CENTR Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries Wim DEGEZELLE - CENTR Communications Manager 7th April 2008 AfTLD 2nd African cctld Event Johannesburg, South Africa
Overview CENTR Facts Members Structure Tools Themes, topics and projects Meeting themes Study Website and Domain counter Domain Wire CENTR @ IGF 2007 Working together 2
CENTR facts Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries Founded in 1998 established in 1999 Non-profit organisation based in Brussels (Belgium) Forum for TLD managers 55 members Primarily cctld, but also gtld managers as Associated member European focus (but members from around the world) One of the 4 Regional TLD organisations CENTR members account for 70% of the world s cctld names 3
CENTR - members 47 Full members AFGNIC (.af) Afghanistan; AFNIC (.fr,.re,.yt,.pm,.wf) France, Reunion Island, Mayotte, St Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna Is.; ARNES (.si) Slovenia; CARNet (.hr) Croatia; CHIP (.hu) Hungary; CIRA(.ca) Canada; Coordination Centre for TLD RU (.ru) Russian Federation; CZNIC (.cz) Czech Republic; DENIC (.de) Germany; DK Hostmaster (.dk) Denmark; DNS BE (.be) Belgium; Domicilium ltd (.im) Isle of Man; EURid (.eu) European Union; FCCN (.pt) Portugal; FICORA (.fi) Finland; FORTH-ICS (.gr) Greece; Holy See Internet Office (.va) Holy See (Vatican City); IEDR (.ie) Ireland;.SE (IIS) (.se) Sweden; IPM/IRNIC (.ir) Iran; Island Networks (.gg,.je) Guernsey, Jersey; ISNIC (.is) Iceland; ISOC.AM (.am) Armenia; ISOC-IL (.il) Israel; IT-NIC (.it) Italy; LITNET NOC (.lt) Lithuania; lv NIC (.lv) Latvia; NASK (.pl) Poland; NIC Malta (.mt) Malta; NIC.AC (.ac,.io,.sh) Ascension Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Saint Helena; nic.at (.at) Austria; NIC.FO (.fo) Faroe Islands; NIC.TR (.tr) Turkey; Nominet UK (.uk) United Kingdom; NORID (.no,.bv,.sj) Norway, Bouvet Island, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands; PNINA (.ps) Palestinian Territories; Red.es (.es) Spain; Register.BG (.bg) Bulgaria; RESTENA DNS-LU (.lu) Luxemburg; RNC (.ro) Romania; Sapphire Networks (.gi) Gibraltar; SIDN (.nl) Netherlands; SK-NIC (.sk) Slovak Republic; STA (.ad) Andorra; SWITCH (.ch,.li) Switzerland, Lichtenstein; TRE (.al) Albania; UCY-DNS (.cy) Cyprus. 8 Associate members Affillias (.info), Fundació puntcat (.cat), Internet NZ (.nz), JPRS (.jp), Neustar (.us,.biz), NIC-Mexico (.mx), PIR (.org), Verisign (.com) 8 Observers AfTLD APTLD LACTLD ICANN / IANA, RIPE / RIPE NCC, OARC, European Commission 4
CENTR - structure General Assembly 3 meetings/year Legal & Regulatory workshop Technical workshop Board of Directors (5) Administrative workshop Secretariat (3 staff) Ad hoc IGF working group Task Force Market development? 5
CENTR - tools Mailing lists Surveys Website In person meetings news updates Library 6
Themes, Topics and Projects General Assemblies Alternative Dispute Resolution Marketing and New Services Security (general/tech/network security/critical infrastructure) IGF.IDN Admin WS Whois (policy, database accuracy) Customer relations (registry/registrar, customer satisfaction) Registration procedures, EPP, Legal and Regulatory WS Internet Fraud, ADR Deutscher Adressdienst (DAD) EU Regulation Technical WS IPv6, Typo-squatting, DNSSEC, internet infrastructure IANA 7
Themes, Topics and Projects Study of the Factors Behind the Demand for cctlds Based on Zooknic and APTLD study: http://www.aptld.org/bangkokoctober2007/ Launched 3rd April 2008 Results expected 1st week June 2008 Variables GDP,.com/.net use, price, policy changes, marketing campaigns, etc. 8
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CENTR Domain Counter - Automated collection of domain name counts - Test phase completed - Lack of reliable statistics - Statistics corner on the CENTR website 10
CENTR Domain Wire 11
CENTR @ IGF 2007 12
CENTR @ IGF 2007 13
Working together RTLDO Regional TLD organisations mailing list informal meeting and information sharing Travel Sponsorship for cctld managers to CENTR meetings 14
Thank you for your attention! More about CENTR at http://www.centr.org 15