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The Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET has proudly become a member of the European TLD ISAC (European Top-Level Domain Incident Sharing and Analysis Center). With this membership, CARNET will have the opportunity to collaborate with other leading organizations in Europe to improve the security and stability of the internet infrastructure.

European TLD ISAC is an organization that brings together national top-level domain (TLD) registries to exchange information on security threats, analyze incidents, and work together on solutions to protect critical internet infrastructure. More information about the organization can be found on the official website.

As a key player in the Croatian academic and research community, CARNET has been working for many years to improve internet security and education. This membership will further strengthen its capabilities and enable active participation in international cybersecurity initiatives.

From May 29 to 31, 2024, representatives of the .hr domain Registry participated in the CENTR Jamboree 2024, which was held in Copenhagen and organized by our colleagues from Punktum dk.

This important event brought together members of the CENTR community for three days of intensive workshops, sessions, and networking. The first two days, May 29 and 30, were held in a hybrid format, while all sessions on May 31 were conducted in person.

SEEDIG, the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance, is excited to announce its 8th annual meeting, "SEEDIG 8 - 8th Annual Meeting of the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance." This prestigious event will take place from November 6th to 7th, 2023, in Zagreb, Croatia.

SEEDIG 8 will be held under the overarching theme "Digital Beyond Borders: Regional Synergy for Community Advancement." This theme was chosen with careful consideration of SEEDIG's core values and commitment to foster community expansion and strengthen partnerships across the region. It emphasizes the idea that in our increasingly interconnected digital world, the boundaries that traditionally defined countries are transcended by opportunities for collaboration and growth. SEEDIG 8 recognizes that cooperation across borders is essential for empowering local communities and offers a space where stakeholders from South Eastern Europe can connect, exchange insights about in-country projects and initiatives, and explore opportunities for enhanced synergies.

Once again, the .hr Registry participated in the largest annual gathering of the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) community - the Jamboree 2023. The CENTR Jamboree took place from May 31st to June 2nd in Belgrade, and it was attended by over 200 participants.

CARNET marks the 30th anniversary of the Croatian national domain today. The formal recognition of Croatia in the global internet space begins on February 27, 1993 with the confirmation of the use of a new top-level .hr domain by the international organization of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

The first registered domain was srce.hr and there are currently 124 601 registered domains. Croatia is the only European country that allows its citizens and legal entities to register free .hr domains. They make almost 70 percent of registered domains.

In addition to free and paid secondary .hr domains, it is possible to register free tertiary .from.hr domain whose purpose is to achieve the virtual identity of natural persons and paid tertiary .com.hr domains for the market activity of natural and legal persons from around the world. The registration of all .hr domains is carried out in accordance with the Ordinance on the organisation and management of the national top-level domain.

With the desire to improve the service and expand the availability of .hr domain registration, in the course of the next year CARNET is opening the possibility of registering paid .hr domains to all natural persons from the European Union with the use of a personal identification number (OIB).

Additionally, interested legal entities and natural persons with independent activities who have their registered office in the European Union, who are registered to carry out commercial activities and whose registered activities include some form of providing services via the Internet will be able to become the registrar of the .hr domain

At the proposal of the .hr Domain Management Committee, a new Ordinance on the organisation and management of the national top-level domain is being prepared, along with the General Terms and Conditions for domain registration.

In 2023, we will mark the 30th anniversary of the .hr domain with various year-round activities.

In October of this year, the .hr domain Registry participated in workshops organized by CENTR (Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries). The admin workshop that took place on October 6 and 7 in Barcelona covered the topics of identification and verification of domain applicants, DNS abuse and NIS2 directive. A marketing workshop was held in Ljubljana on October 17 and 18, which was focused on the topics of promotional campaigns, online presence, crisis communication and sustainable development goals.

Workshops have been regular activities for many years, in which all members of the CENTR organization can participate. Like other events of a similar nature, they are an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences and examples of good practices.

