[council] The New GNSO Policy Development Process Presented for Approval

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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The New GNSO Policy Development Process Presented for Approval

Policy Development Process Work Team Submits its Final Report

31 May 2011

The Policy Development Process Work Team (PDP-WT) was tasked to develop a new 
GNSO policy development process that incorporates a working group approach and 
makes it more effective and responsive to ICANN’s policy development needs. 
Today, the PDP-WT has submitted its Final Report 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf [PDF, 
1.39 MB] to the GNSO Council for its consideration. The Final Report contains 
amongst others forty-seven (47) recommendations, an outline of the proposed new 
Annex A as well as a supporting document that is envisioned to be included in 
the GNSO Council Operating Procedures as the PDP Manual.

The Recommendations include amongst others:

 *   Recommending the use of a standardized "Request for an Issue Report 
Template"
 *   The introduction of a "Preliminary Issues Report" which shall be published 
for public comment prior to the creation of a Final Issues Report to be acted 
upon by the GNSO Council
 *   A Requirement that each PDP Working Group operate under a Charter
 *   Dialogue between the GNSO Council and an Advisory Committee in the event 
that an the GNSO Council decides not to initiate a PDP following an Issues 
Report requested by such Advisory Committee
 *   Changing the existing Bylaws requiring a mandatory public comment period 
upon initiation of a PDP to optional at the discretion of the PDP Working Group
 *   Clarification of ‘in scope of ICANN policy process or the GNSO’
 *   Changing the timeframes of public comment periods including (i) a required 
public comment period of no less than 30 days on a PDP Working Group’s Initial 
Report and (ii) a minimum of 21 days for any non-required public comment 
periods the PDP WG might choose to initiate at its discretion
 *   Maintaining the existing requirement of PDP Working Groups producing both 
an Initial Report and Final Report, but giving PDP Working Groups the 
discretion to produce additional outputs
 *   A recommendation allowing for the termination of a PDP prior to delivery 
of the Final Report
 *   Guidance to the GNSO Council on the treatment of PDP WG recommendations
 *   New procedures on the delivery of recommendations to the Board including a 
requirement that all reports presented to the Board are reviewed by either the 
PDP Working Group or the GNSO Council and made publicly available
 *   The use of Implementation Review Teams

Further details and background on the different recommendations, the proposed 
Annex A and PDP Manual can be found in the PDP-WT Final Report 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf [PDF, 
1.39 MB]. The GNSO Council will now consider this Final Report for adoption.

Background

On 26 June 2008 the ICANN Board approved a set of 
recommendations<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm> 
designed to improve the effectiveness of the GNSO, including its policy 
activities, structure, operations, and communications. The following pertains 
to the PDP-WT's mission:

Revising the PDP: The Policy Development Process (PDP) needs to be revised to 
make it more effective and responsive to ICANN's needs. It should be brought 
in-line with the time and effort actually required to develop policy and made 
consistent with ICANN's existing contracts (including, but not limited to, 
clarifying the appropriate scope of GNSO “consensus policy” development). While 
the procedure for developing "consensus policies" will need to continue to be 
established by the Bylaws as long as required by ICANN's contracts, the GNSO 
Council and Staff should propose new PDP rules for the Board's consideration 
and approval that contain more flexibility. The new rules should emphasize the 
importance of the preparation that must be done before launch of a working 
group or other activity, such as public discussion, fact-finding, and expert 
research in order to properly define the scope, objective, and schedule for a 
specific policy development goal and the development of metrics for measuring 
success.

The revised PDP, after review and approval by the GNSO Council and ICANN Board, 
would replace the current PDP defined in Annex A of the ICANN bylaws.

Further Information:

PDP-WT Final Report – 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf [PDF, 
1.39 MB]
PDP-WT Proposed Final Report – 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-proposed-final-report-21feb11-en.pdf [PDF, 
1.21 MB]
PDP-WT Initial Report – 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-initial-report-31may10-en.pdf [PDF, 2.35 MB]
PDP-WT Workspace – https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoppsc/PDP-WT+Home
GNSO Improvements – http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/

Staff Responsible: Marika Konings







Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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