Policy Development Process & Policy Update Newcomers Session - 11 Sep 2020 ORGANISED BY
Policy Development Process & Policy Update Madhvi Gokool 11 SEPTEMBER 2020
Why should you care? ➢ Public IP Number Resources are The Internet ➢ An essential part of people’s lives. ➢ Now a basic human need/right ➢ In the RIR system, the community decides on how these resources are managed ➢ Participate & help us better manage resources, for Africa. 3
POLICY DEVELOPMENT Number Resources Management Policies ➢ Guideline by which AFRINIC Ltd manages resources ➢ Guidelines for the services offered by AFRINIC around these resources ➢ Developed by the AFRINIC Community ➢ Developed through the Policy Development Process
POLICY DEVELOPMENT ---- The set of steps by which the African Internet community proposes, deliberates and adopts the policies that guide the use of number resources in the AFRINIC service region---- Open Transparent B o t t o m - u p
PDP principles • Openness: • Policy development happens in an open forum • Anyone can participate. • Transparency: • Everything documented, publicly available. • Fairness: • Goal of all discussions is to ensure fair distribution of resources. 6
The PDP ➢ The PDP is a documented policy (CPM 3.0), also subject to change. ➢ Procedures in the PDP are designed to be fair, open, objective. ○ Provide ample opportunity for participation by any interested party. ○ Decisions based on “ consensus ”. ➢ Changes to the PDP must follow the PDP ➢ Implemented policies can evolve to adapt to new situations that prevail 7
The PDP simplified: 8
AFRINIC Policy Manual All ratified policies are documented in the AFRINIC Policy manual https://www.afrinic.net/policy/manual The manual is updated once new policies are ratified and implemented
AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting ➢ At least 1 Meeting a year ➢ During AFRINIC-32 ,PPM will be held on 16-17 Sep2020 ➢ 12 Policy Proposals shall be discussed ➢ Agenda https://2020.internetsummit.africa/en/agenda/programme
Coordination • The “PDWG” – is composed of anyone that is involved in discussing a policy proposal. • It is chaired by 2 co-chairs (Volunteers)– currently: • Moses Serugo (Uganda) • Abdulkarim Oloyede (Nigeria) • Supported by AFRINIC (secretariat duties). 11
How to participate Requirements ➢ Interest in how AFRINIC manages its resources ➢ Understand English/French (most of the discussions are in English) ➢ Email address ➢ Internet access
How to participate ➢ Subscribe to rpd mailing list - rpd@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd ➢ Look up the proposals on AFRINIC website https:// afrinic.net/policy/proposals
How to participate C onsult the rpd archives to acquaint with the discussions on these proposals
How to participate(online) ➢ Contribute your views regarding the policies on the mailing list ○ To facilitate the thread on the mailing list & ease of understanding of the discussions , Pick up/Maintain the subject line e.g AFPUB-2019-GEN-007-DRAFT02 (Chairs Elections Process) ➢ Attend policy webinars (new initiative) ➢ Encourage participation in your organization (remotely)
How to participate(on-site) ➢ Attend physical AFRINIC meetings ➢ Contribute your views regarding the policies (limited microphone time) ➢ Encourage in person participation in your organisation
Author/Co-author a policy ➢ Read the AFRINIC Consolidated Policy Manual ➢ Quick start - go through the Policy Implementation Experience Reports ➢ Identify a problem statement ➢ Some authors are willing to help new community members draft policy proposals ➢ Come up with a proposal (Avoid competing proposals unless necessary) ➢ Guidelines - https://www.afrinic.net/policy#propose
Summary of Implemented Policy Proposals in CPM (2004-2020) Type IPv4 IPv6 ASN Services PDP Count 8 8 7 4 1
Summary of Policy Proposals @Sep2020 Type IPv4 IPv6 ASN Services PDP Count 4 1 4 3 5
Summary of policy proposals under discussion Title Overview M&A Resource Transfers Allows IPv4, IPv6 & ASNs to be transferred within the AFRINIC service region(Intra) as a result of a partial or complete merger, acquisition, business reorganization or relocation Resource Transfer Policy Allows bi-directional inter-RIR transfers of IPv4 and ASN Resources subject to conditions listed in the proposal AFRINIC Number Allows inter & Intra RIR transfers of IPv4 and ASN Resources Resources Transfer subject to conditions listed in the proposal Policy Inter-RIR Resource Allows inter & Intra RIR transfers of IPv4 and ASN Resources Transfers(Comprehensiv subject to conditions listed in the proposal e Scope
Summary of policy proposals under discussion Title Overview Policy Compliance Dashboard Give recommendations to AFRINIC in regard to the implementation of a dashboard on its member portal that will show & send reminders to members who do not comply with existing policies & contractual requirements RPKI ROAs for Unallocated & Proposes that AFRINIC create ROAs with AS0 for all its Unassigned Resources available & reserved resources to restrict the propagation of BGP announcements for these resources Abuse Contact Policy Update All members of AFRINIC shall have an abuse contact that is reachable and responsive , so as to facilitate reporting of abuses originating from the IP resources they hold
Summary of policy proposals under discussion Title Overview Board Prerogatives on the PDP Amends the PDP to reflect what the prerogatives of AFRINIC Board shall be Simple PDP Update for the New Define rough consensus & amends the current Normal consensus guidelines PDP Working Group Guidelines defining clear and explicit Working Group guidelines and & Procedures procedures Chairs Election Process Defines a complete process for nominating & choosing the co-chairs of the Working Group Impact Analysis is mandatory Proposes that staff impact assessment are mandatory & strict deadlines for their submission
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