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

All -

given the fact, that CENTR got kicked off as a RIPE NCC project about
two decades ago as also stated, this is truly a remarkable...
evolvement? Accomplishment? ;-)

Anyhow: seasonal greetings!

	-C

On 19.12.2017 09:44, Paul Rendek wrote:
> 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