1. 1 AFNIC – AFTLD – Accra, Ghana, april 2011 AFNIC «CO DEVeloppement To serve actions et projects» Alain Caristan (Afnic) Abdoulaye Diakité (Président du Collège interenational de l’Afnic)

2. 2 AFNIC – AFTLD – Accra, Ghana, april 2011 Key facts about AFNIC AFNIC is the ccTLD manager of.fr (France),.re (Réunion Island),.tf,.pm,.wf,.yt. Private-sector, not for profit organisation (Association loi 1901) founded in 1997 by the French State and INRIA The Membership is open to all stakeholders 55 employees, located in St Quentin en Yvelines (near Paris) Budget c. 10 M€, 2 000 000 domain names managed (April. 2010)..FR.PM.YT,.RE.TF.WF

3. 3 AFNIC – AFTLD – Accra, Ghana, april 2011 Key dates in AFNIC’s History 1997 : December : creation of AFNIC 2004 : May : companies are allowed to register the Domain Names they want - no more need to prove their rights to the requested DN 2006 : June : Individuals are allowed to register DN directly under.fr (instead nom.fr) 2009 : March : EPP for online synchronous registration process 2010 –March : 7 years Convention between the French State and Afnic for hosting the “Registration Office for domain names under.fr” –Sept :.fr : DNSSEC signature –Oct : French Constitutional Court declares article L.45 of the French Electronic Communications Act unconstitutional but maintains current rules in place until July 1st 2011 2011 –March : The Law of 22 March 2011 has changed certain aspects of. –April : DNSSEC for delegations under.fr opened –… Jul : key changes due to the new legal framework for domain names in France will come into effect on 1 July 2011,

4. 4 AFNIC – AFTLD – Accra, Ghana, april 2011 Afnic : International Relationships The “Collège International de l’Afnic” –Structure for a co-development activity with emerging countries –A “Funds” of 60 000€ to support actions and projects Membership, – ICANN, CENTR, APTLD, OARC, BIND, ISOC, Partnerships in multilateral or bilateral actions –Automation tool for small registries : Codev-Nic Project, joint development of the “College international” Implementation (.ci,.mg,.sn,.tn registry automation and fast track IDN), –Back-end registry for new gTLDs (.Paris…) –R&D cooperation Bind10 development, Internet of Things : Cooperation with EpcGlobal/GS1 on Federated ONS proof of concept and experiments Sponsoring –Events settled by institutions or organisations –Individual supported by the Afnic’s “College International”

5. 5 AFNIC – AFTLD – Accra, Ghana, april 2011 Capacity building Sponsored by the “Funds of the International College” Capacity Building (curses development, workshops …) –FFTI [1 – 2] as a part of the College program : same approach as AROC/IROC Workshops –Workshops AFTLD/Iroc : Dakar, Bamako, Accra –Isoc : Next Generation Leaders (NGL) : experts in Internet governance : 2010 – 2011 2010 : English class, 2011 : English and French class… –EURO-SSIG 2009 – 2010 – 2011 (Meissen – Germany) : support for 3 applicants –Support of contents development in French NGL program, IROC/AROC curses … Internet and Information Society development and governance –Fellowship for individual who wants to attend international events or meetings : Icann, Aftld, Igf, Cari …

6. 6 The Collège International The College is built on the principles of co-developement and solidarity applied to the Internet management and ICT related fields It has 33 members affiliated to AFNIC including: –14 ccTLD registries –ICT Regulatory or promoting agencies –Telco operators, ISP, … –Academic institutions –In the College are currently represented: 16 countries 3 continents: o Africa o America o Europe AFNIC – AFTLD – Accra, Ghana, april 2011

7. 7 The Collège International You invite you to join The Collège International http://www.afnic.fr/data/formulaires/public/afnic-formulaire- adhesion-2011.pdfhttp://www.afnic.fr/data/formulaires/public/afnic-formulaire- adhesion-2011.pdf http://www.afnic.fr/data/formulaires/public/afnic-membership- form-2011.pdfhttp://www.afnic.fr/data/formulaires/public/afnic-membership- form-2011.pdf AFNIC – AFTLD – Accra, Ghana, april 2011

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