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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan</h2>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;">11 November 2014</p>
<p>ICANN is introducing the addition of <em><strong>Five-Year Operating Plan</strong></em> to its planning process, and is
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-opplan-budget-2016-2020-2014-11-11-en">
seeking public comment</a> on the <em><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-opplan-budget-2016-2020-10nov14-en.pdf">ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan Version 1 (FY2016-FY2020)</a></strong></em> [PDF, 1.04 MB]. The
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-opplan-budget-2016-2020-2014-11-11-en">
public comment period</a> begins today, Monday, 11 November 2014 for a total of 55 days to complete on Monday, 5 January 2015.</p>
<p>This year's calendar for the Five-Year Operating Plan will be:</p>
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<p>The <em><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-opplan-budget-2016-2020-10nov14-en.pdf">ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan version 1 (FY2016-FY2020)</a></strong></em> [PDF, 1.04 MB] includes input from the ICANN community
during the development of the Strategic Plan. In support of the planning process the
<em><strong>Five-Year Operating Plan</strong></em> will be updated annually based on that year's performance and the anticipated results, and in accordance with the Financial Model parameters for resources and dependencies. This will also be in accordance with
the Multi-Year Planning Calendar. The <em><strong>Five-Year Operating plan</strong></em> includes: five-year planning calendar, strategic goals with corresponding key performance indicators, dependencies, five-year phasing, and list of portfolios; and five-year
financial model.</p>
<p>The opening remarks by <strong>Fadi Chehadé</strong> (ICANN President and CEO) at ICANN 51 included an overview of the Planning Process. Please refer to
<a href="https://www.icann.org/presidents-corner">https://www.icann.org/presidents-corner</a> for the recording.</p>
<p>The <em><strong>Annual Operating Plan and Budget</strong></em> will subsequently be derived from the Five-Year Operating Plan following community input.</p>
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