[kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Interesting ICANN Discussion Paper on Efficient and Effective Policy Development

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers,

This might be of interest to some of you interested in Internet Policy
Developement.

Best Regards
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ayden Férdeline <ayden at ferdeline.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 5:32 PM
Subject: [Internet Policy] Interesting ICANN Discussion Paper on Efficient
and Effective Policy Development
To: ISOC INTERNETPOLICY <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>


Dear all,

In January, ICANN policy development staff begun circulating this
discussion paper
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/79429868/Discussion%20Paper%20-%20Efficient%20and%20Effective%20Policy%20Development%20-%2010%20Jan%202018.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1520774911000&api=v2>
[PDF]
on how to best leverage volunteers to produce high-quality policy outcomes.

In it, it flagged some issues with the multistakeholder model with which
ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) currently develops
gTLD policy. There are concerns that the multistakeholder model does not
scale and that project milestones are not being achieved as a result.

The paper says there have been a number of challenges encountered in
working groups. Key among the challenges are increasing participant and
observer numbers, divergent motivations and desired outcomes, and
difficulties in reaching consensus. Even where consensus is reached, there
is a perception that it can sometimes be reached through exhaustion (and as
a result may hold no long-term legitimacy).

To quote from the paper, “Without properly addressing challenges faced in
implementing the current volunteer model, there is a risk of strain on
staffing resources, logistical problems, climbing costs, and attrition by
core community members. These issues could result in stagnation of policy
and advice development activities. At stake is the credibility and
legitimacy of the ICANN global multistakeholder model, especially as ICANN
faces greater scrutiny following the IANA-transition.”

Over the past two months, in Los Angeles and in San Juan, the GNSO Council,
as manager of the gTLD policy development process, has had discussions
around how it can and should act in addressing challenges if/when these
occur. The GNSO Council has subsequently agreed to develop a white
paper-type proposal setting out possible changes to the policy development
process to address the specific challenges encountered.

ICANN has also published a video this week discussing the path ahead for
what has been termed "Policy Development Process 3.0" -
https://youtu.be/BTErFlcxK-M.

I am sharing this for information purposes only; it might be of interest to
those who believe multistakeholder governance models are either broken or
have muscle. Add this one to the document repository for the former…

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline

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