The ccNSO Universal Acceptance Committee (UAC) will hold an internal work session.

ABOUT UAC | The purpose of the UAC is to provide the ccTLD community a platform to interact and share information at a global level and with other groups under the ICANN umbrella on topics related to UA and acceptance of IDNs.

The ccNSO Policy Gap Analysis Working Group (PGA WG) will hold an internal work session.

ABOUT PGA WG | The objective of the PGA WG is to identify, analyze, and advise Council if and how to address gaps in existing ccNSO policies policies, guidance or practices pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs, and other related IANA Naming Functions for ccTLDs.

The ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (SOPC) will hold an internal work session.

ABOUT SOPC | The objective of the SOPC is to provide input on the strategic and operational planning processes and related budgetary processes of ICANN and Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) that are relevant from a ccTLD or ccNSO perspective.

The ccNSO DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) will hold an internal work session.

ABOUT DASC | The DASC was created as a dedicated forum for ccTLD managers to discuss the important topic of DNS abuse and share information, insights, and practices.

The ccNSO Internet Governance Liaison Committee (IGLC) will hold an internal work session regarding future work items.  A review of IGLC activities is foreseen for ICANN81. IGLC also aims to explore another edition of its heat map, to determine which are the hot internet governance topics for each of the ICANN regions, and see whether there are changes with respect to previous editions of the heat map.

ABOUT IGLC | IGLC has been established to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in discussions and processes pertaining to Internet Governance.

The ccNSO Technical Working Group organises Tech Day at ICANN Meetings. The working group will hold an internal work session

The ccNSO Guidelines Review Committee (GRC) will hold an internal work session.

ABOUT GRC | The purpose of the GRC is to review the current guidelines and to ascertain whether they reflect current practices and working methods, identify potential gaps, and based on this analysis propose changes to the current guidelines to the Council.

The ccNSO Council will hold a workshop, in preparation of its 211th meeting at ICANN81

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? | The TLD-OPS Standing Committee will host a Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Tabletop Exercise (BC/DR TTX) on ransomware. Building upon a similar exercise held at ICANN 66 in 2019, and the recent Joint Crisis Management Exercise held at the CENTR Jamboree in May 2024, the goal of the exercise at ICANN81 is to develop capacity in ccTLDs to effectively conduct TTXs and enhance their overall resilience.

Join colleagues from other ccTLDs and with a mix of roles and responsibilities for an educational and fun experience, helping you to build your own Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans.  Participants will be assigned to groups and the TTX will be held in person only.

The Customer Standing Committee (CSC) and Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) as well as PTI Board will exchange views on topics of common interest regarding the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions.

Tech Day is a workshop open to all ICANN community members with an interest in technical, operational, and security topics

• Call for presentation proposals
• Agenda (coming soon)

Join us for the opening session of the ccNSO Members Meeting. Over the next days, the Council and ccNSO Members will discuss several issues affecting a cross-section of the world’s country codes. Additionally, there will be updates on developments and best practice from various ccTLD managers. The ccNSO Members Meeting sessions are open to all with an interest in ccTLD related topics.

The session, organised by the ccNSO IGLC, aims to review the community engagement with the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and identify takeaways for ccTLDs in the WSIS+20 process, thus empowering ccTLDs globally to navigate and influence the global digital governance landscape effectively.

The 3-year term for five members of the ccNSO Council will end in March 2025:

• Africa: Biyi Oladipo
• Asia Pacific: Jordan Carter
• Europe: Nick Wenban-Smith
• Latin America/Caribbean: Demi Getschko
• North America: Pablo Rodriguez

On Tuesday, 1 October 2024 (00:01 UTC), the ccNSO will open a call for nominations to fill those seats. The announcement about the call for nominations and other relevant news will be posted here.

The ccNSO Council was informed by IANA staff in June 2023 that operational measures would need to be taken for an extraordinary and temporary operational situation (IANA caretaker operation), without being able to rely on specific policies that would govern the situation at hand. This led to an invitation by the ccNSO Council to IANA staff to participate in discussions relating to curing the policy gap in that instance, and more broadly across ccTLD-related policies that pertain to IANA functions. 

An ad-hoc group of Councillors explored the issues and briefed the community since ICANN87. At ICANN80, the group advised Council to mandate and establish a working group to further analyze the issues at stake and involve the broader community in this work. 

The ccNSO Policy Gap Analysis Working Group (PGA WG) kicked off its work in August 2024.  Its objective is to identify, analyze, and advise Council if and how to address gaps in existing ccNSO policies policies, guidance or practices pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs, and other related IANA Naming Functions for ccTLDs. The PGA WG will hold a session during the ICANN81 ccNSO Members Meeting and report to the community. 

• PGA WG Charter

• PGA WG document library

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The ccNSO DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) will provide an update regarding the creation of its information repository and dedicated email list, and will present the results of the second ccTLD DNS Abuse survey. Conducted in 2024, this survey follows up on the initial survey from 2022. It aims to uncovering trends in DNS abuse mitigation practices across country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs).

ABOUT DASC | The ccNSO DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) is intended to maintain a dedicated forum for ccTLD Managers to discuss the important topic of DNS Abuse. The overarching purpose is to raise understanding and awareness of the issues pertaining to DNS Abuse, promote open and constructive dialogue, and ultimately to assist ccTLD Managers in their efforts to mitigate the impact of DNS Abuse.

DASC LIBRARY | The DASC has created a library to share DNS Abuse-relevant information. The DNS abuse library includes links to tools, articles, reports and more. You can do both searches and suggestions for content in the library. We invite you to have a look.

DASC EMAIL LIST | Committee has launched a DNS abuse discussion email list, open to all persons associated with a ccTLD with an interest in DNS abuse. The list will be used to regularly inform you about new additions to the library, discussions, and relevant upcoming events for ccTLDs.

DASC SURVEY | The DASC launched the first edition of the survey at the end of 2022, when ccTLDs from different regions, with different registration and governance models, responded to the survey. Respondents included both bigger and smaller organisations, both in terms of domain names under management and staff. It is worth noting that most respondents reported less than 0.1% of their names under management being affected by DNS Abuse. Finally, the survey results revealed that even ccTLDs with limited resources - including funding and staff – can effectively mitigate DNS abuse, with the help of DNS abuse policies and procedures and monitoring tools. The DASC survey provided rich results, and key findings were shared at ICANN76, ICANN77 and finally during a webinar in September 2023. DASC shared insights into what respondents consider to be actionable types of DNS Abuse, and which type of mitigation methods respondents use. Overall, the DASC survey provided valuable insights into the current state of DNS abuse mitigation among ccTLD registries, and identified several areas for improvement, including collaboration, effective use of DNS reporting tools, resource allocation, and education to effective DNS abuse mitigation. This also includes raising awareness among policymakers and the broader public. Read more here (scroll down to 2022 survey). Conducted in August - September 2024, the second edition of the DASC survey follows up on the initial survey from Q4 2022. It aims to uncover trends in DNS abuse mitigation practices across ccTLDs.

The ccTLD News Sessions have been a part of the ccNSO Members Meetings for several years and have provided a global platform for both experienced and new people to meet, share experiences and discuss ccTLD-related aspects.

agenda: coming soon

The ccTLD News Sessions have been a part of the ccNSO Members Meetings for several years and have provided a global platform for both experienced and new people to meet, share experiences and discuss ccTLD-related aspects.

Agenda: coming soon

The ccNSO Council will have its 211th meeting at ICANN81. All Council meetings are open to observers. Topics for discussion will be made available on its workspace.