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ICANN's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025

The work on the Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2021-2025 began in January 2018 and concluded in June 2019. This section describes how the plan was developed, including key reference documents and other useful links.

On 23 June 2019, the ICANN Board adopted a Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025.

Timeline

Timeline for this project begins in January 2018 and ends in March of 2019. From January 2018 to June 2018, ICANN held its Trend Identification phase. From April 2018 through September 2018, ICANN worked on the trend analysis, prioritization, and impact phase. From April 2018 through June 2018 the Trend Identification phase overlaps with the Trend Analysis, Prioritization, and Impact phase. From September 2018 through December 2018, Drafting of the Strategic Plan was occurring. This section in the timeline overlaps on September 2018 with the end of the Trend Analysis, Prioritization, and Impact phase. From January 2019 to the end of the timeline in March 2019, ICANN went through its Finalization of Strategic Plan phase.

As of June 2019:

  • Phase 1 – Strategic outlook/trends identification.
    The ICANN community, the ICANN Board, and the ICANN organization participated in and completed the process of identifying strategic outlook trends in June 2018.
  • Phase 2 – Strategic outlook/trends analysis, prioritization, and impact.
    The ICANN Board and the ICANN organization conducted an analysis of key priority trends and their impacts on ICANN. The next step will be to engage with the ICANN community to share findings for community input and consideration via a webinar, and a public session at ICANN63.
  • Phase 3 – Drafting of strategic plan.
    Following community discussions at ICANN63, a draft strategic plan was posted for public comment on 20 Dec 2018. The public comment closed on 25 February 2019.
  • Phase 4 – Finalization of strategic plan.
    The Strategic Planning Board caucus group and ICANN organization incorporated feedback from the public comment proceeding, as well as the comments received at ICANN64, into a revised document. The revised strategic plan was presented to the ICANN Board for consideration and was adopted on 23 June 2019.

Key reference documents

Date Title Author
22 July 2019

Translated versions of ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025

 ICANN Language Services
23 June 2019 Adopted ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 [PDF, 2.08 MB] Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
23 May 2019 Revised Draft ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 [PDF, 199 KB] Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
23 May 2019 Summary of how comments were considered in the revised plan [PDF, 232 KB] Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
29 Mar 2019 Staff Report of Public Comment Proceeding [PDF, 114 KB] Nathalie Vergnolle
20 Dec 2018 Draft ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021 – 2025 [PDF, 425 KB] Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
20 Dec 2018 Public Comment Backgrounder for ICANN's Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021 – 2025 [PDF, 511 KB] Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
09 Oct 2018

Results of Trend Outlook Sessions and subsequent analysis

 Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
March-June 2018 Strategic Outlook Trends Identification Exercise [PDF, 648 KB] Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives

Other useful links

Date Title Author

11 Mar 2019

ICANN Strategic 5-Year Planning Session at ICANN64

Session Leader: Nathalie Vergnolle

22 Oct 2018

ICANN Strategic 5-Year Planning Session at ICANN63

Session Leader: Theresa Swinehart
21 Sep 2018 Chair's Blog: A Wrap-Up of the Genval Board Workshop Cherine Chalaby, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
06 Sep 2018 Chair's Blog: A Preview of the Genval Board Workshop Cherine Chalaby, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
08 Aug 2018 "Update on ICANN's Strategic Planning Process" Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
03 Jul 2018 Chair's Blog: ICANN62 Meeting & Board Workshop Cherine Chalaby, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
25 Jun 2018 ICANN's Strategic Outlook Program Helps Identify Trends to Meet Challenges & Opportunities Ahead Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
14 May 2018 Chair's Blog: A Wrap-Up of the Vancouver Board Workshop Author: Cherine Chalaby, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
01 May 2018 Chair's Blog: A Preview of the Vancouver Board Workshop Cherine Chalaby, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
08 Feb 2018 Chair's Blog: The Los Angeles Workshop Recap Cherine Chalaby, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors

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