Work Stream 4

Work Stream 4 – Consider the extent to which assessments and actions undertaken by ICANN have been successful in ensuring that ICANN is acting transparently, is accountable for its decision-making, and acts in the public interest

Chair: Fiona Asonga

Facilitator: Lise Fuhr

• Avri Doria
• Lawrence Strickling
• Stephen Conroy
• Brian Cute
• David Conrad
• Fiona Asonga
• Carlos Raúl Gutierrez
• Olivier Crépin-Leblond
• Lise Fuhr
• Jørgen Abild Andersen
• Xinsheng Zhang

Call schedule

• Call 01 - Friday, 31 May - 13:00-14:00 UTC
• Call 02 - Tuesday, 4 June - 18:00-19:00 UTC
• Call 03 - Thursday, 13 June - 14:00-15:00 UTC
• Call 04 - Tuesday, 18 June (doodle poll sent 11 June)  cancelled
• Full Review Team - Thursday, 20 June -16:00-17:30 UTC
• Call 04 - Tuesday, 25 June - 19:00-20:00
• Thursday, 27 June cancelled
• Call 05 - Tuesday, 2 July - 16:00-17:00 UTC (calendar invitation sent 28 June)

Potential Recommendations

Potential recommendations (16 August 2013)

New Issues

-        Looking at the recommendations of the three other groups – ICANN’s interpretation of review team recommendations – ICANN’s implementation of the recommendations.  Asking the question: “Does it satisfy the standard outlined in the affirmation?”

-        Review the Board and staff process used to review, implement and oversee recommendations of review teams.

-        Review actions of the Board and staff in ensuring public interest

-        [cross cutting]  Metrics, success criteria.  How processes can   be verified in an accountable and transparent way. (Olivier suggested that this issue may be considered specifically by WS 4)

-        [cross cutting]  Review methods for continual assessment

-        [cross cutting]  Accountability + Transparency = Legitimacy towards Governments and the larger Internet.  How is ICANN outreach doing?  Where it going? (Joergen will  prepare a short paper regarding Accountability +Transparency = Legitimacy issue)

-        [cross cutting]  Efficiency, effectiveness and legitimacy

-        [cross cutting]  Transparency as a default condition

-        [cross cutting]  How ICANN can be effective and efficient while improving full multi-stakeholder participation, accountability and transparency.

Proposed questions for staff and Board:

1.        What processes have been established for implementing and overseeing recommendations of the review teams?

2.        What did you learn?

3.        What worked well?  What did not work well?  What adjustments had to be made?

4.        What improvements were made in the subsequent review processes?

5.        How did staff and Board ensure that public interest was addressed after the implementation was completed?