Marika, et. al.,
I have been away for a while, so I hope these
comments are
not too far off base. These comments are address only to the text
discussions of
“reviews” and review processes (circa p. 28-30).
Evidence based reviews follow on evaluations. So the question can be put
as: What
evaluations? When, where, and why, and accountability to whom (the
board, ICANN
org, and the stakeholders)?
The selected Mechanism will operate according
to its
specified purposes, as per its “chartering” by ICANN. Its
operations will consist
of the awarding of grants, the monitoring and assessment of funded
projects,
and reporting back to ICANN in ways that allow ICANN to assess on
various
fronts the consistency of behavior and results in light of
specified purposes
and lessons learned.
It may be too late to suggest this but it would
probably be
wise to not specify the details (e.g. panels, etc.; circa p28-30)
of the ICANN
level evaluation and review process at this point. For the reviews
and
evaluations within the Mechanism, with regard to monitoring and
evaluating
funded projects, there is a wealth of knowledge (e.g. the
processes used by the
World Bank in its project management cycle).
For accountability to ICANN, the structure of
those reviews should incorporated into the discussions and design
of the Mechanism. It will produce the evidence
for ICANN (writ large) to evaluate its operations as the
Mechanism. I would suggest that the work around constituting the
review
process within ICANN be delayed and re-visited in the “chartering”
process for
the design of the Mechanism. As well, the design of the mechanism
may impact on
the appropriate structures for reporting and accountability.
Sam Lanfranco
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