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The GNSO Policy Briefing is produced by ICANN's Policy staff supporting the GNSO. It is drafted specifically in preparation for ICANN meetings to provide the Community with concise background information on all relevant GNSO policy efforts.

The EPDP Team has made crucial progress towards its development of a System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) to non-public gTLD registration data, the centerpiece of its Phase 2 work. Read the blog by the EPDP Team Chair Janis Karklins to learn more.

Rafik Dammak, GNSO Council Vice Chair, talks about how the PDP 3.0 initiative, which focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of GNSO policy development processes, connects with the project of evolving ICANN's multistakeholder model of governance.

The Policy Development Process (PDP) Updates provides handy one-page overviews of all the GNSO’s PDPs that are currently underway. You can download individual updates or a collated version of all updates.

As part of the ICANN Learn platform, a new GNSO course is now available. The course is aimed mostly at newcomers but also serves veterans to refresh their knowledge. Topics covered include: 'The GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies', the GNSO's Policy Development Process, and 'How to keep up-to-date with the GNSO'.