ccTLD Governance Project

Table 1: countries where the ccTLD is part of the government

Country	Code	Name	Government Relationship	Government Activity	ICANN Agreement
argentina	AR	MRECIC	Formal	none	none
china	CN	CNNIC	Formal	none	none
el salvador	SV	SVNET	Informal	Logistical center	none
finland	FI	FICORA	Formal	Legislation	none
india	IN	NCST	Formal	none	none
malawi	MW	Malawi SDNP	Formal	none	MOU
malaysia	MY	MYNIC	Formal	none	none
morocco	MA	ANRT	Formal	Legislation	none
norway	NO	NORID	Informal	Workgroup	none
spain	ES	RED.ES	Formal	Legislation	none
tunisia	TN	ATI	Formal	Legislation	none

Table 2: countries where the ccTLD is private sector

Country	Code	Name	Government Relationship	Government Activity	ICANN Agreement
gambia	GM	nic.gm	none	none	none
ghana	GH	NCS	none	none	none
indonesia	ID	IDNIC	Informal	none	none
japan	JP	JPRS	Formal	endorsement	Yes
libya	LY	Nic.ly	none	none	none
tuvalu	TV	.tv corporation	none	none	none
ukraine	UA	Hostmaster	Informal	Ad hoc	none
united arab emirates	AE	UAEnic	Informal	Legislation	none
united states	US	Neustar	Formal	contract	none

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Table 3: countries where the ccTLD is a non-profit corporation

Country	Code	Name	Government Relationship	Government Activity	ICANN Agreement
armenia	am	ISOC AM	Informal	Government sits on board	none
australia	AU	AUDA	Formal	Legislation	Yes
austria	AT	Internet Foundation Austria	Informal	Legislation	none
belgium	BE	DNS.be	Informal	none	none
burundi	BI	CNI SDNP	Formal	Legislation	Redelegation
canada	CA	CIRA	Formal	Agreement	none
christmas island	CX	Dot CX	Formal	Endorsement	under discussion
czech republic	cz	CZ.NIC	Formal	involved in management	none
denmark	DK	. DIFO	Informal	none	none
france	FR	AFNIC	Informal	Government reps serve on council	none
germany	DE	DENIC	Informal	Observer on Legal Advisory Committee	none
hong kong	HK	HKIRC	Formal	MOU	redelegation
ireland	IE	IEDR	none	Legislation	none
israel	IL	Israeli Internet Association	none	Analysis by Government	none
italy	ID	IDNIC	Informal	none	none
korea	KR	KRNIC	Formal	approval	none
netherlands	NL	SIDN	none	Cabinet Review	none
new zealand	NZ	InternetNZ	Informal	endorsement	none
peru	PE	Nic.pe	none	Legislation	none
poland	PL	NASK	None	endorsement	none
russia	RU	RIPN	Informal	verbal understanding	none
south africa	ZA	Namespace	Informal	Legislation	none
sweden	SE	II-Stiftelsen	Informal	Government Committee	none
taiwan	TW	TWNIC	Informal	endorsement	none
united kingdom	UK	Nominet	Informal	Government sits on board	none

Table 4: countries where the ccTLD is academic

Country	Code	Name	Government Relationship	Government Activity	ICANN Agreement
columbia	CO	University of Columbia	Informal	Legislation	None
guatemala	GT	Universidad del Valle de Guatemala	None	attempted takeover	none
mauritiana	MR	Nic-Mauritanie	None	none	none
mexico	MX	NIC-Mexico	Informal	proposed legislation	none
switzerland	CH	SWITCH	Formal	Legislation	none