Dear Victoria,

Thank you for the precious and very helpful clarification, and I would like to congratulate you for choosing the adaptive approach, and I really think that is the most suitable for the ICANN ORG looking to the complex and unpredictable environments on which the organization is acting, and without a doubt this will impact the service provided to the community since the ICANN ORG team will optimize value by working continuously with the community members to determine which features are worth investment and which may not be valuable enough.

I also agree with the adoption of the AGILE methodology by the community in their respectives activities, the efficiency will be improved, and consequently the added value of those activities, there are a lot of challenges that may arise but I think that it is feasible .

Thank you again for your time and we look forward to your support as the work on developing the regional plan progresses.

Friendly Regards
Chokri

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM Victoria Yang <victoria.yang@icann.org> wrote:

Hi Chokri:
It’s truly wonderful to hear from you! I very much appreciate your continued support and dedication to ICANN’s work. Thank you for your question and for your thoughtful engagement in these discussions.
The strategy 2.1.1, is primarily focused on ICANN org—specifically, how to enhance its agility and adaptability. Some key activities identified so far include:
Implementing decentralized decision-making to empower individuals at all levels across the organization.
Adopting lean and agile methodologies to streamline ICANN org processes.
Evaluating organizational structures to improve flexibility and responsiveness.
I hope this provides clarity!
For other aspects of agility, particularly within the community-driven processes, I highly encourage you and the community to explore strategy 1.2.4—which focuses on incorporating flexibility and agile methodologies into the policy and advice development and implementation life cycle. This presents a great opportunity for collaboration, brainstorming, and evolving the PDP and advice development to be more adaptive and effective.
I appreciate your engagement and look forward to further discussions on these important topics. Thank you.
Sincerely,

Victoria Yang
Sr. Manager Planning
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
www.icann.org

From: Chokri Ben Romdhane via Middle-east-plan <middle-east-plan@icann.org>
Reply-To: Chokri Ben Romdhane <chokribr@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
To: Seher Sagiroglu <seher.sagiroglu@icann.org>, Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh@icann.org>
Cc: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan@icann.org>
Subject: [Middle East Plan] Re: [Minutes & Recording]FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II

Dear Fahd and Seher,
Sorry for not being able to attend the last Call due to some Jobs Duties, it's a very busy period for us!
I would like just to clarify my comment about the objective OS2 2.1.1 Improve institutional agility and adaptability
'What we are going to improve is: the The Institution Scope(Structural and/Or Operational) and Mission or the Institution staff capacity or Both(In Five years Terms!)?
Is more or less a question in order to identify what we are looking to make more AGIL:
If we are looking to make our ICANN ME structures more AGIL, which are mainly workgroups, technical task forces, and ALs, we need to act on their charter and scope mission by, for example, recommending the adoption of AGIL practices in their different activities.
If we are targeting community members rather than structures, we have to improve community capacity for example by developing capacity-building programs for the community members to improve their agility and adaptability.
Hope that this response is useful.

Friendly regards.
Chokri