Dear All,
Thank you for your interest in the upcoming discussions surrounding “exploring public interest within ICANN’s remit”.
As you may be aware, this work was scheduled to commence in early FY16; however, in conversations with many of you, it was recommended that we postpone the kick-off for this work until ICANN55 to allow focus on Transition discussions and work.
In the interim, staff have been holding informal conversations, attending SO/AC meetings and conference calls to gauge what would be useful preparations for this exercise. As promised, these resources have been collated and placed on a Community Confluence Wiki page
here. (If you require an account, please let me know and I will make sure you get access asap).
This page currently contains the following information for your use:
- Background on the Strategy Panel on the Public Responsibility Framework, Chaired by Nii Quaynor, who examined the term ‘public interest’- includes all related Panel Materials in the Resource Section
- Public Interest ICANN Departments Synthesis: A report of the results of an internal survey conducted in ICANN Departments of how the term “public interest” is currently referenced, understood, and applied, along with potential implications of further work in this area.
- Public and Global Interest Inventory: An inventory of documents in ICANN work that reference either the term “Global Public Interest” or “Public Interest”
- Recent Dialogues and Sessions on this Topic: Summaries and links to recent dialogues and sessions that have discussed the topic of “public interest” in relation to ICANN or telecommunications/critical Internet Resources including:
- Global Public Interest in Critical Internet Resources, WS52, November 2011, 2015, IGF
- At-Large EURALO General Assembly Part 1 on “Public Interest”, October 21, 2015, ICANN54
- Global Public Interest of the Internet, WS159, September 4, 2014, IGF
- Related Academic Resources
- Online Materials- Blog Posts, Opinion Pieces, and Articles
This is a growing resource, so if you have items you would like to add, please email dprd@icann.org and we will update.
At
ICANN55, a High Interest Session was requested to allow for initial broader conversations on this topic. This session
has been scheduled to take place on
Monday 7th March 2016, 15:15 to 16:30 WET.
From conversations to date, the following elements appear to be paramount in provide useful background and soliciting input:
- Previous work on this topic during the Panel on the Public Responsibility Framework as background
- Recent discussions at ICANN, IGF and other Internet Fora
- Recent discussions from CCWG on this topic
- Generating input from across ICANN on how this term is currently understood and applied in their work
- Generating input on potential issues to consider and next steps
So as not to start completely from scratch, staff from the Development and Public Responsibility Department (DPRD), who are facilitating this conversation, have gone through recommendations from stakeholders and previous similar sessions to draw up a
draft agenda for your consideration and input on the wikispace. As you will note, time is very limited and it has been suggested that we focus on building a highly interactive and inclusive discussion open to participation across ICANN and that is moderated by facilitators.
We would be very grateful if you could feedback on the draft agenda to see how it can be improved to ensure this session is as inclusive and informational as possible.
An additional item to note, there is a clash with the HLGM meeting, so GAC members will be unable to attend and this will need to be taken into consideration in designing the session and eventual next steps.
If you have any questions, please do let me know.
Best wishes,
Lauren