ICANN's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2016-2020
On 16 October 2014, the ICANN Board adopted the Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2016 – 2020.
Developed through an extensive, collaborative, bottom-up, multistakeholder and multilingual process, the Strategic Plan provides an opportunity for the global community to coalesce around a new overarching vision and long-term objectives. The Strategic Plan: articulates ICANN's new Vision; restates ICANN's founding Mission; and sets forth five Strategic Objectives and sixteen Strategic Goals, each with Key Success Factors (Outcomes), and Strategic Risks.
VISION: ICANN's vision is that of an independent, global organization trusted worldwide to coordinate the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers to support a single, open globally interoperable Internet. ICANN builds trust through serving the public interest and incorporating the transparent and effective cooperation among stakeholders worldwide to facilitate its coordination role.
Strategic Objectives
- Evolve and further globalize ICANN
- Support a healthy, stable, and resilient unique identifier ecosystem
- Advance organizational, technological, and operational excellence
- Promote ICANN's role and multistakeholder approach
- Develop and implement a global public interest framework bounded by ICANN's mission.
Read the entire Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2016-2020 online:
- English [PDF, 1.65 MB] | Mobile Accessible [PDF, 408 KB]
- Español [PDF, 436 KB]
- Français [PDF, 495 KB]
- Русский [PDF, 320 KB]
- 简体中文 [PDF, 442 KB]
- العربية [PDF, 389 KB]
- Português [PDF, 441 KB]
Additional Links and Information
- ICANN's previous Strategic Plan (2012-2015) [PDF, 864 KB]
- ICANN Bylaws – Mission and Core Values
- ICANN's FY14 Security, Stability & Resiliency Framework [PDF, 5.93 MB]
Questions?
Do you have questions related to strategic planning? If so, please contact us by emailing planning@icann.org.