Policy Development

Nomenclature

Understanding the nomenclature of policy proposals

Policy proposals are assigned the following different “status” values in their PDP life cycle until they have been implemented and added to the Consolidated Policy Manual. 

Under Discussion	Proposal is open to discussion on the mailing list.
Approved	Approvedand ratified by the AFRINIC Board, pending implementation
Withdrawn	Withdrawnby author(s).

ID format for New Policy Proposals

Each policy proposal is assigned a unique ID of the format below: 

"AFPUB-YYYY-Category-Number"-draft-nn"

• YYYY=year in long format e.g., 2011
• Category refers to resource or service type affected by the proposal. Valid categories are ASN=AS Numbers, v4=IPv4, v6=IPv6, DNS=all DNS matters, GEN=all others.
• Number= Serial number within that year starting from 001 for that category of policy documents.
• nn=Integer that starts with 01 and increases by 1 for every new version of the proposal. 
• If/when the proposal is implemented, numbering is abandoned as the content as ratified will get inserted into the Policy Manual.

 

Proposing

Proposing a Policy

Participate in the Policy Development Process

• Subscribe to the RPD mailing list and join the discussions. Archives of all previous discussions are available in the RPD mailing list archives.
• Propose new policy or a modification to existing policy.
• Attend a public policy meeting in person or remotely to discuss your proposal and other proposals. Minutes of all previous policy discussions at public policy meetings are available here.

Propose a Policy

• Please use the policy proposal template below to format and present your proposal.
• Send the policy proposal to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. copied to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. According to the provisions of the PDP, a proposal can also be posted directly to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (the policy discussion mailing list). We, however, recommend that it is shared with the PDWG co-chairs first in case any structural changes to the content and formatting are needed.

Template for Submitting Policy Proposals

• Draft Policy Name:
• ID: (Assigned by AFRINIC)
• Submission Date:
• Version:
• Author(s): (a) Name, (b) Email address, (c) Affiliation, if applicable

Sections of Policy Manual affected (Insert sections or numbering as appropriate)

• Related Policies:
• Obsoletes:
• Amends: (Insert section of Policy Manual as appropriate)

Proposal

1. Summary of the problem being addressed by this proposal
2. Summary of how this proposal addresses the problem
3. Proposal (Please use sub-numbering to make it easy for referencing)
4. Revision History
5. References

PIER

 

Click below to download:

• Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2022
• Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2021
  
• Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2020
  
• Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2019
• Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2018

 

PDWG co-chairs

Policy Development Working Group (PDWG)

 

The Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) develops and discusses the number of resource policy proposals that AFRINIC implements towards distributing IPv4, IPv6 and ASN resources in Africa.

The PDWG is composed of anyone who, either in person or through the Internet, participates in discussing policy proposals through the resources policy development (RPD) mailing list or at a public policy meeting (PPM).

 

PDWG Administration

 

Previous Co-Chairs

The community recognise and appreciate all individuals listed below who served as Policy Development Working Group Chair/Co-Chair.

Who	When	Comments
Vincent Ngundi (KE) - Chair Hytham El Nakhal (EG) Paulos Nyirenda (MW)	Mar 2008 – Nov 2010	Initial & Interim PDP-MG.
Subramanian Moonesamy (MU) Alan Barrett (ZA)	Dec 2010 – May 2011	Initial & Interim PDWG.
Paulos Nyirenda (MW)	Jun 2011 – May 2012
Tim McGinnis (US)	Jun 2011 – May 2012
Alan Barrett (ZA)	Jun 2012 – May 2013
Emile Milandou (CG)	Jun 2012 – May 2014
Seun Ojedeji (NG)	Jun 2013 – May 2015
Adam Nelson (US)	Jun 2014 – Apr 2015	Did not complete term
Barry Macharia (KE)	Jun 2015 – Dec 2015	Did not complete term
Seun Ojedeji (NG)	Jun 2015 – Jun 2016	Did not complete term
Sami Salih (SD)	Dec 2015 – Jun 2019
Adewole Ajao (NG)	Jun 2016 – Jun 2019
Moses Serugo	Jun 2019 - Feb 2021
Abdulkarim Oloyede	June 2019 - Feb 2021

 

Travel Support for PDWG Co-Chairs

AFRINIC will support the PDWG co-Chairs to travel to all AFRINIC meetings as well as some RIR meetings, depending on funding and the state of the budget.

• Travel support must be requested the previous year (through discussions with the Policy Development Coordinator (PDC)) and added to the budget for the coming financial year.
• Even if budgeted, travel support is not automatic. Each upcoming travel must be requested for (through the PDC) and approved by the CEO at least 2 months before the travel date.
• AFRINIC will book air tickets and hotel accommodation and pay a per-diem allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses.  Transport between the destination airport and hotel will sometimes be included, but if it is not included, invoices/receipts can be submitted for a full refund.
• Invoices/Receipts for the refund of visa expenses and transport between residence and home airport shall also be refunded if applicable.

 

Policy Coordinator

AFRINIC provides staff that will be the point of contact between the PDWG and AFRINIC, the Secretariat. The community can contact the PDWG directly by sending e-mail to pdwg [at] afrinic dot net