Public Comment
Draft Financial Assumptions & Projections and Operating Initiatives for the development of Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Operating & Financial Plan
Open Date
14 June 2019 23:59 UTC
Close Date
5 August 2019 23:59 UTC
Staff Report Due
19 August 2019 23:59 UTC
Brief Overview
Purpose: The ICANN Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021–2025 sets out five strategic objectives and related goals based on areas of challenge and opportunity for ICANN to shape its future successfully. For ICANN to achieve on those objectives it must prioritize its work, plan resources appropriately and ensure that its financial plan is developed thoroughly, also considering existing projects, daily operations and anticipated projects not related directly to the Draft Strategic Plan. The objective of this public comment is to obtain feedback on the two key elements of the Fiscal Year 2021–2025 Operating & Financial Plan (FY21–25 O&FP):
- Financial assumptions and high-level projection of the "base-case," "high," and "low" funding scenarios for Fiscal Year 2021 through Fiscal Year 2025.
- 16 major operating initiatives that ICANN org should prioritize to successfully achieve the objectives set out in the FY21–25 Draft Strategic Plan.
Current Status: This draft includes high-level descriptions of ICANN's Operating Initiatives and why they are important to the success of the FY21–25 Draft Strategic Plan, paired with the financial assumptions and high-level projection of the "base-case," "high," and "low" funding scenarios for Fiscal Year 2021 through Fiscal Year 2025.
Next Steps: Based on feedback from this public comment period, ICANN org will develop a comprehensive draft FY21–25 O&FP that will be posted for public comment in December 2019. The Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Plan & Budget (FY21 OP&B) will also be posted for public comment in December 2019. Posting both plans at the same time will allow the ICANN community to review the first-year plan in the context of the five-year plan.
Section I: Description and Explanation
The ICANN Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021–2025 sets out five strategic objectives and related strategic goals. Strategic Objectives directly correlate to the primary trends identified by the ICANN Community, ICANN Board, and ICANN Org. They represent areas of challenge and opportunity for ICANN to shape its future successfully. Strategic Goals identify the intended results of the Strategic Objectives.
The Draft Strategic Plan will be complemented by a five-year Operating and Financial Plan that describes ICANN org's Operating Initiatives and Operating Activities. Operating Initiatives are major initiatives ICANN Org will undertake to achieve the objectives and goals set out in the Strategic Plan. Operating Activities are the day-to-day activities supporting the organization's mission. For ICANN to successfully achieve the objectives set out in its Draft FY21–25 Strategic Plan, ICANN must prioritize its work, plan resources appropriately and ensure its financial plan is developed with those objectives in mind.
During the first public comment period, ICANN org is seeking feedback from the community on:
- Financial assumptions and high-level projection of the "base-case," "high," and "low" funding scenarios for Fiscal Year 2021 through Fiscal Year 2025.
- The major initiatives that ICANN org should prioritize to successfully achieve the objectives set out on the FY21–25 Draft Strategic Plan.
The above two areas are foundational and key to the development of the entire FY21-25 O&FP. We welcome all your comments, and encourage you to consider the following questions:
- Are the financial assumptions appropriate? What additional assumptions should ICANN org consider in estimating funding projections for FY21-25?
- Are the listed Operating Initiatives the ones to advance the objectives of the Strategic Plan? Is the list of Operating Initiatives complete or are any major initiatives missing?
It is important to note that these Operating Initiatives are not a comprehensive list of ICANN org efforts that will support the Draft Strategic Plan. ICANN's day-to-day operating activities will be detailed in the next version of this document, which will be posted for public comment in December 2019, that will include:
- Financial Assumptions and Projections – The five-year financial projection will include the consolidated Statement of Activities and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow, the estimated resources and costs of the Operating Initiatives and Operating Activities.
- Operating Initiatives – Descriptions of the major initiatives ICANN org will undertake to achieve the objectives set out in the FY21–25 Strategic Plan, the purpose, desired outcome, projected roadmap and major milestones, estimated resources and costs, key measurements and dependencies, along with foreseen risks and potential mitigation of each initiative.
- Detailed workplan based on the efforts currently underway to improve the effectiveness of ICANN's multistakeholder model
- Operating Activities – Descriptions of the day-to-day activities necessary to run ICANN org, including the purpose of these activities, estimated resources and costs, key measurements and dependencies.
- Implementation of Review Recommendations, such as WS2 (https://community.icann.org/display/WEIA) or the Consumer Choice and Trust (CCT) Review – Descriptions of how ICANN org could plan for the implementation of these review recommendations, including assessing alignment with Operating Initiatives and Core Activities, estimating resources and costs, and setting funding allowances for the implementation.
Section II: Background
The ICANN Board has developed a Draft ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 in consultation with the community. At ICANN64 in Kobe, Japan, ICANN org presented to the community the 2-phase approach of developing the Operating & Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025.
This Public Comment Proceeding is to obtain community feedback on Draft Financial Assumption and Projections, and Draft Operating Initiatives.
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