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D2.2 First Report on the Online Virtual Observatory January 31, 2013

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iMENTORS SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

Call (part) identifier: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1 Project full title: E-INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING, EVALUATION AND TRACKING SUPPORT SYSTEM Project Acronym: iMENTORS Grant agreement for: Coordination and support action Project Number: 313203

D2.2 First Report on Database of e-infrastructure development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

Deliverable Id : D2.2

Deliverable Name : D2.2 First Report on Database of e-infrastructure development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

Status : Final Dissemination Level : PU

Due date of deliverable : M6 Actual submission date : M9

Work Package : WP 2 Organisation name of lead

contractor for this deliverable : Stockholm University

Author(s): Nils Jensen Partner(s) contributing : Louis Papaemmanuel, Niobe Haitas

Abstract: D2.2) First Report on Database of e-infrastructure development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa: This deliverable reports on the creation of the database for e-infrastructure development projects. It will report on tasks 2.2 and 2.3. [month 6]

iMENTORS is a project co- funded by the European Commission’s DG CONNECT under the 7th Framework Programme. www.iMENTORS.eu

Copyright by the iMENTORS Consortium

http://www.imentors.eu/


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History Version Date Modification reason Modified by

0.1 03.10.2012 Initial draft Nils Jensen

0.2 11.11.2012 Version 2 Nils Jensen

16.12.2012 Comments Louis Papaemmanuel

0.3 19.12.2012 Version 3 Louis Papaemmanuel

0.4 05.01.2013 Comments Nils Jensen

0.5 17.01.2013 Version 5 Athina Vrakatseli

30.01.2013 Version 6 Nils Jensen

0.8 31.01.2013 Quality check Louis Papaemmanuel

1.0 31.01.2013 Deliverable ready to be submitted to the European Commission


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Table of contents

HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................2

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..........................................................................................................................3

LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................................5

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .....................................................................................................................8

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................9

1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THIS DELIVERABLE? .......................................................................... 10

1.1 THE PROJECT: IMENTORS .............................................................................................................. 10

1.2 THE WORK PACKAGE (SUBSET OF THE PROJECT) .................................................................................. 11

1.3 THE DELIVERABLE (SCOPE, OBJECTIVES, METHODOLOGY) ..................................................................... 11

1.4 RELATION TO OTHER WP2 DELIVERABLES AND INTENDED AUDIENCE ....................................................... 12

1.5 RELATION OF WP2 TO OTHER WPS .................................................................................................. 13

2 METHODOLOGY OF THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS: .............................................................. 14

3 THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTORS ............................................................................................ 15

3.1 UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS .................................................................................................... 15

3.2 GLOBAL AND REGIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODIES ........................................................................ 18

3.3 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS / GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ................................................................................ 25

3.3.1 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES........................................................................ 25

3.3.2 NATIONAL MINISTRIES IN AFRICA ................................................................................................. 30

3.4 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATION (NON-PROFIT) ...................................................................................... 43

3.4.1 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS .................................................................................................... 43

3.4.2 FOUNDATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 46

3.5 PRIVATE SECTOR ............................................................................................................................ 47

3.5.1 NETWORK OPERATORS AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS IN AFRICA ................................................ 47

3.5.2 OTHER IT FIRMS AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES ................................................................ 57

3.5.2 INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS ............................................................................................................ 60

3.6 HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ................................................................................. 61

3.6.1 NATIONAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS .......................................................................................... 61

3.6.2 HIGHER EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS AND NETWORKS ....................................................................... 66

3.7 OTHER DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS/STAKEHOLDERS .............................................................................. 67

4 DATA COLLECTED ON E- INFRASTRUCTURES .............................................................................. 69

4.1 NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURES ...................................................................................................... 69


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4.1.1 NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKS ......................................................................... 69

4.1.2 REGIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKS ....................................................................... 100

4.1.3 OTHER NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURES ..................................................................................... 104

4.2 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING .................................................................................................. 108

4.2.1 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IN AFRICA ............................................................................... 108

4.2.2 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IN EUROPE .............................................................................. 108

4.3 DISTRIBUTED GRIDS FOR E-SCIENCE ............................................................................................... 128

4.3.1 NATIONAL GRID INITIATIVES ...................................................................................................... 128

4.3.2 OTHER GRIDS FOR E-SCIENCE ..................................................................................................... 140

5 WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT’S NEXT ........................................................................................ 144


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List of tables

Table 1: Intended Audience of D2.2 ........................................................................................................... 12

Table 2 Milestones of WP2 ......................................................................................................................... 13

Table 3 UN Organisations ........................................................................................................................... 15

Table 4 Global & Intergovernmental Bodies ............................................................................................... 18

Table 5 National Government Development Agencies............................................................................... 25

Table 6 International Associations .............................................................................................................. 44

Table 7 Foundations .................................................................................................................................... 46

Table 8 Network Operators and ISPs in Africa ............................................................................................ 47

Table 9 Other ICT Firms and Telecom Companies ...................................................................................... 57

Table 10 Industry Associations ................................................................................................................... 60

Table 11 National Research Organizations ................................................................................................. 61

Table 12 Higher Education Associations and Networks.............................................................................. 66

Table 13 Other Development Partners/Stakeholders ................................................................................ 67

Table 14 African NRENs............................................................................................................................... 70

Table 15 The Senegal Research & Education Network ............................................................................... 71

Table 16 The Research & Education Network of Cameroon ...................................................................... 72

Table 17 The Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa ................................................... 72

Table 18 The Nigerian Research & Education Network .............................................................................. 73

Table 19 The Research & Education Network in Ghana ............................................................................. 74

Table 20 The Research & Education Network in Uganda ........................................................................... 75

Table 21 The Research and Education Network of Madagascar ................................................................ 75

Table 22 The Research & Education Network of Somalia ........................................................................... 76

Table 23 The Research and Education Network of the Ivory Coast ............................................................ 77

Table 24 The Research and Education Network of the DRC ....................................................................... 77

Table 25 The Research and Education Network of Ethiopia ....................................................................... 78

Table 26 The Research and Education of Gabon ........................................................................................ 79

Table 27 The Research and Education Network of Kenya .......................................................................... 79

Table 28 The Research and Education Network of Mali ............................................................................. 80

Table 29 the Research and Education Network of Mozambique ............................................................... 81

Table 30 The Research and Education Network in Malawi ....................................................................... 81

Table 31 The Research and Education Network in Sudan ......................................................................... 82


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Table 32 The Research and Education Network of Mozambique ............................................................... 83

Table 33 The Research and Education Network in Zambia ....................................................................... 83

Table 34 The Research and Education Network of Morocco ..................................................................... 84

Table 35 The Research and Education Network of Tunisia ........................................................................ 85

Table 36 The German Research and Education Network ........................................................................... 86

Table 37 The Research and Education Network in the Netherlands .......................................................... 86

Table 38 Austrian Academic Computer Network ....................................................................................... 87

Table 39 Ireland’s National Education and Research Network .................................................................. 88

Table 40 The Portugal Foundation for National Scientific Computing ....................................................... 88

Table 41 The Italian Academic & Research Network .................................................................................. 89

Table 42 The Estonian Education and Research Network .......................................................................... 89

Table 43 The Research and Education Network in France ......................................................................... 90

Table 44 The Greek Research & Technology Network ............................................................................... 90

Table 45 National Information Infrastructure Development Institute of Hungary .................................... 91

Table 46 Inter-University Computation Center .......................................................................................... 91

Table 47 The Latvian Academic Network Laboratory of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science ........................................................................................................................................................ 91

Table 48 Lithuanian higher education institutions Network ...................................................................... 91

Table 49 Research and Education Network of Serbia ................................................................................. 93

Table 50 Slovak Research and Education Network ..................................................................................... 93

Table 51 Academic and Research Network of Slovenia .............................................................................. 94

Table 52 The Spanish academic and research network .............................................................................. 95

Table 53 The Swiss Research and Education Network ............................................................................... 95

Table 54 TURKISH ACADEMIC NETWORK and INFORMATION CENTER ...................................................... 96

Table 55 The United Kingdom Research and Education Network .............................................................. 96

Table 56 The Finnish University and Research Network ............................................................................ 97

Table 57 Icelandic University Research Network ........................................................................................ 98

Table 58 The Swedish Research and Education Network ........................................................................... 98

Table 59: Belarus' Research and Education Network ................................................................................. 99

Table 60 Norway's Research and Education Network ................................................................................ 99

Table 61 Luxembourg's Research and Education Network ...................................................................... 100

Table 62 The Mediterranean Regional Education Network ..................................................................... 100

Table 63 The Arab States Research and Education Network .................................................................... 101


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Table 64 The West and Central African Research and Education Network .............................................. 101

Table 65 The UbuntuNet Alliance ............................................................................................................. 102

Table 66: RRENs in Europe ........................................................................................................................ 103

Table 67 Submarine Cable Systems .......................................................................................................... 104

Table 68 HPC in Africa ............................................................................................................................... 108

Table 69 HPC in Europe ............................................................................................................................. 108


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List of abbreviations

Acronym/ Abbreviation Explanation

CANARIE Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network D Deliverable (of the project) DG Directorate-General DG CONNECT European Commission Directorate General for Communications

Networks, Content and Technology

DoW Description of Work (of the project) DSV Department of Computer and System Sciences of Stockholm University

EC European Commission EFTA European Free Trade Association e-IRG e-infrastructures Reflection Group ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures EU European Union FP7 Seventh Framework Programme Gov2u Government To You GEANT

Pan-European Data Network HEIs Higher Education Institutes HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus ICT Information and Communication Technology ICT4D ICT for Development i.e. That is ISP Internet Service Provider IT Information Technology M Month (of the project) MDG Millennium Development Goal NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO Non-Governmental organization NOC Network Operations Centre NRENs National academic and research networks PDF Portable Document Format PEST analysis Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis PRD Programme Director PU Public view RedCLARA Latin American Advanced Networks Cooperation RENs Research and Education Networks RRENs Regional Research and Education Networks SAB Stakeholders Advisory Board Sida Swedish International Development Cooperation SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises S&T Science and Technology Spider Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions SU Stockholm University SWOT analysis Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis T Task (of the project) TEIN Trans-Euroasia Information Network UN United Nations UNECA The United Economic Commission for Africa USAID The United States Agency for International Development URL Uniform Resource Locator VO Virtual Observatory WP Work Package PRACE Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe

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Executive Summary The overall objective of iMENTORS is to enhance the coherence and effectiveness of international actors involved in e-infrastructures development projects and initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on the results and recommendations of previous studies and reports.

The purpose of deliverable 2.2 is to report on the efforts of the consortium regarding the identification of different types of e-infrastructures that exist and to report on the collection of the data according to the specifications outlined in deliverable 2.1. The secondary purpose of the present deliverable is to describe the progress made regarding the validation and upload of the collected data on the iMENTORS database. In the relevant sections the deliverable will provide an extensive list of identified projects and stakeholders.

D2.1 is split in five parts: 1) Introduction, 2) Methodology of the data collection process, 3) Data collected on the different types of Actors, 4) Data collected on e-infrastructures, 5) where we are and what is next.

This is a deliverable of WP2: Ecosystem Identification & Establishment. Among the main objectives of WP2 to identify and attract strategically selected stakeholder organizations, their key groupings and subgroups, their interests and their level of engagement in our project; to gather and analyse relevance of all past and on-going e-infrastructure development and ICT projects in Sub-Saharan Africa; to connect with stakeholders and maintain a strong ecosystem which will add value to the project by using and updating the information and engage with others on the platform; to develop a community of practice: by creating an online community for support to policy development and programme implementation. The critical factors set to evaluate the success of the projects with regard to the above mentioned objectives are that 80% of e-infrastructures and ICT related projects over the past 5 years identified by month 20; that 20% of the identified community is online by month 12 of the project, and 60% by month 24.

The initial draft was created by Stockholm University, the leader of WP2, which was sent to the relevant participants and the project coordinator for comments and review. The final version was finalised by incorporating the comments and suggestions in the deliverable. The information included in this deliverable is interrelated with all WP2 deliverables. The intended audience of this deliverable are the iMENTORS partners, the stakeholders and the European Commission (EC).

E-infrastructures are composed of an environment where research resources (hardware, software and content) can be readily shared and accessed wherever this is necessary to promote better and more effective research and a driver for social and economic well-being. Sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed dramatic growth in ICT access since the mid-1990s. But whilst, today Africa is the fastest growing region for e-infrastructure development, the lack of accurate knowledge on past and on-going e-infrastructure projects in the region creates uncertainties in international cooperation, which are reportedly the single-largest perceived barrier among providers, virtual research communities, and the yet-to be-engaged.


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1 Introduction: What is this deliverable?

After giving a small description of iMENTORS and of the work package, this section defines the scope and methodology of the deliverable. Finally, the relation of the deliverable to other deliverables is explained, with a brief paragraph to describe its intended audience.

1.1 The project: iMENTORS

The overall objective of the project is to enhance the coherence and effectiveness of international actors involved in e- infrastructures development projects and initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on the results and recommendations of previous studies and reports.

The project will:

• Provide policy support by identifying and monitoring all on-going e-infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, and perform benchmarking, impact assessments

• Enhance aid coordination and collaboration by providing insight on e-infrastructure development projects and through the platform’s collaborative features (knowledge sharing) for development of new e-infrastructure development projects

• Promote of e-infrastructures of common interest to Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa through extensive dissemination activities (workshops, conferences, communication)

Specific objectives:

1. Build: Create a virtual observatory, acting as one-stop-shop data warehouse providing up-to-date information on all e-infrastructure related development programmes and initiatives of the past five years in Sub-Saharan Africa to enhance the effectiveness and coherence of national and EU research policies and international cooperation in the field of research infrastructures:

a. Identify and collect informational assets (data and sources): Identify and connect with key stakeholders, Gather and analyze relevance of all past and ongoing e-infrastructure development and ICT projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Populate the virtual observatory

b. Create the virtual observatory (platform), User interface Decision support system.

2. Develop a community of practice for support to policy development and programme implementation by creating a social hub facilitating interaction and knowledge sharing, to improve collaboration among different stakeholder groups, and offer them opportunity to create synergies and plan future projects.

a. Launch a space for Collaboration

b. Position iMENTORS as the knowledge broker

c. Decision support to policy development enabling users to produce queries across several online databases, and to evaluate e-infrastructure proposals from multiple perspectives in a structured manner.

3. Sustain: Build and maintain a strong stakeholder ecosystem around the iMENTORS project, which will ensure long-term viability of the project and will enhance the development of e-infrastructure in Sub- Saharan Africa.

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b. Standardization of practice

c. Political and Institutional support.

iMENTORS is a project funded by the European Commission’s DG CONNECT under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). For more information visit: www.iMENTORS.eu

1.2 The Work package (subset of the project)

The project will be implemented through four interrelated Work Packages (subset of the project): • WP1: Project Management will ensure the correct and timely execution of the project • WP2: Ecosystem identification and establishment activities that generate the ecosystem including

stakeholders, data gathering, editorial, entry of data and validation • WP3: Platform customization and integration includes integration of the geospatial semantically

enabled platform with a decision support system and ontology enhancement • WP4: Dissemination and Sustainability includes activities such as workshops, conferences, training,

newsletters and overall stakeholder engagement for sustainability. This is a deliverable of WP2: Ecosystem Identification & Establishment. The overall objective of WP2 is to collect information stakeholders and e-infrastructure projects as well as to categorise them in a standardised way to visualise them meaningfully in the online virtual inventory.

1.3 The Deliverable (scope, objectives, methodology)

The purpose of this document is to report on the methodology used to gather e-infrastructures projects and the organisations that are involved in the funding, building management or use of these e-infrastructures. Additionally, the document will describe in detail, what are the projects and organisations gathered so far by the consortium. Additionally, the deliverable will outline the different sources of information that were used to identify e-infrastructure projects and the different groups of stakeholders involved in their funding, construction, management and their use.

D2.1 is split in five parts: 1) Introduction, 2) Methodology of the data collection process, 3) Data collected on the different types of Actors, 4) Data collected on e-infrastructures, 5) Where we are and what is next.

The initial draft was created by Stockholm University, the leader of WP2, which was sent to the project coordinator for comments. The final version was finalised by incorporating the comments and suggestions in the deliverable. The information included in this deliverable is interrelated with all WP2 deliverables. The intended audience of this deliverable are the iMENTORS partners, the stakeholders and the European Commission (EC).



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1.4 Relation to other WP2 deliverables and intended audience

Information included in this deliverable is interrelated with all WP2 deliverables:

• D2.1 Report on criteria data indicators and specifications for the updating of iMENTORS (M6) • D2.3 Second Report on Virtual Observatory for e-infrastructure development projects in Sub-Saharan

Africa (M15) • D2.4: Final Report on Virtual Observatory for e-infrastructure development projects in Sub-Saharan

Africa (M30)

Intended audience of this document:

Table 1: Intended Audience of D2.2

Group of readers Reasons for reading

iMENTORS partners All the activities of the project are split homogeneously within the partners of the consortium, which also applies to the consortium’s efforts regarding the collection and classification of data. Similarly, the efforts undertaken in WP3 (integration and customisation) are also split equally. This document will inform all the activities that are carried out in WP2 and controls the tasks carried out to integrate iMENTORS with external data sources, a task undertaken in WP3. Consequently, the deliverable targets the majority of individuals working in both these work packages.

iMENTORS stakeholders

To create the deliverable, particularly regarding the validation of the criteria used to carry out the categorisation of data, the consortium undertook several rounds of consultation with the members of the Stakeholder’s Advisory Board.

The European Commission (EC)

To inform the Project Officer, the reviewers and other interested stakeholders from the EC, about project’s dissemination plan, progress so far and anticipated activities regarding dissemination for the following period of the project.

SPIDER (Stockholm University) is the leader of WP2.

The ultimate responsibility of each work package and of each activity constituting the various work packages is assigned by the various partners to the Work Package Leaders (responsible for coordinating contributions to their individual WP) and the Task Leaders (responsible for coordinating the tasks within their individual task within each WP), and will directly report to the PRD, for collating progress updates from the WP Leaders on project activities with respect to expected technical achievements, results, schedule.

The responsibilities for WP leaders consist of:

• Coordinating tasks and activities according to WP objectives • Setting up a project plan specific to the WP, covering work package management, quality

management and risk management • Ensuring the smooth running of the individual WP as well as co-ordination with other\ WPs


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• Monitoring progress with respect to goals, milestones, and adequacy of results • Reporting to the PRD of any possible deviations identified due to scheduling, unsuitability or risks

affecting the quality of project results and/or objectives • Coordinating task leaders.

More specifically, roles and responsibilities in WP2 as defined in the DOW are the following:

• Identify the main actors and the sources of data • Collecting and Categorizing the Data • Validating and Populating the Virtual Observatory (platform) • Editorial management

The following table lists the milestones of WP2:

Table 2 Milestones of WP2

Milestone Delivery Date Means of verification

MS1 Initial Platform Launched M06 The database created (D2.2), and the User guide is published

MS2 Second Version launched (with decision-support system)

M15 D2.3, D3.2, D 3.3, D4.2, D4.4 and D1.2 have been delivered. 20% of all stakeholders are found on the platform.

MS3 Third Version Launched (with process for the elicitation of stakeholder preferences)

M18 D3.4 delivered on time.

