Who are we?
LusNIC brings together the entities responsible for the management, registration and maintenance of the top-level domains (ccTLD’s, country code Top Level Domains) in Portuguese-speaking countries. These entities, also called registries, represent: .pt, from Portugal, .br, from Brazil, .cv, from Cape Verde, .gw, from Guinea-Bissau, .st. of São Tomé and Príncipe, the .ao of Angola and, since September 2023, the .mz of Mozambique.
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History
The history of LusNIC
The Portuguese language has approximately 280 million speakers with Portuguese being the 5th most spoken language in the world and the most spoken language in the southern hemisphere. Recent data have shown that on the Internet, Portuguese is the 5th most used language; on social networks – Facebook and Twitter – it ranks 3rd, with approximately 32 million Portuguese outside their countries of origin.
An expression of common necessity and will has brought together the entities responsible for the management of these registries – namely the Centro UNINET da Universidade Agostinho Neto (Angola); the Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR – NIC.br; (Brazil); the Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (ARN-TIC), (Guiné-Bissau); the Associação DNS.PT; (Portugal); AGER – Autoridade Geral de Regulação, (São Tomé and Príncipe) and the Ministry of Transport and Communications (East Timor) – assembled to reach an agreement on LusNIC’s formal constitution as a private law association whose object focuses on multi-lateral institutional cooperation amongst the Portuguese-language registries within the scope of their areas of operations.
There are approximately 260 ccTLDs worldwide. CENTR is the European organization of which .pt is a member and which comprises 52 registries in Europe.
Also of note is the existence of other organizations of a more regional nature, such as the Latin American and Caribbean Association of ccTLDs (LACTLD), the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Name Association (APTLD), and the African Top Level Domain Association (AfTLD), where the common objective of cooperation and development is achieved within a more common closer geographical framework. Association of ccTLDs (LACTLD), the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Name Association (APTLD) and the African Top Level Domain Association (AfTLD) with an identical regional nature, where cooperation and development of a common objective is already pursued in the assumption of a common geographic location.
This initiative came about on 23 September 2015 at a formal session organized within the scope of E-Show 2015.
All the legal representatives from the aforementioned entities were present for the signing of the public title of the LusNIC constitution. This represents the first step in what is expected to ensure that productive work is accomplished in the areas of intervention described.
The history of LusNIC
The Portuguese language has approximately 280 million speakers with Portuguese being the 5th most spoken language in the world and the most spoken language in the southern hemisphere. Recent data have shown that on the Internet, Portuguese is the 5th most used language; on social networks – Facebook and Twitter – it ranks 3rd, with approximately 32 million Portuguese outside their countries of origin.
An expression of common necessity and will has brought together the entities responsible for the management of these registries – namely the Centro UNINET da Universidade Agostinho Neto (Angola); the Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR – NIC.br; (Brazil); the Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (ARN-TIC), (Guiné-Bissau); the Associação DNS.PT; (Portugal); AGER – Autoridade Geral de Regulação, (São Tomé and Príncipe) and the Ministry of Transport and Communications (East Timor) – assembled to reach an agreement on LusNIC’s formal constitution as a private law association whose object focuses on multi-lateral institutional cooperation amongst the Portuguese-language registries within the scope of their areas of operations.
A nível mundial existem cerca de 260 ccTLD’s. O CENTR é a organização europeia, da qual o .pt é membro, que agrega hoje 52 dos registries da Europa. Assinala-se a existência de organizações como a Latin American and Caribbean Association of ccTLDs (LACTLD), a Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Name Association (APTLD) e a African Top Level Domain Association (AfTLD) com idêntico cariz regional, onde a cooperação e desenvolvimento de um objetivo comum é já prosseguido numa pressuposto de localização geográfica comum.
This initiative came about on 23 September 2015 at a formal session organized within the scope of E-Show 2015.
All the legal representatives from the aforementioned entities were present for the signing of the public title of the LusNIC constitution. This represents the first step in what is expected to ensure that productive work is accomplished in the areas of intervention described.
Statutes
Discover the set of legal norms, agreed upon by the partners or founders, which regulate the operation of LusNIC.
You can read the full version of the LusNIC's statues.
Activities Plan
The following document is an instrument for planning the actions and activities to be carried out, having as support and guidance the provisions of the Statutes and, in terms of financial support, the respective budget.
You can read the full version of the Activities' Plan and Budget 2023-2024 e o Activities' Report and Budget 2018-2022
Members
Governing Bodies
General Assembly Board
President: Demi Getschko (NIC.br)
Vice-President: Lourino Chemame (INTIC)
Secretary: Andreia de Brito (.PT)
Board of Directors
President: Marta Moreira Dias (.PT)
Member Leonilde Santos (ARME)
Member Jamo Macanze (Eduardo Mondlane University, of Moçambique/INTIC)
Board of Auditors
President: André Pedro (INFOSI/MTTI)
Member Vasth Santos (AGER)
Member João Tomar (ARME)