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. (.bv), Svalbard & Jan Mayen z CIRA Canada (.ca) Is. (.sj) z CARNet Croatia (.hr) •Palestinian Registry Palestine (.ps) z UCY-DNS Cyprus (.cy) •NASK Poland (.pl) z CZ.NIC Czech Republic (.cz) •FCCN Portugal (.pt) z DENIC Germany (.de) •RNC Romania (.ro) z Dansk Internet Forum (.dk) •Ros-NIIROS Russia (.ru) z FICORA Finland (.fi) •RED.ES Spain (.es) z AFNIC France (.fr), Mayotte (.yt), Reunion (.re), St. •ARNES Slovenia (.si) Pierre & Miquelon (.pm), Wallis & Futuna Is. (.wf ) •IIS Sweden (.se) z GibNet Gibraltar (.gi) •SWITCH Switzerland (.ch), Lichtenstein (.li) z GR-Hostmaster Greece (.gr) •SITA (.aero) z Island Networks Guernsey (.gg), Jersey (.je) •Vatican – Holy See (.va) z CHIP Hungary (.hu) •Nominet UK United Kingdom (.uk) z IEDR Ireland (.ie) •NeuStar United States of America (.us) z IPM Iran (.ir) •VeriSign (.com, .net) z ISNIC Iceland (.is) •Afilias (.info) z ISOC-IL Israel (.il) •Public Interest Registry (.org) z IT-NIC Italy (.it) z JPRS Japan (.jp) ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 CENTR’s structure z Executive Committee – 5 members, inclusive of Chairman and Treasurer – 2 year appointments – It steers the organisation in accordance with CENTR members’ wishes z Secretariat – General Manager – Communication Officer – Technical Officer – Administrative Officer ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 CENTR’s output z Newsletter, “Domain Wire”, 2 issues a year z Surveys – A-level survey, covering the registries management main aspects – B-survey, covering legal issues related to registries – Other surveys upon request of our members z Comments and positions on several topics that may have an impact on our members z Outreach programme, providing registries of developing countries with financial and technical support ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 CENTR’s in the international arena z The European Commission participates in CENTR as an observer z Regular contacts with ICANN-IANA staff and the other ccTLDs regional organisations z Associate member of the European Internet Foundation z Participation within the WGIG-WSIS process z Regular attendance of all the international Internet fora and meetings ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 Benefits of diverse participation z CENTR values participation from many different registries – Western and Eastern Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania – Different regulatory regimes, Internet community expectations, use of domain names etc. – Different challenges in ensuring stable DNS/Internet z Provides added value – Brings different perspectives to discussion – Helps to define guidelines and best practices that benefit everyone – Comes to agreed opinions on certain aspects of the international arena ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005 Questions? Thanks for your attention Giovanni Seppia [email protected] www.centr.org ccTLDs workshop Geneva, 26 September 2005.