ICC comments on the final ATR recommendations
ICC Internet and Telecoms TF comments on the ATRT’s final recommendations
Publication date : 31/01/2011
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and its members from across sectors and geographies appreciate the substantive efforts of the AoC Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) and welcome the team’s final recommendations. The ATRT’s final recommendations document reflects the comments and discussions which took place before and at the ICANN meeting in Cartagena.
ICC is pleased to see the progress made to integrate specific timelines for actions and implementation of the recommendations.
ICC continues to encourage caICC is pleased to see the progress made to integrate specific timelines for actions and implementation of the recommendations.
ICC continues to encourage careful consideration of the recommendations by the Board and ICANN leadership and urges prompt movement towards implementation particularly of those recommendations which the ATRT has identified as cases where ICANN should have already taken action. The ATRT recommendation that such priority items should have a start or completion date prior to June 2011 is a productive approach.
In particular, ICC agrees that recommendations 15-17 related to the public input and policy development processes should be implemented as soon as possible, but no later than June 2011. These process improvements not only will help to increase public confidence in ICANN’s decision-making, but also will help prioritize ICANN’s activities and facilitate business participation.
We also support the ATRT request that the Board provide a status report on all the recommendations at the March 2011 ICANN meeting in San Francisco.