RIPE Policy Development

You can read about the Policy Development Process in this region in the RIPE Document: Policy Development Process in RIPE

List of Current Policy Proposals

The RIPE community develops and sets policies through a long established, open, bottom-up process of discussion and consensus-based decision making.

Policy development happens at RIPE Meetings (where RIPE Working Groups meet) and the RIPE Working Group mailing lists. All RIPE Meetings and RIPE Working Group mailing lists are open to everyone.

The policy making process involves all relevant parties. This means that discussions cannot be rushed, and anyone that could be affected by a decision should have a chance to become aware of discussions, review proposals and provide their input.

To promote and support the inclusive and open process:

• Everyone is welcome and encouraged to take part in the workings of RIPE by attending RIPE Meetings and participating on RIPE Working Group mailing lists;
• Mailing lists are publicly archived;
• The minutes of working group sessions at RIPE Meetings are publicly archived;
• All policies are formally documented and publicly available.

RIPE policies for Internet Resources may differ from those used in other regions. The RIR Comparative Policy Overview gives you an overview of the policies for each Regional Internet Registry. It is not a policy statement by the RIRs, but serves as a reference for the Internet community.

The official regional policy documents can be found at the respective web sites of the RIRs.