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| logo = Afa.jpg
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| industry = Internet
| founded = 1997
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| headquarters = AFA, 5 Rue Charonne 75011 Paris
| country = France
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| website = [http://www.afa-france.com/index.html afa-france.com]
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| keypeople = [[Richard Lalande]], President<br/>[[Olivier Esper]], Secretary<br/>[[Pierre-Antoine Badoz]], Treasurer
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'''AFA''' stands for '''Association des Fournisserurs d’ Acces et de Services''', which is a French organization consisting of [[ISP]]s. AFA was founded in 1997 by leading internet access providers with the main objective of building a representative structure and ethics specific to the community.<ref name=”link1”>[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>
'''AFA''' stands for '''Association des Fournisseurs d'Accès et de Services''', which is a French organization consisting of [[ISP]]s. AFA was founded in 1997 by leading internet access providers with the main objectives of building a representative structure of the industry and Developing ethics specific to the community.<ref name="link1">[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>
== Structure of AFA ==
==Board of Directors==
The Board of Directors generally consists of five members, including the founding director and four members elected by the General Assembly.
The Board of Directors generally consists of five members, including the founding director and four members elected by the General Assembly.
The current Board of Directors:<ref name=”link1”>[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>:
The current Board of Directors<ref name="link1">[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>:
'''Members:'''
'''Members:'''
* [[Darty]]
* [[Darty]]
'''The office:'''
'''The Administrators:'''
* Richard Lalande, SFR, President
* Richard Lalande, SFR, President
* Olivier Esper, Google, Secretary
* Olivier Esper, Google, Secretary
* Nicolas D'Arcy, Legal - Analyst Content
* Nicolas D'Arcy, Legal - Analyst Content
* Quentin Aoustin, Lawyer - Content Analyst
* Quentin Aoustin, Lawyer - Content Analyst
==Partners==
'''EuroISPA:''' AFA is one of the founding members of [[EuroISPA]], which was formed in 1997. It indirectly represents 800 [[ISP]]s, and is the largest worldwide ISP association. It represents all ISPs within the European Union (EU) and is considered as the umbrella association for all ISPs around the world. The current President of EuroISPA is [[Michael Rotert]], President of [[ECO]], the German counterpart of AFA.
'''INHOPE:''' AFA is the founding member of [[INHOPE]]. It was formed in 1999 based on the European Action Plan for a Safer Internet. It aims at promoting collaboration among online support (hotlines) providers and was established to monitor illegal content and activities on the internet.
'''Law Net:''' Law Net is a service launched by the Internet Rights Forum to address the queries of citizens arising from daily network activities. By partnering with Law Net, AFA gave new direction to its work of informing the general public about the common rules to be followed on the Internet.
'''Signal Spam:''' This association, consisting of mainly French organizations, aims to unite all efforts fighting against spam, whether government or Internet industry. It was created in November 2005 with support from a public–private collaboration led by the Department of Media Development. Signal Spam meets its objectives by providing a national platform for reporting spam and providing support of relevant authorities.
'''AFNIC:''' [[AFNIC]] is a non-profit organization responsible for administrative and technical management of the domain names of France (.fr) and its overseas territories like Reunion islands (.re), French Southern Territories (.tf), etc. It was established in 1997 jointly by the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control of France) and the Ministries of Telecommunications, Industries and Research of the Government of France. It aims to provide internet users with quality services to access the internet with confidence. <ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/partenaires.html afa-france.com]Partners</ref>
== Goals ==
== Goals ==
# Develop a safer internet program which will promote safer use and fight illegal online content.
# Develop a safer internet program which will promote safer use and fight illegal online content.
# Work with various international internet service providers for the development of the Internet and online services.
# Work with various international internet service providers for the development of the Internet and online services.
# Focus primarily on the INHOPE (INternet HOtline Providers in Europe) Network,<ref>[http://www.iwf.org.uk/partnerships/inhope iwf.org.uk]</ref> which focuses on issues regarding illegal content online.
# Focus primarily on the INHOPE (INternet HOtline Providers in Europe) Network,<ref>[http://www.iwf.org.uk/partnerships/inhope iwf.org.uk]</ref> which focuses on issues regarding illegal online content.
# Protect and nurture the interests of all AFA members.
# Protect and nurture the interests of all AFA members.
# Promote French culture across the globe, and promote the French language.<ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/missions.html AFA missions]</ref>
# Promote French culture across the globe, and promote the French language.<ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/missions.html AFA missions]</ref>
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