ICANN60 - Agenda Item 17

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Oct

2017

ICANN60 - Agenda Item 17 - BGRI Meeting

12:30 - 13:30 UTC+04:00

Hall 3

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Session Details:

Manal Ismail, Egypt

Markus Kummer, ICANN Board

The Board-GAC Recommendations Implementation Working Group (BGRI-WG)[icann.org] was created to implement GAC-related recommendations of the first ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT1)[icann.org]. Its term was then extended to implement GAC-related recommendations of the second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2)[icann.org].

Most recently, the BGRI-WG was re-convened with the mandate of looking into and reviewing “Effectiveness of GAC Advice”, where in some cases, it is difficult to determine whether (or not) ICANN Board has accepted GAC Advice, where there is clear evidence that advice has been accepted, to what degree it has been implemented, and whether or not the GAC feels the implementation adequately meets GAC’s original intent.

The session will adopt the reviewed description of what constitutes GAC Advice:

GAC Advice is advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN’s policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues.
GAC Advice is embodied in a written communication where the specific advice is clearly marked as such, has a clearly stated proposal for action(s) by the Board, and explains the underlying rationale for its Advice.

GAC Advice is provided in accordance with the GAC Operating Principles[gacweb.icann.org], and is duly considered, accepted, or rejected by the Board in accordance with Section 12.2 (a)(x-xi) of the ICANN Bylaws.

as well as agree on the following set of activities related to having a single, transparent, easy to access, and easy to manage portal for logging, tracking, and retrieving GAC Advice to the Board.

The BGRI will continue its work inter-sessionally, and requests feedback from GAC members on issues raised in the session (BGRI, GAC Members).

Session Minutes:

The BGRI-WG and the GAC met. A definition was adopted of what constitutes GAC advice and this will be made available on the GAC website. The Group agreed on a continuing program of work focused on how ICANN Org supports the Board in tracking and implementing GAC advice, and timelines for considering GAC advice.

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Recording: ICANN60 - Agenda Item 17 - BGRI Meeting

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Copy of Historical GAC Advice Review - 23October2017

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