MS4 Decision Support system is fully operational, data collection has been finalized

M24 D1.3, D3.5 delivered on time - 60% of stakeholders are on the platform

MS5 The project is complete M30 Final review has been accepted

1.5 Relation of WP2 to other WPs

WP2 is primarily related to WP3 and its work with the decision support system which partly will be based on data stored on projects in the e-Infrastructure repository, created by WP2. WP2 and WP3 will also share the same database.

WP2 is contributing to the dissemination and public relation objective of WP4, when communicating with organizations for the purpose of collecting data for the e-infrastructure repository.


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2 Methodology of the data collection process:

The methodology devised for the purpose of collecting the data has been focused in a primary phase on establishing a comprehensive online stakeholder ecosystem. Therefore, the efforts of the consortium in this first phase of the project have essentially targeted the formation of the online iMENTORS ecosystem, by establishing all the different types of organisations that form part of the world of e-infrastructures. The rationale behind this strategy is three-fold:

The primary reason is to meet the strategic objective of mapping 20% of all actors that are involved in the development of e-infrastructures in Sub-Saharan Africa by M12 of the project.

The second reason is that the iMENTORS database has been conceived in such a way that it is more ‘efficient’ to proceed with the mapping of projects and e-infrastructures, when the organisations that are involved in each project are already found on the platform.

The third reason for our strategy is a consequence of the logical assumption that in principle, there are more organisations related to projects than there are projects; especially since many of the e-infrastructure projects carried out in Sub-Saharan Africa are carried out by a limited number of actors. Once a specific organisation has been identified and stored along with its contact details and website address (URL), it will be much more efficient to re-visit each of the websites when required, for retrieval of project level information, than doing it in the other way around.

Each of the entities described in the document have been compiled in an offline inventory (excel sheet) created while the online platform was being developed, and will be uploaded progressively on the platform. The ‘actors’ inventory comprises organisations that are not necessarily all located in Sub-Saharan Africa, or that have a direct proven relation to e-infrastructures. Nevertheless, each of the actors falls within our established ‘groups’ of actors, and could potentially be involved in the funding, management, implementation or use of e-infrastructures at a later stage.

The second step in the methodology focused on collecting data on e-infrastructures. In iMENTORS, e-infrastructures are mapped as belonging to one or more actors, which they are not completely independent from.

The third step in the data collection methodology has focused on collecting information on e-infrastructure projects. Although the consortium has gathered significant data on projects to date, we are still in a process of data filtering and validation. Therefore, no section will be dedicated to projects in this deliverable.

The majority of data has so far been gathered through an online search. The objective of the consortium in a second stage will be to upload that data online, and validate each of the entries (when necessary) directly with the stakeholders.

Other methodological approaches include the inclusion of other institutions than African in the Virtual Observatory, for the purpose of comparisons and of learning from possibly more evolved governance models, structures and management methods.


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3 The different types of actors

An actor´s relation to an e-Infrastructure project can be in a number of ways, including the role as owner, executor, funder, partner, member, advisor and evaluator.

The different kinds of organizations that are related to e-Infrastructure project include both national and international organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations, private and public organizations as well as national and multinational donor agencies.

The present section will list all the data collected so far on the actors that compose or potentially compose the world of e-infrastructures. In each sub-section, the data has been presented in tables which have been grouped by type. All the information regarding actors/organizations/projects presented below is in an on-going process of being enriched and complemented.

3.1 United Nations organizations

The table below lists all the relevant organizations of the United Nations.

Table 3 UN Organisations

Name ABBR. Year HQ Location URL

Organization United Nations UN 1945 USA, New York www.un.org

Food and Agriculture Organization FAO 1945 Italy, Rome www.fao.org

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFAD 1977 Italy, Rome www.ifad.org

International Labour Organization ILO 1919 Switzerland, Geneva www.ilo.org

International Maritime Organization IMO 1959 UK, London www.imo.org

International Telecommunication Union ITU 1865 Switzerland, Geneva www.itu.int

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNESCO 1945 France, Paris www.unesco.org

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNIDO 1985 Austria, Vienna www.unido.org

Universal Postal Union UPU 1874 Switzerland, Bern www.upu.int

World Health Organization WHO 1948 Switzerland, Geneva www.who.int


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World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO 1967 Switzerland, Geneva www.wipo.int

World Meteorological Organization WMO 1950 Switzerland, Geneva www.wmo.int

World Tourism Organization UNWTO 1974 Spain, Madrid www.unwto.org

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA 1957 Austria, Vienna www.iaea.org

World Trade Organization WTO 1995 Switzerland, Geneva www.wto.org

Economic Commission for Africa UNECA 1958 Ethiopia, Addis Abada www.uneca.org

Economic Commission for Europe ECE 1947

Switzerland, Geneva www.unece.org

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR 1965

Switzerland, Geneva www.unitar.org

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRISD 1963 Switzerland, Geneva www.unrisd.org

UN Population Fund UNFPA 1967 USA, New York www.unfpa.org

UN Children's Fund UNICEF 1946

USA, New York www.unicef.org

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD 1964

Switzerland, Geneva www.unctad.org

United Nations Capital Development Fund

UNCDF 1966 USA, New York www.uncdf.org

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships

UNFIP 1998 USA, New York www.un.org/partnerships

United Nations Volunteers Programme UNV Bonn, Germany www.unv.org

UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development

2010 www.broadbandcommission.org

UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

UN Women

2010 USA, New York www.unwomen.org

International Computing Centre (ICC) ICC 1971 Switzerland, Geneva www.unicc.org


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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNAIDS 1994 Switzerland, Geneva www.unaids.org

United Nations Office for Project Services

UNOPS 1974 Denmark, Copenhagen

www.unops.org

United Nations University UNU 1973 Japan, Tokyo www.unu.edu

The United Nations Development Group

UNDG 1997

www.undg.org

United Nations Information Technology Services

UNITeS www.unites.org


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3.2 Global and Regional Intergovernmental Bodies

Table 4 Global & Intergovernmental Bodies

Name ABBRV. Founded Address URL African Development Bank AfDB 1963 Rue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire

Email: [email protected] http://www.afdb.org

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is a multilateral development finance institution established to contribute to the economic development and social progress of African countries. The AfDB was founded in 1964 and comprises three entities: The African Development Bank, the African Development Fund and the Nigeria Trust Fund. The AfDB’s mission is to fight poverty and improve living conditions on the continent through promoting the investment of public and private capital in projects and programs that are likely to contribute to the economic and social development of the region. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies investing in the regional member countries (RMC). While it was originally headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the Bank's headquarters moved to Tunis, Tunisia, during the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire. Andean Development Corporation

CAF 1968 Ave. Luis Roche, Torre CAF, Altamira, Caracas - Venezuela e-mail: [email protected]

http://www.caf.com

Latin American development bank – has the mission of stimulating sustainable development and regional integration by financing projects in the public and private sectors, and providing technical cooperation and other specialized services. Founded in 1970 and currently with 18 member countries from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe along with 14 private banks, CAF is one of the main sources of multilateral financing and an important generator of knowledge for the region. CAF is headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela. Additionally, it has Representative Offices in Lima, Brasilia, Bogota, Quito, Panama, Montevideo, and La Paz. Asian Development Bank ADB 1966 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines http://www.adb.

org/ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia. The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly known as the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East) and non-regional developed countries. From 31 members at its establishment, ADB now has 67 members - of which 48 are from within Asia and the Pacific and 19 outside. ADB was modeled closely on the World Bank, and has a similar weighted voting system where votes are distributed in proportion with member's capital subscriptions.

mailto:[email protected]



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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EBRD 1991 One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom http://www.ebrd.com/

Founded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 30 countries from central Europe to central Asia. Its mission was to support the formerly communist countries in the process of establishing their private sectors. By the seventh meeting, representatives of 40 nations and two European institutions had reached agreement on the bank's charter, its initial size,and the distribution of power among shareholders. Headquartered in London, the EBRD is now owned by 63 countries and two intergovernmental instituitions. Despite its public sector shareholders, it invests mainly in private enterprises, usually together with commercial partners. EBRD provides project financing for banks, industries and businesses, both new ventures and investments in existing companies. It also works with publicly owned companies to support privatization, restructuring state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services. The EBRD’s mandate stipulates that it must only work in countries that are committed to democratic principles. The EBRD is directed by its founding agreement to promote, in the full range of its activities, environmentally sound and sustainable development. European Investment Bank EIB 1958 98-100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2950 Luxembourg http://www.eib.o

rg The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's nonprofit long-term lending institution established in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome. As a "policy-driven bank" whose shareholders are the member states of the EU, the EIB uses its financing operations to bring about "European integration and social cohesion". It should not be be confused with the European Central Bank. The EIB is a publicly owned international financial institution and its shareholders are the member states of the European Union. Thus the member states set the bank's broad policy goals and oversee the independent decision-making bodies: the Board of Governors and the Board of Directors. International Organization for Migration

IOM 1951 17, Route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland http://www.iom.int

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II. It is the principal intergovernmental organization in the field of migration. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants. IOM works in the four broad areas of migration management: migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration, and addressing forced migration. Cross-cutting activities include the promotion of international migration law, policy debate and guidance, protection of migrants’ rights, migration health and the gender dimension of migration.


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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD 1961 2 Rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France http://www.oecd.org

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries committed to democracy and the free-market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and co-ordinate domestic and international policies of its members. Arab Maghreb Union UMA 1989 73, Rue Tensift Agdal Rabat - Morocco http://www.mag

hrebarabe.org/en The Arab Maghreb Union is a trade agreement aiming for an economic and future political unity among Arab countries of the Maghreb in North Africa. Its membership is the countries Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. The union is inactive and frozen due to deep political and economical disagreements between Morocco and Algeria regarding, among others, the issue of Western Sahara. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

COMESA 1994 Ben Bella Road,P. O. Box 30051 Lusaka - ZAMBIA http://www.comesa.int

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is a free trade area with twenty member states stretching from Libya to Zimbabwe. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. Nine of the member states formed a free trade area in 2000 (Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe), with Rwanda and Burundi joining the FTA in 2004 and the Comoros and Libya in 2006. COMESA is one of the pillars of the African Economic Community. In 2008, COMESA agreed to an expanded free-trade zone including members of two other African trade blocs, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Comesa is also considering a common visa scheme to boost tourism. Community of Sahel-Saharan States

CEN-SAD 1998 Place d’Algerie, B.P. 4041, Tripoli – Lybia. http://www.uneca.org/cen-sad/fr/index.htm

The Community of Sahel-Saharan States aims to create a free trade area within Africa. CEN-SAD was established in February 1998 by six countries, but since then its membership has grown to 28. One of its main goals is to achieve economic unity through the implementation of the free movement of people and goods in order to make the area occupied by member states a free trade area. At the international level, CEN-SAD gained observer status at the UN General Assembly in 2001 and concluded association and cooperation accords with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and with UN specialized agencies and institutions such as UNDP, WHO, UNESCO, FAO, and the Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel.


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East African Community EAC 2000 3 EAC Close, East African Community Headquarters, P.O. Box 1096, Arusha, Tanzania

http://www.eac.int

The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation comprising five countries in East Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Pierre Nkurunziza, the President of the Republic of Burundi, is the EAC's current Chairman. The organisation was originally founded in 1967, collapsed in 1977, and was officially revived on July 7, 2000. In 2008, after negotiations with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the EAC agreed to an expanded free trade area including the member states of all three. The EAC is an integral part of the African Economic Community. Economic Community of Central African States

ECCAS 1983 Secrétariat général de la CEEAC, BP : 2112 Libreville, GABON http://www.ceeac-eccas.org

The Economic Community of Central African States is an Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa. It "aims to achieve collective autonomy, raise the standard of living of its populations and maintain economic stability through harmonious cooperation". Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa

CEMAC 1999 Avenue des martyrs - BP 969 Bangui - République Centrafricaine

http://www.cemac.int

The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (or CEMAC from its name in French, Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale) is an organization of states of Central Africa established by Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to promote economic integration among countries that share a common currency, the CFA franc. UDEAC signed a treaty for the establishment of CEMAC to promote the entire process of sub-regional integration through the forming of monetary union with the Central Africa CFA franc as a common currency; it was officially superseded by CEMAC in June 1999 (through agreement from 1994). Economic Community of West African States

ECOWAS 1975 http://www.ecowas.int

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; French: Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, CEDEAO) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region. Considered one of the pillars of the African Economic Community, the organization was founded in order to achieve "collective self-sufficiency" for its member states by creating a single large trading bloc through an economic and trading union. It also serves as a peacekeeping force in the region.[4] The organization operates officially in three co-equal languages—English, French, and Portuguese. The ECOWAS consists of two institutions to implement policies—the ECOWAS Commission and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, formerly known as the Fund for Cooperation until it was renamed in 2001.


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Intergovernmental Authority on Development

IGAD 1986 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, P.O. Box 2653 Djibouti Republic of Djibouti

http://www.igad.org

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is an eight-country regional development organization in East Africa. Its headquarters are located in Djibouti. Southern Africa Development Community

SADC 1980 SADC House, Plot No. 54385, Central Business District, Private Bag 0095, Gaborone, Botswana

http://www.sadc.int

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 southern African states. It complements the role of the African Union. West African Economic and Monetary Union

UEMOA 1994 http://www.uemoa.int/Pages/Home.aspx

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (also known as UEMOA from its name in French, Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine) is an organization of eight West African states. It was established to promote economic integration among countries that share the CFA franc as a common currency. UEMOA was created by a Treaty signed at Dakar, Senegal, on 10 January 1994, by the heads of state and governments of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. On 2 May 1997, Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony, became the organization’s eighth (and only non-Francophone) member state. Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries

ECGLC 1976

The Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (ECGLC) is a sub-regional organization with multiple vocation created by the signing of the Agreement of Gisenyi in Rwanda on September 20, 1976, aiming at insuring the safety of member states, at favoring the creation and the development of activities of public interest, at promoting the trades and the traffic of the persons and the possessions, at establishing the cooperation in a narrow way in all the domains of the political, economic and social life. Indian Ocean Commission COI 1984 www.coi-ioc.org The Indian Ocean Commission (COI), known as the Commission de l'Océan Indien in French, is an intergovernmental organization that joins Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, France (for Réunion), and the Seychelles together to encourage cooperation. It was started in January 1984 under the General Victoria Agreement. The official language of communication is French.

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European Union EU 1952 http://europa.eu/ The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states. Important institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Central Bank. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

BADEA 1974 Arab Bank For Economic Development In Africa, P. O. Box 2640 Khartoum - Sudan

http://www.badea.org/

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) is a financial institution funded by the Governments of the Member States of the League of Arab States on 18 February 1974. It is an independent international institution enjoying international legal status and autonomy in administrative and financial matters. Its headquarters is located in Khartoum, the capital of the Republic of Sudan. BADEA was created for the purpose of strengthening economic, financial and technical cooperation between the Arabia and Africa and for the embodiment of Arab-African solidarity on foundations of equality and friendship. The African Union AU 2001 http://www.au.in

t/ The African Union (AU, or, in its other official languages, UA) is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. The AU was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Islamic Development Bank ISDB 1973 http://www.isdb.

org The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1973 by the Finance Ministers at the first Organisation of the Islamic Conference (now called the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation). The bank officially began its activities on 20 October 1975, inspired by King Faisal. There are 56 shareholding member states. Development Bank of Southern Africa

DBSA 1983 Headway Hill, 1258 Lever Road, Midrand, South Africa http://www.dbsa.org

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a Development Finance Institution wholly owned by the government of South Africa and focuses on large infrastructure projects within the public and private sector. It is one of several development finance institutions in southern Africa. The main objectives are the promotion of economic development and growth, human resource development, institutional capacity building, and the support of development projects in the region. The Bank plays a multiple role of Financier, Advisor, Partner, Implementer and Integrator to mobilize finance and expertise for development projects.


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East African Development Bank

EADB 1967 4 Nile Avenue, Kampala, Uganda http://www.eadb.org/

East African Development Bank (EADB) is a development finance institution with the objective of promoting development in East Africa. OPEC Fund for International Development

OFID 1976 Parkring 8, A-1010 Vienna, Austria http://www.ofid.org

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is a multilateral development finance institution established in 1976 by the Member Countries of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Its objective is to reinforce financial cooperation between OPEC Member Countries and other developing countries, by providing financial support to the latter for their socio-economic development. The resources of OFID are also used to provide grants for food aid, technical assistance, research and similar intellectual activities. One of the institution's central aims is to advance South-South solidarity. OFID has been headquartered in Vienna, Austria since 1976. The current Director-General of OFID is Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish of Saudi Arabia. West African Development Bank

WADB 1973 Avenue de la Libération BP 1172 Lome Togo www.boad.org/

The West African Development Bank - WADB (fr. Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement - BOAD / pt. Banco de Desenvolvimento do Oeste Africano - BDOA) is an international Multilateral Development Bank established in 1973 to serve the nations of Francophone and Lusophone West Africa. The BOAD is organised by the Central Bank of West African States and its eight member governments: Benin, Burkina-Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. It is funded by member states, foreign governments and international agencies. Its headquarters are in Lomé, Togo. NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency

NEPAD 2001 New Road & 6th Road, Midridge Office Park, c/o Challenger & Columbia Avenue, Block B, Midrand, Johannesburg 1685, South Africa

www.nepad.org/

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is an economic development program of the African Union. NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. NEPAD aims to provide an overarching vision and policy framework for accelerating economic co-operation and integration among African countries.

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3.3 Public Institutions / Government Agencies

3.3.1 National Government Development Agencies

Policy makers in Government Ministries determine policies and practices at national level. iMENTORS in all its activities must ensure that it engages – in collaboration with respective NRENs - the policy makers and ensures that they understand the role of research and education networking in national and regional development. This will help the policy makers in government to consider allocation of funds to the higher learning institutions to enable them connect to the NREN infrastructure. Most importantly the policy makers can link up iMENTORS with international development partners for financial support or information thereby increasing our chances of success and sustainability.

The table below lists major National Agencies for international development & cooperation. The table lists each agency, including its common abbreviation, the country to which it belongs to, the year of founding, and its contact details (including address and URL).

