RIPE NCC Contributions to External Consultations

As part of the multistakeholder community, we comment on various consultations and proposals led by different governmental and intergovernmental organisations that are involved in Internet governance.

RIPE NCC Contributions

Submission	Date	Relevant sources
RIPE NCC Contribution to the GSR-26 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation	27/03/2026	ITU GSR Consultation
RIPE NCC Input to UN Consultation on the WSIS+20 Zero Draft	03/10/2025	Written Inputs to the Zero Draft
RIPE NCC Response to the WSIS+20 Review Elements Paper	25/07/2025	WSIS+20 Review Elements Paper
RIPE NCC Contribution to the GSR-25 Best Practice Guidelines Consultation	16/06/2025	Contributions
RIPE NCC’s input ahead of the Joint Communication on the European Union’s external digital strategy	21/05/2025	Feedback from: RIPE NCC
The RIPE NCC's Response to the WSIS+20 High-Level Event Open Consultation	19/03/2025	WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 Open Consultation Process
The RIPE NCC Contribution to the ITU WSIS+20 Review	16/01/2025	World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025
EU Targeted consultation on Internet Governance	13/01/2025	Commission opens consultation on Internet Governance
RIPE NCC response to the IPv6 consultation in the Netherlands	03/10/2024	Functioneel toepassingsgebied IPv6 verduidelijken (standaard voor veiliger internet)
RIPE NCC Submission to ITU Council Working Group	02/09/2024	CWG-Internet: Online Open Consultation (February 2024)
RIPE NCC feedback on the draft NIS2 Implementing Act	25/06/2024	Cybersecurity risk management & reporting obligations
RIPE NCC response to the consultation on the draft law implementing NIS2 in the Netherlands	01/06/2024	Cyberbeveiligingswet
RIPE NCC contribution to the EU consultation on the Zero Draft of the Global Digital Compact (GDC)	17/04/2024	Global Digital Draft
RIPE NCC response to NETmundial +10 consultation	30/04/2024	NETmundial
RIPE NCC response to the 'Internet We Want'	06/03/2024	The Internet We Want
RIPE NCC response to the outline of the GDC zero draft	08/03/2024	Letter to contribute to the GDC zero draft
RIPE NCC response to a questionnaire for the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society implementation	29/02/2024	United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
Input Preconsultatie Modernisering van het Nederlandse sanctiestelsel (Dutch) RIPE NCC response to the Pre-consultation on the Modernisation of the Dutch Sanctions System (English)	17/08/2023	Pre-consultation on the Modernisation of the Dutch Sanctions System (Dutch)
RIPE NCC contribution to the UN Global Digital Compact consultation (Note that we responded only to certain sections of the questionnaire)	28/4/2023	UN Global Digital Compact
Letter to EU Parliament on Cyber Resilience Act	21/4/2023	N/A
RIPE NCC contribution to theGlobal Digital Compact 'Thematic Deep Dive - Internet governance'	13/4/2023	Intergovernmental Process on the Global Digital Compact
RIPE NCC contribution to theGlobal Digital Compact 'Thematic Deep Dive - Digital inclusion and connectivity'	27/3/2023	Intergovernmental Process on the Global Digital Compact
RIPE NCC and RIPE community response to the Cyber Resilience Act	23/1/2023	Public consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act
The RIPE NCC Pledges to Partners2Connect Digital Coalition Initiative	30/5/2022	N/A
Paper shared with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Surveying the Impact of Sanctions on the RIPE NCC	2/11/2022	N/A
RIPE NCC Response to the Declaration of Digital Principles – the ‘European way’ for the digital society	2/9/2021	Public consultation on the Declaration of Digital Principles
Response to Committee on Foreign Affairs draft report on the state of cyber defence capabilities	21/4/2021	Foreign Affairs draft report on the state of cyber defence capabilities
Comments by the RIPE NCC on the Fifth Draft of the Report by the ITU Secretary-General for the Sixth World Telecommunication/Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum 2021	30/4/2021	WTPF-21: Online Open Consultation (March 2021)
RIPE NCC Response to the European Commission Adoption of the Critical Entities Resilience (CER) Directive	8/4/2021	Public consultation on protecting critical infrastructure in the EU - new rules
RIPE NCC Response to the European Commission Adoption of the Digital Services Act	31/3/2021	Public consultation on Commission adoption of the Digital Services Act (DSA)
RIPE NCC Response to the European Commission’s Proposed NIS 2 Directive	18/3/2021	Public consultation on Commission adoption of revised Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS 2 Directive)
RIPE NCC Response to the Consultation on Paragraph 93(a) of the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation	8/3/2021	IGF open consultation
RIPE NCC response to the consultation: Taking Stock of IGF 2020 and Suggesting Improvements for IGF 2021	20/1/2021	IGF open consultation
RIPE NCC response to recommendations made in the Advisory Council on International Affairs report, Regulating Online Content: Towards a Recalibration of the Netherlands' Internet Policy	18/12/2020	Regulating Online Content Towards a Recalibration of the Netherlands’ Internet Policy Consultation website (Dutch)
RIPE NCC Response to the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade	16/12/2020	Response to the publication of the European Commission's non-legislative Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade
RIPE NCC responses to the questionnaire provided by the European Commission in its open consultation on the review of the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS Directive) (Note that we responded only to question 2.c. Q2 on pp. 17-18)	2/10/2020	Public consultation on the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS Directive)
RIPE NCC responses to the questionnaire provided by the European Commission in its open consultation on the Digital Services Act package RIPE NCC Position Paper on the Upcoming Digital Services Act (submitted as part of the European Commission's open consultation on the Digital Services Act package)	7/9/2020	Public consultation on the Digital Services Act
Comments by the RIPE NCC on the Third Draft of the Report by the ITU Secretary-General for the Sixth World Telecommunication/Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum 2021	15/6/2020	WTPF-21 Open Online Consultation (June 2020)
RIPE NCC responses to online survey by Roundtable 2 (Digital Help Desks) of UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation to collect stakeholders' views and advice on digital capacity building	10/03/2020	N/A but information is available on the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation and the associated Roundtables
RIPE NCC contribution to the public consultation on the draft BEREC report on Member States’ best practices to support the defining of adequate broadband internet access service	27/01/2020	Public consultation on the draft BEREC Report on Member States’ best practices to support the defining of adequate broadband internet access service
RIPE NCC Contribution to the ITU CWG-Internet’s Open Consultation on Harnessing New and Emerging Telecommunications/ICTs for Sustainable Development	21/01/2020	ITU CWG-Internet consultation on harnessing new and emerging telecommunications/ICTs for sustainable development
The UAE National Policy for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Telecommunications	11/01/2020	The UAE National Policy for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Telecommunication consultation
Comments submitted by the RIPE NCC on the Second Draft of the Report of the ITU Secretary-General for the Sixth World Telecommunication/Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum 2021	17/12/2019	WTPF-21 Open Online Consultation (November - December 2019)
RIPE NCC Response to CEPT WTSA-20 Questionnaire	17/12/2019	N/A
Response to the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation's report	30/09/2019	UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation RIPE NCC response published by EuroDIG RIPE NCC response published by IGF
RIPE NCC’s Response to the CWG-Internet Open Online Consultation“Building an enabling environment for access to the Internet”	02/2016	RIPE NCC response on ITU website
RIPE NCC Response to the CWG‐Internet Open Online Consultation on IXPs	08/2015	RIPE NCC response on ITU website

