Post ATLAS II Implementation - Recommendations

ATLAS II Recommendations

Board Recommendations highlighted in yellow target the ICANN Board

No.	Recommendation	Recipient	Thematic Group Source	Assignees	Status
1	ICANN should continue to support outreach programmes that engage a broader audience, in order to reinforce participation from all stakeholders.	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff	TG1	Outreach & Engagement Evan Leibovitch (info only) @leon.sanchez (info only)	completed
2	ICANN should increase support (budget, staff) to programmes having brought valuable members to the community.	ICANN Staff	TG1	Outreach & Engagement Capacity Building Finance and Budget	completed
3	ICANN should continue to shape an accountability model reaching not only Board members but all parts of the ICANN community, in order to develop a more transparent and productive environment	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff; ICANN Community	TG1	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	Completed
4	ICANN should study the possibility of enhancing and increasing the role of Liaisons between its different Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations (AC/SOs) to do away with the “silo culture”.	ICANN SO & AC Chairs	TG1	ALT	completed
5	ICANN should examine how best to ensure that end-users remain at the heart of the accountability process in all aspects pertaining to the transition of stewardship of the IANA function.	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff; ICANN Community	TG1	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	completed
6	ICANN’s MSM should serve as the reference in encouraging all participants (individuals or parties) to declare and update existing or potential conflicts-of-interest, each time a vote takes place or consensus is sought.	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff; ICANN Community	TG1	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	Completed - Pending confirmation from the ALAC regarding the 'Next Step'
7	A periodic review of ICANN's MSM should be performed to ensure that the processes and the composition of ICANN’s constituent parts adequately address the relevant decision-making requirements in the Corporation	ICANN Board	TG1	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	In Progress
8	The ALAC has the duty to keep track of action taken on all of the above recommendations.	ALAC	TG1	ALAC	completed
9	ICANN should open regional offices with a clear strategy, subject to a cost-benefit analysis, focusing on the areas where the access to the Internet is growing, and where such growth is more likely to occur.	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff	TG2	Staff ALAC	completed
10	The next evolution of language services must adopt further extension of live scribing for all meetings and generally extend the current interpretation and translation processes and make translation available in a timely manner.	ICANN Staff (language service)	TG2	Accessibility Technology Task Force	completed
11	ICANN must implement a range of services to facilitate access according to various criteria (gender; cultural diversity) and user needs (disabilities, etc…).	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff	TG2	Accessibility Technology Task Force	Completed
12	In collaboration with At-Large Structures, ICANN should put in place campaigns to raise awareness and extend education programmes across underrepresented regions.	ICANN GSE Staff	TG2	Capacity Building Outreach & Engagement GSE Staff	Completed
13	ICANN should review the overall balance of stakeholder representation to ensure that appropriate consideration is given to all views, proportionally to their scope and relevance.	ICANN Board	TG2	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	In Progress
14	ICANN should adjust its contractual framework to minimize conflict between its requirements and relevant national laws.	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff	TG2	Olivier Crepin-Leblond IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	Completed
15	ICANN should examine the possibility of modifying its legal structure befitting a truly global organization, and examine appropriate legal and organizational solutions.	ICANN Board	TG2	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	completed
16	ICANN needs to improve their direct communications regardless of time zones.	ICANN Board; ICANN GSE Staff	TG2	ATLAS II IT ALT	Completed
17	ICANN needs to be sensitive to the fact that social media are blocked in certain countries and, in conjunction with technical bodies, promote credible alternatives	ICANN GSE Staff; ICANN CIIO	TG2	Technology Task Force Social Media	completed
18	Support end-users to take part in policy development.	ICANN Policy Staff	TG3	Capacity Building ALS Criteria & Expectations	completed