Table 5 National Government Development Agencies

NAME ABBR. COUNTRY YEAR ADDRESS URL

Austrian Development Agency

ADA Austria Zelinkagasse 2 1010 Vienna

www.ada.gv.at

The Austrian Development Cooperation

ADC Austria Zelinkagasse 2 1010 Vienna

http://www.entwicklung.at/en/

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft

AWS Austria 2002 Ungargasse 37 1030 Wien, Autriche

http://www.awsg.at/Content.Node/

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development: Belgian Policy Plan for Development Cooperation

Belgium FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation rue des Petits Carmes 15 1000 Brussels, Belgium

http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/

Belgian Technical Cooperation

BTCCTB Belgium 1998 BTC - Belgian Development Agency Rue Haute 147 Hoogstraat 1000 Brussels | Belgium

http://www.btcctb.org/

Danish International Development Agency

DANIDA Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Asiatisk Plads 2 DK-1448 Copenhagen K

http://um.dk/en/danida-en/

Finnish Department for International

FINIDA Finland Ulkoministeriön kehitysviestintä,

http://global.finland.fi/Public/Default.aspx


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Development Cooperation

Kanavakatu 3, Helsinki

Department for International Cooperation- Direction de la cooperation Internationale

France 101-107, rue des Trois-Fontanot 92000 Nanterre

http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/

French Development Agency

AfD France 5 Rue Roland Barthes, 75012 Paris

http://www.afd.fr/home

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, German Development Bank

KfW Germany KfW Bankengruppe Palmengartenstraße 5-9 60325 Frankfurt am Main Germany

www.kfw.de

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GmbH: Corporation for International Development Cooperation)

GIZ Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40 53113 Bonn

http://www.giz.de/en/

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Greece 1st Vas. Sofias Av. 106 71 Athens, Greece

http://www.mfa.gr/en/

Irish Aid Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs Riverstone House, 23 - 27 Henry Street, Limerick

http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Italian Development Cooperation Programme

Italy Ministry of Foreign Affairs Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 00135 Rome

www.esteri.it/eng/foreignpol/coop/index.htm

Liechtensteinische Entwicklungsdienst

Liechtenstein

Im Malarsch 14 FL-9494 Schaan

http://www.led.li/content/home/index.php

Lux-Development Luxembourg S.A. B.P. 2273 L-1022 Luxembourg

http://www.lux-development.lu/

New Zealand Agency for International Development

NZAid New Zealand

2002 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 195 Lambton Quay Wellington New Zealand

http://www.aid.govt.nz/

Ministry of Development Cooperation

DGIS Netherlands Bezuidenhoutseweg 67, The Hague

http://www.government.nl/ministries/bz/organisational-structure/directorates-general

http://www.esteri.it/eng/foreignpol/coop/index.htm

http://www.esteri.it/eng/foreignpol/coop/index.htm


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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: International Development Program

Norway 7. juniplassen/ Victoria Terrasse Oslo

http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud.html?id=833

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

NORAD Norway Ruseløkkveien 26 0251 Oslo, Norway

http://www.norad.no/en/front-page;jsessionid=466AEBCE32BA6D4283EEF1FD79A23BE2

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Development Co-operation Department

POLISHAID

Poland ul. Tyniecka 15/17 02-630 Warsaw, Poland

http://www.polskapomoc.gov.pl/The,Development,Cooperation,Department,Team,205.html

Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento

Portugal Avenida da Liberdade, 270 Lisboa 1250-149 Portugal

http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/

Assistance for Development

Romanian Aid

Romania Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Development Assistance Unit Aleea Alexandru, no. 33, Sector 1, Bucharest

http://www.mae.ro/en/node/2062

Slovak Aid Slovakia Drotárskacesta 46 811 02 Bratislava Slovak Republic

http://eng.slovakaid.sk/

Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation

AECID Spain Avda. Reyes Católicos, 4 28040 Madrid

http://www.aecid.es/en/index.html

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Sida Sweden Valhallavägen 199 105 25 Stockholm

http://www.sida.se/English/

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

SDC Switzerland

Freiburgstrasse 130, 3003 Berne

http://www.sdc.admin.ch/

Helvetas Switzerland

HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Rue de la Mercerie 3 Case postale 6435 1002 Lausanne

http://www.helvetas.ch/fr/

Department for International Development

DFID United Kingdom

22 Whitehall, London SW1A 2EG

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

United States Agency for International Development

USAID United States

1961 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, USA

http://www.usaid.gov/


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Inter-American Foundation

IAF United States

Inter-American Foundation 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1200 North Washington, DC 20004

http://www.iaf.gov/

Millennium Challenge Corporation

MCC United States

875 Fifteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20005-2221

http://www.mcc.gov/

US African Development Foundation

US ADF United States

1400 I Street NW, Suite 1000 | Washington. D.C. 20005-2248

http://www.adf.gov/

Australian Agency for International Development

AusAID Australia 255 London Circuit Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

http://www.ausaid.gov.au/Pages/home.aspx

Agência Brasileira de Cooperação

ABC Brazil Brazilian Cooperation Agency | Ministry of External Relations SAF/Sul Quadra 2, Lote 2, Bloco B, 4º Andar, Edifício Via Office - CEP: 70.070-600 Brazil - Brasilia – DF

http://www.abc.gov.br/abc_eng/WebForms/default.aspx

Agencia de Cooperación Internacional de Chile

AGC Chile Chilean International Cooperation Agency Teatinos 180, 8th floor. Santiago, Chile

http://www.agci.cl/english/

Canadian International Development Agency

CIDA Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0G4

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/home

International Development Research Centre

IDRC Canada 150 Kent Street Ottawa, ON, Canada K1P 0B2

http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx

Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency

TİKA Turkey 1992 http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-development-cooperation.en.mfa

Dr. Sadık Ahmet Cad. No:8 Balgat / ANKARA - TURKEY 06100

Saudi Fund for Development

Saudi Arabia

1975 http://www.sfd.gov.sa/webcenter/faces/oracle/webcenter/page/scopedMD/s5dc73d77_7324_4d08_b347_444721019cba/Page24.jspx?_afrLoop=101284222631995&_adf.ctrl-state=n7k88khzm_4

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

Kuwait Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

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Mirqab Mubarak Al-Kabeer St. Kuwait City P.O. Box 2921 Safat 13030 Kuwait State of Kuwait

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation

MASHAV

Israel http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/mashav_under_construction

Organization for Investment, Economic, and Technical Assistance of Iran

Iran 15th khordad sq-davar st-tehran/I.R.IRAN

P.O.Box :11365/4618

http://www.investiniran.ir/en/home

International Cooperation and Development Fund

ICDF Republic of China (Taiwan)

2 Kaitakelan Blvd. Taipei, 10048, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

http://www.mofa.gov.tw/EnOfficial/FileList/DownLoadPage/?opno=67c9cebc-c85e-4713-9b1f-be189ae1d4bf

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Official Development Assistance

MOFA Japan Kasumigaseki 2-2-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8919, Japan

www.mofa.go.jp

Japan International Cooperation Agency

JICA Japan 1-6th floor, Nibancho Center Building 5-25, Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8012, Japan

http://www.jica.go.jp/english/

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

JBIC Japan www.jbic.go.jp/en

Korea International Cooperation Agency

Korea 825 Daewangpangyo-ro, sujeong-go, seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do

http://www.koica.go.kr/english/main.html

Ministry of External Affairs

India Jawahar Lal nehru Bhawan, Opposite National Museum,Rajpath,New Delhi , Delhi, 110001

http://meaindia.nic.in/

Export-Import Bank of China

China No.30, FuXingMenNei Street, XiCheng District, Beijing 100031, P.R.China

http://english.eximbank.gov.cn/

In the next phase of the project (M08-M15), the consortium will proceed with mapping all the country offices of each development agency. The online directory of development organizations (http://www.devdir.org/index.html) has compiled information on over 70,000 development organisations, to facilitate international cooperation and knowledge sharing in development work, both among civil society organizations, academic and research institutions, governments and the private sector.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/

http://www.jbic.go.jp/en

http://www.devdir.org/index.html


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The directory is free to use, and has been divided into 6 geographical sections, with two chapters for all the African countries. For each of the regions contacts have been annotated by the following 9 categories: (1) international organizations; (2) government institutions; (3) private sector support organizations (including fairtrade); (4) finance institutions; (5) training and research centres; (6) civil society organizations; (7) development consulting firms (including references to job opportunities and vacancy announcements); (8) information providers (development newsletters/journals); and, (9) grant-makers.

3.3.2 National Ministries in Africa

The table below lists African Governments and Ministries with final responsibility for the country’s policies towards research infrastructures, as well as for the implementation of development policies and programmes. The ministries of interest in relation to e-Infrastructures include ministries in the areas of finance, infrastructure, communications, science and technology, energy, transport, higher education and scientific research.

Table 6: African National Ministries

Country National Authority

Address Contact URL

Algeria Presidency of Algeria

Presidency of the Republic, El Mouradia – ALGIERS BP Station

Phone: 0 21 69 15 15/ 0 21 68 63 63 Fax: 0 21 69 15 95 E-mail: [email protected]

www.el-mouradia.dz

Angola Government of Angola

www.governo.gov.ao

Ministry of Commerce

Largo 4 de Fevereiro, Edifício Palácio de Vidro Luanda, República de Angola

Phone: (00244 222) 310626/ 311195/ 311191 Fax: (00244 222) 310335/ 310126/ 310935

www.minco.gov.ao

Ministry of Finance

Edifício do MinFin Largo da Mutamba Luanda, República de Angola

Phone: (00244 222) 338548/ 338540/ 396843 Fax: (00244 222) 332069/ 338548/ 333016

www.minfin.gov.ao

Ministry of Education

Av. Comandante Gika Luanda, República de Angola

Phone: (00244 222) 320582/ 320592 Fax: (00244 222) 320582/ 321709/

www.med.gov.ao


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321592/ 323979/ 321952

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Av. 4 de Fevereiro, 42 - 8º andar Luanda, República de Angola

Phone: (00244 222) 337799/ 337777/ 310164 Fax: (00244 222) 330776

www.mtti.gov.ao

Benin Government of Benin

www.gouv.bj

Ministry of Commerce

BP 363, Cotonou, Littoral, Benin

Phone: (229) 21 31 02 40 Fax: (229) 21 30 30 24

www.gouv.bj/spip.php?rubrique214

Ministry of Economy & Finance


Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research

PO Box 348, Cotonou, Littoral, Benin

Phone: +229 2130 0681 Fax: +229 308 925


Ministry of Technology, Information & Communications


Botswana Government of Botswana

Postal Address: Private Bag 0011 Gaborone Botswana

Phone: +267 3622600 Fax: +267 3971803/ 3906671/ 3181375

www.gov.bw

Physical Address: DPSM Headquarters Attoney General Chamber's Building Government Enclave Gaborone Botswana

Ministry of Communications, Science & Technology

Permanent Secretary Ministry of infrastructure, Science and Technology Private Bag 007 Gaborone

Phone: (+267) 3972255/ (+267) 3958500/ (+267) 3158447 Fax: (+267) 3913303/ (+267) 3102559

www.mcst.gov.bw


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Plot No. 1282 Luthuli Road (off Old Lobatse Road) Old Industrial Site Gaborone Botswana

Phone: +267 3952353 Fax: +267 3913463 E-mail: [email protected]

www.moe.gov.bw

The Director Private Bag BO 10 Gaborone Botswana

Ministry of Finance & Development

Government Enclave Khama Crescent Block 25, State Drive Gaborone, Botswana

Phone: (00267) 3950100 Fax: (00267) 3905742

www.finance.gov.bw

Ministry of Trade & Industry

The Permanent Secretary Private Bag 004, Gaborone, Botswana

Phone: +267 3601 200 Fax: +267 397 1539 Email: [email protected]

www.mti.gov.bw

Burkina Faso Government of Burkina Faso

03 BP: 7030, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso

Phone: (226) 50324889/90/91 Fax: (226) 50330551 E-mail: [email protected]

www.gouvernement.gov.bf

Burundi Government of Burundi

Rue de la regent 1, Bujumbura, Burundi. BP 01

Phone: +257 7901 0101 Fax: +257 7902 0202 E-mail: [email protected]

www.burundi-gov.bi


Avenue ensemble 10, Bujumbura, Burundi. BP 08


http://www.burundi-gov.bi/Education

Ministry of Telecommunications & Transport

Avenue ensemble 10, Bujumbura, Burundi. BP 08


http://www.burundi-gov.bi/Transports

Cameroon Government of Cameroon

Phone : (237) 22 23 80 05 Fax: (237) 22 23 57 35

www.spm.gov.cm


mailto:[email protected]?subject=Contact%20From%20MTI%20Website






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E-mail: [email protected] Ministry of Communication

BP: 1739 Yaoundé

Phone: 22 22 13 70 Fax: 22 22 97 24 E-mail: [email protected]

www.mincom.gov.cm

Ministry of Higher Education

PO Box 1457 YaoundéCentral Province Cameroon


www.minesup.gov.cm

Cape Verde Government of Cape Verde

Phone: (+238) 2610303 - 2610313 Fax: (+238) 2618185

www.governo.cv

Central African Republic

Government of the Central African Republic

Palais Présidential Bangui République Centrafricaine

Phone: 21 61 23 42

www.centrafricaine.info

Chad Government of Chad

www.primature-tchad.org

Presidency of Chad

www.presidencetchad.org

Cote d’Ivoire Presidency of Cote d’Ivoire

E-mail: [email protected]

www.cotedivoirepr.ci

Congo, Republic of the

Government of the Republic of the Congo

www.congo-siteportail.info

Presidency of the Republic of the Congo

Palais Présidentiel Quertier du Plateau Brazzaville Republic of Congo

www.presidence.cg

Djibouti Government of Djibouti

Presidence de la Republique, Palais du Peuple Rue Palais du Peuple BP 109 Djibouti Ville République de Djibouti

www.presidence.dj

Egypt Government E-mail: [email protected] www.egypt.gov





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of Egypt .eg Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

MCIT Headquarters Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Smart Village Kilo 28- Cairo-Alexandria Road, Egypt

Phone: (+202) 35341300 www.mcit.gov.eg


MINISTRY OF EDUCATION 12El Falaky St Cairo Egypt

Phone: +20 5787643

http://portal.moe.gov.eg

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Finance Towers, Nasr city. Extension of Ramsis Street, Abbassiya, Cairo

Phone: 23428886/ 23428010/ 23428032/ 23428830/ 23428840 E-Mail: [email protected]

www.mof.gov.eg


101, Kasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo, Egypt

Phone: +202 795 2155 Fax: +202 791 1005

www.egy-mhe.gov.eg


2 Latin America, Garden City, Cairo

Phone: 27921167 - 27921168 - 27921190 Fax: 27955025 E-Mail: [email protected]

www.mfti.gov.eg

Equatorial Guinea

Government of Equatorial Guinea

Palais Présidentiel Conakry République de Guinée

Phone: +240 9 3105 Fax: +240 9 3205

www.ceiba-guinea-ecuatorial.org

Eritrea Ministry of Information

www.shabait.com

Ethiopia Ministry of Education

PO Box 1367, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Phone: 00251-11-155-3133 Fax 1: 00251-11-155-0877 Fax 2: 00251-11-156-5565 Fax 3: 00251-11-157-0686

www.moe.gov.et

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

P.O.Box 393 Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Phone: +251-11-151-7345 Fax: +251-11-151-4300

www.mfa.gov.et

Gabon Government of Gabon

Office of the President of the Republic of GABON BP 546 Libreville – GABON

Phone: (241) 72 76 00 / 01 / 02 Fax: (241) 76 26 29

www.en.legabon.org

Gambia Presidency Private Mail BagState Phone: (220)-4223811 www.statehous




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of Gambia House,Banjul, The Gambia.

E-mail: [email protected] e.gm

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Ministry of information and communication infrastructure, GRTS Building, MDI Raod, Kanifing, The Gambia, West Africa

Phone: (220) 437 8028/ 437 8000 Fax: (220) 437 8029 E-mail: [email protected]

www.doscit.gm


Ministry for Basic and Secondary Education, Willy Thorpe Building, THE GAMBIA

Phone: (00220) 4228232/ 4228233/ 4228234/ 4228235 Fax: (00220) 4224180 E-mail: [email protected]

www.edugambia.gm

Ghana Government of Ghana

Information Services Department P.O. Box 745 Accra Greater Accra Ghana

Phone: (+233-302) 665415 Fax: (+233-302) 676934/ 662613 E-mail: [email protected]

www.ghana.gov.gh


P.O Box M45 Accra Greater Accra Ghana

Phone: (+233-302)662772 Fax: (+233-302) 664067

www.moess.gov.gh

Ministry of Communication

P.O Box M42 Accra Greater Accra Ghana

Phone: (+233-302) 685625/ 664751 Fax: (+233-302) 667114 E-mail: [email protected]

www.moc.gov.gh

Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning

P.O. Box M40 Accra Greater Accra Ghana

Phone: (+233-302) 686101 Fax: (+233-302) 663854 E-mail: [email protected]

www.mofep.gov.gh

Guinea Government of Guinea

Agence Nationale de la Gouvernance Electronique et de l'Informatique de l'Etat (A.N.GE.IE), Villa 46, Cité des Nations,

Phone: +224 60 21 26 69 / +224 67 21 26 69 / +224 62 53 03 28

www.guinee.gov.gn







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Conakry Guinea-Bissau Government

of Guinea-Bissau

www.gov.gw

Kenya Government of Kenya

Harambee House, Harambee Avenue P.O. Box 30510, Nairobi Kenya

Phone: 02 227411

www.statehousekenya.go.ke/


Jogoo House "B", Harambee Avenue P.O. Box 30040, Nairobi Kenya

Phone: 318581 www.education.go.ke

Ministry of Finance

Treasury Building, Harambee Avenue, P.O. Box 30007, Nairobi. Nairobi Kenya

Phone: +254-020-2252299. E-mail: [email protected]

www.treasury.go.ke

Ministry of Higher Education, Science & Technology

Jogoo House "B", Harambee Avenue P.O. Box 30040, Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: +254-020-318581 Fax: +254-020-251991, E-mail: [email protected]

www.scienceandtechnology.go.ke

Ministry of Information & Communications

Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue, P.O. Box 30025, Nairobi Kenya

Phone: 254 (20) 4920000

www.information.go.ke

Ministry of Trade

Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue, P.O Box 30430-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: 315001-7 www.trade.go.ke

Lesotho Government of Lesotho

www.lesotho.gov.ls


www.education.gov.ls

Ministry of Finance

www.finance.gov.ls


www.mticm.gov.ls

Liberia Government of Liberia

Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs

Email: [email protected] www.emansion.gov.lr






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Executive Mansion P.O. Box 9001Capitol Hill, Monrovia Republic of Liberia

Ministry of Finance

Ministry Of Finance Broad Street Monrovia Liberia

www.mof.gov.lr

Ministry of Planning & Economic Affairs

www.mopea.gov.lr

Libya General People’s Committee of Lybia

www.gpc.gov.ly

Madagascar Government of Madagascar

President of the High Authority of Transition Andry Rajoelina, B.P. 955 – Ambohitsirohitra Antananarivo 101MADAGASCAR

Phone: (+261) 20 22 547 03 Fax: (+261) 20 22 562 52

www.madagascar.gov.mg

Ministry of Economy & Industry

Ministry of Economy & Industry P.O. Box 527 Antananarivo 101 MADAGASCAR

Phone: (20) 222-9128 Fax: (20) 222-7790

www.mepspc.gov.mg

Ministry of Education & Scientific Research

Ministry of Higher Education Rue Fernand Kasanga, Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo 101 Madagascar

Phone: (20) 222-7185 Fax: (20) 222-3897 E-post: [email protected]

www.education.gov.mg

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Finance & Budget P.O. Box 61, Antananarivo 101 Madagascar

Phone: (20) 223-3630 Fax: (20) 223-4530

www.mefb.gov.mg

Ministry of Telecommunications

Ministry of Telecommunications & Post Antaninarenina, Antananarivo 101 Madagascar

Phone: (20) 222-3267 Fax: (20) 223-5894

www.mtpc.gov.mg

Malawi Government The Director of Phone: www.malawi.go



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of Malawi Information Systems & Technology Management Services, Off Paul Kagame Road, P/Bag 338, Lilongwe 3, Malawi

