[CPWG] Fwd: [Gnso-epdp-team] GAC Concerns with feasibility of timeline v. COVID-19

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Significant point made by the GAC.


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Subject: 	[Gnso-epdp-team] GAC Concerns with feasibility of timeline v.
COVID-19
Date: 	Thu, 9 Apr 2020 04:28:16 +0000
From: 	Manal Ismail <manal at tra.gov.eg>
To: 	gnso-epdp-team at icann.org <gnso-epdp-team at icann.org>
CC: 	gac-epdp at icann.org <gac-epdp at icann.org>, gac-leadership at icann.org
<gac-leadership at icann.org>



Dear EPDP Team,

 

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its drastic consequences on
governments, organizations, private sector and individuals worldwide, I
would like to express our serious concerns, as GAC leaders, that
maintaining the current pace of work towards completion of Phase 2 by
mid-June could jeopardize the delivery, efficacy and legitimacy of the
EPDP’s policy recommendations.

 

While recognizing that the GAC has continually advised for swiftly
completing policy development and implementing agreed policy on this
critical public policy matter, we believe that given the current global
health emergency, which puts many in the EPDP and the community under
unprecedented stress (for example governments has been called to
heightened duties for the continuity of essential public services),
pressing important deliberations and decisions in such a short time
frame on already strained participants would mean unacceptably
sacrificing the product for the timeline.

 

We understand there are budget and human resources considerations
involved in the completion of Phase 2 of the EPDP. However, we are all
living through a global health pandemic, so we call on the EPDP Team to
seriously reassess its course and expectations (be it on the duration of
its calls, the turn-around time of reviews, its ultimate timeline and
budget) emulating what numerous governments, global organizations, and
households are doing to adapt during these challenging times across the
world.

 

Sincerely

Manal Ismail, GAC Chair

on the behalf of the entire GAC Leadership

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