1. Partnership of Governments, Businesses and Civil Society: the ICANN example in coordinating resources and policy making
Dr. Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ISOC England Chapter Delegate
ALAC Chairman at ICANN
Presentation at 2nd Ukraine Internet Governance Forum Kyiv, Ukraine, 2 September 2011

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. Multi-stakeholder standards
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6. Multi-stakeholder policy
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7. Multi-stakeholder naming
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8. 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

9. ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model
Ombudsman
Board of Directors
Chair
GAC
Governmental
Advisory Committee
President and CEO 16 9 10 13 14 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15 L L L L L
ICANN Staff
MDR – 68 SV – 11
DC – 9
Sydney - 5
Brussels - 5
Other US - 11 Other non-US - 14
Nominating
Committee
Technical
Liaison
Group
TLG
Internet Engineering Task Force
Per ICANN Bylaws, Article VII, section 2
IETF
ASO
GNSO
ccNSO
At-Large
Security &
Stability
Advisory Committee
Root Server
System
Advisory Committee
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 Users
(At-Large Advisory Committee, in conjunction with RALOs)
ALAC
SSAC
RSSAC
Source:

10. ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model
President and CEO
ICANN Staff
MDR – 68 SV – 11
DC – 9
Sydney - 5
Brussels - 5
Other US - 11 Other non-US - 14
Ombudsman
Staff
Country Code Operators
Governments
GAC
Internet Users
Governmental
Advisory Committee
Another Multi- Stakeholder Model
Technical
Liaison
Group
TLG
Internet Engineering Task Force
Multi- Stakeholder Model
IETF
Other Advisory Committees
ASO
GNSO
ccNSO
At-Large
Security &
Stability
Advisory Committee
Root Server
System
Advisory Committee
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 Users
(At-Large Advisory Committee, in conjunction with RALOs)
ALAC
SSAC
RSSAC
Source:

11. Source: http://gnso. icann

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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. At-Large Bottom-up to the ALAC

16. CROSS-RALO DISCUSSION
Example of At-Large Structure Input
Bottom-up process
RALO DISCUSSION
CROSS-RALO DISCUSSION
SEND TO ALAC 16

17. Bottom-up process
ALAC VOTE
STATEMENT RELEASED
ALAC DISCUSSION 17

18. Example of At-Large Structure Input
Response to Public Comment Request
Bottom-up process

19. 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.

20. GAC: Government Advisory Committee
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: Government Advisory Committee
Source:

21. 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

22. 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

23. Thank you ! Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
Olivier Crépin-Leblond