+2651759033 Fax: +2651759624 E-mail: [email protected]

v.mw

Mali Government of Mali

www.primature.gov.ml

Mauritania Government of Mauritania

www.mauritania.mr

Ministry of Economic Affairs & Development

www.maed.gov.mr

Mauritius Government of Mauritius

Module 05B4, 5th Floor, Cyber Tower, Ebene Cybercity, Rose Hill, Mauritius

E-mail: [email protected] www.gov.mu

Morocco Government of Morocco

www.maroc.ma

Ministry of Education & Scientific Research

www.men.gov.ma

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of economy and finance, Bd. Med V. Quartier Administratif, Rabat – Chellah, Morocco

Phone: +212 5 37.67.75.01 to 08 Fax: +212 5 37.67.75.26 E-mail: [email protected]

www.finances.gov.ma

Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Technology

www.mcinet.gov.ma

Mozambique Government of Mozambique

Av. Guerra Popular, Nº 20, 2º Andar – Salas 201-205, Maputo, Moçambique

Phone: (258 – 21) 302241/ (258 – 21) 309398/ (258 – 21) 310375 Fax: (258 – 21) 302289 E-mail: [email protected]

www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz







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Avenida 24 de Julho, Nº 167 P.O. Box 34, Maputo, Moçambique

Phone: +258 (21) 490677 Fax: +258 (21) 492196

www.mec.gov.mz

Ministry of Industry & Commerce

www.mic.gov.mz

Ministry of Science & Technology

Avenida Patrice Lumumban N° 770, Maputo, Mozambique

Phone: (258-21) 352 844 352 800 Fax: (258-21) 352 880

www.mct.gov.mz

Namibia Government State House, Laurent Desire Kabila St Auasblick, Windhoek P/Bag: 13339, Windhoek

Phone: +264-61-270 7111 Fax: +264-61-24 5989

www.grnnet.gov.na


Government Office Park (Luther Street), Private Bag 13186 Windhoek

Phone: 061-2933358 Fax: 061-2933368 E-mail: [email protected]

www.mec.gov.na

Ministry of Finance

www.mof.gov.na


www.mti.gov.na

Nigeria Government of Nigeria

www.nigeria.gov.ng


Federal Secretariat, Central Business District, Abuja

Email: [email protected] www.fme.gov.ng

Ministry of Finance

www.fmf.gov.ng


9th Floor, New Federal Secretariat, Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja

Phone: 09-5233397 Fax: 09-5235204/ 09-5233903

www.fmst.gov.ng

Rwanda Government of Rwanda

Urugwiro Village, P.O. Box 15, Kigali, RWANDA

Phone: +250 582 452 Fax: +250 582 451

www.gov.rw


Ministry of Education, Po Box: 622, Kigali

Email: [email protected] www.mineduc.gov.rw

Ministry of Finance

www.minecofin.gov.rw





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www.minicom.gov.rw

Senegal Government of Senegal

Building Administratif - 9e étage - BP 4029, Dakar

Phone: 33 889 69 69/ 33 849 18 00 Fax: 33 823 44 79

www.gouv.sn


Ministère de l’education national, Rue Alpha Hachamiyou Tall, BP: 4025 Dakar, Senegal

Phone: 33 849 54 54

www.education.gouv.sn

Ministry of Finance

www.finances.gouv.sn

Seychelles Government of Seychelles

President Office State House P.O Box 55, Victoria, Mahe Seychelles

Phone: (248) 22 41 55 Fax: (248) 22 49 85

www.virtualseychelles.sc

Sierra Leone Government of Sierra Leone

2nd floor 10 Wallace-Johnston Str Freetown Sierra Leone

Phone: +23 276 801 314 Fax: +23 222 228 620

www.statehouse.gov.sl


www.mtisl.org

South Africa Government of South Africa

Postal address: Private Bag X1000, PRETORIA, 0001 Visiting address: Union Buildings, Government Avenue, PRETORIA

Phone: 012 300 5200 Fax: 012 323 8246

www.gov.za

Postal address: Private Bag X1000, CAPE TOWN 8000 Visiting address: Tuynhuys Building, Parliament Street, CAPE TOWN

Phone: (021) 464 2100 Fax: (021) 461 2838

Ministry of Communicati

www.doc.gov.za


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ons - Ministry of Education (Higher)

Postal address: Private Bag X 9192 Cape Town 8000

Call Centre: 0800 872 222 Phone: 012 312 5911 Fax: 012 321 6770 Email: [email protected]

www.dhet.gov.za

Visiting address: 103 Plein Street Parliament Towers Cape Town 8001 Visiting address: 123 Francis Baard Street Pretoria 0001

Ministry of Finance

www.treasury.gov.za


DST Building (Building no. 53) (CSIR South Gate Entrance) Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria Private Bag X894 Pretoria South Africa 0001

Phone: +27 12 843 6300

www.dst.gov.za


www.thedti.gov.za

Sudan Government of Sudan

www.sudan.gov.sd

Ministry of Finance

www.mof.gov.sd

Ministry of Education, Science & Technology

www.most.gov.sd

Swaziland Government of Swaziland

www.gov.sz

Tanzania Government of Tanzania

State House, Magogoni Road, PO Box 9120, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Phone: +255 22 211 6898 Fax: +255 22 211 3425 E-mail: [email protected]

www.tanzania.go.tz

Ministry of Communication, Science

Jamhuri Street, Plot No. 1168/19, P.O Box 2645

Phone: +255 22 2111254-7 Fax:

www.mst.go.tz




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& Technology

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

+255 22 2112533

Ministry of Finance

www.mof.go.tz

Ministry of Industry -

www.mitm.go.tz

Tunisia Government of Tunisia

www.tunisie.gov.tn

Ministry of Communication Technologies

www.infocom.tn


www.education.tn

Ministry of Finance

www.portail.finances.gov.tn

Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research

www.mes.tn

Uganda Government of Uganda

P. O. Box 25497, Kampala, UGANDA.

Phone: +256 414 231 900 Fax: +256 414 235 462 E-mail: [email protected]

www.statehouse.go.ug


P.O.BOX : 7063 Kampala, Uganda

Phone: 256-41-234451/4 Fax: 256-41-234920 E-mail: [email protected]

www.education.go.ug

Ministry of Information & Communication Technology

Fourth Floor,Social Security House Jinja Road. KAMPALA UGANDA P.O Box 7817 Uganda

Phone: 256 (414) 236 262 Fax: 256 (414) 231 314

www.ict.go.ug

National Information Technology Authority

Palm Courts, Plot 7A, Rotary Avenue (Former Lugogo Bypass) P.O. Box 33151, Kampala Uganda

Phone: +256-417-801038 Fax: +256 417-801050 E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.nita.go.ug/


http://www.education.go.ug/undefined/



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Zambia Government of Zambia

State House P.O. Box 30135 Lusaka

Phone: 260317/26 Fax: 254545

www.statehouse.gov.zm


Ridgeway, Chimanga Road P.O. Box 50093, Lusaka Zambia

Phone: (260.211) 254 340/ (260-1) 250558/ (260-79) 524035 Fax: (260.211) 254 340/ (260.211) 254 342/ (260.211) 254 138

www.moe.gov.zm

Ministry of Communications

www.mct.gov.zm

Zimbabwe Government of Zimbabwe

Parliament of Zimbabwe Nelson Mandela/3rd Street Box CY 298 Causeway HARARE

Phone: +263 4 700 181 / 9 +263 4 252 936 / 55 Fax: +263 4 252 935 E-mail: [email protected]

www.gta.gov.zw


Postal address: P.O.Box UA 275, Union Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe

Phone: +263 04 70 28 65 Fax: +263 04 79 21 09 E-mail: [email protected]

www.mhet.ac.zw

Visiting address: New Government Complex (Block F) 5th Floor, Harare, Zimbabwe

3.4 Civil Society Organisation (non-profit)

3.4.1 International Associations

The table below lists the current data obtained on international Associations.




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Table 6 International Associations

Name ABBRV DESCR. YEAR ADDRESS URL Educause - non-profit association whose mission is to

advance higher education through the use of information technology

1998 Louisville, CO Office: 282 Century Place, Suite 5000Louisville, CO 80027

http://www.educause.edu/

Washington, DC Office:1150 18th Street, NW, Suite 900Washington, DC 20036

The Network Startup Resource Center, University of Oregon, U.S.A

NSRC Provides technical assistance to organizations setting up computer networks in developing areas for collaborative research, education and international partnerships. Over the past twenty years, the NSRC has worked with universities, research institutes, Internet Service Providers, non-governmental organizations, governmental and supranational agencies, and industry to help develop networks and cyber-infrastructure resources in Africa

1988 Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) , 1501 Kincaid Street University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA

http://nsrc.org/

Eko-Konnect - - a non-profit association aiming to coordinate and support network connectivity between the Mono/Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, Universities and Research Institutes in the Lagos area as part of wider efforts to establish ngREN, the national Nigerian research and education network

2009 FOSS Center, Room 003, Center for Information Technology & Systems, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba

http://eko-konnect.org.ng/content/about

http://www.educause.edu/

http://nsrc.org/




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Global Development Network

GDN a leading International Organization of developing and transition country researchers, policy and research institutes promoting the generation, sharing, and application to policy of multidisciplinary knowledge for the purpose of development

1999 GDN Cairo Office: Global Development Network,21 El-Sad El-Aaly Street, Dokki Giza, Egypt

http://cloud2.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_development_research

GDN Washington: Global Development Network,1850 M Street, NW Suite 710,Washington DC 20036-5810, USA

Address for Regular Mail:Global Development NetworkPost Box No. 7510Vasant Kunj P.O.New Delhi – 110070, India

LLiSA Network (Living Labs in Southern Africa):

LLiSA a project for establishing a community and network of Living Lab practitioners in the Southern African region, aiming at advancing and supporting open user-centric innovation and Living Labs in South Africa. The network support and coordination project is initiated by three parties: COFISA, SAFIPA and Meraka Institute.

2009 Physical address: CSIR - Meraka Institute, Building 43, Meiring Naude Ave, Scientia, Pretoria

http://llisa.meraka.org.za/index.php/Living_Labs_in_Southern_Africa

Postal address: CSIR - Meraka Institute, Building 43, PO Box 395, Pretoria, 0001






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3.4.2 Foundations

The table below lists all data collected on foundations.

Table 7 Foundations

NAME ABBR. DESCRIPTION YEAR URL

NUFFIC Netherlands

NUFFIC Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education. As an independent, non-profit organisation based in The Hague, the Netherlands, Nuffic supports internationalisation in higher education, research and professional education in the Netherlands and abroad, and helps improve access to higher education worldwide. Its most important contract partners are the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Science and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nuffic plays an important role in fostering international cooperation in higher education between the Netherlands and other countries.

1952 http://www.nuffic.nl/

JISC JISC Registered charity and work on behalf of UK higher education, further education and skills to champion the use of digital technologies.

www.jisc.ac.uk

Wellcome Trust

An independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. It has an endowment of around £13.9 billion' Now in its 76th year, the aim of the Trust is to "achieve extraordinary improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds", and in addition to funding biomedical research it supports the public understanding of science. The Trust has been described by the Financial Times as the United Kingdom's largest provider of non-governmental funding for scientific research and one of the largest providers in the world. In the field of medical research, it is the world's second largest private funder after Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

1936 www.wellcome.ac.uk

The Hercules Foundation

Founded by the Flemish government as the agency for funding research infrastructure. The Foundation subsidizes both medium and heavy infrastructure for basic and strategic basic research. All scientific disciplines can call on Hercules financing, including the humanities and the social sciences, for example to finance databases or collections.

http://www.herculesstichting.be

http://www.nuffic.nl/

http://www.nuffic.nl/

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

http://www.herculesstichting.be/

http://www.herculesstichting.be/


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CESGA Foundation

CESGA A non-profit institution whose trustees pertain to the Regional Government of Galicia and to CSIC, inscribed in the Registry of Foundations of Galician Interest with the number 2002/12, CIF: G-15852981. CESGA Foundation was born of the commitment of the Regional Government of Galicia to promote common services of support to the tasks of research and, on the other hand, of the interest of the National Scientific Research Council to promote a work environment in the area of high performance computing, communications, and advanced services in the Information and Knowledge Society. CESGA Foundation is a non-profit organisation at the service of scientific research. The Regional Government of Galicia and the Spanish National Scientific Research Council (CSIC) participate as the only members of the Board of Trustees.

3.5 Private Sector

The following tables list all data collected on private sector companies.

3.5.1 Network Operators and Internet Service Providers in Africa

Table 8 Network Operators and ISPs in Africa

Name & ABBR. Description Since Contact + URL Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Ltd (ZESCO)

ZESCO Limited is a parastatal company under the Companies Act. It was established in 1970, and its governance has evolved over time to one that defines an arms-length relationship with Government. This relationship is defined in the Performance Contract that was signed between Government and ZESCO in 1996. The contract defines the commercialization issues and other operational benchmarks for ZESCO over the contract period of three (3) years.

1970 Great East Road, Stand No.6949, PO Box 33304, Lusaka, Zambia Email: [email protected] URL: www.zesco.co.zm

Kenya Data Networks (KDN)

Kenya Data Networks is a "Full Service, Data Communications Carrier" that was licensed by the CCK in January 2003 as a "Public Data Network Operator" with a mission to build world-class infrastructure in Kenya. KDN is a Kenyan registered communications company that operates the largest data and Internet backbone in East Africa. KDN has

2003 Altech Kenya Data Networks Limited, Sameer Business Park, Block A, Mombasa Road, Nairobi Kenya. Email: [email protected] URL:


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6253 kilometers of privately owned fiber in East Africa. With the deployment of multiple submarine and terrestrial cable systems as well as our own points of presence (PoPs) nodes in the region, KDN has extended its network reach to East Africa.

http://www.kdn.co.ke

Phase3

To leverage on our fibre optic backbone infrastructure for the maximum benefit of all Nigerians and the West African Sub-Region’s backhaul requirements, with a clear understanding of the linkage between a high bandwidth per capita metric and GDP improvement in modern economies. We are committed to facilitate this improvement and its benefits in Nigeria, and within the West African Sub-Region. It has been postulated that it will take Nigeria and indeed West African Countries years to meet the bandwidth availability required to compete with telecommunication service delivery in developed economies; it is our objective to accelerate the availability of this requirement and reduce to the barest minimum the postulated period. Phase3 are building the West Africa One network, which is an aerial optic fibre transmission system which will run from Nigeria to Benin and Togo, possibly beyond.

Address: 4 Yedseram Street, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.phase3telecom.com

Algeria Telecom Algeria Telecom completes its part of the Algeria to Nigeria optical network –

Siège Social : Route Nationale n°5, Cinq Maisons, Mohammadia 16130, Alger http://www.algerietelecom.dz/ email: [email protected]

Angola Telecom Angola Telecom, the Telecommunications Company of Angola, is the principal telecommunications company in Angola. It is the Angolan entity with the highest national and international presence. It offers a diversified product portfolio in which quality and innovation are the hallmark.

http://www.angolatelecom.com/ [email protected] 186, 3º Andar, Rua das Quipacas, Edifício Sede da Angola Telecom 625

Unitel http://www.unitel.ao/ [email protected] Rua Frederic Enels nº 21 – Imgombota

Benin Telecoms Principal actor in the telecommunications field of http://www.beninteleco

http://www.kdn.co.ke/



http://www.phase3telecom.com/

http://www.phase3telecom.com/

http://www.algerietelecom.dz/

http://www.algerietelecom.dz/

http://www.angolatelecom.com/

http://www.angolatelecom.com/



http://www.unitel.ao/


http://www.benintelecoms.bj/index.php


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Benin, Benin Telecoms provides adapted solutions for fixed or mobile telecommunications as well as internet.

ms.bj/index.php

[email protected]

Cotonou BENIN

Suburban Telecoms Suburban Telecom is the largest supplier of wholesale internet solutions to Nigeria’s GSM operators and ISPs, offering location to location connectivity, wholesale internet connectivity and network monitoring to various telecommunication operators and enterprise customers in Nigeria and across West Africa.

http://www.suburbantelecom.com/ [email protected] 30 Blantyre Street Wuse II Abuja, Nigeria

Onatel Main actor/ service provider for landline, mobile and internet in Burkina Faso

http://www.onatel.bf/

Airtel Main actor/ service provider for landline, mobile and internet in Burkina Faso

http://www.africa.airtel.com/burkina/ [email protected] Avenue du Général Aboubacar Sangoulé LAMIZANA 01 BP: 6622 Ouagadougou.

MTN Cameroon MTN Cameroon is the leader company of mobile telephone market in Cameroon.

2000 http://www.mtncameroon.net/LoadedPortal

Camtel Camtel have completed 5000 km of the 6000 km of fibre laid as part of the Central African Backbone initiative

http://www.camtel.cm/ Main Service Centre Boulevard de la Liberté , Face Hotel AKWA Palace P.O. Box 15574

Cote d’Ivoire Telecom

Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Ivory Coast

http://www.citelecom.ci/ http://www.citelecom.ci/index2.php?parcours=contact

Orange Cote d’Ivoire Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Ivory Coast

http://www.orange.ci/ http://www.orange.ci/contact/nos-agences

MTN Cote d’Ivoire Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Ivory Coast. MTN Côte d’Ivoire going up to 3 mégabits based on the WIMAX technology, following the purchase of the Afnet Internet Services and Arobase Télécom SA companies in 2008.

2005 http://www.mtn.ci/ http://www.mtn.ci/MTNCI/contact.html DEUX-PLATEAUX : LATRILLE 01 BP 3865 Abidjan 01 168, Blvd des Martyrs (face ENA)

http://www.benintelecoms.bj/index.php



http://www.suburbantelecom.com/




http://www.africa.airtel.com/burkina/

http://www.africa.airtel.com/burkina/


http://www.camtel.cm/

http://www.citelecom.ci/

http://www.citelecom.ci/

http://www.orange.ci/

http://www.mtn.ci/

http://www.mtn.ci/MTNCI/contact.html

http://www.mtn.ci/MTNCI/contact.html


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Djibouti Telecom Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Djibouti.

http://www.adjib.dj/ Direction Générale BP: 2105 3, Bd G. Pompidou République de Djibouti [email protected]

Ethio Telecom Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Ethiopia.

http://www.ethionet.et/ ethio telecom P.O.Box 1047 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gamtel Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Gambia.

http://www.gamtel.gm/ Gamtel House, 3 Nelson Mandela Street Banjul, The Gambia http://www.gamtel.gm/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=61

National Communications Backbone Company (NCBC) Ltd

NCBC is a subsidiary of Vodafone Ghana. http://www.ncbc.com.gh/ http://www.gispa.org.gh/news/?tag=ncbc

MTN Ghana Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Ghana.

http://www.mtn.com.gh/ [email protected]

Tigo Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Ghana.

http://www.tigo.com.gh/

Expresso Telecom Main actor in mobile telecommunications and internet service provision in Ghana.

