Dear all, I am pleased to inform you that the Issue Report for the ccNSO PDP to develop a review mechanism for decisions pertaining to delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs and a policy with respect to the retirement of ccTLDs has been published and is available on the ccNSO website: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/pdp-issue-review-retirement-cctld-09ma... The issue report will be presented at the upcoming ccNSO meeting. This session is scheduled for Tuesday 14 March 2017, 15.15-16.00. For your convenience, I have included the executive summary. Kind regards, Bart In December 2015, the ccNSO Council discussed the need to launch a formal ccNSO Policy Development Processes to address the lack of policy with respect to retirement of ccTLDs and introduction of a Review Mechanism on issues pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs. This discussion was grounded in the need to ensure the predictability and legitimacy of decisions with respect to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs and to fill the lack of policy pertaining to the retirement of ccTLDs. At its meeting on 16 June 2016 the ccNSO Council resolved: a. Request and Issue Report in accordance with Annex B section 1 of the ICANN Bylaws. The Issue Report should address the following topics: a. Recommend whether the ccNSO should initiate the ccNSO Policy Development Process on the retirement of ccTLDs and Review Mechanism for decision pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs. b. Advise whether to convene a Taskforce or use other method c. Advice whether to initiate one or two ccNSO Policy Development Processes, and order the order in which the topics should be addressed. b. To appoint an Issue Manager In November 2016, the ccNSO Council further resolved to appoint a drafting team to develop charters and delineate the issues pertaining to the review mechanism and retirement of ccTLDs. Following the discussions within the Council, feed-back and input from the community and the drafting team, the Issue Manager recommends: 1. The ccNSO Council initiates a ccNSO Policy Development Process to develop policies for a Review Mechanism and on the retirement of ccTLDs. 2. To initiate one (1) ccNSO Policy Development Process. It is further recommended that the initial focus needs to be on developing a Review Mechanism, which is considered the highest priority, in particular in light of the IANA Stewardship transition. Only then the focus should be on retirement, and, if needed, revisit the Review Mechanism to include decisions relating to the retirement of ccTLDs. 3. To appoint two working groups each with its own charter, working method and schedule.