19	Eliminate barriers to participation and engagement with ICANN processes and practices.	?	TG3	Capacity Building Outreach & Engagement ALS Criteria & Expectations Technology Taskforce	completed
20	Input the user perspective, wherever necessary, to advance accountability, transparency and policy development within ICANN.	ICANN Board	TG3	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	Completed
21	Encourage public campaigns on using the Internet for education, information, creativity and empowerment.	ICANN Board; GSE Staff	TG3	Outreach & Engagement Social Media	Discard
22	Members of the general public should be able to participate in ICANN on an issue-by-issue basis. Information on the ICANN website should, where practical, be in clear and non-technical language.	ICANN GSE Staff	TG4	Social Media	completed
23	The roles and jurisdiction of the Ombudsman should be expanded. The ICANN website should provide a clear and simple way for the public to make complaints.	Contractual Compliance, ICANN Board, Chris LaHatte	TG4	Future Challenges Social Media	Completed
24	Both the areas of the Ombudsman and Contractual Compliance should report regularly on the complaints they received, resolved, pending resolution and actions taken to address issues raised by unresolved complaints.	Contractual Compliance, ICANN Board, Chris LaHatte	TG4	Social Media	completed
25	To enhance ICANN's community effort on building a culture of Transparency and Accountability, as called for in the recommendations of ATRT2, oversight of the Board's decisions now requires an effective mechanism of checks and balances, capable of providing true multi-stakeholder oversight and effective remedies.	ICANN Board; ICANN SO and Acs	TG4	IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability	completed
26	Current policy management processes within ICANN are insufficient. ICANN must implement a workable Policy Management Process System, available for use across the SO/ACs, in order to: • enhance Knowledge Management, • improve the effectiveness of all ICANN volunteer communities, • improve cross-community policy-specific activity, • enhance policy development metrics, • facilitate multilingual engagement, • create a taxonomy of policy categories, • provide policy development history as an aid for newcomers.	ICANN Policy Staff; ICANN Board	TG5	Social Media Technology Task Force Capacity Building	In Progress
27	The Board must implement ATRT2 Recommendation 9.1, regarding Formal Advice from Advisory Committees.	ICANN Board	TG5		completed
28	The ALAC should work with all RALOs and ALSes to map the current expertise and interests in their membership, to identify Subject Matter Experts and facilitate policy communication.	ALAC	TG5	ALAC RALO Chairs	In Progress
29	The ALAC should implement an automated system for tracking topics of interest currently being discussed among the various RALOs, and accessible by everyone.	ALAC	TG5	Capacity Building Technology Task Force Social Media RALO Chairs	in progress
30	For each Public Comment process, SOs and ACs should be adequately resourced to produce impact statements.	ICANN SO & AC Chairs	TG5	ALAC	completed
31	ICANN and the ALAC should investigate the use of simple tools and methods to facilitate participation in public comments, and the use of crowdsourcing.	ALAC; ICANN GSE Staff	TG5	Social Media Technology Task Force RALO Chairs	completed
32	ICANN should ensure that all acronyms, terminology in its materials are clearly defined in simpler terms.	ICANN Staff	TG5	ALAC	completed
33	The ALAC should arrange more At-Large Capacity Building Webinars.	ALAC	TG5	ALAC Capacity Building	COMPLETED
34	In collaboration with the global Internet user community, the ALAC shall reiterate the link between the fundamental rights of Internet users, and the Public Interest.	ALAC	TG5	ALAC	completed
35	The ICANN Board should hold a minimum of one conference call with the At-Large Community in between ICANN Public Meetings.	ALAC; ICANN Board	TG5	ALAC	completed
36	The At-Large Community should envisage conference calls with other ACs and SOs in between ICANN public meetings to improve collaboration and engagement.	ICANN SO & AC Chairs	TG5	ALAC Liaisons	completed
37	Additional logistical support from ICANN is needed to improve the At-Large wiki.	ICANN Staff	TG5	Website Revamp Team	COMPLETED
38	ICANN should ensure that its Beginner Guides are easily accessible.	ICANN Staff	TG5	Outreach & Engagement Capacity Building	completed
39	ICANN should encourage “open data” best practices that foster re-use of the information by any third party.	ICANN Staff	TG5	Technology Task Force	completed
40	ICANN should offer a process similar to the Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (CROPP), but applicable to short lead-time budget requests not related to travel.	ICANN Board; ICANN Staff	TG5	Finance and Budget Outreach & Engagement	COMPLETED