1995 http://www.expressotelecom.com/en/african-presence/ghana/ Saba Tower 1, Level 31 Jumeriah Lakes Towers P.O. Box 57593 Dubai, UAE http://www.expressotelecom.com/en/about-us/contact_us/

National Optical Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI)

Kenya http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-Kenya-set-to-run-fibre-

http://www.adjib.dj/



http://www.ethionet.et/

http://www.ethionet.et/

http://www.gamtel.gm/

http://www.ncbc.com.gh/

http://www.ncbc.com.gh/

http://www.mtn.com.gh/

http://www.mtn.com.gh/



http://www.expressotelecom.com/en/african-presence/ghana/



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network-on-behalf-of-government/-/539550/929626/-/m96mry/-/index.html

Safaricom Safaricom, Ltd is a leading mobile network operator in Kenya. It was formed in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya.

1997 http://www.safaricom.co.ke/

Telcom Kenya Telkom Kenya is the sole provider of landline phone services in Kenya.

http://www.telkom.co.ke/

Kenya Power Kenya Power transmits, distributes and retails electricity throughout Kenya. Kenya Power is a public company and is listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE).

http://www.kplc.co.ke/ [email protected]

Telecom Malagasy (TELMA)

Madagascar’s fixed, mobile telecommunication and internet service provider

http://www.telma.mg/

Malawi Telecommunication ltd (MTL)

Malawi’s telecommunication and internet service provider

http://www.mtl.mw/ Lamya House Masauko Chipembere Highway P.O. Box 537 Blantyre MALAWI

Orange Mali Mali’s telecommunication and internet service provider

http://www.orangemali.com/

Sotelma / Malitel Mali’s telecommunication, fixed and internet service provider

http://www.malitel.ml/ Quartier du Fleuve près de la BCEAO- bp 740 Bamako - Mali

Mauritel In May 2011 Mauritel launched a fiber optic cable project linking the towns of Nouakchott and Kobonni

http://www.mauritel.mr/

Maroc Telecom 60% of regional fibre network complete in 2010 http://www.iam.ma/ Telecomunicações de Moçambique (TDM)

Mozambique’s internet and telecommunications service provider.

http://www.tdm.mz/

Telecom Namibia Ltd

Namibia’s internet and telecommunications service provider.

http://www.telecom.na/ Corner of Luderitz and Daniel Munamava Street P.O.Box 297 Windhoek [email protected]

NamPower NamPower is the national power utility of Namibia and specialises in the generation and transmission of electricity.

http://www.nampower.com.na/ http://www.nampower.com.na/pages/contact-

http://www.kplc.co.ke/



http://www.mtl.mw/

http://www.malitel.ml/

http://www.telecom.na/

http://www.telecom.na/


http://www.nampower.com.na/

http://www.nampower.com.na/

http://www.nampower.com.na/pages/contact-form.asp



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form.asp NamPower Center 15 Luther Street, Windhoek PO Box 2864 WINDHOEK Namibia

Sonitel Niger’s telecommunications and internet service provider.

http://www.sonitel.ne/ Avenue du Général de Gaulle - B.P. 208 NIAMEY – NIGER [email protected]

Glo Globacom Limited is Africa's fastest growing telecommunications company. Owned by the Mike Adenuga Group, Globacom is the market leading mobile service provider in Nigeria. Globacom operates in the Republic of Benin and Ghana. Globacom also acquired licenses to operate in the Ivory Coast.

http://www.gloworld.com/ [email protected] Globacom Limited Mike Adenuga Towers, 1 Mike Adenuga Close, Off Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Nitel Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, or NITEL, is the principal telecommunications company in Nigeria, and was owned by the government of Nigeria until it was sold to Mtel by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). The mobile telecommunications arm of Nitel, Nitel is responsible for all wired telecommunications in Nigeria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NITEL 2 Bissau St., Wuse Zone 6, Abuja Nigeria; Abuja; Federal Capital Territory

Suburban Telecoms Suburban has become the largest private supplier of satellite based connectivity solutions and developed a competence in deploying and operating transmission networks primarily within the West African terrain. The company continues with its network expansion into other West African markets, with the deployment of cross border networks into the Benin Republic and Ghana. Anticipating the need for Next Generation technology, Suburban proceeded to implement a technology refresh on its network. The result was a fiber optic based Next Generation Network that serves as the backbone for the global connectivity solutions it offers to its customers.

http://www.suburbantelecom.com/ 30 Blantyre Street Wuse II Abuja, Nigeria

[email protected]

21st Century Multidisciplinary telecommunications service provider, delivering converged multi-service and efficiently managed networks nationwide. Services

http://www.21ctl.com/ 249 A Muri Okunola Street,


http://www.sonitel.ne/

http://www.gloworld.com/

http://www.gloworld.com/



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NITEL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NITEL




http://www.21ctl.com/


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include: 1. Private Telecommunications Operator, 2. VSAT Solutions Provider, 3. Internet Service Provider 4. Value Added Services Provider

Victoria Island, Lagos. [email protected]

MTN Nigeria MTN Nigeria Communications Limited is the largest subsidiary in the MTN Group – Africa’s leading mobile telephony company with operations in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East.

http://www.mtnonline.com/ [email protected] The Customer Care Manager MTN Nigeria Communications Limited Maritime House Apapa-Oshodi Expressway Apapa, Lagos

Multi-Links Multi-Links is a private limited liability company incorporated in Nigeria in 1994 to provide telecommunication services. On 6th November 2006, the Sector Regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission issued Multi-Links a Unified Access Service Licence with an initial 10 years validity with an option to renew for a further 5 years and enabling it further expand its services and provide a wide ranging bouquet of services covering Digital mobile & fixed telephony, ISP, VAS and payphone, Full international gateway and National long distance services In May 2007, Telkom South Africa, a large African integrated communications company extended its footprint to West Africa through the acquisition of a 75% majority stake in Multi-Links. Telkom increased its ownership interest in Multi-Links to 100% in January 2009, extending its total acquisition costs to $400 million. In August 2011, HIP Oils, an affiliate of Helios Towers Nigeria entered into a binding agreement with Multi-Links™ previous shareholders, Telkom South Africa to acquire 100% of the equity interest in Multi-Links from Telkom. This transaction and change in the shareholding of Multi-Links was concluded on 3rd October 2011. Multi-Links current shareholder is HIP Oils, an affiliate of Helios Towers Nigeria.

http://www.multi-links.com/ [email protected] Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Multi-Links Telecommunications Limited 231, Adeola Odeku Street Victoria Island, Lagos

RwandaTel Rwanda’s telecommunications and internet service http://www.rwandatel.r

http://www.mtnonline.com/

http://www.mtnonline.com/



http://www.multi-links.com/

http://www.multi-links.com/

mailto:[email protected]?subject=Multi-Links%20Web%20Contact


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provider w [email protected] Avenue de La Paix 7th Floor, ECOBANK Building P.O .Box 1332 Kigali RWANDA

MTN Rwanda http://www.mtn.co.rw/ Rwanda Development Board

The physical deployment of the RDB's network was completed in January 2011. The Rwanda Development Board was set up by bringing together all the government agencies responsible for the entire investor experience under one roof. This includes key agencies responsible for business registration, investment promotion, environmental clearances, privatization and specialist agencies which support the priority sectors of ICT and tourism as well as SMEs and human capacity development in the private sector.

http://www.rdb.rw/ Boulevard de l'Umuganda, Gishushu, Nyarutarama Road. P.O. Box 6239 Kigali, Rwanda Email: [email protected]

Sonatel Senegal http://www.sonatel.sn/ Somtel Somalia’s internet service provider 2010 https://www.facebook.c

om/somtelinternational Telkom Telkom is the dominant operator and has the largest

fibre network in South Africa, covering approximately 143,000 km as per the 2011 annual report.

http://www.telkcom.co.za/

Broadband Infraco Broadband Infraco is a South African State Owned Entity (SOE) that is intended to participate in those segments of the telecommunications market and value chain that impede private sector development and innovation in telecoms services and content offerings. Broadband Infraco maintains a national long distance fibre optic network, providing high capacity telecommunication services between all major national metropolitan centres and being expanded to enable connectivity to reach smaller cities and rural areas

http://www.infraco.co.za/ [email protected] Country Club Estate Building no 9 21 Woodlands Drive Woodmead Sandton

Neotel http://www.neotel.co.za/

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA)

Community Investment Ventures (CIV) and Venfin are the principal shareholders in DFA. ABSA Capital, who are a stakeholder in CIV via New GX Capital Holdings, also backs CIV. Shareholders in Dark Fibre Africa have granted the necessary approvals to adequately capitalize the company for the construction of a nationwide Dark Fibre Infrastructure. This funding will exceed R2Bn by

http://www.dfafrica.co.za/ Physical Address: 44 Old Pretoria Main Road, Midrand, Johannesburg Postal Address: PostNet Suite 612,


http://www.rdb.rw/

http://www.infraco.co.za/

http://www.infraco.co.za/


http://www.dfafrica.co.za/

http://www.dfafrica.co.za/


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2013. Private Bag X29, Gallo Manor, Johannesburg, 2052, South Africa. [email protected]

Fibreco Established in 2009 as an equal partnership between CellC, Internet Solutions and Convergence Partners, FibreCo aims to deploy a state-of-the-art fully managed long-haul fibre optic terrestrial network. FibreCo will develop infrastructure where necessary and leverage already available fibre networks and other relationships to provide the most efficient route combinations. FibreCo will offer a fully managed monitoring and maintenance service of the network on a 24/7 basis for its tenants. A range of additional value-added services will also be available, dependant on customer requirements.

2009 http://www.fibreco.co.za/ [email protected] Postnet suite 455 P/Bag x29 Gallo Manor 2052

NLD Consortium A consortium made up of Neotel, MTN, and Vodacom are deploying a national fibre network in South Africa.

OneDotCom Announced in August 2011, OneDotcom plans to invest USD600 million in regional fibre infrastructure

http://www.onedotcom.net/

Sudatel Sudan’s telecommunications and internet service provider

http://www.sudatel.sd/en/personal/ Sudatel Tower - Khartoum, Sudan P.O.Box: 11155 [email protected]

National Information & Communication Technology Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) Tanzanian Telecommunications Company (TTCL)

Funded by a soft loan from the Chinese government, the NICTBB is being built by the Tanzanian government and will be operated by the Tanzanian Telecommunications Company (TTCL)

http://www.ttcl.co.tz/ http://www.ttcl.co.tz/contact.asp Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited Extelcoms House, Samora Avenue P.O.Box. 9070, Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Six Telecoms Six Telecoms Company Limited is a Tier-1 Carriers-Carrier that provides full-integrated next generation telecommunications solutions to operators in sub-Saharan Africa. In affiliation to joint venture partners in the East African region, it offers first-class international voice and data transit services to the

2004 http://www.6telecoms.co.tz/ 5th Floor, Barclays House Ohio Street Dar es Salaam



http://www.fibreco.co.za/

http://www.fibreco.co.za/


http://www.sudatel.sd/en/personal/

http://www.sudatel.sd/en/personal/


http://www.ttcl.co.tz/

http://www.ttcl.co.tz/contact.asp

http://www.ttcl.co.tz/contact.asp

http://www.6telecoms.co.tz/

http://www.6telecoms.co.tz/


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World’s leading carriers providing un-parallel access into sub Saharan Africa.

[email protected]

Tanesco Tanzania’s electrical supply company http://www.tanesco.co.tz/ http://www.tanesco.co.tz/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=178

Vodacom/Zain/Zantel

Tanzania’s telecommunications and internet service providers

Togo Telecom Togo’s internet and telecommunications service provider

http://www.togotelecom.tg/

Place de la Réconciliation, quartier ATCHANTE BP 333

Lomé TOGO [email protected]

Uganda Telecom Uganda’s internet and telecommunications service provider

http://www.utl.co.ug/ [email protected]

Zambia Telecommunications

Zambia’s internet and telecommunications service provider

http://www.zamtel.zm/ Zamtel House P.O Box 37000 Lusaka, Zambia [email protected]

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC)

Investor, developer and operator of energy infrastructure in Africa by providing innovative solutions and building strategic partnerships, with an emergency power generation capacity of 80MW, transmission and distribution network of 900 km of overhead power lines, 38 high voltage substations and electricity network carrying capacity in excess 700MW, CEC intends to grow its current share of 50% of the Zambia's sector to become a dominant operator for the SAPP region.

1997 http://www.cecinvestor.com/ Copperbelt Energy Corporation PLC P.O. Box 20819 Plot No. 3614 23rd Avenue Nkana East Kitwe Zambia

Africom http://www.afri-com.com/

Liquid Telecoms Liquid Telecommunications is a leading independent data, voice and IP provider, supplying wholesale fibre optic, satellite and international carrier services to telecommunications operators in developing countries.

http://www.liquidtelecom.com/ Liquid Telecommunications Operations Ltd 5th Floor, Ebene Mews



http://www.tanesco.co.tz/

http://www.tanesco.co.tz/



http://www.utl.co.ug/

http://www.zamtel.zm/



http://www.cecinvestor.com/

http://www.cecinvestor.com/

http://www.liquidtelecom.com/

http://www.liquidtelecom.com/


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They own and operate multiple satellite ground facilities in the United Kingdom, Botswana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Somalia, Burundi, Niger and Kenya, utilising three satellite transponders. Their worldwide hub is located in central London and serves as an additional point from which they provide interconnections to telecommunications operators worldwide.

57 Cybercity Ebene

Powertel Zimbabwe’s ICT services provider http://www.powertel.co.zw/ 12th Floor, Kopje Plaza, Samora Machel,Harare Harare Zimbabwe,and 2nd Floor Fidelity Life Centre,Cnr Fife Street/11TH Avenue,Bulawayo Zimbabwe

TelOne Zimbabwe’s ICT services provider http://www.telone.co.zw/ Runhare House, 107 Kwame Nkrumah Ave, Harare, Zimbabwe

3.5.2 Other IT Firms and Telecommunication Companies

Table 9 Other ICT Firms and Telecom Companies

Name & ABBR. Description Since Contact + URL Ncomputing Inc NComputing, Inc. is a fast growing desktop

virtualization company in the world, with varying use cases across education, government, and industry segments. It provides virtual desktops in cloud infrastructures to governments and non-government organizations in several African countries. The applications include education, training, health care and e-governance.

www.ncomputing.com/company/overview 3979 Freedom Circle, Suite 600 Santa Clara, CA 95054

Datasphir Solutions Limited

Datasphir is an Information Technology Firm with offices in Lagos and Abuja, the leading Linux and Open Source application providers in Nigeria to deliver products and services in the areas of networking, security, communications, collaboration and custom software development. They are the founders and sponsors of the Nigerian Linux Users Group and Python Nigeria which are committed to

http://www.datasphir.com/ [email protected] Datasphir Solutions Limited FOSS Centre (Room 003) Centre For Information

http://www.powertel.co.zw/

http://www.powertel.co.zw/

http://www.telone.co.zw/

http://www.telone.co.zw/

http://www.ncomputing.com/company/overview

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creating awareness about the technology and benefits of Linux and open source software.

Technology & Systems University of Lagos

Agile Learning Company

The Agile Learning Company is a pre-eminent provider of ICT solutions and training to the public sector. The company has been recognized by entities such as UNDP (an Agile Partner) as having developed “the most innovative ICT solutions for the public sector”. In April of this year, the company’s educational administration and management solutions, AgileSAMS and AgileSAMS Central Governance were selected by Microsoft as a “Best Practices ICT Solution for Governments”.

http://www.agilelearning.com/Company.aspx Agile Learning Company 1000 N. West Avenue, Suite 1200 Wilmington, Delaware 19801, [email protected]

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.

1975 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

Google Google Inc. is an American multinational corporation that provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies.

AmazonEC2 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

Cisco Systems, Inc Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment.

http://www.cisco.com/

IBM International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM), or IBM, is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

www.ibm.com/us/en/

HP Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. It provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and

www8.hp.com/us/en/home.html

http://www.agilelearning.com/Company.aspx

http://www.agilelearning.com/Company.aspx


http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

http://www.cisco.com/


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large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.

T-Systems Solutions for Research GmbH

To fulfill its mission, the scientific community requires extremely powerful hardware and high-bandwidth networks. T-Systems provides research institutes with end-to-end ICT answers to their needs – from high-performance networks and powerful servers, to scientific data management, to campus IT solutions, to out-tasking/rightsourcing.

www.t-systems.com/tsip/en/763580/homepage/publicsector/researcheducation

Apple Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. The company was founded on April 1, 1976, and incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977.

http://www.apple.com/

Dell Dell Inc. is an American multinational computer technology corporation based in Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells, repairs and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world.

http://www.dell.com/

Oracle The Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle RDBMS or simply as Oracle) is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html

Tata Communications

Tata Communications Limited (BSE: 500483, NYSE: TCL, NSE: TATACOMM; (formerly VSNL) is an Indian global telecommunications company located in Mumbai. It owns a submarine cable network, a Tier-1 IP network, and also rents data center and colocation space. It operates India's largest data center in Pune. Tata Communications acquired Teleglobe, a company based in Canada, and DishnetDSL, an Indian company, and is the largest shareholder in South African operator Neotel. Tata Communications currently has a cable network of more than 235,000 kilometers.

http://www.tatacommunications.com/

http://www.apple.com/


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3.5.2 Industry Associations Table 10 Industry Associations

Name & ABBR. Description Since Contact + URL HiPEAC High-Performance and Embedded Architectures and

Compilers http://www.hipeac.net/

industry Internet Service Providers' Association (South Africa)

The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) is a South African Internet industry body not for gain. ISPA is a voluntary organisation, representing the interests of its members. Established on 6 June 1996, the association currently represents in excess of 150 Internet Service Providers with a diverse range of services and target markets.

1996 http://ispa.org.za/ [email protected]

http://www.hipeac.net/industry

http://www.hipeac.net/industry

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3.6 Higher Education & Research Institutions

3.6.1 National Research Organizations

Table 11 National Research Organizations

COUNTRY NAME ABBR. SINCE URL

20 Member States

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research

CERN 1954 http://public.web.cern.ch/public/

Description

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.

BELGIUM National Fund for Scientific Research (Wallonia/Flanders)

FNRS/FWO 1928 http://www2.frs-fnrs.be/fr/decouvrir-le-fnrs/introduction.html and http://www.fwo.be/

Description

The National Fund for Scientific Research (NFSR) is a government institution in Belgium for supporting scientific research. It has been split into two organizations, the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) in Flanders and the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) in the French-speaking community (Wallonia and Brussels-Capital Region). The task of the FWO and FNRS is to stimulate the development of new knowledge in all scientific disciplines by financing excellent scientists and research projects after an inter-University competition and with an evaluation by foreign experts.

The EU European Research Council ERC 2007 http://erc.europa.eu/

Description

The European Research Council (ERC) is the independent body that funds investigator-driven frontier research in the EU. It is part of the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7).The Council supports all disciplines, from the biological and physical sciences to engineering and the humanities. Created to provide a new source and philosophy for competitive funding, based on peer-reviewed excellence as the sole criterion for success, the ERC is aiming to set new standards and create a level playing field for research across a diverse continent of 500 million people in 39 countries.

FRANCE

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

CEA 1945

http://www.cea.fr/english-portal

Description

CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives). It is a public body established in October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives: To become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future.


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FRANCE National Center for Scientific Research CNRS 1939 http://www.cnrs.fr/index.php

Description

The National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) is a government-funded research organization, under the administrative authority of France's Ministry of Research. As the largest fundamental research organization in Europe, CNRS carried out research in all fields of knowledge, through its seven institutes (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Ecology and Environment, Humanities and Social Sciences, Information Sciences and Technologies, Engineering and Systems Sciences, Physics).

