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ICANN Seeks Feedback on 2027 Operating Plans, Financial Plans, and Budgets

17 December 2025

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has opened a Public Comment proceeding seeking community feedback on the following:

  1. Draft ICANN Fiscal Year (FY) 27–31 Operating and Financial Plan and FY26 Operating Plan Document
  2. Draft ICANN FY27 Budget
  3. Draft IANA FY27 Operating Plan and Budget

ICANN deeply values the ongoing involvement of the community, both individual members and organizations, in the annual planning process. Community participation is fundamental to ICANN's public accountability, and ICANN recognizes the significant time and attention it demands and looks forward to advancing many important initiatives in FY27.

This proceeding will be open for 58 days. For more information, and to participate in this proceeding, please visit this webpage.

ICANN also invites the community to participate in an informational webinar about the draft operating and financial plans for fiscal year 2027 (FY27). The webinar will provide an overview of the draft plans for ICANN and Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) which will be posted for separate, concurrent Public Comments on 16 December 2025. The webinar will be presented at two different times, and community members can register for one or both of the sessions: 18 December 2025 at 15:30 UTC or 14 January 2026 at 00:00 UTC

Open for Submissions Date:
Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Closed for Submissions Date:
Thursday, 12 February 2026

About ICANN

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.