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There have been discussions on the possibility of existing companies working with JAS qualified applicants in terms of providing resources that might allow for the establishment of Registry Service Providers (RSP) in the regions that do not have such services.  Currently all available RSPs are locate in Europe and in North America.  to require that amny new JAS qualified applicant be forced to use an incumbent RSP, in some sense defeats the purpose of creating Registry opportunities in Developing Economies.  The JAS recommends that in kind services be provided to assist JAS qualified applicants in creatign their own RSPs.

One way of doing this has been described elsewhere and involves the use of a matching service between applicants who have needs with incumbents who are willing to provide assistance.  while this is a good opportunity, it does not aid in creating real capacity in developing regions.  what is needed in a program that encourages companies withe technical and financial capacity to assist in creating the RSP that can serve the needs of several JAS qualified applicant Registries.  Among the resources that might be provided:

• Software licensing for the required Registry software functions
• Creation of FOSS registry software 
• Providing grant of 'registry in a box' type of offering
• On site consultations and assistance in setting up RSPs

An important part of such assistance would be the public statement by providers of such capabilities, as well as the guarantee of these services in JAS qualified applicants applications.

A list of provider types (draft not exhaustive or complete) for WG discussion is contained in this attached spreadsheet Evaluation Critera Provider Types.xlsx