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   <front>
      <title>Best Current Practices for Digital Sovereignty and Meaningful Connectivity through Circular Management of User and Network Devices</title>
      <author initials="L." surname="Navarro" fullname="Leandro Navarro">
         <organization>ISOC.CAT</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="M." surname="Roura" fullname="Mireia Roura">
         <organization>eReuse.org</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="E." surname="Rodriguez" fullname="Eduardo Rodriguez">
         <organization>TAU/RAEE</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="V." surname="Ambrosi" fullname="Viviana Ambrosi">
         <organization>EKOA/UNLP</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="December" day="18" year="2025" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   This document describes Best Current Practices (BCP) for improving
   meaningful connectivity and digital sovereignty through the circular
   management of end-user and network devices.  It addresses a
   foundational but often overlooked dependency of Internet access
   deployments: the availability, repairability, governance, and
   lifecycle management of devices required to meaningfully use access
   networks.

   Based on operational experience from deployments in Spain, Argentina,
   and Senegal—including eReuse.org, EKOA/UNLP, Solidança, TAU/RAEE, and
   Hahatay—this document identifies practices that have demonstrated
   positive access, social, and environmental outcomes.  These practices
   complement research within the IRTF GAIA Research Group by
   documenting reproducible operational approaches that increase the
   sustainability, autonomy, and long-term viability of Internet access
   in underserved contexts, and therefore contribute to facilitate &quot;the
   unconnected&quot; to connect.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-gaia-bcp-circular-device-management-00" />
   
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