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Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

As ICANN continues to evolve, the multistakeholder model of governance must also evolve, without compromising our deeply valued bottom-up decision-making process. With this in mind, the second objective of the ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025, states that ICANN should "Improve the effectiveness of ICANN's multistakeholder model of governance."

This page serves as a current listing of ongoing activities, resources, and information related to the ongoing effort to evolve the multistakeholder model of governance.

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Supporting Documents

4 June 2020 Public Comment: Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps
20 December 2019 Public Comment: Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget
27 August 2019 Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
12 June 2019 Final Issues List [PDF, 80 KB]
25 April 2019 Issues List [PDF, 109 KB]

Calendar of Events

15 June 2020

ICANN68 Prep Week Webinar: Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps

1600 – 1700 UTC

Zoom Recording
Presentation English [PDF, 843 KB]
العربية [PDF, 424 KB]
Español [PDF, 884 KB]
Français [PDF, 959 KB]
Pусский [PDF, 424 KB]
中文 [PDF, 992 KB]
7 November 2019

ICANN66: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Session

1530 – 1700 UTC

Zoom recording
Presentation [PDF, 1.8 MB]
16 October 2019

ICANN66 Prep Week Webinar: Evolution of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

1600 – 1700 UTC

Zoom recording
Presentation (English) [PDF, 1.87 MB]
Presentation (French) [PDF, 2.05 MB]

12 September 2019

Webinar: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance

1600-1700 UTC

Zoom recording
Presentation [PDF, 7.2 MB]
11 September 2019

Webinar: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance

2300-2400 UTC

Zoom recording
Presentation [PDF, 9.3 MB]
25 June 2019

ICANN65: Evolving the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

1600-1730 UTC

Zoom recording
Presentation [PDF, 133 MB]
12 June 2019

Webinar: Update on Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance

Zoom recording
Presentation [PDF, 3.17 MB]
14 and 15 May 2019

Webinar: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance

14 May 2019
Zoom recording
Presentation [PDF, 3.98 MB]

15 May 2019
Zoom recording
Presentation [PDF, 3.98 MB]

14 Mar 2019

ICANN Board Session on Governance (ICANN64)

Latest Announcements, Updates & Blogs

4 June 2020

Blog: Next Steps to Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

This blog is also available in: العربية | Español | Français | Pусский | 中文
4 June 2020 Public Comment: Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps
23 December 2019 Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model: The Work Plan and Way Forward
27 August 2019 Webinar Invitation: Developing a Work Plan for the Evolution of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
27 August 2019 Blog: Next Steps in Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model: Developing a Work Plan for 2021-2025
27 August 2019 Public Comment Proceeding: Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
29 May 2019 Blog: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model: Continuing the Conversation and Preparing for ICANN65
7 May 2019 Webinar Invitation: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
25 April 2019 Public Comment Proceeding: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

9 Mar 2019

Welcome to ICANN64

20 Feb 2019

Chair's Blog: Wrapping up the Los Angeles Workshop

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