Based on Article 38 of the Ordinance on the organisation and management of the national top-level domain, and after a public call published on July 26, 2022 on the websites domene.hr and carnet.hr, and on the proposal of the .hr Domain Management Committee, CARNET's Managing Council made a decision on the appointment of new arbitrators.

The list with names and personal qualifications of arbitrators is published here.

Arbitrators are appointed from among independent experts, and especially from the ranks of individuals who possess the technological and legal knowledge necessary for objective decision-making.

The arbitrators were appointed on September 15, 2022 for a mandate period of four years.

The ICANN75 Annual General Meeting was held live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 17-22, 2022.

The ICANN community has discussed gTLD (Generic Top-level Domain) data accuracy, internationalized domain names, universal acceptance, and other priority topics at various stages of policy development.

The plenary session, proposed and produced by the ICANN community, explored Internet fragmentation and the Domain Name System (DNS).

CARNET published a public call for the selection of arbitrators to resolve disputes between domain holders and third parties regarding the right to use a specific domain name within the top-level .hr domain.

The call is intended for all persons who possess adequate technical and legal knowledge, and would like to undertake, if necessary and at the invitation of the .hr Domain Management Committee, to perform the function of arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance on the organization and management of the national top-level domain.

Applications must be submitted by August 31, 2022. The public call is available here.

ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) community gathered at the 74th forum held in The Hague from June 13 to 16, 2022. The event of a hybrid nature enabled live and online monitoring of thematic units in the field of cyber security, strategic and operational planning, new policies and procedures of generic domains, and community priorities.

The non-profit organization ICANN, founded in 1998, aims to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. Members from around the world form a community that develops and regulates policies to ensure the security, stability and resilience of the Internet and supports a multi-stakeholder model for policy-making. The ICANN organization provides its members with equal opportunities for active participation in important political issues.

The .hr domain registry participated in the Jamboree 2022 meeting organized by CENTR (Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries) from 31 May to 2 June 2022 in Prague. The event was attended by more than 190 participants live and more than 90 online.

This year's event included topics of DNS abuse, user verification and validation, website crawling, the NIS 2 directive, DNSSEC and others in the field of cyber security. In addition to the formal program, Jamboree provides an excellent opportunity to share experiences and examples of good practice between registries and registrars from different countries.

After the public call for expression of interest of candidates for the appointment of members of the .hr Domain Management Committee published on the CARNET website, CARNET's Managing Council appointed the following composition:

The Committee was appointed on June 1, 2022 for a four-year mandate.

Croatian academic and research network - CARNET has published a public call for expressions of interest from candidates for the appointment of members of the .hr Domain Management Committee.

Candidates who are recognized experts from areas relevant to the Ordinance may be appointed as members of the .hr Domain Management Committee. On the basis of the public call, the director of CARNET will propose five members of the Committee to the Managing Council of CARNET, of which:

ICANN73 Community Forum was held virtually, 7-10 March 2022. All sessions were conducted during regular working hours in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Atlantic Standard Time / UTC-4).

The ccNSO has organized various sessions on Domain Name System abuse in recent ICANN Public Meetings. Country code top-level domain managers and others shared their experiences with respect to mitigating DNS abuse, focusing on what ccTLDs do nationally and regionally.

During ICANN72, the conversation shifted to focus on exploring the potential role of the ccNSO itself. Both ccTLDs and other stakeholders suggested activities the ccNSO could undertake to complement existing work being done by the community.

Exactly 29 years ago, Croatia got its national domain, thus beginning its formal recognition in the global Internet space. The management of the Croatian national domain is assigned to CARNET by the international organization ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

The first registered domain was srce.hr, and there are currently 119878 registered domains. Croatia is the only European country that allows its citizens and legal entities to register free .hr domains. They make up the largest number, almost 70 percent of registered domains.

In addition to free and paid secondary .hr domains, it is possible to register free tertiary .from.hr domains whose purpose is to achieve a virtual identity of private individuals and paid tertiary com.hr domains for marketing activities of private individuals and legal entities from around the world. Registration of all .hr domains is done in accordance with the Ordinance on the organisation and management of the national top-level domain.

