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<tr><td>[[NIC Malta]]</td><td>[[Victor Nezval]]</td><td>[[.mt]]</td></tr> | <tr><td>[[NIC Malta]]</td><td>[[Victor Nezval]]</td><td>[[.mt]]</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>[[Nominet UK]]</td><td>[[Leslet Cowley]]</td><td>[[.uk]]</td></tr> | <tr><td>[[Nominet UK]]</td><td>[[Leslet Cowley]]</td><td>[[.uk]]</td></tr> | ||
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<tr><td>[[PNINA]]</td><td>[[Marwan Radwan]]</td><td>[[.ps]]</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>[[Sebastián Muriel]]</td><td>[[.es]]</td></tr> | ||
Revision as of 21:55, 18 March 2011
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| Type: | Non-Profit |
| Industry: | Internet governance |
| Founded: | UK (1999) |
| Headquarters: | Belliardstraat 20, 1040 Brussels, Belgium |
| Country: | International, European focus |
| Website: | centr.org |
| Twitter: |  @centr
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| Key People | |
| Peter Van Roste, General Manager Wim Degezelle, Communications Manager Linda Verhaegen, Office Manager Patrick Myles, Information Manager Mathieu Weill, Chairman of the Board & AFNIC Rep Juhani Juselius, Treasurer of the Board & FICORA Rep Annebeth Lange, Board Member & NORID Rep Anne-Marie Eklund-Löwinder, Board Member & .se Rep Peter Vergote, Board Member & DNS.be 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.[3] It does not speak or act for individual registry managers. [4]
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[5] 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.[6]
Members[edit | edit source]
As of January 2011, CENTR consists of 49 members, 10 Associate Members and has granted Observer status to 12 organisations.[7]
| Associate Organization | CENTR Representative(s) | TLDs |
| .ORG, The Public Interest Registry | Alexa Raad | .org |
| Afilias | Desiree Miloshevic | .info |
| CNNIC | Jian Zhang | .cn |
| JPRS | Hiro Hotta | .jp |
| NeuStar | Marco Bernardi | .us, .biz |
| NIC-Mexico | Oscar Robles-Garay | .mx |
| VeriSign | Ricardo Pedraza Barrios | .com, .net, .cc, .tv |
| Observer Organization | CENTR Representative(s) | TLDs |
| AfTLD | Eric Akumiah | none |
| APTLD | Ramesh Kumar Nadaraja | none |
| Autonomica | Kurt Erik Lindqvist | none |
| EurolSPA | Michael Rotert | none |
| European Commission | Michael Niebel | none |
| ICANN | Kim Davies | none |
| ISOC | Frederic Donck | none |
| LACTLD | Erick Iriarte Ahon | none |
| NLnetLabs | Olaf Kolkman | none |
| OARC | Duane Wessels | .eu |
| RIPE | Rob Blokzijl | none |
| RIPE NCC | Axel Pawlik | none |