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]

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.[3]

Members edit

As of January 2011, CENTR consists of 49 members.[4]

Member OrganizationCENTR RepresentativeTLDs
.SE (Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur)Danny Aerts.se
AFGNICMuhammad Aslam.af
AFNICMathieu Weill.fr, .yt, .re, .wf, .tf, .pm

References edit