Author: Maarten Botterman

Maarten Botterman is Director of GNKS Consult, a company with strong associations to other research institutes and leading international researchers committed to working together on policy development: making things happen, in a sustainable way. He has a passion for getting the best out of teams and organizations, by making sure there is a focus on key priorities, and a good use of the passion and abilities of people.

For his work he relies on his knowledge and experience from his work as CEO (interim) of the Public Interest Registry (PIR, responsible for dot-org), Information Society Director at RAND (1999 – 2006), as CEO of the Information Assurance Advisory Council (2003 -2006), as Scientific Officer for DG Information Society of the European Commission (1995 – 1999), as Senior Telework Consultant at the Dutch Ministry for Transport, Public Works and Water Management (1992 – 1995), and as Head of ICT at the North Sea Directorate of the same Ministry (1987 – 1992). Next to that he can rely on contact network in Brussels, London, The Netherlands and Washington DC.

Currently he is also (non executive) Director and Chairman on the Board of the Public Interest Registry (PIR), responsible for the dot-org domain on the Internet, Founder and Director of Conscious Leadership Coaching BV, an organization that aims at creating healthy organizations through conscious and thus sustainable behavior, and Member of the Permanent Stakeholder Group that advises ENISA on its mission and workplan.

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14 January 2012
Getting ICANN to the next level of maturity: introducing Integrated Policy Impact Assessments

Integrated Policy Impact Assessment was first introduced among OECD countries and has been recognized by many International Organisations and Governments as a primary means of examining and measuring the likely benefits, costs and effects of new or changed regulations and policies. It has for example been embraced as a standard by the European Union and the UNDP, and best practices and guidelines are now widely available.

This approach basically brings together all the evidence that underlines a policy decision into one document, structured according to agreed guidelines to ensure consistency and completeness. Potentially, this offers the opportunity to improve the transparency and accountability of policy processes, and to provide a strong evidence base for policy making. Using Integrated Policy Impact Assessments according to explicit guidelines could dramatically increase transparency and hence confidence in the way ICANN takes decisions.

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