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The Croatian academic and research network - CARNET has been managing the national domain of the Republic of Croatia (.hr) since 1993. All .hr domains are registered in accordance with the Ordinance on the organisation and management of the national top-level domain.

Free .hr domains (.hr and .from.hr) are registered via CARNET, while paid domains (.hr and .com.hr) are registered exclusively through authorized registrars. The list of authorized registrars is available here .

From 14 to 17 June 2021, the ICANN71 (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Virtual Community Forum was held. CARNET participated in the ccNSO (Country Code Names Supporting Organization) meetings dealing with the topics of the ccNSO internal management model, rules and mechanisms for revoking the ccTLD (country code top level domain), and also met the ccNSO Council which discussed global domain space management issues and ccTLD management best practices.

from 1 to 6 June 2021, CARNET participated on the 2021 CENTR Members' Days. Topics of discussion were Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Web Crawling, Cybersecurity (3SG) and security tools, Machine Learning, and a series of interactive whiteboards and presentations from current CENTR projects.

The emphasis of the second day was on the advantages and disadvantages of publishing TLD zone files and law compliance in the light of EU GDPR, NIS directive,

As technical operators in the internet’s infrastructure, what do ccTLD registries actually do? What are their limitations? How can they help in the battle against illegal online content?

If you want to know the answers to these questions, we suggest you watch the informative video designed by the organization CENTR (Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries).

You can watch the video with the Croatian translation here.

For more information on video creation and the Digital Services Act, you can find it here.

From 22 to 25 March 2021, a virtual public meeting of ICANN70 (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) was held. It was ICANN's fourth virtual public meeting since the start of the pandemic.

CARNET participated in ccNSO (Country Code Names Supporting Organization) meetings where members focused on sessions on the future of ccTLDs (Country Code Top-Level Domains) and question and answer sessions where ICANN board members were associated.

Conference under the slogan "Servant. The master. Internet." was held on March 17, 2021 and organized by the Foundation "Registry of the National Internet Domain of Serbia" (RNIDS).

This year's DIDS (Serbian Internet Domain Day) was held online for the first time since its inception in 2010. The DIDS program was extremely rich, with 19 speakers and 3 panel discussions. The topics of the conference, among other things, referred to last year and how the coronavirus pandemic affected business and the general importance of the Internet in our lives.

On the second day of the conference, a Regional TLD Forum was held, bringing together representatives of national registries from the region. This year, it was held in the form of a round table where representatives of Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Serbia exchanged information and experiences relevant to internet domain registries.

You can read more about the event at the following link: https://dids.rs/
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.hr Domain Management Committee is reminding .hr domain holders about the importance of accurate information entered for the domain. Special emphasis is placed on the e-mail address of domain holder through which is possible to manage the domain, and also make irreversible actions.

Domain holder is completely responsible for the accuracy of that e-mail address and all the activities made by this e-mail address is considered valid. .hr Domain Management Committee issued a decision indicating registrars to forward the that information to all .hr domain holders.

On August 25, Netnod and CARNET announced a new partnership within which CARNET will use the secondary DNS service DNSNODE to provide fast and resilient DNS for domains under its management. CARNET is looking forward to using Netnod's DNS DNSNODE service to provide an even more secure and stable DNS infrastructure for our .hr domain. We believe that the cooperation with Netnod will be of mutual quality in the long run.

From 24 to 25 September 2019, the 60th Legal and Regulatory Meeting was held in Split, organized by CARNET and the International Association of National Registers called CENTR (Council of the European National Top Level Domain Registries).

Today, CARNET marked 25 years since Croatia got its national domain and thus became recognized in the global internet space.

The sentence "Please go ahead with the new top level domain HR for Croatia", addressed to today's Deputy of Srce Ivan Marić in 1993, marked the beginning of the formal recognition of the .hr domain, and the first registered domain was srce.hr.

Representatives of the .hr domain Registry participated in the eight annual conference about the Development of the Internet DIDS and RIF 2017, organized by "The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation" (RNIDS). Serbia's internet domain day was held on March 7th under the slogan "The Secrets of Internet Search: Search, Find, Visit".

