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The '''Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries''' ('''CENTR''') is an association of Internet country code top-level domain registry ([[ccTLD]]) managers,<ref>[https://www.centr.org/about CENTR About]</ref> whose objective is to promote and participate in the development of high standards for ccTLDs.<ref>[https:// | The '''Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries''' ('''CENTR''') is an association of Internet country code top-level domain registry ([[ccTLD]]) managers,<ref>[https://www.centr.org/about CENTR About]</ref> whose objective is to promote and participate in the development of high standards for ccTLDs.<ref>[https://centr.org/page/mission-statement CENTR Mission]</ref> | ||
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.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref> It does not speak or act for individual registry managers. <ref>[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:C8vKl7H8ookJ:tnc2000.terena.org/proceedings/6B/6b2.ppt+Council+for+European+National+Top+Level+Domain+Registries&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjGbfJ6GuZFE3N-6EjfooO89L06gVj7_gac82YqEPtetVY_3jIHgnSRD7c_jD1cZXG2FX4ZbWjnF8NyoVKuUwyKsneQXgkC8dUwNmaQ3Jz01ou6N6mbbPCWeASwW5uHZ_zaH5_m&sig=AHIEtbRdo2ClrgIIRRCyYTPAY5W1Tajrlw&pli=1 "Pioneering Tomorrow's Internet"]</ref> | 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.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref> It does not speak or act for individual registry managers. <ref>[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:C8vKl7H8ookJ:tnc2000.terena.org/proceedings/6B/6b2.ppt+Council+for+European+National+Top+Level+Domain+Registries&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjGbfJ6GuZFE3N-6EjfooO89L06gVj7_gac82YqEPtetVY_3jIHgnSRD7c_jD1cZXG2FX4ZbWjnF8NyoVKuUwyKsneQXgkC8dUwNmaQ3Jz01ou6N6mbbPCWeASwW5uHZ_zaH5_m&sig=AHIEtbRdo2ClrgIIRRCyYTPAY5W1Tajrlw&pli=1 "Pioneering Tomorrow's Internet"]</ref> | ||
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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
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| Key People | |
| Peter Vergote, Chairman Peter Van Roste, General Manager Wim Degezelle, Communications Manager Linda Verhaegen, Office Manager Patrick Myles, Information Manager Mathieu Weill, AFNIC Rep Juhani Juselius, Treasurer of the Board & FICORA Rep Annebeth Lange, Board Member & NORID Rep Anne-Marie Eklund-Löwinder, Board Member & .se Rep name, title | |
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 51 Full Members, 9 Associate Members and has granted Observer status to 11 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 |
| EuroISPA | 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 |