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CENTR

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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
Key People
Peter Van Roste, General Manager
Wim Degezelle, Communications Manager
Eveline De Waele, Office Manager
Mathieu Weill, Chairman of the Board & AFNIC Representative
Juhani Juselius, Treasurer of the Board & FICORA Representative
Annebeth Lange, Board Member & NORID Representative
Anne-Marie Eklund-Löwinder, Board Member & .se Representative
Peter Vergote, Board Member & DNS.be Representative

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 organisations 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

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

Members edit

As of January 2011, CENTR consists of 49 members.[6]

Member OrganizationCENTR RepresentativeTLDs
.SE (Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur)Danny Aerts.se
AFGNICMuhammad Aslam.af
AFNICMathieu Weill.fr, .yt, .re, .wf, .tf, .pm
AKEPAdriatik Allamani.al
Andorra TelecomJoan-Marc Lauga i Courtil.ad
ARNESBarbara Povse Golob.si
CARNetZoran Vlah.hr
CHIPBalazs Martos.hu
CIRAMichael G. Stewart.ca
Coordination Center for TLD RUAndrei Kolesnikov.ru
CZNICOndrej Filip.cz
DENICStephan Welzel.de
Department of Telecommunications of the Governorate of the Vatican City StateP. Fernando Vérgez.va
DK HostmasterPer Koelle.dk
DNS BelgiumPhilip Du Bois.be
doMEnZeljko Draskovic, Predrag Lešić, Nataša Đukanović.me
Domicilium LtdPhil Adcock.im
DomregDaiva Tamulioniene.lt
EURidMarc Van Wesemael.eu
FCCNPedro Veiga.pt
FICORAJuhani Juselius.fi
FORTH-ICSVaggelis Segredakis.gr
IEDRDavid Curtin.ie
IPM/IRNICAlizera Saleh.ir
Island NetworksNigel Roberts.gg, .je
ISNICJens Petur Jensen.is
ISOC-ILDoron Shikmoni.il
IT-NICDomenico Laforenza.it
NASKArtur Piechocki.pl
NIC.ACPaul Kane.ac, .sh, .io
NIC.ATRichard Wein.at
NIC.FOIsak N. Jacobsen.fo
NIC.LIVKatrina Sataki.lv
NIC.TRAttila Özgit.tr
NIC MaltaVictor Nezval.mt
Nominet UKLeslet Cowley.uk
NORIDHilde Thunem.no, .bv, .sj
PNINAMarwan Radwan.ps
RED.ESSebastián Muriel.es
Register.BGDragomir Slavov.bg
RESTENA DNS-LUGilles Massen.lu
RNCEugenie Staicut.ro
RNIDSGoran Milankovic.rs
Sapphire NetworksJimmy Imossi, Desiree Miloshevic.gi
SIDNRoelof Meijer.nl
SK-NICPatrik Krauspe.sk
SWITCHMarcel Schneider.ch, .li
UCY-DNSAgathoclis Stylianou.cy

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