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Yrjö Länsipuro previously served in this role since 2016 when the ALAC unanimously voted to appoint him as the first ALAC Liaison to the GAC.

GAC Liaison's Report on draft agenda for ALAC-GAC bilateral sessions during ICANN77 to be held between June 11^th -16^th 2023 in Washington D.C., US [by Joanna Kulesza]

In preparation for the bilateral meeting scheduled for ICANN 77 in D.C., which due to organizational constraints has been limited to 45 minutes rather than the usual full hour it has been proposed to accordingly readjust the usual schedule for the bilateral meeting.

Following the insightful and useful Q&A session in Cancun the parties are considering keeping full 15 mins for Q&A, which would allow them to focus on only one topic during the D.C. meeting. This would let them adjust positions and exchange experiences on the most pertinent issue within the current ICANN policy landscape. Other bilateral exchanges could be facilitated through dedicated bilateral sessions held in the lead-up to ICANN77, as has been previously the case with e.g. DNS Abuse.

With due regard to these organizational constraints, the parties are considering continuing the eager discussion on the joint 2017 statement, to ensure focus and inform the community of the results of our working pre-ICANN77 bilateral meeting, to be scheduled. Alternatively, they might wish to hold a bilateral prep meeting to select another topic, possibly from among these:

- DNS Abuse, which we might wish to couple with a dedicated NIS 2 impact CB session. ICANN org team could support this session by explaining the perplexities of EU law, whereas the EC GAC representative expressed interest in supporting such a dedicated session while in Cancun. The bilateral would then inform both ACs on important community topics and allow us to briefly report back during the bilateral.  

- Regulatory advancements and their MSM impact – as many interesting questions were posed during the Cancun plenary on the issue, it has been considered by both parties to follow up on them with more specific answers. Both ACs have a valid interest in seeking more effective measures to tackle this challenge and evolve the MSM to reflect current geopolitical realities. Also here an open, dedicated CB session ahead of D.C. might be an option, with the bilateral allowing us to summarize its results.

The current draft agenda is as follows, subject to GAC consideration and feedback:

ICANN 77 Joint ALAC/GAC meeting Wednesday, June 14^th at 10:45 local time for 45 mins (GAC Room)

DRAFT AGENDA:

10:45-10:55 (10 mins)  Introduction and welcome: Nicolas Caballero, GAC Chair; Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Chair

10:55-11:05 (10 mins) [review on progress/status quo on one selected policy theme]

11:05 - 11:10 (15 mins) moderated Q&A

11:20 - 11:30 (10 mins) Summary and wrap up

Next Steps:

The parties are working to:

• host a dedicated working meeting on the joint statement in the lead-up to the DC meeting; possibly joined by Sally Newell Cohen, who expressed initial interest in better-identifying community needs in the respect.
• second working meeting to coordinate identified topics of mutual interest and speaking points;
• [optional]: open, capacity-building session/s on DNS Abuse and/or regulatory impacts for the ICANN MSM, as noted below.

GAC Liaison's Report on the ALAC-GAC bilateral sessions during ICANN76 11-16 March 2023 in Cauncun, Mexico[by Joanna Kulesza]

During ICANN 76 in Cancun, Mexico 5 ALAC held a bilateral joint session with the GAC on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 at 09:00 - 10:00 EST (Cancun local time) / 14:00-15:00 UTC with the following agenda: 

09:00-09:10 EST (14:00-14:10 UTC) (10 mins)  Introduction and welcome, GAC/ALAC Chairs - Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Chair and Manal Ismail, GAC Chair

09:10-09:20 EST; (14:10-14:20 UTC)(10 mins) Follow up on the 2017 joint Advice to the Board entitled “Enabling Inclusive, Informed and Meaningful Participation at ICANN: A Joint Statement by ALAC and GAC.”; Alan Greenberg, ALAC, 5’ / Jorge Cancio, GAC, 5’

09:20-09:30 EST (14:20-14:30 UTC) (10 mins) Further advancement of the multistakeholder model – follow up to the plenary session; Nigel Hickson, GAC 5’ / Marita Moll; ALAC/At-Large: 5’

09:30-09:40 EST (14:30-14:40 UTC) (10 mins) DNS abuse in the context of contemporary legislative advancement?; Hadia Elminiawi, ALAC 5’ / Laureen Kapin, GAC 5’

09:40-09:50 EST (14:40-14:50 UTC) moderated Q&A

9:50 - 10:00 EST; 14:50-15:00 UTC) (10 mins)     Summary and wrap up

Ahead of the meeting, Nigel Hickson was appointed as the GAC VC acting as liaison to the ALAC.

During the meeting the two parties identified a need to further engage in direct, bilateral exchange on the issue of the 2017 Joint advice, to be followed up with ICANN’s Sally Newell Cohen and the ICANN communications team in light of current implementation of the Information Transparency Initiative (ITI). An initial working meeting with the ICANN communications team to that result was held by ALAC leadership and thematic leads directly after the bilateral session in Cancun as a lead-up to a dedicated bilateral working meeting ahead of ICANN 77. This working meeting would allow us to best understand the needs of both constituencies regarding quick and efficient access to ICANN working documents and ways in which they may be addressed by the ICANN communications team.

Also, the parties agreed to consider:

• hosting a dedicated working meeting on the joint statement in the lead-up to the DC meeting; possibly joined by Sally Newell Cohen, who expressed initial interest in better-identifying community needs in this respect.
• second working meeting to coordinate identified topics of mutual interest and speaking points;
• [optionally]: an open, capacity-building session/s on DNS Abuse and/or regulatory impacts for the ICANN MSM.

ICANN75 GAC Communiqué published, 30 Sept. 2022 [by Joanna Kulesza]

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