The regional organisations An introduction to CENTR Giovanni Seppia CENTR General Manager
[email protected] Geneva, 26 September 2005 The ccTLDs regional organisations What is the objective of a regional organisation? z To support and advance the interests of its members z To act as an advocate to private or public bodies on issues of concern to members z To foster co-operation on issues of mutual concern to members; and z To formulate policies, strategies, best practices, common positions that have the support of the membership ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 ccTLDs regional organisations z NATLD for the North American region z LACTLD for the Latin America and Caribbean region z CENTR for the European region z AFTLD for the African region z APTLD for the Asia-Pacific region ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 Introducing CENTR What is CENTR? z Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries z Forum for TLD managers – Primarily ccTLDs z Also includes gTLDs – Mainly European z Membership from 5 continents z Developed and emerging TLD markets, like .AF, .IR z Open to all Top Level Domain Registries in the world ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 CENTR’s Membership z 3 Members categories – Full Members – Associate Members – Observers z Members vote on admission of new members ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 CENTR’s Membership z AFGNIC Afghanistan (.af) •LITNET NOC Lithuania (.lt) z STA Andorra (.ad) •RESTENA DNS-LU Luxembourg (.lu) z ISOC.AM Armenia (.am) •NIC Malta Malta (.mt) z NIC.AC Ascension Is. (.ac), Diego Garcia (.io), St •NIC-Mexico Mexico (.mx) Helena (.sh) •MoldData Moldova (.md) z NIC.AT Austria (.at) •SIDN Netherlands (.nl) z DNS Belgium Belgium (.be) •ISOCNZ New Zealand (.nz) z Digital Systems Bulgaria (.bg) •NORID Norway (.no), Bouvet Is.