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About the RIPE NCC

Information on membership, services and activities Quick Overview RIPE NCC Services and Activities

The RIPE NCC is an independent, not-for-profit membership In addition to providing services related to the assignment and allocation of organisation based in , the . number resources, the RIPE NCC also supports the operation and RIPE NETWOR COORDINATION CENTRE development of the Internet for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole:

As the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for , the The RIPE NCC is an open and transparent, neutral and DATABASE SERVICES community at regional GM, members vote to accept the RIPE Middle East and parts of Central , the RIPE NCC impartial organisation. It has no commercial interests • Development, operation and and global industry-related events NCC Charging Scheme and can elect provides Internet number resources, such as IPv4 and or influences and operates as a bottom-up and self- maintenance of the RIPE Database and when liaising with governments candidates to vacant seats on the IPv6 address space and Autonomous System Numbers governing organisation. This means that the policies and operation of an Internet and regulators RIPE NCC Executive Board. (ASNs), to its members. It also offers other services and procedures that govern the way the RIPE NCC Routing Registry (IRR) • Administrative support for the .net/gm related to the technical coordination of the Internet. operates are proposed, discussed and accepted by its Middle East Network Operators members and the RIPE community. TECHNICAL SERVICES Group’s (MENOG) activities, the RIPE NCC ANNUAL REPORT The RIPE NCC provides administrative support to • Operation of K-root, one of the Eurasia Network Operators Group’s The RIPE NCC Annual Report offers Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE), a collaborative forum More information about the RIPE NCC can be found at: world’s 13 clusters (ENOG) activities, and South East an overview of the RIPE NCC’s open to all parties with an interest in wide area ripe.net/about-us • Reverse System Europe (SEE) meetings financial position and the activities it IP networks and the technical development (rDNS) delegations carries out each year. of the Internet. • Technical administration of Tier-0 INFORMATION SERVICES ripe.net/ncc/ar ENUM • RIPE Atlas - A global Internet • Resource Certification (RPKI) measurement network, including RIPE NCC MEMBER UPDATE DNS monitoring (DNSMON) NEWSLETTER COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND • RIPEstat - A one-stop shop The Member Update is distributed by RIPE NCC Membership OUTREACH for Internet number resource the RIPE NCC to inform its members • Administrative support for the information, including routing of association matters, policy and RIPE Document Store, RIPE Working information developments. Anyone can become a member of the RIPE NCC. Groups, RIPE Task Forces and the • RIS Live - A feed that offers BGP ripe.net/publications/member-update Most members are Internet service providers (ISPs), RIPE Programme Committee messages in real-time telecommunication organisations, corporations, academic • Facilitation of RIPE Meetings • RIPE Labs - A platform for network OPEN AND TRANSPARENT institutions and government bodies. • Facilitation of RIPE NCC Regional operators, developers and industry All RIPE NCC activities and services Meetings for RIPE NCC members, experts to expose, test and discuss are openly defined, discussed and Members manage and distribute the Internet number governments, intergovernmental innovative Internet-related tools, evaluated by RIPE NCC members and resources that they receive from the RIPE NCC at a local organisations, industry partners ideas and analysis the RIPE community. Each year, the level. Details on how to become a member are available at: and other members of the technical • Collection and reporting of activities that the RIPE NCC proposes ripe.net/become-a-member community in the RIPE NCC service statistics on Internet use and to perform in the coming year are region availability detailed in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan • RIPE NCC Roundtable Meetings for and Budget. Input for this document governments, regulators and law RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING is collected from RIPE NCC members enforcement agencies The General Meeting (GM) is held and the RIPE community. • Representing the RIPE NCC twice a year and all members are ripe.net/ripe/docs/ap membership and the RIPE encouraged to participate. During the Learning and Development Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE)

The RIPE NCC provides the following training courses to RIPE NCC CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS members: The RIPE NCC’s professional certification programme allows Internet networking professionals to earn • Local Internet Registry (LIR) Course verifiable digital badges by taking online proctored • RIPE Database Training Course exams, certifying their expertise. These digital badges • Basic IPv6 Training Course contain metadata describing the skills and knowledge • Advanced IPv6 Training Course certified and the certification process. RIPE is a collaborative forum open to all parties with an interest in wide area IP • IPv6 Security Course ripe.net/certifiedprofessionals networks, the technical development of the Internet and the way it is structured, • BGP Operation and Security Training Course managed or governed. It has existed since 1989. The “RIPE community” is the • Measurements and Tools Training Course RIPE NCC ACADEMY collective term for any individual or organisation, whether members of the RIPE The RIPE NCC Academy is a virtual learning environment NCC or not, participating in RIPE. that allows users to follow courses and become certified The RIPE NCC has provided hundreds of training courses, in particular topics like the RIPE Database, IPv6 and workshops, and webinars, across its service region. The running an LIR. The platform gives users access to RIPE NCC also gives customised presentations and tutorials trainers and other users so they can share experiences for industry events and conferences. and best current practices. To date, over 5,500 people [email protected] have enrolled in the RIPE NCC Academy. academy.ripe.net

RIPE NCC Service Region Although similar in name, the RIPE NCC and RIPE are POLICY DEVELOPMENT separate but highly interdependent. The RIPE NCC The RIPE community develops and sets policies for the The RIPE NCC service region provides administrative support to RIPE, such as the technical coordination of the Internet and the distribution incorporates Europe, the facilitation of RIPE Meetings and providing administrative of Internet number resources in the RIPE NCC’s service Middle East and parts of support to the RIPE Working Groups. There are no region through a long-established, open, bottom-up . membership requirements for participation in RIPE. process of discussion and consensus-based decision- All activities are performed on a voluntary basis, except making. This process is called the RIPE Policy Development Other regions are supported those performed by the RIPE NCC. Process (PDP). Anyone in the RIPE community can suggest by the following Regional a new policy or a change to an existing policy. You do not Internet Registries (RIRs): RIPE MEETINGS have to be a member of the RIPE NCC to do this. RIPE Meetings are held twice a year and are open to AFRINIC – Africa anyone. The meetings bring together key industry Policy proposals can be viewed at: APNIC – Asia Pacific region players, network operators, governments, regulators and ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-policies ARIN – and individuals to discuss technical, administrative and policy parts of the Carribean issues surrounding IP networking. RIPE Meetings also More information the about RIPE PDP LACNIC – Latin America and encourage participation in the RIPE Policy Development can be found at: parts of the Caribbean Process (PDP). Information about RIPE Meetings is ripe.net/pdp RIPE NCC – Europe, the Middle East and parts of available at: Central Asia ripe.net/ripe/meetings ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS CONTACT

AFRINIC IANA [email protected] (African Network (Internet Assigned Numbers Information Centre) Authority) .net iana.org

+31 20 535 44 44 APNIC LACNIC (Asia Pacific Network (Latin American and Caribbean Information Centre) Internet Address Registry) .net .net +31 20 535 44 45

ARIN NRO (American Registry for (Number Resource Internet Numbers) Organization) For more information about the RIPE NCC, see: ripe.net arin.net nro.net

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