[AfrICANN-discuss] Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps

[Yaovi Atohoun]

Hi all,

(Francais: Il s'agit de la publication d'une version revisée  des prochaines
étapes  sur le  processus  concernant la "Responsabilité" de l'ICANN.
L'annonce originale est disponible à
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-10-en)

Please see original announcement here:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-10-en

ICANN today published Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and
Next Steps 
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-10-10-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 U.S. Government.
This revision incorporates comments from a further 21-day comment period
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/enhancing-accountability-2014-09-05-e
n>  from 6-27 September 2014.
We appreciate and apologize that this is being posted so close to the ICANN
meeting. However, we wanted to provide the revised process to the community
so it is available for the ICANN 51 meeting.
On 14 March 2014 the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) announced
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition
-key-internet-domain-name-functions> its intent to transition its
stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to
the global multistakeholder community. NTIA asked ICANN, as the IANA
functions contractor and global coordinator for the Domain Name System
(DNS), to convene a multistakeholder process to develop a proposal for the
transition, which would end ICANN's contractual relationship with the U.S.
Government that has existed since 1998. That historical relationship has
been perceived as a backstop with regard toICANN's organization-wide
accountability.
ICANN received 17 comments
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-enhancing-accountability-06sep14/>
during the 21-day further comment period. Based on the input received,ICANN
proposes integrating the originally proposed two-group structure into a
single Cross Community Working Group (CCWG), in reflection of the strong
community support for the CCWG model. Additionally, given the input over the
course of the discussions on this process, it's suggested that the CCWG has
two work steams: one focused on accountability in light of ICANN's changing
historical relationship with the U.S. Government; and the second, on the
broader accountability issues the community would like to bring to the
forefront.
The Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps document
can be found here 
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-10-10-en>
[PDF 
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/process-next-steps-pdf-10oct14-
en.pdf> , 350 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-10oct14-en.pdf>  [PDF. 506 KB].
Public comments received can be found here
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-enhancing-accountability-06sep14/> .
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Thank you
-
Yaovi Atohoun
Stakeholder Engagement and Operations  Manager ­ Africa
ICANN ­  www.icann.org
Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228


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