ICC further input on ICANN transition action plan consultation
Publication date : 20/10/2008
On behalf of the members of the International Chamber of Commerce, and the members of the Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms and the Task Force on Internet Telecoms Infrastructure and Services (ITIS), we are pleased to provide further input on the President’s Strategy Committee’s (PSC) consultation on “Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC)” and the “Transition Action Plan(TAP)”. ICC members from around the world and across all sectors, appreciate the opportunity to build on the detailed input provided to this consultation process in August 2008, and request that the PSC closely review ICC’s comprehensive first input as substantive priorities expressed therein are not repeated in this contribution.
As ICC has stated before, members support the continued transition of ICANN towards becoming an independent private sector-led consensus –building organization.
Business sees several areas of improvement that remain of high concern:
- Improved and strengthened representation of the interests of the business community.
- Increased certainty of the processes and balanced outcomes, both in policy development and overall decision-making of ICANN.
Given these objectives, ICC’s further input provides specific comments on the revised PSC documents, and recommendations and questions to assist in progressing ICANN’s transition. ICC looks forward to discussing these points with other members of the community and ICANN.