Joint Statement - ALAC & GAC

This Advice was submitted to the ICANN Board on 2 November 2017. For complete historical information on the development of this Advice, visit the At-Large workspace: Joint Statement by ALAC and GAC: Enabling Inclusive, Informed and Meaningful Participation at ICANN and the At-Large website: https://atlarge.icann.org/advice_statements/10443.

Recommendation	Description	Phase
Recommendation 1	Develop a simple and efficient document management system that allows non-experts to easily and quickly access and identify documents, starting with defining minimal requirements that ensure that every document has a title and a date or reference number, identifies the author and indicates intended recipients, makes reference to the process it belongs to and explains the acronyms used in the document.	Phase 4 \| Implement
Recommendation 2	Produce easily understandable executive summaries, key points and synopses (using e.g. infographs, videos and other innovative ways of presenting information) for all relevant issues, processes and activities, so that also non-expert stakeholders will be able to (a) quickly determine if a particular issue is of concern to them and (b) if yes, to participate in the policy process easily and effectively, on equal footing with other stakeholders. This should be done at least, but not only, before putting issues up for public comment. Attention should be paid to using plain English (and if possible translations into other languages) in order to allow non-English native speakers to understand the issues.	Phase 4 \| Implement

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