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Type:	Not-for-profit
Industry:	Internet governance
Founded:	UK (1999)
Headquarters:	Belliardstraat 20, 1040 Brussels
Country:	Belgium
Website:	centr.org
Twitter:	@CENTRnews
Key People
Peter Vergote, Chairman Peter Van Roste, General Manager Wim Degezelle, Communications Manager Linda Verhaegen, Office Manager Patrick Myles, Information Manager Lise Fuhr, Board Member & DK Hostmaster Rep Richard Wein, Treasurer & NIC.at Rep Giovanni Seppia, Board Member & EURid Rep Anne-Marie Eklund-Löwinder, Board Member & .se Rep

The Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) is an association of Internet country code top-level domain registry (ccTLD) managers,^[1] whose objective is to promote and participate in the development of high standards for ccTLDs.^[2]

CENTR provides a forum to discuss matters of policy affecting ccTLD registries. It acts as a channel for communication between registries, Internet governing bodies, and other organizations involved with the Internet, and promotes the interests of not-for-profit ccTLDs, lobbying on their behalf. It does not speak or act for individual registry managers. ^[3]

Although CENTR has a European focus, there are no geographical limitations on membership.

History[edit | edit source]

The project that was to become CENTR began as an offshoot of RIPE NCC in March 1998^[4] and was funded informally by participating registries. In 1999, CENTR was legally established in the UK as a non-profit company separate from RIPE. In 2006, CENTR relocated to Belguim. CENTR activities are funded by membership fees and are performed by a secretariat based in Brussels.^[5]

Members[edit | edit source]

As of January 2011, CENTR consists of 51 Full Members, 9 Associate Members and has granted Observer status to 11 organisations.^[6]

Member Organization	CENTR Representative(s)	TLDs
.se (IIS)	Danny Aerts	.se
AFGNIC	Muhammad Aslam	.af
AFNIC	Mathieu Weill	.fr, .yt, .re, .wf, .tf, .pm
AKEP	Adriatik Allamani	.al
Andorra Telecom	Joan-Marc Lauga i Courtil	.ad
ARNES	Barbara Povse Golob	.si
CARNet	Branko Radojevic	.hr
CHIP	Balazs Martos	.hu
CIRA	Michael G. Stewart	.ca
Coordination Center for TLD RU	Andrei Kolesnikov	.ru
CZNIC	Ondrej Filip	.cz
DENIC	Sabine Dolderer	.de
Department of Telecommunications of the Governorate of the Vatican City State	P. Fernando Vérgez	.va
DK Hostmaster	Lise Fuhr	.dk
DNS Belgium	Philip Du Bois	.be
doMEn	Zeljko Draskovic, Predrag Lesic, Natasa Djukanovic	.me
Domicilium Ltd	Phil Adcock	.im
Domreg	Daiva Tamulioniene	.lt
Estonian Internet Foundation	Marek-Andres Kauts	.ee
EURid	Marc Van Wesemael	.eu
FCCN	Pedro Veiga	.pt
FICORA	Juhani Juselius	.fi
FORTH-ICS	Vaggelis Segredakis	.gr
IEDR	David Curtin	.ie
IPM/IRNIC	Alireza Saleh	.ir
Island Networks	Nigel Roberts	.gg, .je
ISNIC	Jens Petur Jensen	.is
ISOC-IL	Doron Shikmoni	.il
IT-NIC	Domenico Laforenza	.it
NASK	Artur Piechocki	.pl
NIC.AC	Paul Kane	.ac, .sh, .io
NIC.AT	Richard Wein	.at
NIC.FO	Isak Jacobsen	.fo
NIC.LIV	Katrina Sataki	.lv
NIC.TR	Attila Özgit	.tr
NIC Malta	Victor Nezval	.mt
Nominet UK	Lesley Cowley	.uk
UNINETT Norid AS	Hilde Thunem	.no, .bv, .sj
PNINA	Marwan Radwan	.ps
RED.ES	Alberto Perez	.es
Register.BG	Dragomir Slavov	.bg
RESTENA DNS-LU	Gilles Massen	.lu
RNC	Eugenie Staicut	.ro
RNIDS	Branislav Andjelic	.rs
Sapphire Networks	Jimmy Imossi, Desiree Miloshevic	.gi
SIDN	Roelof Meijer	.nl
SK-NIC	Patrik Krauspe	.sk
SWITCH	Marcel Schneider	.ch, .li
UCY-DNS	Agathoclis Stylianou	.cy

