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ICANN Launches the Continuous Improvement Program Community Coordination Group (8 Jan 2024)

As of 12 December 2023, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) community and leadership have appointed their representatives to the Continuous Improvement Program Community Coordination Group (CIP-CCG). The group is being convened to help evolve ICANN Organizational Reviews into a CIP to implement Recommendation 3.6 of the Third Accountability and Transparency Review (ATRT3). The development of a CIP is part of a larger effort to enhance the effectiveness of the ICANN multistakeholder model, and is also in furtherance of the ICANN Interim President and CEO Goal 11 related to the management and refinement of Reviews. The CIP-CCG will:

  1. Develop a shared understanding of the meaning of continuous improvement in the context of ATRT3 Recommendation 3.6,
  2. Consider a range of methodologies for effective CIPs,
  3. Agree on the methodology that is fit for ICANN purpose, and
  4. Formulate a CIP Framework, to be used by each of the Supporting Organizations (SOs), Advisory Committees (ACs), and the Nominating Committee (NomCom).

The ICANN community has demonstrated great interest in contributing to the evolution of Organizational Reviews into a CIP, with 21 out of 22 of the groups across the ICANN community represented in the CIP-CCG, including:

  • For Asian, Australasian, and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO): Amrita Choudhury (representative), Justine Chew (alternate).

APRALO's CIP Submission

On 18 April 2024, the APRALO Leadership Team called for the establishment of an APRALO CIP Small Team to work on APRALO's CIP Submission to the CIP-CCG. 

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Overview of APRALO’s Continuous Improvement Program Submission

5 PRINCIPLES

—> 20 CRITERIA                                                                                                  ——>

61 SMART INDICATORS

PRINCIPLE 1

Fulfilling purpose

Criterion 1

Fulfilling purpose, contributing to ICANN mission

Criterion 2

Contributing to global public interest

Criterion 3

Contributes to ICANN Strategic Plan (FY21-25) especially MSM governance





PRINCIPLE 2

Effective structure

Criterion 1

Has WG, processes to address annual goals, priorities

Criterion 2

Process(es) in place is (are) accessible and clearly communicated.

Criterion 5

Processes for assessing, measuring output





PRINCIPLE 3

Efficient operations

Criterion 1

Processes promote planning, setting priorities, identify emerging issues

Criterion 2

Assesses input to scope of responsibility

Criterion 3

Develops and recommends internal and external outputs for its purpose

Criterion 5

Workload managed

Criterion 6

Nurtures consensus within membership

Criterion 9

Appropriate level of funding support


PRINCIPLE 4

Accountable internally & externally

Criterion 3

Accountable to membership in recruiting, development, maintenance

Criterion 4

Support and resources for recruiting and onboarding newcomers

Criterion 5

Maintaining skill sets, technical expertise needed through capacity building

Criterion 6

Maintaining levels of active participation

Criterion 7

Maintain sufficient levels of utility and transparency

Criterion 9

Implemented 

Implemented prior review recommendations

Criterion 10

Processes to assess, prioritize and implement CIP outputs


PRINCIPLE 5

Collaborates to further ICANN mission & MSM

Criterion 1

Processes for communicating & coordinating within ICANN




Note: The criteria identified above may not be numbered consecutively because the APRALO CIP Small Team recommends either consolidation or dropping of some criteria from an original list of 33 criteria to avoid repetition and which can be addressed using common indicators.

The APRALO CIP Small Team

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In context of the CIP-CCG high-level work plan, we are at Stage 3 which runs over Q2 and Q3 of 2024. Stage 3 is for discussions within our (own) groups to assess agreement on the identified 5 Principles, provide input on the suggested Criteria for each Principle and to develop corresponding SMART Indicators for each Criteria we select/form. Stage 4 involves drawing up some baseline amalgamation of available input (from all groups) to go out for public comment. Click here for the


Previous Calls

15 July 2024

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