ICANN What’s in it for me Andrea.Beccalli@icann.org
2. How does ICANN work?
A multistakeholder policy- & decision-making approach “Stakeholder” refers broadly to anyone who has an interest in the Internet Within ICANN, stakeholders include: Technical Large and Researchers Civil society Governments End users community small and academics businesses The multistakeholder community functions on bottom-up consensus building which, by design, is resistant to capture due to the openness, diversity and equal division of authority among participants ICANN’s private sector-led multistakeholder community is directly responsible for the success of the Internet’s DNS | 3
Multistakeholder principles • Bottom up agenda setting • Equal footing • Inclusivity • Consensus • Transparency • Mutual recognition of stakeholders • Democratic accountability • Openness • Self organization • Iterative process | 4
ICANN’s Global Multistakeholder Community The Bottom-Up Multistakeholder Model The collective efforts of the ICANN community culminate in a common shared goal: A single, interoperable Internet supported by stable, secure and resilient unique identifier systems • Private-sector companies • Trade associations Government & Governmental Academic Organizations Business Internet Users Technical Civil Society Domain Name Industry • Protocol developers • Registries • Equipment and software • Registrars developers • Domain organizations • Network operators • Technical researchers | 5
The ICANN Community At Work The Bottom-Up Multistakeholder Model The collective efforts of the ICANN community culminate in a common shared goal: A single, interoperable Internet supported by stable, secure and resilient unique identifier systems Country Domain Name Interests Governmental Interests Business & Domain Name Interests POLICY / ADVICE Internet User Interests Technical Interests IP Address Interests Business Government & Civil Society Domain Internet Academic Technical Governmental Name Users Organizations Business | 6
MULTISTAKEHOLDER MODEL: IN ICANN COMMUNITY ¡
Example: New gTLD Program New generic Top-Level Domains Delegated by 2017 ¤ Business opportunity ¤ Brand and trademark protection issues ¤ Technical requirements | 8
Other current Examples ¤ New generic Top Level Domains programme: 1930 applications; 1300+ potential TLDs delegated by 2017 ¤ Around 700 new gTLDs delegated inc. 55 IDN gTLDs (103 applications) ¤ From single applications for cities like .london or .paris to 100 new names for likes of Google or ¤ Amazon (eg .app) ¤ Universal Acceptance of Top Level Domains (TLDs) ¤ WHOIS – Domain Names registration data records (considered for update, privacy aspects) ¤ Deployment of Domain Names System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) ¤ Internet Protocol addresses exhaustion and new version (IPv4 & IPv6) ¤ Trademark protection: Domain name policymaking can help make the Internet safer, for instance by addressing cybersquatting, with eg: Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy ("UDRP") ¤ Uniform Rapid Suspension System (often referred to as the "URS”) ¤ Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (or “PDDRP”) ¤ ¤ Internationalized Domain Names Top Level Domains (IDNs): Historically TLDs limited to a-z in Latin script: .com, .org, .sg, .cn, .lk … ; ¤ IDN TLDs are labels in different scripts – e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Thai, etc. ¤ helps the ‘next billion’ online, and develop local language content, while ensuring interoperability ¤ | 10
Engage, Participate, Stay Informed
Why Engage? ¤ Do you want to be in the vanguard of Internet expansion ¤ Do you know if your competitors into new markets? are already participating? ¤ Do you want to shape open ¤ Do you want to be part of a standards development and new growing and active community? technology? ¤ Do you have a Corporate Social ¤ Do you already devote Responsibility agenda? resources to lobbying about Internet policy at the national ¤ Do you see the Internet as a level? global shared resource worth supporting? ¤ Do you want to shape policy at the global level and know what ¤ Do you want to defend the is on the horizon? multistakeholder model? | 12
Why Engage? Issues discussed at ICANN impact your business ICANN’s work ranges from cybersecurity, to policies on generic names that affect your network configuration and your brand or business practices online. Let your voice be heard on the issues that affect your business. ICANN is open to everyone You can tailor your participation to your needs. Remote participation is available in several languages at all ICANN’s thrice yearly public meetings. Issues open for public comment are listed on our website for all stakeholders to provide input. Take advantage of our Multistakeholder Model Not only is ICANN open to everyone, everyone participates on equal footing. This makes it a unique place to interact with and learn from representatives from different sectors such as academia and government. | 13
How to Participate Join a Constituency, Stakeholder Group, or Advisory Committee These formal groupings of ICANN community members guide the policy process. Generic Names Country Codes Names Supporting Organization • Business Supporting Users Organization • IP Interests Government Advisory Committee • ISPs • Registrars • Registries POLICY / ADVICE Root Server System Advisory Committee At-Large Advisory Committee Address Supporting Security & Stability Organization Advisory Committee Business Government & Civil Society Domain Internet Academic Technical Governmental Name Users Organizations Industry | 14
Fellowship Program A Means Tested Program: Applicants must be 21 yrs of age 1 or older, citizens of economically eligible countries as listed in either the World Bank or UN Listing of SIDN Target ¡those ¡who ¡are ¡either ¡new ¡to ¡ICANN ¡or ¡the ¡ICANN ¡Mee3ng ¡ 2 environment, ¡returning ¡to ¡further ¡engage ¡and ¡learn ¡with ¡intent ¡to ¡join ¡ community, ¡or ¡as ¡an ¡Alumni ¡Coach ¡of ¡Newcomers ¡ If selected through the Online Application process, granted support 3 covering travel, hotel and stipend with expectation of active engagement at the Meeting as well as after the Meeting has ended. | 15
Fellowship at ICANN Support provided by Alumni Coaches starting 1 6 weeks prior to the Meeting to prepare for Meeting and create spirit of Team Set Schedule of Mandatory Morning and 2 Afternoon Sessions aimed at fast and effective immersion into the ICANN Multistakeholder Community 3 Networking Opportunities; feeling of support, team, community Post Meeting Summary of the Fellowship 4 Experience and thoughts of how to participate and engage moving forward in community, region, globally … . | 16
NextGen@ICANN & ICANN Fellowship | 17
About ICANN Learn ¤ Presents resources in easy-to-use format for the community ¤ Courses are regularly updated to stay relevant ¤ Courses cover ICANN and Non-ICANN topics ¤ Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced levels ¤ Simple to sign up, use, and learn ¤ Easy to create a course, too! ¤ New version in process (sneak peek in this presentation) | 18
Stay Informed Learn More ICANN Europe ICANN Learn Senior Manager andrea.beccalli@icann.org Business Digest gplus.to/icann twitter.com/icann4biz facebook.com/icannorg weibo.com/ICANNorg linkedin.com/company/icann flickr.com/photos/icann youtube.com/user/icannnews slideshare.net/icannpresentations | 19
ICANN 55, 5 – 10 March, Marrakesh | 20
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