Engagement

GSE

The Global Stakeholder Engagement team raises awareness and understanding of ICANN’s role and remit, encourages participation in ICANN policy development and technical activities, and shares knowledge with ICANN stakeholders. In FY20, there were 350 engagement events and 100 capacity development events around the world.

GSE Roles

• ICANN Senior Stakeholder Engagement Manager Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Director - Africa
• Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager - Middle East
• Stakeholder Engagement Senior Director- Europe
• Stakeholder Engagement Sr Manager
• SVP, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Senior Advisor to the President and CEO
• GSE Regional Specialist
• GSE Programs Manager
• VP, Stakeholder Engagement - Africa
• Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager - Caribbean
• VP, Stakeholder Engagement - Middle East and Managing Director Middle East and Africa
• Stakeholder Engagement Director - Brazil
• Senior Director, Global Stakeholder Engagement
• VP, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director - Asia Pacific
• Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Europe
• Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager – Eastern & Southern Africa
• VP, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director - Latin America and Caribbean
• VP, Stakeholder Engagement - North America
• Global Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager – Nordic and Central Europe
• Global Stakeholder Engagement Regional Specialist, APAC
• VP, Stakeholder Engagement - Oceania
• Global Stakeholder Engagement Operations Specialist and Executive Assistant
• Head of China, Global Stakeholder Engagement

GE

ICANN’s Government and Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) engagement team (GE) develops and implements a global strategy to engage with governments and intergovernmental organizations. The GE team is comprised of political issue-based subject-matter experts who monitor and analyze government and IGO activities to ensure that ICANN has the necessary information and tools to address geopolitical issues impacting ICANN’s mission. The GE has been covering the discussions at the United Nations in New York since 2014. The GE also leads a multi-year educational effort, including regular workshops and seminars for diplomats as well as for relevant UN agencies, to provide factual information to the people negotiating Internet governance resolutions. The GE identifies potential avenues for collaboration on capacity-building activities for governments as part of a working plan with the ITU’s Development Sector (ITU-D); UNESCO on Universal Acceptance promotion; WIPO's Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographic Indications; the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development; and OECD through the Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC). Since its inception, the GE has been publishing papers on government and IGO deliberations on Internet governance.

GE Roles

• Government and IGO Engagement Manager
• VP, Government and IGO Engagement
• SVP, Government and Intergovernmental Organization Engagement (Mandy Carver)
• Government and IGO Engagement Senior Director
• VP, UN Engagement - New York

Learning and Development

ICANN also has staffers dedicated to running the programs aimed at strengthening the diversity of the multistakeholder model by fostering opportunities for individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities to become active participants in the ICANN community.

Outreach & Education Roles

• Learning and Development Director
• Sr. Manager, ERP Systems
• Fellowship Program Manager
• Next Generation Program Manager
• Civil Society Engagement Sr. Manager

International Telecommunication Union

World Intellectual Property Organization