GERMANY The Max Planck Society MPG 1948 http://www.mpg.de/en

Description

The Max Planck Society is Germany's most successful research organization. Since its establishment in 1948, no fewer than 17 Nobel laureates have emerged from the ranks of its scientists, putting it on a par with the best and most prestigious research institutions worldwide. Max Planck Institutes are built up solely around the world's leading researchers. They themselves define their research subjects and are given the best working conditions, as well as free reign in selecting their staff.

GREECE National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

NCSRD 1959 http://www.demokritos.gr/?lang=en

Description

The National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” is the biggest and most acclaimed research center in Greece, employing over 1,000 researchers, engineers, technicians and administrative personnel. It is a multidisciplinary research center focusing on several fields of natural sciences and engineering and hosting important laboratory facilities. The original objective of the newly created center was the advancement of nuclear research and technology for peaceful purposes. Today, its activities cover several fields of science and engineering.

ITALY The National Research Council CNR 1923 www.cnr.it/sitocnr/Englishversion/English

version.html

Description

The National Research Council (CNR) is a public organization; its duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of knowledge growth and of its applications for the scientific, technological, economic and social development of the Country.

THE NETHERLANDS

Netherlands e-Science Center NLeSC http://esciencecenter.nl

Description

The Netherlands e-Science Center (NLeSC) supports and reinforces multidisciplinary and data-intensive research through creative and innovative use of ICT in all its manifestations. NLeSC works as a network organization focused on collaboration, with the aim to change scientific practice by making large-scale data analysis possible across multiple disciplines.

THE NETHERLANDS

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

TNO 1932 http://www.tno.nl/index.cfm?Taal=2

Description TNO is an independent research organisation whose expertise and research make an important contribution to the competitiveness of companies and organisations, to the economy and to the quality of society as a whole. TNO’s unique position is attributable


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to its versatility and capacity to integrate this knowledge.

SPAIN The Spanish National Research Council

CSIC 1939 http://www.csic.es/web/guest/home

Description

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation, its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is prepared to collaborate with Spanish and foreign entities in order to achieve this aim.

THE UK Research Councils UK RCUK 2002 http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

Description Research Councils UK (RCUK) are responsible for investing public money in research in the UK to advance knowledge and generate new ideas which lead to a productive economy, healthy society and contribute to a sustainable world.

THE UK Belfast e-Science Centre BeSC http://www.besc.ac.uk/escience/dev/inde

x.php

Description

The Centre's strategic vision is to enable a dynamic e-infrastructure of resources, tools and applications that is a key enabler for Research, Industry and Commerce. However, today's ecosystem of e-Science solutions are largely based on disparate open source tools that lack integration, are hardware and operating system dependant, are cumbersome to set up, require steep learning curves and are difficult to use. To realise this vision, BeSC aims to build on its success to date and address the above limitations with focused research within three key domains: Digital Media, Financial Services and Bioinformatics.

THE UK Cambridge e-Science Centre CeSC 2001 http://www.escience.cam.ac.uk/

Description

The Cambridge e-Science Centre is based in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. It is part of the Centre for Scientific Computing. It offers advice and support on large scale distributed computing, normally in the context of collaborating with you on research council funded projects.

THE UK e-Science North West Centre ESNW 2001

https://intranet.nibhi.org.uk/mi/research/MeS/ default.aspx

Description

e-Science has been well established at the University of Manchester since 2001 when the e-Science North West Centre (ESNW) was created as part of the UK e-Science EPSRC Core Programme. ESNW was the North-West Region node of the e-Science Centres network that formed the e-science backbone for the UK.In its eight very productive years, the Centre produced ground breaking success stories and pioneering research, epecially in the fields of Bioinformatics, Computational Steering and also Visualisation for High Performance Computing.

THE UK London e-Science Centre LeSC 2002 http://www.lesc.ic.ac.uk/

Description

The London e-Science Centre is based at the Imperial College of London and is associated with its Department of Computing. LeSC’s role as one of the eight Regional Centres in the EPSRC/DTI e-Science Core Technology programme is to support the development of e-Science activities within London and the South-East through


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collaborations with applied scientists in the fields of Materials Modelling, Particle Physics, Bioinformatics, Environmental Modelling, Transport and Engineering.

THE UK Midlands e-Science Centre MeSC 2003

http://www.gtheodoropoulos.com/Research/ Projects/mesc/centre.htm

Description

The Midlands e-Science Centre (MeSC) was one of first seven established Centres of Excellence to augment the existing national and regional e-Science Centres. The Midlands e-Science Centre ran from 2003-2005. It was then incorporated in the University's main IT Services.

THE UK National e-Infrastructure Service

NES 2004 http://www.ngs.ac.uk/

Description

The National e-Infrastructure Service (NES) aims to facilitate UK research by providing access to a broad range of computational and data based resources. The goal of NES is to deliver a production quality e-infrastructure to support academic research across all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the UK. It provides core services to enable collaborative access to computing and data resources in support of UK researchers and ensures that UK researchers can efficiently exploit computing facilities all across the globe. To make this possible it has developed partnerships with infrastructures in Europe, the USA, and elsewhere in the world.

THE UK North East Regional e-Science Centre NEReSC 2001 http://www.neresc.ac.uk/

Description

The North-East Regional e-Science Centre acts as a front door for e-Science in the area, offering expertise to university researchers and industry. One of the Centre's key activities is to identify, fund and support high-quality projects with leading industrial and academic partners. Another important function is matchmaking for industrial and academic groups with common interests. The Centre's activities cover a wide range of fields, but it has particular expertise in data-intensive e-Science.

THE UK Oxford e-Research Centre OeRC 2006 http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/

Description

The Oxford e-Research Centre leads digital research and drives innovation in technology. It connects disciplines, applications and computation to accelerate national & international research and collaboration. Since its establishment in 2006 the Oxford e-Research Centre has grown to be an internationally prestigious team of over 50 multidisciplinary researchers committed to accelerating research through innovative technology.

THE UK Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute - UK

OMII – UK 2004 http://www.omii.ac.uk/

Description

OMII-UK is an open-source organisation that empowers the UK research community by providing software for use in all disciplines of research. Our mission is to cultivate and sustain community software important to research. All of OMII-UK's software is free, open source and fully supported.

THE UK

Science and Technology Facilities Council e-Science Center

STFCeSC 2007 http://www.stfc.ac.uk/e-Science/default.aspx


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Description

STFC e-Science became part of the Scientific Computing Department of the STFC in April 2012. The STFC is one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organisations, supporting scientists and engineers world-wide. It operates world-class, large-scale research facilities, provides strategic advice to the government on their development, and manages international research projects in support of a broad cross-section of the UK research community.

THE UK Southampton e-Science Centre SeSC 2002 http://www.e-science.soton.ac.uk/

Description

The Southampton Regional e-Science Centre is based in the School of Engineering Science alongside the Computational Engineering and Design Centre (CEDC) and the Southampton arm of the BAE SYSTEMS - Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership for Design. While the primary focus of the Centre is on problems in the domain of engineering, it has over the years established very close relationships with a broad range of disciplines, institutions, and industrial partners.

THE UK Welsh e-Science Centre WeSC 2002 http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/wesc/

Description The Welsh e-Science Centre was one of the United Kingdom e-Science centres. Founded in 2002, it promoted e-Science research and development in Wales and parts of the south-west of England for the rest of the decade.

THE UK White Rose Grid e-Science Centre WRG 2002 http://www.wrgrid.org.uk/

Description

The White Rose Grid e-Science Centre brings together those researchers from the Yorkshire region and their national and international partners who are engaged in the development and use of innovative digital technologies, including grid computing, e-Science and cloud computing.


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3.6.2 Higher Education Associations and Networks

Table 12 Higher Education Associations and Networks

Name Description Founded URL

OMII http://www.omii.ac.uk/wiki/Mission

The Association of Universities of the Francophonie (AUF),

www.auf.org/

The Association of African Universities (AAU)

The AUU has been instrumental for the establishment and strengthening of the UbuntuNet Alliance and WACREN. Since the establishment of its Research and Education Networking Unit in 2006, the AAU acts as a focal point for ICT initiatives in higher education, providing resources on ICT policies for policy-makers and advocating access to adequate and affordable bandwidth for African research institution

www.aau.org

SARUA - Southern African Regional Universities Association

www.sarua.org/

The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO)

Is an inter-governmental organisation with 15 Member States

http://www.eso.org

http://www.omii.ac.uk/wiki/Mission

http://www.omii.ac.uk/wiki/Mission

http://www.auf.org/

http://www.sarua.org/




http://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/memberstates.html

http://www.eso.org/


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3.7 Other Development Partners/Stakeholders

Table 13 Other Development Partners/Stakeholders

Name ABBRV. since URL The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa

ICA 2005 www.icafrica.org/en/

Description Launched at the G8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005, the role of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) is to help improve the lives and economic well-being of Africa’s people through encouraging, supporting and promoting increased investment in infrastructure in Africa, from both public and private sources. Using its convening power, ICA acts as a catalyst – enhancing, accelerating and precipitating the development of Africa’s infrastructure.

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

EAIF 2002 http://www.emergingafricafund.com/

Description The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (“EAIF” or the “Fund”) is a Public Private Partnership able to provide long-term USD or EUR denominated debt or mezzanine finance on commercial terms to finance the construction and development of private infrastructure in 47 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. EAIF is able to provide between US$ 10 million to US$ 36.5 million (or its equivalent in EUR) to projects across a wide range of sectors including telecoms, transport, water and power, amongst others.

Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility

PPIAF 1999 www.ppiaf.org

Description The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) was created in 1999 to act as a catalyst to increase private sector participation in emerging markets. It provides technical assistance to governments to support the creation of a sound enabling environment for the provision of basic infrastructure services by the private sector. A sound business enabling environment consists of strong institutions, legal systems and rule of law, high standards of public and corporate governance, transparency, competition, protection of investments, enforcement of laws, and dispute resolution mechanisms.

EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure

ITF 2007 http://www.eu-africa-infrastructure-tf.net/

Description The EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure is a valuable addition to the long term support provided by the European Union to infrastructure development in Africa. It aims to substantially increase EU investment in African infrastructure and delivery of transport, energy, water and ICT services. Achieving these objectives also depends on

http://www.emergingafricafund.com/

http://www.eu-africa-infrastructure-tf.net/


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an improved economic and business environment which constitutes the basis for expanding infrastructure and trade.

The Project Financiers Group

PFG 2007 http://www.eu-africa-infrastructure-tf.net/about/governance/pfg/index.htm

Description The Project Financiers Group (PFG) brings together the nominated Project Financiers, i.e. a Development Finance Institution, Bank, Member State Agency or public body with international development project expertise, nominated by each Donor and agreed by the Executive Committee. Project Financiers are the source of the Grant Operation requests, which they examine in accordance with their own methodology, prior to submitting them to the Executive Committee for approval.

Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation

LuxDev 1978 http://www.lux-development.lu/

Description LuxDev is the Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation. A private limited company (société anonyme) with its head office in Luxembourg, its shareholders are the Luxembourg state (98%) and the Société nationale des Crédits à l'Investissement (2%). Its private status makes it possible for the Agency to work in a dynamic and flexible way. Taking its inspiration from the millennium development goals (MDGs), Luxembourg development cooperation focuses on three key sectors: health, education and integrated local. LuxDev has naturally developed these sectors, as well as three cross-cutting issues (gender equality, the environment and good governance).


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4 Data collected on e- Infrastructures

4.1 Networking Infrastructures

4.1.1 National Research and Education Networks

4.1.1.1 NRENs in Africa

The dedicated research and education networks are organized hierarchically. Each country has a national research and education network (NREN) connected to the Regional Research and Education Backbone network (RREN), which again is connected to similar regional backbones on other continents, such as GEANT in Europe, Internet2 and CANARIE in North America, RedCLARA in Latin America, TEIN in Asia, etc. Mostly, the REN communities lease links to build their networks, dark fibre, wavelengths or unmanaged capacity. The capacity in the REN backbones are mostly 10Gbps but 40 and 100 Gbps links are emerging.

It is in this high-performance communication environment that the concept of e-infrastructures has developed. Africa is behind in this development due to the lack of terrestrial infrastructure leading to a strong dependence on expensive narrowband satellite links. This is changing rapidly as several submarine cable systems are being deployed on both sides of Africa, as well as regional and national terrestrial backbones, often part of other infrastructure projects, such as the electrification, roads, railways and pipelines of different sorts. While waiting for more dense electrical and optical fibre grids to penetrate the rural areas, the rapidly developing mobile phone networks offer alternatives to the satellite links.

In Africa, the REN communities are organised hierarchically, with networks structured in National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) at the National level, and the NRENs are federated by the Regional Research and Education Networks at the regional level.

The table below, lists all the RENs in Africa, and indicates whether the consortium has the information required to map, or whether additional research will need to be conducted by contacting the relevant stakeholders.


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Table 14 African NRENs

NREN Country RREN Information Status

Eb@le (DRC) D.R.Congo UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

RITER Cote d'Ivoire UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

EthERNet Ethiopia UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

GabonREN Gabon UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

GARNET Ghana WACREN Comprehensive

KENET Kenya UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

MAREN Malawi UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

MaliREN Mali WACREN Comprehensive

MoRENet Mozambique UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

NAMREN Namibia UbuntuNet Alliance Missing

RwEdNet Rwanda UbuntuNet Alliance Missing

SomaliREN Somalia UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

SUIN Sudan UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

TENET South Africa UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

TERNET Tanzania UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

RENU Uganda UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

TogoREN Togo WACREN Missing

ZAMREN Zambia UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

SnRER Senegal WACREN Comprehensive

ngREN Nigeria WACREN Comprehensive

RIC Cameroon WACREN Limited

iRENALA Madagascar UbuntuNet Alliance Comprehensive

EUN Egypt EUMEDCONNECT Missing

MARWAN Morocco EUMEDCONNECT Comprehensive

RNU Tunisia EUMEDCONNECT Comprehensive

CERIST Algeria EUMEDCONNECT Comprehensive

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EthERNet&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GARNET&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RwEdNet&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SomaliREN&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUIN

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TERNET&action=edit&redlink=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ZAMREN&action=edit&redlink=1


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Table 15 The Senegal Research & Education Network

The Senegal Research and Education Network - SnRER

Description The main goal of SnRER is to build a national and regional academic infrastructure to: - Support research and science collaboration; - Build a common information system and data center for higher education in the country;- Share resources and applications: grid-computing, e-learning, VoIP, videoconference, digital library, e-health, etc. - Connect to other regional or international academic network (WACREN, GEANT, INTERNET2, etc.)

Objectives Support research and science collaboration; Build a common information system and data center for higher education in the country; Share resources and applications: grid-computing, e-learning, VoIP, videoconference, digital library, e-health, etc. Connect to other regional or international academic network (WACREN, GEANT, INTERNET2, etc.) There have been a lot of developments for SnRER during 2011: March 2011: SnRER Creation approved by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research March 2011: Mandated by WACREN to host the regional NOC April 2011: Training and capacity building in collaboration with partners (NSRC and the University of Oregon) April 2011-July 2011: Design campus network in 5 public universities and upgrading network equipment

Year Founded 2011

Members University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar; University of Thies; University of Bambey; University Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis; University of Ziguinchor

URL

Regional REN WACREN

Address

Contact


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Table 16 The Research & Education Network of Cameroon

Réseaux Interuniversitaire du Cameroun, RIC Description Objectives

Year Founded 2007 Members Université de Yaoundé I, Université de Dschang, Université de Douala, Université de

Yaoundé 2, Institut de la Gouvernance Numérique Universitaire(IGNU), Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur, Université de BUEA, Université de Ngaoundéré, Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale, Université de Maroua, Université de Bamenda

URL http://www.citi.cm

Regional REN WACREN

Address

Contact

Table 17 The Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa

The Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa, TENET Description TENET is the South African NREN. It was incorporated in 2000 as a non-profit company,

and its members include every public university and some statutory research and science institutions. In functional terms, TENET is as a fully licensed, specialised ISP for the higher education and research sector in South Africa. On a cost-recovery basis TENET provides high-speed on-net, national and international Internet services to some 160 campuses of 54 institutions (“the institutions”), including universities, research councils and other qualifying institutions. The SANReN network now forms the major part of the network that TENET operates. Key components of the network operated by TENET were deployed by the Government-funded SANReN Project. These include the 10 Gbps national backbone network that interconnects the seven major cities, as well as optical fibre metropolitan networks in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria. International connectivity is via TENET’s indefeasible rights of use of 10 Gbps capacity on the SEACOM submarine cable. TENET is a founding member of the UbuntuNet Alliance, and relies upon UbuntuNet for peering and transit connections via UbuntuNet’s Facilities in Amsterdam and London.

Objectives Year Founded 2000 Members

URL http://www.tenet.ac.za/ Regional REN UbuntuNet Alliance Address House Vincent, Wynberg Mews, 10 Brodie Road, Wynberg 7800, South Africa Contact Tel: +27 +21 763 7144 / Fax: +27 +21 763 711

http://www.citi.cm/


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Table 18 The Nigerian Research & Education Network

The Nigerian Research and Education Network, NgREN

Description Eko-Konnect aims to coordinate and support network connectivity between the Mono/Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, Universities and Research Institutes in the Lagos area as part of wider efforts to establish ngREN, the national research and education network. It was established in December 2009 in an initiative led by the University of Lagos to exploit the geographical proximity to sea cables and telecommunication companies to secure high speed and affordable Internet connectivity for the research and education community.

Objectives Connection of participating institutions in a high speed network suitable for academic activity Good inter-operability between research organizations and higher education networks that enable secure anytime, anywhere access by students, teachers and researchers Fostering of collaborative research in network technology and the development of internet resources, training, and user groups amongst participating institutions. Collaboration with other stakeholders to establish the national Nigerian Research and Education Network (ngREN) and regional West and Central African network (WACREN)

Year Founded 2009 Members University of Nigeria University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Obafemi Awolowo University,

University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of llorin, Usman Danfodiyo University University of Abuja, University of Maiduguri, University of Jos, Bayero University, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Port Harcourt, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, University of Benin

URL http://eko-konnect.org.ng/content/about Regional REN WACREN Address

Contact Tel: +234-1-7397052 email: [email protected]




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Table 19 The Research & Education Network in Ghana

The Ghanaian Academic and Research Network, GARNET

Description Set rules for the minimum requirement for an organization/institution in terms of its network to be a member of GARNET; Agree on an equitable way of funding GARNET, including jointly leveraging in the acquisition of funding and research support from Government and Donor Agencies; Ascertain that each member has a viable network and take on the task of ensuring that a Wide Area Network (WAN) linking the members is set up; Solicit for funds for improving and extending the network; Setting up criteria for institutions to build their networks and looking for help for the institutions when needed; Deal with the training needs of GARNET members, including organizing workshops. Operate as a body that negotiates for block bandwidth acquisitions for members by identifying a common provider (ISP). Each member will indicate its requirements in this respect. It will liaise with the NCTE on matters related to acquiring finance to pay for ISP fees; Set up guidelines for the acquisition and distribution of bandwidths for the member unit users and admit more organization into GARNET; Take responsibility to get GARNET onto a National Backbone when there is one; Coordinate the library resources of member institutions for common acquisition and sharing, with the eventual establishment of “Universities of Ghana virtual library”; Work towards the eventual establishment of common platforms for the purpose of promoting e-learning, while encouraging individual members of GARNET to create content that can be shared; Work towards inter-connecting GARNET with the networks of other research and educational institutions’ networks worldwide.

