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In November 2020, the [[ICANN Board]] approved a recommendation from [[Third Accountability and Transparency Review|ATRT3]] to create a '''Prioritization Framework''' to integrate community, board, and org priorities into annual strategic & budget planning. The prioritization framework was intended to "achiev[e] an agreed upon definition of what it would mean for the prioritization process to “operate by consensus of the individual SO/ACs, Board, and org members that are participating in the prioritization process.”<ref name="atrt3scorecard">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-atrt3-final-recs-board-action-scorecard-30nov20-en.pdf ICANN.org - Board Resources: ATRT3 Scorecard], November 30, 2020</ref> [[ICANN]]'s [[planning]] department is responsible for facilitating prioritization at an organizational level to ensure that prioritized projects are included the annual Operating and Financial plans.

The '''Prioritization Framework''' is a proposed method for [[ICANN]] to integrate [[ICANN Community|community]], [[ICANN Board|board]], and [[ICANN Organization|org]] priorities into annual strategic & budget planning. The prioritization framework is intended to "achiev[e] an agreed upon definition of what it would mean for the prioritization process to “operate by consensus of the individual SO/ACs, Board, and org members that are participating in the prioritization process.”<ref name="atrt3scorecard">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-atrt3-final-recs-board-action-scorecard-30nov20-en.pdf ICANN.org - Board Resources: ATRT3 Scorecard], November 30, 2020</ref> [[ICANN]]'s [[planning]] department is responsible for facilitating prioritization at an organizational level to ensure that prioritized projects are included the annual Operating and Financial plans. Prioritization is tracked against the ICANN Strategic Plan to ensure that we can progress our work effectively. The Board intends to integrate the prioritization of activities into its work plan and add the highest-priority activities to the agenda of each Board Workshop.

==History==

==Background==

ICANN's [[Multistakeholder Model]] provides for the development of consensus-driven, bottom-up policy and recommendations from the community of stakeholders in the ICANN ecosystem. Over time, the generation of policy proposals, consensus advice, and recommendations has outstripped the ICANN board and orginization's ability to implement such proposals. This has resulted in bottlenecks at the board and org levels around policy implementation: the attention of the board is strained by the number of inputs from constituent bodies; and within the organization, resource limitations make it challenging to respond to all of the mandates generated by board approval of recommendations.<ref name="icann72slides">[https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/13-October-2021+Planning+and+Prioritization+Framework+Design+Update?preview=/176623446/176623447/17-ICANN%2072%20Prep%20Week-%20Planning%20Prioritization%20Framework%20Project%20-10-13-21-%20Final.pdf ICANN 72 Archive - Presentation Slides - Planning Prioritization Framework Project] October 13, 2021</ref>  

ICANN's [[Multistakeholder Model]] provides for the development of consensus-driven, bottom-up policy and recommendations from the community of stakeholders in the ICANN ecosystem. Over time, the generation of policy proposals, consensus advice, and recommendations has outstripped the ICANN board and orginization's ability to implement such proposals. This has resulted in bottlenecks at the board and org levels around policy implementation: the attention of the board is strained by the number of inputs from constituent bodies; and within the organization, resource limitations make it challenging to respond to all of the mandates generated by board approval of recommendations.<ref name="icann72slides">[https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/13-October-2021+Planning+and+Prioritization+Framework+Design+Update?preview=/176623446/176623447/17-ICANN%2072%20Prep%20Week-%20Planning%20Prioritization%20Framework%20Project%20-10-13-21-%20Final.pdf ICANN 72 Archive - Presentation Slides - Planning Prioritization Framework Project] October 13, 2021</ref>  

The [[Third Accountability and Transparency Review]] made several recommendations regarding the transparency of ICANN's decision-making process, as well as the creation of engagement processes for community-wide concerns. These included a proposed holistic review of ICANN's constituent organizations and re-factoring of existing Organizational Reviews into continuous improvement processes.<ref name="atrt3final">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt3-report-29may20-en.pdf ICANN.org - ATRT 3 Final Report], May 29, 2020</ref> In addition, the review team proposed the creation of a "consensus model" for prioritizing the work of ICANN org and the recommendations derived from [[Policy Development Process|policy development processes]], cross-community working groups, [[ICANN Reviews|organizational and specific reviews]], and other sources.<ref name="atrt3final" />

The [[Third Accountability and Transparency Review]] made several recommendations regarding the transparency of ICANN's decision-making process, as well as the creation of engagement processes for community-wide concerns. These included a proposed holistic review of ICANN's constituent organizations and refactoring of existing Organizational Reviews into continuous improvement processes.<ref name="atrt3final">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt3-report-29may20-en.pdf ICANN.org - ATRT 3 Final Report], May 29, 2020</ref> In addition, the review team proposed the creation of a "consensus model" for prioritizing the work of ICANN org and the recommendations derived from [[Policy Development Process|policy development processes]], cross-community working groups, [[ICANN Reviews|organizational and specific reviews]], and other sources.<ref name="atrt3final" />

 

In November 2020, the [[ICANN Board]] approved a recommendation from [[Third Accountability and Transparency Review|ATRT3]] to create a Prioritization Framework. At the Board workshop in late April/early May 2022, the board recognized the risk of ICANN being seen as "not getting things done" and reaffirmed the need to deliver on the prioritization efforts.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/chairs-blog-aprilmay-2022-board-workshop-recap-13-05-2022-en Chair’s Blog: April–May 2022 Board Workshop Recap, ICANN Blogs]</ref>

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