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Dr. Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblondocl@gih.com

ISOC England Chapter DelegateALAC Chairman at ICANN

Presentation at 2nd Ukraine Internet Governance ForumKyiv, Ukraine, 2 September 2011

Partnership of Governments, Businesses and Civil Society: the ICANN example in coordinating resources and policy making

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The Internet

Technology developed since the 1960s Technical specifications:

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Multi-stakeholder development

Distributed system Network of networks No single owner of the Internet

Dynamic Naming System (DNS) since 1980s A hierarchy of name servers with one single Root Fully distributed around the world

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What is Multi-stakeholder

An environment where decisions are taken in concertation with: Governments Businesses Civil Society Technical community Individual users Any other stakeholder not covered by the

above

4Source: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

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Multi-stakeholder standards

Source: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

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Multi-stakeholder policy

Source: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

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Multi-stakeholder naming

Source: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/internetmodel.pdf

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ICANN

International Corporation for Addresses, Names and Numbers Founded in 1998 Not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with

participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers:

Domain Names IP Addresses

Took over these functions from the US Government Policy Making

9Source: http://www.icann.org/en/about/

Board of Directors

President and CEO 16 9 10 13 14 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15

At-Large Security & Stability Advisory

Committee

Root Server System Advisory

Committee

ICANN StaffMDR – 68SV – 11DC – 9

Sydney - 5Brussels - 5

Other US - 11Other non-US - 14

Per ICANN Bylaws, Article VII, section 2

Nominating Committee

ASO GNSO ccNSO

Regional Internet Registries ARIN RIPE NCC LACNIC APNIC AfriNIC

gTLD Registries gTLD Registrars IP interests ISPs Businesses Universities Consumers

ccTLD registries (.us, .uk, .au, .it, .be, .nl, etc.)

Internet EngineeringTask Force

Internet Users(At-Large Advisory Committee,in conjunction with RALOs)

SSAC RSSAC

Technical Liaison Group

TLG IETF

ALAC

L L LL LGovernmental Advisory Committee

Governmental Advisory Committee

ChairOmbudsman

ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model

10Source: http://www.icann.org/en/about/

At-Large Security & Stability Advisory

Committee

Root Server System Advisory

Committee

ASO GNSO ccNSO

Regional Internet Registries ARIN RIPE NCC LACNIC APNIC AfriNIC

gTLD Registries gTLD Registrars IP interests ISPs Businesses Universities Consumers

ccTLD registries (.us, .uk, .au, .it, .be, .nl, etc.)

Internet EngineeringTask Force

Internet Users(At-Large Advisory Committee,in conjunction with RALOs)

SSAC RSSAC

Technical Liaison Group

TLG IETF

ALAC

Governmental Advisory Committee

Governmental Advisory Committee

ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model

Governments

Other Advisory Committees

InternetUsers

CountryCode

Operators

President and CEO

ICANN StaffMDR – 68SV – 11DC – 9

Sydney - 5Brussels - 5

Other US - 11Other non-US - 14

Ombudsman

Staff

AnotherMulti-

StakeholderModel

Multi-Stakeholder

Model

11Source: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/presentation-policy-development-20may10-en.pdf

12Source: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/orgchart

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What is At-Large?

Community of individual Internet users who participate in the policy development work of ICANN.

130+ At-Large Structures groups representing the views of individual Internet users who are active throughout the world.

Most of the work the ALAC (At-Large Advisory Committee) does is:

Issue comments in response to ICANN public comment requests.

Issue comments on any subject, process, structure, policy or topic which it deems important to comment on in ICANN.

Issue comments about any external process linked to ICANN in one way or other and which affects Internet users.

Takes part in cross-community working groups (CWGs) within ICANN.

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New gTLDs

gTLD = Generic Top Level Domain Currently only:

.net .org .com .info etc.

New applications for several hundred gTLDs Voted at the ICANN meeting in Singapore Applications will be accepted from early 2012

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At-Large Bottom-up to the ALAC

BottomUp

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RALODISCUSSION

CROSS-RALODISCUSSION

SEND TOALAC

Example of At-Large Structure Input

Bottom-up process

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ALAC DISCUSSIONALACVOTE

STATEMENTRELEASED

Bottom-up process

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Example of At-Large Structure Input

Response to Public Comment Request

Bottom-up process

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GAC: Government Advisory Committee

Government input in ICANN 107 Government representatives

and growing Provides advice to ICANN on issues

of public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between ICANN's activities or policies and national laws or international agreements.

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GAC = Government input in ICANN•107 Government representatives and growing•Provides advice to ICANN on issues of public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between ICANN's activities or policies and national laws or international agreements.

GAC: GovernmentAdvisoryCommittee

Source: https://charts.icann.org/public/index-gp-main.html

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Cross-community Statements

The ALAC and the GAC recently released a joint statement about applicant support in the new gTLD process

The methods of work were different in each Committee, but the result was a joint statement ratified by The GAC on one side The ALAC on the other side

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Conclusions

Methods of work are different in each stakeholder group: government, businesses, civil society

Consensus building is a long and hard process but it is possible

A partnership between all stakeholders makes decisions very legitimate and stronger for everybody

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Thank you !

Questions? Comments? Suggestions?

Olivier Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>