ICANN org Webinar on the Proposed Updates to the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews

In this webinar, ICANN org will present the Proposed Updates to the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews currently posted for Public Comment. Updates to the Draft Operating Standards are focused on improving Review scope setting/planning, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of Review work, and incorporating best project management practices into the Specific Reviews process.

Registration: send an email to rsa-coordinators@icann.org to receive a personal calendar invitation.

The ICANN community is encouraged to attend and ask questions related to the Operating Standards and Public Comment proceeding.

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Background
Specific Reviews address specific topic areas, and were incorporated into ICANN’s Bylaws with the transition of the stewardship of IANA Functions to the global Internet community in 2016. Specific Reviews are conducted through community-led review teams to periodically assess ICANN’s performance and fulfillment of its commitments in four areas: Accountability and Transparency, Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS, Registration Directory Service, and Competition, Consumer Choice and Consumer Trust.

Each community-led review team operates according to Section 4.6 of the ICANN Bylaws and the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews. The Operating Standards for Specific Reviews were drafted by ICANN org, through community consultation, to provide standards and criteria by which the community-led reviews are conducted. The Operating Standards ensure that Reviews are conducted in a transparent, predictable, and efficient manner. The Operating Standards were adopted by the ICANN Board on 23 June 2019 with the intent of being amended from time to time to reflect lessons learned and to implement necessary process changes.

Over the course of recent Specific Review cycles, the community, Board, and ICANN org identified areas that posed challenges to ability of the Reviews to effectively fulfill their purpose. Some of these challenge areas include Review scope setting/planning, the efficiency and effectiveness of supporting and performing Review work, and garnering broad community support for recommendations. To address these identified areas, ICANN org developed a series of process improvements and integrated them into an updated Draft Operating Standards for Specific Reviews.