CENTR, the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries, is a peak body of top-level domain managers for ccTLDs — the organisations responsible for the Internet addresses with endings such as .dk and .ir.

[edit] About CENTR

CENTR is an association of Internet Country Code Top-Level Domain Registries such as .uk in the United Kingdom and .nl in the Netherlands. Full Membership is open to organisations, corporate bodies or individuals that operate a country code top level domain registry.

The project that became CENTR was formed in March 1998 and was informally funded by participant registries. In 1999, it was legally established as a not-for-profit company in the UK, limited by guarantee. At the end of 2006 CENTRvzw/asbl was established as an non-for-profit organisation under Belgian law. CENTR's activities are funded by membership fees, and performed by a secretariat based in Brussels, Belgium.

The organisation has a European focus, but there are no geographical restrictions to membership. In addition to more than forty of the countries in the region, CENTR is very pleased to have as members the country-code registries from a number of countries outside of Europe (such as Iran, Japan, New Zealand and Canada). CENTR welcomes the application from all country-code managers.

CENTR provides a forum to discuss matters of policy affecting ccTLD registries and acts as a channel of communication to Internet governing bodies and other organisations involved with the Internet. It promotes the interests of not-for-profit ccTLDs and lobbies on their behalf.

The rules and registration procedures of ccTLD registries vary considerably and CENTR aims to collect information on, and document the practices of ccTLD registries. It provides a focal point for enquiries on such matters and encourages amongst ccTLDs the provision of better service for users.

CENTR also facilitates collaborative projects on technical, managerial and legal issues affecting ccTLDs.

[edit] CENTR Secretariat

General Manager
Peter Van Roste

Communications Manager
Wim Degezelle

Office Manager
Eveline De Waele

Contact Details
CENTR
Belliardstraat 20
1040 Brussels
Belgium
T: +32 627 55 50
F: +32 627 55 59
secretariat|at|centr.org

http://www.centr.org

[edit] Executive Committee

[edit] CENTR Board of Directors

[edit] Andrzej Bartosiewicz (Chairman)

Representative, NASK, Poland.

[edit] Richard Wein (Treasurer)

Representative, NIC.AT, Austria.

[edit] Mathieu Weill

Representative, AFNIC, France

[edit] Sabine Dolderer

Germany

[edit] Alberto Perez Gomez

Representative, RED.ES, Spain.

[edit] Former Members of the CENTR Excom

Kim von Arx(2006-2008) Representative, CIRA, Canada.

Paul Kane (2003 - 2007) General Manager, NIC.AC, based in the United Kingdom.

Emily Taylor (2005 - 2006) Representative, Nominet UK, United Kingdom.

Hilde Thunem (2005 - 2006) General Manager, Norid, Norway.

Michael Haberler (2004 - 2006) Representative, NIC.AT, Austria.

Marcel Schneider (2004 - 2005) Representative, SWITCH, Switzerland.

Bart Boswinkel (2001 - 2005) Representative, SIDN, The Netherlands.

Alf Hansen (2001 - 2005) Director, Uninett, Norway.

Sabine Dolderer (2000 - 2004) Representative, DENIC, Germany.

Barbara Povse-Golob (2003 - 2004) Representative, ARNES, Slovenia.

William Black (1999 - 2003) General Manager, Nominet UK, United Kingdom.

Dennis Jennings (1999 - 2001) Representative, IEDR, Ireland.

Eva Frölich (1999 - 2002) Representative, NIC-SE, Sweden.

Herbert Vitzthum (1999 - 2002) Representative, NIC.AT, Austria.

[edit] Members

[edit] Members