Associate Organization	CENTR Representative(s)	TLDs
.org, The Public Interest Registry	Paul Diaz	.org
Afilias	Desiree Miloshevic	.info
CNNIC	Tan Yaling	.cn
JPRS	Hiro Hotta	.jp
NeuStar	Marco Bernardi	.us, .biz
NIC-Mexico	Oscar Robles-Garay	.mx
Verisign	Sarah Langstone	.com, .net, .cc, .tv

Observer Organization	CENTR Representative(s)	TLDs
AfTLD	Barack Otieno	none
APTLD	Jian Zhang	none
Netnod	Kurt Erik Lindqvist	none
EuroISPA	Michael Rotert	none
European Commission	Andrea Glorioso	none
ICANN	Kim Davies	none
ISOC	Frederic Donck	none
LACTLD	Carolina Aguerre	none
NLnetLabs	Olaf Kolkman	none
OARC	Ondrej Filip, Peter Koch	.eu
RIPE	Rob Blokzijl	none
RIPE NCC	Axel Pawlik	none

References[edit | edit source]

External Links[edit | edit source]

CENTR

[1] CENTR About

[2] CENTR Mission

[3] "Pioneering Tomorrow's Internet"

[4] "Pioneering Tomorrow's Internet"

[5] CENTR About

[6] CENTR Members

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@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
 <tr><td>[[Andorra Telecom]]</td><td>[[Joan-Marc Lauga i Courtil]]</td><td>[[.ad]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[ARNES]]</td><td>[[Barbara Povse Golob]]</td><td>[[.si]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[CARNet]]</td><td>[[Zoran Vlah]]</td><td>[[.hr]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[CARNet]]</td><td>[[Branko Radojevic]]</td><td>[[.hr]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[CHIP]]</td><td>[[Balazs Martos]]</td><td>[[.hu]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[CIRA]]</td><td>[[Michael G. Stewart]]</td><td>[[.ca]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[Coordination Center for TLD RU]]</td><td>[[Andrei Kolesnikov]]</td><td>[[.ru]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[CZNIC]]</td><td>[[Ondrej Filip]]</td><td>[[.cz]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[DENIC]]</td><td>[[Stephan Welzel]]</td><td>[[.de]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[DENIC]]</td><td>[[Sabine Dolderer]]</td><td>[[.de]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[Department of Telecommunications of the Governorate of the Vatican City State]]</td><td>[[P. Fernando Vérgez]]</td><td>[[.va]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[DK Hostmaster]]</td><td>[[Per Koelle]]</td><td>[[.dk]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[DK Hostmaster]]</td><td>[[Lise Fuhr]]</td><td>[[.dk]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[DNS Belgium]]</td><td>[[Philip Du Bois]]</td><td>[[.be]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[doMEn]]</td><td>[[Zeljko Draskovic]], [[Predrag Lesic]], [[Natasa Djukanovic]]</td><td>[[.me]]</td></tr>
@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 <tr><td>[[FCCN]]</td><td>[[Pedro Veiga]]</td><td>[[.pt]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[FICORA]]</td><td>[[Juhani Juselius]]</td><td>[[.fi]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[FORTH-ICS]]</td><td>[[Vaggelis Segredaski]]</td><td>[[.gr]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[FORTH-ICS]]</td><td>[[Vaggelis Segredakis]]</td><td>[[.gr]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[IEDR]]</td><td>[[David Curtin]]</td><td>[[.ie]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[IPM]]/[[IRNIC]]</td><td>[[Alireza Saleh]]</td><td>[[.ir]]</td></tr>
@@ Line 73: / Line 73: @@
