ICANN blog » Europe http://blog.icann.org Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:53:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 First 4 IDN ccTLDs through String Evaulation http://blog.icann.org/2010/01/first-4-idn-cctlds-through-string-evaulation/ http://blog.icann.org/2010/01/first-4-idn-cctlds-through-string-evaulation/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:26:42 +0000 Tina Dam http://blog.icann.org/?p=1265 The first four IDN ccTLD requests has just been announced as having completed the String Evaulation portion of the Fast Track Process.

These are associated with: Egypt, the Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.

See the full announcement here: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm

So what does that mean?

It means that these may now initiate the String Delegation process, which is the last step before the strings are actually in the DNS root zone and hence available for use.

The remaining 12 requests are still being processed and at ICANN we are very much looking forward to completing more requests as well as receiving additional new requests :-)

Overall, the Fast Track Process has three main steps:

1) Preparation (by the requester in the country / territory). Community consensus is built for which IDN ccTLD to apply for, how it is run, and which organization will be running it, along with preparing and gathering all the required supporting documentation.

2) String Evaluation: incoming requests to ICANN in accordance with the criteria described above: the technical and linguistic requirements for the IDN ccTLD string(s). Applications are received through an online system available together with additional material supporting the process at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/

3) String Delegation: requests successfully meeting string evaluation criteria are eligible to apply for delegation following the same ICANN IANA process as is used for ASCII based ccTLDs. String delegation requests are submitted to IANA root zone management.

]]> http://blog.icann.org/2010/01/first-4-idn-cctlds-through-string-evaulation/feed/ 9 Slovenia in September: ccTLD registries and registrars http://blog.icann.org/2009/07/second-international-conference-for-cctld-registries-and-registrars-of-cis-eastern-and-central-europe/ http://blog.icann.org/2009/07/second-international-conference-for-cctld-registries-and-registrars-of-cis-eastern-and-central-europe/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:34:59 +0000 Veni Markovski http://blog.icann.org/?p=959 The Second International Conference for ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Eastern and Central Europe will take place on 7-8 September 2009 in Bled, Slovenia.

The First International Conference for ccTLD registries and registrars from that region was held on 8-10 September 2008 and was initiated by the .ru ccTLD Coordination Center. The conference took place in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and gathered more then 90 participants from 25 countries, world internet experts, representatives of international organizations such as WIPO, ICANN, CENTR, etc. Attendees and the ccTLD community from the region highly evaluated the initiative and the organizers and participants decided to have the conference as an annual event.

The program of the 2009 conference is listed here.

The conference is with limited participation – for Representatives of ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Eastern and Central Europe. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Speakers are being invited by the organizers only. Note that ICANN is not an organizer of this event, so if you have questions, address them to the organizers at meeting2009@cctld.ru.

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