Consultant for International Best Practices for The

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
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**Consultant for International Best Practices for the Domain Registry Operation**

**Vacancy notice no**: 1845
**Sector**: BDT
**Department**: Regional Offices
**Country of contract**: Remote
**Duty station**: Home Based

**Position number**: positionNumber
**Grade**: PositionGrade
**Type of contract**: Consultant
**Duration of contract**: 90 working days
**Recruitment open to**:External
**Application deadline (Midnight Geneva Time)**: 11 November 2024

ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT

The Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) is responsible for the organization and coordination of the work of the Telecommunication Development Sector of the Union. BDT deals mainly with development policies, strategies, programming, projects, as well as technical cooperation activities to enable and foster universal access to affordable, high-quality and secure telecommunications/ICTs and Foster equitable and inclusive use of telecommunications/ICTs to empower people and societies for sustainable development. To effectively and efficiently serve the needs of Member States, BDT is organized into four functional areas:

- Operations Coordination Department (Office of the Deputy to the Director) (DDR)
- Projects, Partnerships & Digital Skills Department (PPS)
- Digital Networks & Environment Department (DNE)
- Digital Knowledge Society Department (DKS)

The regional offices provide assistance to the ITU Member States of the Region, ensuring a close relationship and collaboration. To implement the agreed programs and projects, in accordance with the ITU Strategy Plan and the BDT Action Plan, with the active support of all Departments, providing timely information about their development. To provide proper line management and support, the Regional Directors report to the Director of the BDT.

**BACKGROUND INFORMATION**:
Under the guidance of the International Telecommunication Union Area Office for South America, the work to be developed will offer and complement the activities necessary for the structuring of specifications technical, commercial and financial necessary in a contractual process aimed at the promotion and operation of the Registry of Country Code Top Level Domain Names (ccTLD).

**TERMS OF REFERENCE**:
Under the direction of the Programme Officer of the Area Office for South America, located in Santiago, the consultant will:

- Prepare and deliver an implementation route map, Gantt Chart, aligned to the specific deadlines, expected reports, presentation of the reports, KPIs, and a description of the scope.
- International best practices: Comparative analysis of the best practices aligned with ICANN/IANA requirements and recommendations including policies, subdomain delegation, Domain Name System (DNS), institutions, powers, Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD functions, management models, operation and maintenance, commercial practices, minimum acceptable service level for the availability of Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD and for information requests, which includes at least:

- Analysis and update of DNS policies established by ICANN/IANA.
- Policy development related to the identifier unique system of Internet Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD, aligned with ICANN/IANA.
- Description of the institutionality of the domain name system, operation, and maintenance of the Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD.
- Identification and analysis of administration, operation and maintenance models for Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD.
- Description of international best practices about minimum required infrastructure (HW/SW) to manage Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD.
- Description of international best practices about profiles and minimum qualifications necessary to operate a Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD.
- Description of best practices regarding to security aspects for Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLDregistration data.
- Description of best practices for personal data protection under the administration of Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLDnames.
- Description of commercial best practices for Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLDregistration data.
- Description of best practices about minimum levels of acceptable quality of service for Top Level Domains ccTLDs and gTLD registration availability and information requests.
- Description of best practices about corrective measures to ensure minim