Basic Schedule and Timeline

Basic Schedule

Phase	Description	Expected starting date and minimal duration if applicable.	Cumulative Timeline
Phase 1: Initiation of ccPDP	Decision of Council to initiate PDP and launch Phase 2 by call for volunteers	May 2020	May – mid-July 2020
Phase 2: Comments on Issue PDP	Publish Issue report, call for volunteers, inform SO/ACs etc.	May 2020 Minimum 2 months	May- July 2020
Phase 3: Preparing Recommendations	Preparing Initial and Final proposals by WG, including at a minimum one (1) Public Comment on combined output	Minimal duration 12 months: - WG preparation, Initial Report 6 Months - Public comment 2 months - Draft Final Report 2 Months - Public comments 2 months	July 2020 – July 2021
Phase 4: decision making (Council and Members).	Decision making procedures and requirements as prescribed for the Council and Members	Expected duration: at a minimum 2 months, maximum 4 months. Start post ccNSO members meeting	August 2021- December 2021
Phase 5: Submission Board report	Issue manager and Council to prepare Board report	0.5 Month	January 2022
Phase 6: Board vote
Phase 7: Supplemental Recommendation
Phase 8: Implementation

The Issue Manager recommends that public consultation periods and requests for input, including the intermediate results of the working group, should be sought as much as feasible in conjunction with physical face–to–face meetings.

Accordingly, the tentative timeline to conduct the ccPDP4 is the following:

Step	Event		Entity	Tentative Date completion	Comment
1	Draft Issue Report		Issue Manager	May 2020	To be presented to the ccNSO Council prior to ICANN68
2	Formal Initiation of ccPDP 4		ccNSO Council	May 2020	ccNSO Council vote
3		Public notification of Initiation of IDN ccPDP	Issue Manager	May – August 2020	Notification of initiation of the ccPDP4 to the Website and to the other ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees. Open comment period (in accordance with the PDP Time Line) and at a minimum 40 days.
4		Notification of and appointment by Regional Organisations of a representative	Issue Manager	June 2020	Each representative of a Regional Organisation shall be asked to submit a Regional Statement to the Issue Manager as part of and within the time designated in the PDP Time Line.
5		Formal request to Chair of the GAC to offer opinion or advice	ccNSO Council	June 2020
6		Formation of Working Group under ccPDP	ccNSO Council	June- July 2020	As part of the ccPDP4, create a Working Group will be established
8		Interim Papers	ccPDP4 WG	February 2021	Various papers (sub) WG to be concluded at ICANN70 to be initially presented at ccNSO meeting & other stakeholders
10	Initial Report		ccPDP4 WG	April 2021	Combined version of Interim papers. Public comment period of at least 40 days
11	Draft Final Report		ccPD4 WG & Issue Manager	June 2021	Publication Final Report of containing the recommendations to resolve issues as identified in Issues report, public comment of 40 days
17	Adoption Process				Adoption process ccNSO, including ccNSO membership vote.
		Adoption Final Report by WG	Issue Manager	July 2021	Ensure the Final Report reflects consensus of the WG on recommended policy
18		Submission of Final Report to the ccNSO Council	Issue Manager	August 2021	Preferably in time for ICANN’s community forum FY 21
19		Invite the Chair of the GAC to offer opinion or advice	ccNSO Council	August 2021	Preferably in time for ICANN’s community forum FY 21
20		ccNSO Council Adoption of Final Report	ccNSO Council	September 2021	After GAC has had opportunity to Advise or share its opinion.
21		First round ccNSO members vote	ccNSO Members	To be completed post AGM 2021	Note: the first round of members vote is subject to quorum rule (at least 50 %) of the members need to have cast a vote.
		Council decision to adopt Board Report	ccNSO Council	December 2021	Board report needs to include the results of members vote.
22	Submission Board report	Board Report	ccNSO Council	January 2022

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