
ICANN66: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Session 1530 – 1700 UTC Zoom recording |
16 October 2019 |
ICANN66 Prep Week Webinar: Evolution of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model 1600 – 1700 UTC Zoom recording |
12 September 2019 |
Webinar: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance 1600-1700 UTC Zoom recording |
11 September 2019 |
Webinar: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance 2300-2400 UTC Zoom recording |
25 June 2019 |
ICANN65: Evolving the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model 1600-1730 UTC Zoom recording |
12 June 2019 |
Webinar: Update on Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance Zoom recording |
14 and 15 May 2019 |
Webinar: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance 14 May 2019 15 May 2019 |
14 Mar 2019 |
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