The .hr Domain Management Committee announces a public call for the selection of arbitrators to resolve disputes between domain users and third parties on the right to use a particular domain within the top-level domain. All persons who have adequate technical and legal knowledge are invited, and would like to undertake, if necessary and the invitation of the Commission to perform the function of arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance on the organization and management of the top national Internet domain.

Applicants must have a university degree, ie completed undergraduate and graduate university studies or integrated undergraduate and graduate university studies in social or technical fields.

On 12 and 13 October, 2017, CARNet hosted the 24th CENTR (Council of European National Register of Domain Records) marketing workshop attended by representatives of national registers from Europe and the world.

The 16th meeting of ICANN Studienkreis was held on 6 and 7 October 2016 in Dubrovnik, where CARNet was the national organizing partner..

ICANN Studienkreis brings together top experts from the ranks of state organizations, private sector, academic and technical community and civil society on the topic of global internet governance and global domain space.

In the first 24 hours of allowing the registration of short domains and IDN domains there were 216 domains registered. Users have shown most interest in IDN domains which resulted in the registration of total 181 domains.

There was 23 one character and 12 two character domains registered in the same period.

The release of new domain types in circulation is an additional step in the process of modernizing management for .hr domains

In continuation of improving the management of .hr domain, procedures and conditions have been issued for domain registration composed of one or two alphanumeric characters and domains with diacritics.

With further liberalization of domain management, for the first time since the existence of domain .hr, it will be possible to register a domain with one alphanumeric character, which together with domains with two alphanumeric characters can be registered as paid domains through accredited registrars. Registration will be possible from 4 July 2016, from noon.

From 4th July 2016, at noon .hr domain Registry will allow domain registration of one and two alphanumeric characters and IDN domains. To register these domains it is necessary to contact one of the accredited registrars whose list is on the following link:

https://www.dns.hr/portal/home/registrars

IDN domains containing č,ć,đ,š and ž will be possible to register as free or paid .hr domains depending on meeting the conditions set out in the Ordinance and the desires of users. The application for registration of free domains can be submitted via following link: https://www.dns.hr/en/portal/register/info-free-hr .
Domains are registered as so far, according to the principle of first come first served without preference to any natural or legal person.

On March 15th and 16th 2016, representatives of CARNet and .hr domain registry participated in the seventh annual conference on the Internet DIDS 2016 (Serbian Internet Domain Day) and the second Regional Internet forum - RIF 2016 in Belgrade.

Serbian Internet Domain Day was held under the slogan "Living the Internet… Globally – Securely – Locally", and was organized by the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS) Foundation.
RIF 2016 brought together representatives of national Registries from Southeast Europe as well as representatives of state bodies, local Internet community, the global internet organizations and legal experts from the region. Topics of the RIF in 2016 were everyday examples and standpoints of regional experts on the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, the development of e-government in Serbia and the region, Internet neutrality, legal regulations of this area as well as Internet safety. Chair of the Program Board RIF 2016 was CARNet's employee Nataša Glavor.

On 26 October 2015 representatives of the Croatian Academic and Research Network CARNet organized an expert presentation on the introduction and use of DNNSEC. The presentation was attended by representatives of CARNet authorized Registrars and providers of hosting services.

DNSSEC is a short name for the DNS Security Extensions system affecting the security of the DNS system, using digital signatures and digital keys to verify the authenticity and integrity of DNS data.

In Cagliari, Italy, 36. administrative workshop was held which was organized by CENTR (Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries) where representatives of CARNet's .hr Registry participated.

The second Croatian Internet Governance Forum was held on Wednesday 1 June 2016 in the Congress Hall of the Grand Hotel Adriatic in Opatija. This year's forum was organized as part of the MIPRO conference, the topics of the forum were: human rights on the Internet, network neutrality, public administration open data and settling arbitration disputes within the .hr domain.

