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Implementation Details 

The At-Large Community -- especially the At-Large Capacity Building Working Group, ALAC Outreach & Engagement Subcommittee, and the At-Large initiated Cross Community Committee on Accessibility -- has closely collaborated with ICANN Staff staff departments in the various programs and efforts to facilitate end users’ participation in the policy activities at ICANN.

Both on its own and in collaboration with ICANN’s Global Stakeholder Engagement Department, At-Large held a number of capacity building webinars on the policy activities and processes in different parts of the ICANN Community. Targeting new ALS representatives, RALO leaders, and ALAC members, face-to-face and remote onboarding programs provide newcomers information and guidance on engaging in the policy work in At-Large. In collaboration with the Development and Public Responsibility Department, At-Large leaders have leveraged the Mentorship program to train new blood to develop policy advice. The recently launched document development and drafting pilot project improves RALO members’ understanding and participation in ICANN’s public comment proceedings. On the new At-Large website, its policy pages organize ALAC advice based on topics and link out to further learning materials; the search capability of ALAC advice is also drastically improved. Furthermore, At-Large Staff have provided more content support to end users in drafting and editing position statements, briefing papers, and other policy documents.

All these efforts have resulted in more substantive contributions from end users to mailing list discussions, teleconferences, and advice development work in At-Large. These efforts have also generated more interests from users outside ICANN to get involved in At-Large.

Next Step 

At-Large will continue engaging in the aforementioned programs and provide inputs to ensure their sustained development and improvement. At-Large will also advocate for the incorporation of translation and interpretation in those programs, enhancing their reach to end users around the world.

creation, implementation, and refinement of outreach and engagement programs that aim to eliminate barriers to participation in ICANN. Those programs and initiatives have been mentioned in Recommendation No.1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 12, 16, and 18.

Within ICANN the organization, a coordination team has been established to exert a concerted effort in implementing this recommendation. The team includes senior staff from the Policy Development Support, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Communications, Digital Engagement, Meetings Team, Development and Public Responsibility Department, and Global Domains Division.  

Next Step 

The At-Large Community will maintain a watching brief on ICANN staff’s efforts in the elimination of participation barriers.