[cooperation-wg] CENTR and RIPE NCC Sign MoU at IGF 2017

Dear colleagues,

Yesterday we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the 
(CENTR). The agreement was signed alongside the 2017 Internet Governance 
Forum (IGF) in Geneva.

The agreement formalises the existing relationship between the RIPE NCC 
and CENTR. CENTR agreed to invite RIPE NCC staff to its General 
Assemblies and to participate within its Technical Working Group, while 
the RIPE NCC agreed to invite CENTR staff to its Roundtable Meetings. 
Both parties agreed to involve one another in areas of mutual interest, 
and also agreed to promote the use of IPv6 among their respective 
memberships.

The RIPE NCC and CENTR will also continue to jointly organise trainings 
and promote capacity building in Europe, with a specific focus on 
providing training to European policy-makers and other stakeholders.

You can learn more in the news announcement:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-and-centr-sign-mou

You can also find the MoU itself, along with the other agreements we 
have with external organisations, on our website:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations

The signing of this MoU is a good opportunity to revisit some of the 
shared history between the RIPE NCC and CENTR, which goes back almost 20 
years. We have outlined some of these early beginnings in an article on 
RIPE Labs:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/centr-and-the-ripe-ncc-two-organisations-with-a-shared-history

Regards

Paul Rendek
Director of External Relations
RIPE NCC