Topics were opened by the following speakers and panelist: Leda Lepri (Ministry of Public Administration), Anamarija Musa (Commissioner for Informing), Ivana Milas Klarić (ombudsman for children), Nataša Glavor (CARNet), Andrea Beccalli (ICANN), Hrvoje Lisičar (Faculty of Law), Marko Jurić (Faculty of Law), Igor Barlek (VIPNet), Milan Živković (Ericsson Nikola Tesla), Amera Zulić Vrabec (IN2), Domen Savič (Department citizen D), Tihomir Katulić (Faculty of Law) i Kristijan Zimmer (HrOpen).
Organizers of Cro-IGFs 2016 were: MIPRO, Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Ministry of Public Administration, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatian Academic and Research Network - CARNet, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia employers' Association, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Association HROpen, Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM).

Croatian Academic and Research Network - CARNet is organizing an expert presentation/workshop on the introduction and use of DNSSEC. The workshop will be held on 26 October from 13h to 14h on the location Josipa Marohnica 5, Zagreb, Hall E2 . The workshop is intended for DNS hosting providers.

Interested parties can register and get more information by e-mail address registar@dns.hr.

On 30 July 2015 the Ordinance on amendments to the Ordinance on the Organisation and Management of National Internet domain is applied. The document is available via following link:

http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2015_07_81_1560.html

Representatives of .hr domain registry have participated in "Regional Internet forum" that was organized by Serbian national internet domain registry Foundation (RNIDS) in Belgrade March 11th 2015 .

Forum, in which was discussed about the regional domain issues, also also represented the official preparation for this year's EuroDIG - European Dialogue on Internet Governance, held in Sofia in June .
The day before the Regional Forum, sixth annual conference "Serbian Internet Domains Day" (DIDS 2015) was held which was organized by Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS). On DIDS it was discussed on the development of the Internet in the world and the .RS i .СРБ domain space, under the slogan "Which Internet Film are you in?“, 300 visitors had a chance to hear experiences and thoughts of about 30 local and foreig presenters from a variety of fields.
More info about the conference can be found via http://www.dids.rs.

Croatian Academic and Research Network - CARNet signed on February 3, 2015 in Belgrade the Agreement on cooperation of national domain registrars with the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS), which manages .rs i .СРБ domains in Republic of Serbia.

Cooperation Agreement establishes the principles for future cooperation and includes exchange of experiences and best practices in all areas of national registers, especially with regard on improving the technical infrastructure, security and software and legal documents of importance to the business of domain registration.
The agreement was signed by Zvonimir Stanić, director of CARNet and Danko Jevtović, Director of RNIDS in the name of national registers of Croatia and Serbia. Both are members of the ccNSO registry within ICANN and the Association of European national Internet registries CENTR.
RNIDS manages the Central Registry of national .rs domains since 2007, the Central Registry of .СРБ domains since 2011, while CARNet manages .hr domains since 1993.
This is the first cooperation agreement signed by CARNet, and the third agreement RNIDS-a, hat similar agreements has already signed with Montenegrin doMEn .me registry and Macedonian MARnet.

CARNet representatives participated in the first Croatian Forum on Internet Governance CRO-IGF which was held on May 6 2015 in Zagreb at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. The organizers of the event were HAKOM (Croatian regulatory authority for network industries) and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing.

The first forum topic focused on the management of the Internet domain, and the introductory presentation preceding discussion of domains held Natasa Glavor, Assistant Director of CARNet. Together with the President of the Commission for the management of the domain .hr, prof. PhD Gordan Gledec responded to questions about the amendments to the Ordinance on the Organisation and Management of top level domain as well as on general issues related to the management of domains in the world.
On second forum topic which was Internet Governance, introductory presentations were held by Mislav Hebel from HAKOM and Andrea Beccalli from ICANN. After the presentation, there was a panel discussion on the question of the need of an open forum on Internet governance, enhanced participation of different groups of society, especially representatives of civil society and the new opportunities and ideas as a result of such events. Panelists were Kreso Antonović , Chief of postal and electronic communications sector in the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Ph. D. Marko Jurić, with the Faculty of Law, Hrvoje Hadžić, the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla and Zdravko Jukić, member of the Council of HAKOM.