 <tr><td>[[UNINETT Norid AS]]</td><td>[[Hilde Thunem]]</td><td>[[.no]], [[.bv]], [[.sj]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[PNINA]]</td><td>[[Marwan Radwan]]</td><td>[[.ps]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[RED.ES]]</td><td>[[Sebastián Muriel]]</td><td>[[.es]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[RED.ES]]</td><td>[[Alberto Perez]]</td><td>[[.es]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[Register.BG]]</td><td>[[Dragomir Slavov]]</td><td>[[.bg]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[RESTENA DNS-LU]]</td><td>[[Gilles Massen]]</td><td>[[.lu]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[RNC]]</td><td>[[Eugenie Staicut]]</td><td>[[.ro]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[RNIDS]]</td><td>[[Goran Milankovic]]</td><td>[[.rs]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[RNIDS]]</td><td>[[Branislav Andjelic]]</td><td>[[.rs]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[Sapphire Networks]]</td><td>[[Jimmy Imossi]], [[Desiree Miloshevic]]</td><td>[[.gi]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[SIDN]]</td><td>[[Roelof Meijer]]</td><td>[[.nl]]</td></tr>
@@ Line 88: / Line 88: @@
 <table border="1" style="border-style: solid; border-color: darkgray; border-collapse: collapse" width="64%" cellpadding="5"><tr><td width="45%">'''Associate Organization'''</td><td width="40%">'''CENTR Representative(s)'''</td><td>'''TLDs'''</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[.org]], The [[Public Interest Registry]]</td><td>[[Alexa Raad]]</td><td>[[.org]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[.org]], The [[Public Interest Registry]]</td><td>[[Paul Diaz]]</td><td>[[.org]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[Afilias]]</td><td>[[Desiree Miloshevic]]</td><td>[[.info]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[CNNIC]]</td><td>[[Jian Zhang]]</td><td>[[.cn]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[CNNIC]]</td><td>[[Tan Yaling]]</td><td>[[.cn]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[JPRS]]</td><td>[[Hiro Hotta]]</td><td>[[.jp]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[NeuStar]]</td><td>[[Marco Bernardi]]</td><td>[[.us]], [[.biz]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[NIC-Mexico]]</td><td>[[Oscar Robles-Garay]]</td><td>[[.mx]]</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[Verisign]]</td><td>[[Ricardo Pedraza Barrios]]</td><td>[[.com]], [[.net]], [[.cc]], [[.tv]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[Verisign]]</td><td>[[Sarah Langstone]]</td><td>[[.com]], [[.net]], [[.cc]], [[.tv]]</td></tr>
 </table>
@@ Line 100: / Line 100: @@
 <table border="1" style="border-style: solid; border-color: darkgray; border-collapse: collapse" width="64%" cellpadding="5"><tr><td width="45%">'''Observer Organization'''</td><td width="40%">'''CENTR Representative(s)'''</td><td>'''TLDs'''</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[AfTLD]]</td><td>[[Eric Akumiah]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[AfTLD]]</td><td>[[Barack Otieno]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[APTLD]]</td><td>[[Ramesh Kumar Nadaraja]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[APTLD]]</td><td>[[Jian Zhang]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[Autonomica]]</td><td>[[Kurt Erik Lindqvist]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[Netnod]]</td><td>[[Kurt Erik Lindqvist]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[EuroISPA]]</td><td>[[Michael Rotert]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[EC|European Commission]]</td><td>[[Michael Niebel]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[EC|European Commission]]</td><td>[[Andrea Glorioso]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[ICANN]]</td><td>[[Kim Davies]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[ISOC]]</td><td>[[Frederic Donck]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[LACTLD]]</td><td>[[Carolina Aguerre]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[NLnetLabs]]</td><td>[[Olaf Kolkman]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[OARC]]</td><td>[[Duane Wessels]]</td><td>[[.eu]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>[[OARC]]</td><td>[[Ondrej Filip, Peter Koch]]</td><td>[[.eu]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[RIPE]]</td><td>[[Rob Blokzijl]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
 <tr><td>[[RIPE NCC]]</td><td>[[Axel Pawlik]]</td><td>none</td></tr>