As some of you may know, the GAC working group on under served regions has conducted a survey with governments in the GAC on Governments relations with ccTLDs managers managing the specific country code. The survey results, analysis etc. have now been published on the GAC website: https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governments+relationships+with+ccTLDs.

Following the GAC internal discussions on the Framework of Interpretation (during the Singapore meeting 2015) on policies and guidelines pertaining to the delegation, revocation and transfer of country-code Top Level Domains, it became clear to the GAC that having a good framework of relationships with the manager of the respective ccTLD is of utmost importance to Governments. . With this in mind the GAC working group on under served regions undertook the taks to compile a set of good practices that may exist in different countries and that may be of use for Governments looking to improve their relationship with the country code manager.

To this end the GAC working group on under served regions has conducted a survey with governments in the GAC that have an interest in compiling good practices that may exist in different countries and that may be of use for Governments looking to improve their relationship with the country code manager. The survey was conducted with the aim of helping governments build good frameworks of relationship with ccTLD administrators by identifying current challenges and developing a set of good practice.