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A '''Multistakeholder Model''' is an organizational framework or structure which adopts the ''' multistakeholder process of governance or policy making which aims to bring together the primary stakeholders such as businesses, civil society, governments, research institutions and non-governments organizations to cooperate and participate in the dialogue, decision making and taking action in providing solution to a problem or in achieving a common goal. The [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] is an example of a multistakeholder model organization. ICANN is composed of different internet stakeholders around the world and practices a consensus-based policy development also known as "bottom-up" model. ICANN's governs on the principle of cooperation and collaboration with the different internet stakeholders worldwide to be able to effectively and efficiently carry-out its responsibility as the international internet governing body.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/ombudsman/icann-multi-stakeholder-model-14apr08.pdf ICANN's Multistakeholder Model by Grace Ayres]</ref> | |||
==ICANN Organizational Structure== | ==ICANN Organizational Structure== | ||
The diagram below shows the diversity of the internet stakeholders comprising ICANN. As the global inernet governing body, ICANN's primary role is to coordinate the internet naming system worldwide.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/ About ICANN]</ref> | |||
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==Characteristics of Multistakeholder Process== | ==Characteristics of Multistakeholder Process== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:47, 7 February 2012
A Multistakeholder Model is an organizational framework or structure which adopts the multistakeholder process of governance or policy making which aims to bring together the primary stakeholders such as businesses, civil society, governments, research institutions and non-governments organizations to cooperate and participate in the dialogue, decision making and taking action in providing solution to a problem or in achieving a common goal. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is an example of a multistakeholder model organization. ICANN is composed of different internet stakeholders around the world and practices a consensus-based policy development also known as "bottom-up" model. ICANN's governs on the principle of cooperation and collaboration with the different internet stakeholders worldwide to be able to effectively and efficiently carry-out its responsibility as the international internet governing body.[1]
ICANN Organizational Structure
The diagram below shows the diversity of the internet stakeholders comprising ICANN. As the global inernet governing body, ICANN's primary role is to coordinate the internet naming system worldwide.[2]
