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As part of our policy development process, we invite you to review and comment on our draft
<b>Submarine Cable Resilience</b> policy brief.</div>
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<b>Action required:</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">Please provide your input through
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this consultation form</a> by <b>16 October </b>— available in English.</span></div>
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<b>Background:</b></div>
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Policymakers around the world are thinking about best practices to protect submarine infrastructure. The European Commission has published interesting work on this subject, triggered by the incidents involving cables in the Baltic Sea. There are interesting
learnings from these and other practices around the world. This policy paper develops a set of recommendations to increase resilience and to protect an infrastructure that, despite being invisible, is critical for the global Internet to exist.</div>
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<b>Materials:</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Draft policy brief available in
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://isoc.box.com/s/eb1xbm372rijexxfczdsocptf5jk90p0" data-outlook-id="cd5eea39-7ddc-41cb-95d2-3a57293cc266">English</a></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500;"> |
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://isoc.app.box.com/s/lupvvlnlgbobpcprgf04nj07hx6n6f0z" title="https://isoc.app.box.com/s/lupvvlnlgbobpcprgf04nj07hx6n6f0z" data-outlook-id="6b2c3f56-fd88-45b6-aee6-0b87e592c28e" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); text-align: left;">Français</a></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500;"> |
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We hope you’ll take a moment to review the brief and share your perspectives. Your input is essential to shaping a strong and effective policy position.</div>
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Thank you for your engagement and contributions.</div>
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Best wishes,</div>
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