closed Draft FY23-27 Operating and Financial Plan and Draft FY23 Operating Plan and Budget

Outcome

The ICANN organization (org) received submissions from six community groups, which consist of 100 comments about the Draft FY23–27 Operating and Financial Plan and Draft FY23 Operating Plan and Budget. The comments are categorized into six themes: document structure, operating plan, operating initiative plan, functional activity plan, financial management and other. The Public Comment summary report includes ICANN org’s response to the submission.

Proposed for Adoption Plans:

Following the Public Comment Proceeding, all received comments were taken into consideration, and where appropriate and feasible, incorporated into the Proposed for Adoption ICANN FY23–27 Operating and Financial Plan and Proposed for Adoption ICANN FY23 Operating Plan and Budget. These plans will be considered by the ICANN Board for adoption at the end of May 2022.

• Proposed for Adoption Highlights
• Proposed for Adoption ICANN FY23-27 Operating and Financial Plan and FY23 Operating Plan
• Proposed for Adoption ICANN FY23 Budget

Adopted Plans:

The Board adopted the ICANN FY23 Plans on 26 May 2022. These plans are:

• Highlights of the ICANN FY23–27 Operating and Financial Plan and ICANN FY23 Operating Plan and Budget 
• ICANN FY23-27 Operating and Financial Plan and FY23 Operating Plan
• ICANN FY23 Budget

What We Received Input On

The purpose of this Public Comment is to seek community feedback on ICANN’s Draft FY23–27 Operating and Financial Plan and Draft FY23 Operating Plan and Budget.

The Draft FY23–27 Operating and Financial Plan continues to define and demonstrate how ICANN org will implement the Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021–2025, which was adopted by the ICANN Board in June 2019. The Strategic Plan enables ICANN to continue to fulfill its Mission and to meet new and continuously evolving challenges and opportunities.

The Draft FY23–27 Operating and Financial Plan is intended to serve as an overarching holistic view of the activities ICANN org is or will support of its FY21–25 Strategic Plan. The Five-Year Operating and Financial Plan is not a replacement for ICANN org's annual operating plans, but is meant to complement them by providing a comprehensive overview of how ICANN will carry out its Mission in the public interest over the next five years.

The Draft FY23 Operating Plan and Budget defines and describes ICANN's planned activities in FY23 and the anticipated funding sources and levels.

Background

ICANN's planning process has three components:

• A Five-Year Strategic Plan,
• A Five-Year Operating and Financial Plan, and
• An annual Operating Plan and Budget

Input from ICANN constituency groups, stakeholders, Board of Directors and ICANN org is key to the development of these plans, in keeping with ICANN's multistakeholder model.

Five-Year Strategic Plan

Designed to shape ICANN's priorities, the Five-Year Strategic Plan establishes a vision and a set of strategic objectives and goals in service of ICANN's Mission. The Strategic Plan enables ICANN to continue to fulfill its Mission and meet new and continuously evolving challenges and opportunities. ICANN's Bylaws, Article 22, section 22.5 require the preparation and adoption of a Strategic Plan every five years. The current Five-Year Strategic Plan covers fiscal years 2021 through 2025.

Five-Year Operating and Financial Plan

The Five-Year Operating and Financial Plan articulates the feasibility and timing of services, activities, and milestones identified to achieve the Strategic Plan's objectives and goals. It is intended to serve as an overarching, holistic view of the activities ICANN org is undertaking, or will undertake, in support of the Strategic Plan, to carry out ICANN’s Mission in the public interest over the next five years. ICANN's Bylaws, Article 22, section 22.5 require the preparation and adoption of a Five-Year Operating Plan at the beginning of each fiscal year.

Annual Operating Plan and Budget

Informed by the Five-Year Operating and Financial Plan, the Annual Operating Plan and Budget further clarifies specific activities and resources for the upcoming year. The Annual Operating Plan and Budget sets forth the focus of efforts and organizational commitments for the current fiscal year. ICANN's Annual Operating Plan and Budget includes the IANA and PTI Annual Operating Plan and Budget. ICANN's Bylaws, Article 22, section 22.4 require the preparation and adoption of an Annual Operating Plan and Budget prior to the commencement of each fiscal year.

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