Objectives Year Founded 2010 Members University of Ghana (UG); Kwame Nkrumah university of Science and Technology

(KNUST); University of Cape Coast (UCC); University for Development Studies (UDS); University of Education Winneba (UEW); University of Mines at Tarkwa (UMaT); Council for Scientific & Industrial research (CSIR) in Accra; Ashesi University College; Central University College; Ghana Institutive of Management and Public Administration; Ghana Telecom University College; Methodist University College; University of Cape Coast

URL http://www.garnet.edu.gh/

Regional REN WACREN

Address

Contact

http://www.garnet.edu.gh/


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Table 20 The Research & Education Network in Uganda

The Research and Education Network of Uganda, RENU

Description Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) was born in 2006 to bring together public and private research and higher education institutions in Uganda whose core mission is to provide a better education and research environment geared towards the development of the country. RENU brings together public and private research and higher education institutions in Uganda whose core mission is to provide a better education and research environment geared towards the development of the country. The motivation is to collectively address the similar challenges we face through a collaborative approach.

Objectives Year Founded 2006 Members Makerere University; Mbarara University of Science and Technology; Gulu University

Kyambogo University; Busitema University; Uganda Christian University; Islamic University in Uganda; Nkumba University; Aga Khan University; Kabale University; International Health Sciences University; Uganda Martyrs University; MUBS; UICT; JCRC; Makerere College of Health Sciences; NARO

URL http://www.renu.ac.ug/ Regional REN UbuntuNet Alliance Address Directorate for ICT Support - Network Operations Centre (NOC), College of Computing

and Information Sciences, Block A, Ground Floor, Makerere University - Kampala Contact Tel: +256 312 275543

Table 21 The Research and Education Network of Madagascar

iRENALA : Research and Education Network for Academic Learning Activities) Malagasy NREN Description Research and Education Network for Academic Learning Activities) is the Malagasy NREN

and was officially launched on June 8th 2012. It aims is to provide high speed connection, services, applications and resources for its members and end users. i RENALA association is composed by 21 founding members (6 public universities, 3 institutes of technologies, 2 learning center, 8 centers of research and 2 ministries - research and higher education and ICT & telecommunication). The NREN connects actually 18 sites by optical fiber with 155 Mb for whole.


URL http://www.irenala.edu.mg Regional REN UbuntuNet Alliance Address Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique; Fiadanana -

Antananarivo 101; Madagascar Contact President: Dr. Lala ANDRIAMAMPININA, [email protected] / Deputy: Jean Marie

RABEVOHITRA, [email protected]

http://www.renu.ac.ug/


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Table 22 The Research & Education Network of Somalia

The Research & Education Network of Somalia, SomaliREN Description SomaliREN is a non-profit organization whose primary goal is to promote research and

quality higher education among the Somalis. It is a network whose members include the major Somali higher education institutions and exists for the sole purpose of bringing them together to collaborate on issues that matter not only to them but to the Somali community at large. The organization’s activities and programs revolve around nurturing environments conducive to research and development, an area in which the whole region seems to lag far behind. SomaliREN is a member of a sub-regional backbone (UbuntuNet Alliance) network in eastern and southern Africa connecting National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to each other and to similar networks on other continents via GÉANT. SomaliREN’s efforts are currently focused on the development of the ICT capabilities of the member organizations to facilitate connectivity among them and also connect them to UbuntuNet Alliance. This is a first step towards building a suitable network infrastructure for e-Learning and cross-border research collaborations.

Objectives Promote and facilitate research and education networking among Somali Universities and Research organizations; Create stronger negotiating positions and get better terms of participating organizations in dealing with: a. Government and regulatory agencies on issues related to policy and regulations; b. Suppliers of hardware, software, online resources and bandwidth including getting benefits arising out of economies of scale; c. Development partners on issues of common benefit; d. Interconnecting with other research and education networks worldwide Explore ways of overcoming the high cost of information systems through pooling resources and sharing, where feasible, costs for common software, and promoting collaboration in areas that may include but are not limited to: a. E-Learning systems to help deliver common online courses; b. Library information systems that allow us to easily digitize and share our collections; Explore new avenues for other value-added services as may be needed from time to time in support of higher education and research networking in Somalia/Land; act as a focal point in relation to the many initiatives on Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in education and research networking, being undertaken around the world; mainstream peace building initiatives, gender and youth activities in all SomaliREN undertakings to secure sustainable co-existence as lead agents of change in the country

Year Founded 2006 Members University of Hargeisa; Amoud University; University of Burao; Puntland State University;

East Africa University; SIMAD University URL http://www.somaliren.org Regional REN UbuntuNet Alliance Address SomaliREN Secretariat, Jamia Plaza, 2nd Floor, Kigali Street Contact Telephone: +254204440633


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Table 23 The Research and Education Network of the Ivory Coast

RITER: Réseau Ivoirien de Télécommunication pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche (RITER) Description Objectives Year Founded 2011 Members Association of African Universities; The Ministry of Education and Scientific Research of

the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire URL www.riter.ci Regional REN WACREN: West and Central African Research and Education Network Address Contact

Table 24 The Research and Education Network of the DRC

Eb@le (DRC): Réseau d'Interconnexion des institutions d'enseignement supérieur, universitaire et de la recherche de la RD Congo Description eb@le interconnecte 7 Universités congolaises qui se trouvent sur la partie Ouest du

backbone national de ZAIN. Celui-ci part en effet de Moanda, il passe par Kinshasa, traverse la province de Bandundu, les deux Kasaï et arrive à Lubumbashi. Il était donc matériellement possible d’interconnecter les universités et centres de recherche de la RD Congo couverts à l’époque par cette partie du backbone national de ZAIN au sein d’un réseau national dénommé eb@le. A l’image du fleuve Congo (ebale en Lingala) qui interconnecte différentes cultures et différentes tribus de la RD Congo, non seulement entre elles, mais aussi avec le monde, eb@le doit être un réseau inclusif, interconnectant toutes les universités et centres de recherche de la RDC entre eux, puis avec leurs homologues africains et du monde. eb@le est donc un NREN (National Research and Education Network).

Objectives Year Founded 2007 Members Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), Université de

Kisangani (UNIKIS), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Université Catholique du Congo (UCC), Institut Supérieur de Techniques Appliquées (ISTA) et Université Pédagogique Nationale (UPN)

URL http://www.ebale.cd/ Regional REN UbuntuNet Alliance Address Avenue de la Democratie 44, Kinshasa-Gombe, B.P. 14898, Kinshasa 1, Republique

Democratique du Congo Contact


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Table 25 The Research and Education Network of Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Education and Research Network (EthERNet) Description The Ethiopian Education and Research Network (EthERNet) was initiated in 2001 as part of

a national capacity building program that included projects such as SchoolNet and WoredaNet that aimed to provide connectivity and specialized applications for Schools and for local governments. EthERNet was launched to build and deliver highly interconnected and high performance networks for Universities and other Educational and Research Institutions in Ethiopia. More specifically, EthERNet was aimed to build and deliver high performance networking that connected these institutions with each other and similar institutions in the world, and by doing this to enable them to share educational resources and collaborate both within Ethiopia and globally. Currently EthERNet has a network with 20MBit/sec or better bandwidth that ties many of the established universities in Ethiopia. In addition, a big project to build the next generation network that would provide 10GBit/sec to each of the public universities and interconnecting them, has been launched. This network which will provide a very high performing, robust network that will be built to minimize single points of failure through the use of network rings in various parts of the network. It is being built not only to provide the bandwidth that is currently needed but to also provide capacity for a very dynamic growth that will demand higher bandwidths in the coming years.

Objectives

Year Founded 2001 Members Association of African Universities; The Ministry of Education and Scientific Research of

the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire URL http://www.ubuntunet.net/ethernet Regional REN UbuntuNet Alliance Address ICT Center of Excellence; Ground Floor of International Leadership Institute Building,

Madagascar Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Contact CEO: Tewodros Mebrahtu, Email: [email protected] / CTO: Zelalem

Assefa, Email: [email protected]




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Table 26 The Research and Education of Gabon

Gabon National Network of Education and Research (GabonREN) Description Objectives l'amélioration de la qualité de la formation et de la recherche, la mobilité des élèves et

étudiants, des enseignants, chercheurs et du personnel administratif et technique, la démocratisation de l'accès à l'information et un meilleur partage du savoir, la mutualisation des ressources pédagogiques et de recherche, la gouvernance numérique par le développement des e-services. L'atelier, organisé en collaboration avec l'Association des Universités Africaines, marquera le lancement des activités du GabonREN. la participation des acteurs et partenaires de l'éducation et de la recherche, et permettra d'adopter un plan stratégique: pour l'interconnexion des structures d'éducation et de recherche (Universités, grandes écoles, laboratoires et des Centres de Recherche). le développement des contenus et le renforcement des capacités.

Year Founded 2001 Members Association of African Universities; The Ministry of National Education, Higher Education,

Scientific Research, Innovation and Culture of Gabon, University Omar Bongo, Libreville; Réseaux d'Enseignement et de Recherche (URER)

URL http://gabonren.blogspot.se/p/forum.html Regional REN WACREN Address Contact

Table 27 The Research and Education Network of Kenya

Kenya Education Network (KENET) Description KENET aims to interconnect all the Universities, Tertiary and Research Institutions in Kenya

by setting up a cost effective and sustainable private network with high speed access to the global Internet. Vision: To be a leading research and education network driving quality higher education and research through ICT Mission and To be a key catalyst and driver of the integration of ICT in teaching, learning and research through quality, cost-competitive and efficient ICT services and to be a key partner in the development of the Kenyan ICT society

Objectives 1. to provide a sustainable and high-speed Internet connectivity to Educational Institutions; 2. to facilitate electronic communication among Beneficiaries in Educational Institutions; 3. to support the sharing of teaching and learning resources among Educational Institutions; 4. to support teaching and learning over the Internet for Beneficiaries in Educational Institutions both in Kenya and outside; 5. to collaborate in the development of relevant content of syllabi in Educational Institutions; 6. to collaborate in research in Educational Institutions.

Year Founded 1999 Members URL http://kenet.or.ke/new/ Regional REN Ubuntu Alliance Network Address 30244 00100, Nairobi. Contact EMAIL: [email protected]



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Table 28 The Research and Education Network of Mali

MaliREN: Réseau National de Recherche et d'Education du Mali Description Mission: Bâtir une infrastructure de communication numérique pour l'éducation et la

Recherche Interconnectant la communauté nationale de la recherche, de l'enseignement supérieur et de l'éducation aux réseaux d'Education et de Recherche au niveau régional, africain et international; MaliREN vise également à promouvoir une bonne maitrise des outils basés sur les technologies de l'information et de la Communication (TIC) pour une utilisation optimale aussi bien dans l'enseignement supérieur, la recherche, la formation que dans la gestion et l'administration des ressources archivistiques et documentaires; MaliREN dans son déploiement contribuera au développement et la recherche et de l'offre de formation par la disponibilité de technologies éducatives nouvelles dans un environnement numérique de travail généralisé

Objectives interconnecter les établissements d'enseignement supérieur et les institutions nationales de recherche en vue de mutualiser l’ensemble des ressources matérielles, éducatives et de recherche, de permettre une vue intégrée et cohérente du système d’information par les Ministères de tutelle, et de mobiliser les appuis et financements disponibles auprès des partenaires destinés aux structures associatives d’enseignement et de recherche. En jouant le rôle de réceptacle pouvant appuyer ou héberger les autres entités du système éducatif, s’inscrit parfaitement dans les objectifs du projet d’interconnexion des établissements d’enseignement supérieur porté par l'Agence des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (AGETIC) et celui d’interconnexion des structures de santé porté par l’Agence Nationale de Télésanté et d’Informatique Médicale (ANTIM).

Year Founded Members

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Table 29 the Research and Education Network of Mozambique

Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) Description The Mozambique Research and Education Network, MoRENet was established by the

Ministry of Science and Technology in 2005. The MoRENet project is a part of the ICT Policy Implementation Strategy. The NREN is a nationwide data network that will interconnect academic and research institutions, developing activities with non-profit purposes. The network, which is intended to be a framework for fast and efficient exchange of research data among its members, has as main philosophy to take advantage and make use of the already deployed fiber infrastructure in the country. The network will accommodate both public and private academic institutions and research centers. MoRENet is one of the founding members of the UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking.

Objectives Year Founded 2005 Members URL http://www.ubuntunet.net/morenet Regional REN Ubuntu Alliance Network Address 770 Patrice Lumumba Av. Maputo - Mozambique Contact Tel: +258 1 21352800 / Fax: +258 1 21352860 / eMail: secretariado[at]mct.gov.mz

Table 30 The Research and Education Network in Malawi

Malawi Research and Education Network- MAREN Description MAREN, Malawi Research and Education Network, was founded in October 2005 to offer a

single focus for pursuing excellent Internet connectivity for the Tertiary Education and Research Sectors in Malawi. It builds on the head start offered by the Malawi Library and Information Consortium (MALICO) VSATs network but aims to go further by providing fast fibre connectivity linked to neighboring countries, to the rest of Africa and to the EU academic network.

Objectives Year Founded 2005 Members the University of Malawi, Mzuzu University and the Department of Agricultural Research

Services; the Lilongwe University of Science and Technology (LUSTECH); Tthe Malawi Library and Information Consortium; FRENIA (Fostering Research and Education Networking In Africa) for startup funding; University of Malawi; Bunda College; College of Medicine; Chancellor College; KCN - Lilongwe & Blantyre campuses); Malawi Polytechnic; Mzuzu University

URL http://www.malico.mw/maren/ Regional REN Ubuntu Alliance Network Address University of Malawi, P.O. Box 278; Zomba, Malawi. Contact Prof. L. Kamwanja, MAREN Chairperson - Tel: +265 1 524 282 / Fax: +265 1 524 760 /

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Table 31 The Research and Education Network in Sudan

Sudanese Universities Information Network (SUIN) Description Sudanese Research and Educational Network (SudREN) is the National Research and

Education Network of Sudan. It began as a project initiated by some university Vice-Chancellors in 2004. SudREN is a specialized Internet Service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within Sudan. SudREN is a non-profit entity operating under the umbrella of the Association of Sudanese Universities. All research and education institutions of Sudan are eligible to become members of SudREN. The project was implemented under the umbrella of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research with name of the Sudanese Universities Virtual Library (SUVL). The Information Technology Support Fund of the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) supported and financed the project. The overall objective of the project was to link thirty public universities in an information network to provide local and global information through a virtual library. In October2009, the project became a unit operational under the umbrella of the Association of Sudanese Universities (ASU). The ASU council elected 13 vice-chancellors for the Board of Directors.

Objectives The objectives of the Sudanese Research and Education Network (SudREN) are: To secure broadband connectivity between the Sudanese research and educational institutions, with other regional Research and Education Network and the rest of the World. To provide a reliable and affordable Internet Service to the Sudanese research and educational institutions. To stimulate and encourage research cooperation among member institutions and with their regional and global counterparts. To provide various electronic services that lead to the development of scientific research and education among member institutions. To develop human capacity and exchange experiences between the research and educational institutions in the field of communications and information technology. To establish partnerships with research and education networks regionally and globally.

Year Founded 2004 Members University of Khartoum; Sudan University of Science and Technology; Al-Neelain

University; University of Gezira; Open Sudan University; Al-Zaiem Al-Azhari University; International University of Africa; University of Medical Science and Technology; Future University; Kordofan University; Alahfad University; University of Holy Qu'ran and Islamic Studies; Red Sea University; Elrazi College; Nile Valley University; El-Imam El-Mahdi University; El-Gadarif University; Al Fashir University; National Ribat University; University of West Kordofan; Kassala University; Omdurman Islamic University; Nyala University; Dongola University

URL Regional REN Address P.O. BOX 321/22, 11115, University of Khartoum, Sudan Contact Tel: +249 155662050 / Tel: +249 155662060 / Internal tel: 100 / Email: [email protected]



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Table 32 The Research and Education Network of Mozambique

Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) Description Objectives To establish a sustainable and high capacity network infrastructure connecting

educational and research institutions in Tanzania. 2.To increase the usage of the computer as a tool that stimulates the creativity, critical analysis, the divergent thoughts, the expressive capacity and the resolution of problems. 3.To enable Tanzania students to construct their own knowledge as they learn and to develop skills necessary in the highly technological modern society. 4.To establish a human resource base of highly qualified people that will increase the country’s international competence and its successful participation in the globalization process 5.To support the establishment and sharing of teaching and learning resources among educational and research institutions in Tanzania and the globe 6.To enable linkages with and among various economic sectors that can leverage national development. 7.To increase the usage of the computer as a tool that stimulates the creativity, critical analysis, the divergent thoughts, the expressive capacity and the resolution of problems. 8.To enable Tanzania students to construct their own knowledge as they learn and to develop skills necessary in the highly technological modern society. 9.To establish a human resource base of highly qualified people that will increase the country’s international competence and its successful participation in the globalization process 10.To support the establishment and sharing of teaching and learning resources among educational and research institutions in Tanzania and the globe 11.To enable linkages with and among various economic sectors that can leverage national development

Year Founded 2002 Members

URL http://www.ternet.or.tz/index.php/other-nrens Regional REN Address Alli Hassan Mwinyi Road; P.O Box 95062; Dar es Salaam Contact Email: [email protected]; Mobile: +255787716778 || +255754295774 || +255754464678

Table 33 The Research and Education Network in Zambia

Zambia Research and Education Network - ZAMREN Description Objectives To implement needs assessments and create conditions for increased use of ICT to

improve quality and efficiency of teaching and learning at Zambian Higher Education institutions; develop ZAMREN's organisational, administrative and technical capacity to support member organisations in being connected and making full use of available education and research networks; review and develop policy plans for ICT implementation strategies at the level of the Zambian Higher Education institutions; improve internet access and interconnectivity between local research and education institutions and regional institutions; improve the provision of ICT facilities, service delivery and training for academic, admin and management staff and students of ZAMREN member organisations; contribute to a better use of internet, intranet and other ICT applications in higher education programmes by ZAMREN member



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organisations through new and revised curricula with ICT-based and e-learning modalities.