ITU Contributions

The following are contributions that we have made to various ITU Study Groups in our capacity as a Sector Member:

Submission	Submitted to	Date
Response to Liaison Statement from Study Group 2 on ENUM delegations	Study Group 2	18/3/2022
New IP, Future Vertical Communication Networks or similar proposals	Study Group 11	24/11/2020
New IP, Future Vertical Communication Networks or similar proposals	Study Group 13	18/11/2020
Guiding questions for contributions on Vision for ITU-D from the Chair of PT WTDC-21	PT WTDC-21	17/11/2020
"New IP"	Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG)	21/9/2020
Next steps for proposed work on ‘New IP’	Study Group 11	22/7/2020
Next steps for proposed work on ‘New IP’	Study Group 13	20/7/2020
Response to “New IP, Shaping Future Network” proposal	Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG)	28/01/2020
Removal of Y.Sup.IPv6-IoT as Stale	Study Group 20	6/12/2019
Reconsidering the Work Item on Draft Recommendation Y.IPv6RefModel	Study Group 20	18/04/2019
Updating instructions for operation of the domaine164.arpa	Study Group 2	28/02/2019
Response on review draft Recommendation Y.IPv6RefModel	Study Group 20	13/12/2018
LS/i/r on the results of the evaluation and review of draft Recommendation Y.IPv6RefModel (reply to SG20 LS71) [from RIPE NCC]	Study Group 20	02/07/2018
ARIN Views on Draft Recommendation Y.IPv6RefModel	Study Group 20	15/09/2017

RIPE Community Contributions

The following are contributions that the RIPE community, including RIPE Working Groups, have made to various consultations:

Submission	Submitted to	Date	Relevant Sources
RIPE Cooperation Working Group Small Task Team response to exploratory consultation on the future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure	European Commission	19/5/2023	Public consultation on the future of the future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure