ICANN Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update

Brief Overview:

Purpose:

Focusing on ICANN‘s commitment to the multistakeholder model, ICANN‘s Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget and the current year update to the Five-Year Operating Plan are provided for community discussion and public comment. ICANN seeks structured feedback on the plans described in these documents. The documents incorporate improvements on previous years based on regular interaction with the ICANN community and reflect FY20’s planned accomplishments towards the Five-Year Strategic Plan, (adopted by the Board in October 2014.)

Current Status:

The draft documents provided for this proceeding have been prepared and published for public review and comment. They describe ICANN‘s plans for FY20 and include the plans to be carried out by PTI and IANA. Consultations were conducted on PTI’s draft FY20 plans during Summer and Fall of 2018. A Report of Public Comments on the FY20 PTI and IANA
Operating Plan and Budget was published in December 2017. The updated
PTI Operating Plan and Budget is scheduled to be adopted by the PTI
Board 19 December 2018. The sections of the plans relating to PTI are
therefore already finalized and are included in these documents to
provide a complete picture.

Next Steps:

During Public Comment Period

Two community webinars will be held to provide an overview of the
Draft FY20 Planning Documents and highlights. Details for the calls will
be posted on the ICANN Community Wiki Finance Workspace.

Community Members seeking clarification on any details in the Draft ICANN FY20 Operating Plan and Budget documents should submit questions to [email protected] by 09 January 2019.

ICANN
organization will provide responses to clarifying questions by 21
January 2019,three weeks before this public comment period ends.

After Public Comment Period

ICANN
organization will analyze the comments submitted and hold sessions with
the community and Board at ICANN64 to discuss aspects of the comments
that may need additional explanation. This step of the process is
intended to enhance understanding of the comments and to improve the
quality of the responses provided by the organization. The sessions will
be public, and attended by at least one ICANN Board member.
The schedule for this session, along with dial-in information, will be published on the ICANN Community Wiki Finance Workspace.

The ICANN
organization will prepare a staff report of public comments to be
published by 18 March 2019. Where deemed necessary, changes will be made
to the draft documents and revised versions will be posted to the
website prior to Board adoption.

The documents will be presented to the ICANN
Board and proposed for adoption in May 2019, a minimum of 28 days in
advance of the beginning of the next fiscal year to allow for Empowered
Community review period.

Section I: Description and Explanation

ICANN
seeks structured feedback on the plan described in these documents.
They reflect the accomplishments planned for the current and next fiscal
year, FY19 and FY20, and refinements based on regular interaction with
the ICANN Community.

Section II: Background

ICANN‘s planning process consists of a continuous cycle with the following four components:

ICANN Strategic Plan
ICANN Five-Year Operating Plan Update
ICANN Fiscal-Year Operating Plan & Budget
PTI Fiscal-Year Operating Plan & Budget
IANA Budget Fiscal-Year Operating Plan and Budget

ICANN‘s Strategic Plan
was developed with community input and is updated every five years. The
Strategic Plan shapes our priorities, informs our budget and drives our
activities. ICANN‘s Strategic Plan for FY16-FY20 was adopted by the Board and published on 14 October 2014.

ICANN‘s Initial Five-Year Operating Plan and Financial Model
was developed with community input and is updated each year. This is
its second update. It contains an approach to a five-year financial
management strategy, and at the strategic goal level:

Corresponding Key Performance Indicators
Dependencies
Five-Year Phasing
A list of Portfolios

Following the adoption of the FY16-FY20 Strategic Plan in October 2014, ICANN staff developed and consulted on a Draft Five-Year Operating Plan, which was adopted by the Board in June 2015.

ICANN‘s Fiscal-Year Operating Plan and Budget is developed with input from the community to implement the Five-Year Operating Plan.

The cycle concludes with achievement and progress reporting, conducted throughout the year via ICANN meetings, webinars, the Accountability Indicators and other dashboards, and the portfolio management system.

ICANN Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update

Brief Overview:

Section I: Description and Explanation

Section II: Background

Section III: Relevant Resources

ICANN Draft FY20 Planning Documents

Supporting documents

Contextual information