URL http://www.ubuntunet.net/zamren Regional REN UbuntuNet Alliance Address Contact CEO: Mr. Bonny Khunga; CTO: Mr. Dickson Lungu

Table 34 The Research and Education Network of Morocco

Moroccan Academic and Research Wide Area Network- MARWAN Description Moroccan Academic and Research Wide Area Network, plus connu sous l'acronyme de «

MARWAN » est le réseau informatique national à but non lucratif, dédié à l'éducation, à la formation et à la recherche. Il a pour objectif de mettre en place une infrastructure d'information et de communication entre les établissements de formation et d'enseignement. Depuis sa création en 1998, MARWAN a permis aux universités marocaines de développer de nouveaux services en matière d'enseignement, de transfert de technologie et de recherche scientifique. Dans le cadre du lancement du programme d'urgence de l'éducation nationale pour la période 2009-2012, le Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST) lance une nouvelle version du réseau MARWAN. Le CNRST s'appuie sur l'évolution des technologies de communication à l'échelle internationale pour améliorer la qualité, le service et l'architecture du réseau de MARWAN afin qu'il réponde aux standards internationaux et aux exigences liées à la modernisation de l'Université marocaine. Pour cela, le CNRST a sollicité les opérateurs nationaux de télécommunication pour proposer une nouvelle version du réseau MARWAN qui intègre les évolutions techniques de ces dernières années. L'offre de l'opérateur Méditel a été retenue en commun accord avec les universités. Dans sa nouvelle topologie, MARWAN 3 offre aux établissements et universités un choix de débits entre 2 et 100 Mbps. Sa connexion avec le réseau GEANT est réservée uniquement au trafic académique. Tout le trafic internet « commercial » est véhiculé par un autre lien Internet à partir du coeur du réseau fourni par Méditel.


URL http://www.marwan.ma/ Regional REN Address Angle avenue Allal El Fassi, avenue des FAR, Hay Ryad, BP. 8027 NU, 10102, Rabat -

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Table 35 The Research and Education Network of Tunisia

Réseau National Universitaire (R.N.U.)- Tunisia Description L’architecture du Réseau National Universitaire RNU2 se base sur le développement d’un

intranet universitaire composé de sous réseaux privés et de réseaux virtuels pour l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche. Il s’agit d’une architecture à 3 niveaux : L’intranet de l’enseignement supérieur, L’intranet de l’université, L’intranet de l’EER (Etablissement d'Enseignement et de Recherche). Les établissements d'Enseignement et de Recherche (EER) appartenant à une même université seront connectés à l’épine dorsale du RNU avec un très haut débit. Les NOC des universités seront connectés entre eux avec un haut débit pour permettre les échanges entre les universités. Actuellement, trois NOCs sont en exploitation à savoir celle du Campus EL Manar et Campus de la Manouba et l’université virtuelle à la cité des sciences, deux autres NOCs sont en cours de construction situés à Sousse et Sfax, dans l'attente de la mise en place des autres NOCs aux régions : Médenine, Gafsa, Kairouan, Béja. En outre le Centre de Calcul EL Khawarizmi a mis en place des liaisons en fibre optique et ce, pour quelques institutions, où le réseau de Tunisie télécom offre cette possibilité, desquelles on cite: La Cité des Sciences : Administration et espace coréen, L’Université virtuelle à la mutuelle ville, Ecole Business Scholl à Ben Arous L’Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Carthage.

Objectives l’interconnexion de l’ensemble des institutions universitaires, les équipes et les laboratoires de recherche ainsi que les services administratifs à travers un réseau maillé et vise à offrir un ensemble d’applications et de services notamment des services Internet. Pour cela, le Centre de Calcul El Khawarizmi a été désigné depuis 1997 comme fournisseur de services internet au profit des institutions universitaires. Il a offert initialement à l’ensemble des établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche EER l’accès au réseau Internet avec les services de base suivants: La messagerie électronique, La navigation sur le web, L’accès à des ressources distantes (Telnet), Le rapatriement de produits (FTP), Visioconférences


URL http://www.rnu.tn/index.php Regional REN Address Campus Universitaire de la Manouba 2010, Tunisie Contact Tél.: (216) 71 60 29 40 / (216) 71 60 29 44 - Fax: (216) 71 60 19 30 Email: [email protected]



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4.1.1.2 NRENs in Europe

Table 36 The German Research and Education Network

Table 37 The Research and Education Network in the Netherlands

Netherlands: SURFnet SURFnet helps researchers, teachers and students work together using ICT. SURFnet ensures that researchers, instructors, and students can work together simply and effectively with the aid of ICT. It therefore promotes, develops, and operates a trusted, connecting ICT infrastructure that facilitates optimum use of the possibilities offered by ICT. SURFnet is thus the driving force behind ICT-based innovation in higher education and research in the Netherlands. Our mission: We are a non-profit 'task organisation' forming part of SURF, the Dutch higher education and research partnership for ICT-driven innovation. Our mission is: To improve higher education and research by promoting, developing, and operating a trusted, connecting ICT infrastructure that facilitates optimum use of the possibilities offered by ICT. Our vision: Collaboration, researching and learning together, and sharing knowledge, data and tools all help determine the quality of higher education and research in the Netherlands. ICT makes a major contribution to all this. We therefore focus on two areas: 1. a network infrastructure: a hybrid fixed-wireless network as the basis for all collaboration, providing efficient, unlimited data transport; 2. a collaboration infrastructure: a pioneering collaboration environment that seamlessly connects systems, services, tools, and people. Year Founded URL http://www.surfnet.nl/en/Pages/default.aspx Regional REN SURFnet

Germany: DFN Science itself organized the German National Research and Education Network, DFN, the communications network for science and research in Germany. It connects universities and research institutions with one another and has become an integral part of the European and worldwide community of research and education networks. In addition, through several high-performance peering points, DFN is connected with the common Internet. DFN offers its users a multitude of customized applications for communication. It is constantly being enhanced by new and innovative applications which are developed and tested in projects and piloting ventures. DFN provides further training to its users conducting conferences and workshops. Moreover, there are contacts in various competence centres available to provide advice and support with important questions concerning the use of the services. The association to promote a German education and research network, DFN-Verein, organizes DFN and guarantees its further development and use. DFN-Verein is an acknowledged non-profit association. Year Founded URL www.dfn.de Regional REN Address Contact

http://www.dfn.de/


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Address Radboudkwartier 273, 3511 CK Utrecht, The Netherlands Contact Telephone: +3130 2 305 305, Fax: +3130 2 305 329,

E-mail: [email protected]

Table 38 Austrian Academic Computer Network

Austria: ACOnet

ACOnet is the Austrian Academic Computer Network (NREN) for science, research, education and culture. ACOnet offers its members high-performance access via GÉANT to international academic networks, as well as the Internet. For quite some time ACOnet concentrates especially on the communication and cooperation with organizations of arts and culture in Austria. Therefore a new working group was established, not only addressing ACOnet participants. In 2013 ACOnet is organizing the international "Network Performing Arts Production Workshop" in cooperation with the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The Austrian Academic Computer Network (ACOnet) is a national backbone network for science, research and education. ACOnet provides a powerful network-infrastructure based on DWDM-technology and 10 Gigabit Ethernet for data communication between academic institutions, international networks and offers full Internet connectivity. ACOnet operates points of presence in the following locations: Vienna, Linz, Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Eisenstadt, Leoben and Dornbirn. In May 2009 the new ACOnet PoPs in St. Pölten and Krems were set up. With this new Backbone ACOnet participants have the possibility to realise projects with high data volume together. ACOnet is based on a wavelength transparent fibre optic backbone. This allows multiple 10 Gbit transmission paths per route. To provide a stable and failsafe network, all ACOnet points of presence are connected in a redundant manner.

Year Founded URL http://www.aco.net/technologie.html?&L=1 Regional REN ACOnet Address ACOnet / VIX, Universitaetsstr. 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria Contact Telephone: +43-1-4277-14030 / Fax +43-1-4277-9140, email admin(at)aco.net

http://www.aco.net/geant.html?&L=1

http://www.aco.net/internet_anschluss.html?&L=1

http://www.aco.net/standorte.html?&L=1


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Table 39 Ireland’s National Education and Research Network

Ireland: HEAnet

HEAnet is Ireland’s National Education and Research Network and provides cutting edge Internet and associated ICT and e-Infrastructure services to Educational and Research organisations throughout Ireland. HEAnet’s e-Infrastructure services underpin academic research and education activity in Ireland with approximately 200,000 students and staff (third-level) and approximately 800,000 students and staff (first and second-level) relying on the HEAnet network each day for their learning and research needs. Established in 1984 by the Irish Universities with the support of the Higher Education Authority, HEAnet today provides an essential e-Infrastructure service across all levels of the Irish education system. Our very high bandwidth network connects all Irish Universities, all Institutes of Technology, other higher education institutions (HEIs) and research organisations, in addition to all primary and post-primary schools across Ireland. It is HEAnet that connects these Irish learners and researchers to the Internet, online educational resources, and to fellow national educational and research networks in Europe, the USA and the rest of the world. HEAnet is committed to delivering, supporting and maintaining the most cost-effective and technically advanced e-Infrastructure and services to meet the needs of its user community. Cost-efficiency is at the heart of the HEAnet operation as its core mission statement is to deliver value for money.

Year Founded 1984

URL http://www.heanet.ie

Regional REN TERENA

Address HEAnet Ltd., 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland.

Contact Telephone: +353-1-660 90 40 / Fax: +353-1-660 36 66 / email: [email protected]

Table 40 The Portugal Foundation for National Scientific Computing

Portugal: FCCN FCCN is a private non-profit institution, that began operations in January 1987Since 1987, with the support of universities and several national R&D institutions, we have contributed to the internet’s expansion in Portugal. We plan, manage and operate the national NREN, Science, Technology and Society Network (RCTS) – a high-performance network for organizations with higher communication needs. Given its characteristics, RCTS serves as a platform for developing and testing advanced communication applications and services. We also manage the ‘.pt’ domain registration service, provide services to our community (professors, students, researchers and university staff) and are involved in several national and international projects. We are an associate member of the Portuguese Foundations Centre. Year Founded 1987 URL www.fccn.pt Regional REN TERENA Address Campus of the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, LNEC Av Brazil, N -

38.75907 ° W - 9.14235 ° Contact Phone: +351 21 844 100; Fax: +351 21 847 21 67; email: secretaria fccn.pt

http://www.heanet.ie/


http://www.fccn.pt/en/fccn/location-and-contacts/#mail


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Table 41 The Italian Academic & Research Network

Italy: La Rete Italiana dell’ Universitita e della Ricerca :

GARR is the Italian Research & Education Network (NREN). It plans and operates the national high-speed telecommunication network for University and Scientific Research. Its shareholders are four major Research and Academic organizations in Italy, CNR, ENEA, INFN and Fondazione CRUI, representing the Conference of Italian University Rectors.

The GARR-G backbone is based on high-bandwidth circuits up to 10 Gbps, using various technologies such as DWDM, SDH and MPLS.Leveraging the high-bandwidth of user access, GARR-G provides its community of users, in addition to standard IPv4, a series of advanced network services such as IPv6, Multicast IPv4, L2 and L3 VPN, IP QoS. The GARR network also supports a variety of innovative applications, including Grids and Distributed Computing, Telemedicine, e-Learning and Multimedia, High Energy Physics, Radio astronomy, Earth Observation, Supercomputing.

Year Founded URL http://www.garr.it/b/eng Regional REN TERENA Address - Via dei Tizii, 6 - 00185 Roma Contact Tel. 0649622000 - Fax 0649622044 | CF 97284570583 – PI 07577141000

Table 42 The Estonian Education and Research Network

Estonia: EENet The Estonian Education and Research Network (EENet) is a governmental non-profit organization that was established in August 1993 by the Ministry of Education with the task of managing, coordinating and developing the computer network of science, education and culture. Since 1997 EENet has been operating as a state agency administered by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. The mission of EENet is to provide a high-quality national network infrastructure for Estonia’s research, educational and cultural communities. Its services include a permanent Internet connection as well as webhosting, e-mail, ftp, DNS and consultations in the event of security problems. Development projects are being carried out in cooperation with universities and institutes, among them the Estonian GRID project launched in 2004. The current international connection of EENet is a 5 Gbps channel to the GÉANT2 network. The backbone of the educational and research network in the country connects most of its counties Year Founded 1993 URL http://www.eenet.ee/EENet/EENet_en Regional REN EENet Address Raekoja plats 14, Tartu 51004, Estonia Contact Tel: +372 730 2110, Fax: +372 730 2111

http://www.cnr.it/

http://www.enea.it/

http://www.infn.it/

http://www.crui.it/

http://www.garr.it/b/eng


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Table 43 The Research and Education Network in France

France: RENATEL RENATER, Réseau National de télécommunications pour la Technologie l’Enseignement et la Recherche, a été déployé au début des années 90 pour fédérer les infrastructures de télécommunication pour la recherche et l’éducation. Afin de mener à bien cette action, le Groupement d’Intérêt Public RENATER a été constitué en février 1993. Les organismes membres du GIP RENATER sont : CNRS, CPU, CEA, INRIA, CNES, INRA, INSERM, ONERA, CIRAD, Irstea, IRD, BRGM, ainsi que le Ministère l’enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche et le ministère de l’Éducation Nationale. Plus de 1300 sites sont raccordés via les réseaux de collectes régionaux au réseau national RENATER. Ce réseau fournit une connectivité nationale et internationale, il évolue régulièrement en fonction de l’évolution des technologies et des capacités des infrastructures disponibles. Le GIP RENATER est également maître d’ouvrage du SFINX, point d’échanges entre opérateurs créé en 1995. Year Founded 1993 URL http://www.renater.fr/support?lang=fr Regional REN TERENA Address Paris : GIP RENATER 23-25 rue Daviel, 75013 PARIS

Montpellier : GIP RENATER 2196 Boulevard de la Lironde ; Parc Agropolis II - Bâtiment 6 ; 34980 Montferrier sur Lez

Contact Tel : 0 800 77 47 95 (numéro vert) ; email : [email protected]

Table 44 The Greek Research & Technology Network

Greece: GRNET SA GRNET SA runs the Greek Research & Technology Network, according to the operating model of corresponding EU Research and Education Networks. It operates both at a national and international level and constitutes the setting for the development of innovative services for the members of the Greek research and education communities. GRNET SA connects more than 90 institutions, including all universities, technical and research institutes, as well as the public Greek School Network, supporting more than 500.000 users all over the country. Moreover, it provides local interconnection services to the main Greek Internet providers, through the Greek Internet Exchange/GR-ΙΧ (www.gr-ix.gr/). GR-IX started operating in 2008 and provides interconnection at Nx10 Gbps, enhancing the quality of internet service and infrastructure nationwide. GRNET SA aims at contributing towards our country’s Digital Convergence with the EU, by supporting the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), by constituting the ideal setting for scientific research towards future network developments, by developing and offering innovative services and applications to Greek citizens from an early age (e-government, e-learning, e-integration), and by introducing advanced technological tools in everyday activities; tools that will improve their quality of life, will reduce unnecessary transportation and will render them more effective and competitive, equal members of the Digital Greek Community. Year Founded URL http://www.grnet.gr/default.asp?pid=167&la=2 Regional REN GRENET Address 56, Mesogion Av. 11527, Athens Contact Telephone: + 30 210 – 7474274; Fax: +30 210 – 7474490; e-mail: [email protected]

http://www.renater.fr/support?lang=fr

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Table 45 National Information Infrastructure Development Institute of Hungary

Table 46 Inter-University Computation Center

Israel: IUCC IUCC (Inter-University Computation Center - "MACHBA" in Hebrew), is a non-profit organization established by 8 universities in Israel, and is supported by the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education. IUCC deals with communication infrastructures, digital information services, learning technologies and grid computing infrastructures. IUCC also promotes cooperation in these areas among its member institutions, and between research institutes and organizations dealing with research and instruction, which share these common interests. Goals: The non-profit organization deals with communication infrastructures, digital information services, learning technologies and grid infrastructures; it also promotes cooperation and assistance in these areas among its member institutions, and between them and research institutes and organizations sharing the same interests, which deal with university research and instruction issues. Year Founded URL http://www.iucc.ac.il/eng/info/about.htm Regional REN IUCC Address Contact Ilya Roizman Administrative Director 03-6460558 [email protected]

Table 47 The Latvian Academic Network Laboratory of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science

Latvia: SigmaNet SigmaNet – we are the Academic Network Laboratory of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, which began its operation under the name LATNET in 1993, offering e-mail and dial-up services. SigmaNet was formed in 2007 by a very successful and seasoned veteran team, providing hosting and data center services to thousands of legal persons and individuals in Latvia. We stand for: Exceptional customer service; Continuous server operations; Equipment of high functionality; Professional advice and technical support 24 x 7; Fair competition! Year Founded 1993 URL http://www.sigmanet.lv/resource/show/55 Regional REN SigmaNet Address Raina bulvaris 29, Riga, LV- 1459 Contact Tel: (+371) 67211241; Fax: (+371) 67225072; E-mail: [email protected]

Table 48 Lithuanian higher education institutions Network

Lithuania: LITNET Lithuanian higher education institutions Network LITNET (hereinafter - LITNET) combines science, research and educational institutions in computer networks. The present network connected organizations can be provided by data services, introduction of innovative computer network and service solutions. LITNET development is assured by the Minister of Education approved multi LITNET support and development programs, which are determined LITNET Development Goals, targets, measures and achieving results. LITNET operation and management of the infrastructure and the service support and development




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principles are defined in the MES and universities engaged in LITNET technical centers of the cooperation agreement (2011. 12 January. No.. S-12). LITNET infrastructure owned LITNET technical services. LITNET technical centers provided by the Kaunas University of Technology Vilnius University, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vytautas Magnus University, University, University. Year Founded 2011 URL http://www.litnet.lt Regional REN LITNET Address Students 48a-101; Kaunas Contact Email: [email protected]


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Table 49 Research and Education Network of Serbia

Serbia: AMRES Academic Network of Serbia (AMRES) is the national research and education network of Serbia, offering modern information-communication services and Internet connection to its users. AMRES is the most significant scientific, research and educational resource and a carrier of the Information Society development in Serbia. It's considered to be the most advanced network in our country, with over 150 connected institutes and more than 150.000 active users. AMRES represents one of the most important national research and educational resource and carrier of Information Society development. AMRES was established in order to build, develop and manage the education and research computer network of the Republic of Serbia, as well as to actualize the rights of pupils and students to education and information. Using the informatics and Internet infrastructure, and computer network, AMRES provides the education and research organizations and other members with access and use of the Internet and information services in the country, as well as the connection with national and international networks of such type. Year found URL http://www.amres.ac.rs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=

152 Regional REN Computer Security Incident Response Team Address Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 90 (middle floor)

11000 Belgrade Serbia

Contacts Phone: +381 11 7158 942 Fax: + 381 11 3370 288 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Table 50 Slovak Research and Education Network

Slovakia : SANET SANET is an independent civil association, members of which agreed with conditions to provide each other with Internet services. It is a non-profit organisation whose members contribute to operation of the network. The SANET members must agree with the statute, rules of the usage of the SANET network and AUP. SANET is not the organisation managed by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic. The Ministry of Education contributes to working of SANET by the subsidy for high schools and universities. Year found 1990 URL http://www.sanet.sk/en/historiasanetu.shtm Regional REN TERENA (Transeuropean Research and Educational Networking Association),

RIPE NCC (Reséaux IP Européens Network Co-ordination Center) Consortium GÉANT (the operator of the Pan-European Gigabit Research Network) CEEnet (Central and Eastern European Networking Association)

Address azovova 5, 812 69 Bratislava, Slovakia Contacts tel/fax: +421-2-52498094,

E-mail: [email protected], webdesign: msj:c®eative


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Table 51 Academic and Research Network of Slovenia

Slovenia: ARNES

The Academic and Research Network of Slovenia (ARNES) is a public institute that provides network services to research, educational and cultural organizations, and enables them to establish connections and cooperation with each other and with related organizations abroad. ARNES builds, maintains and manages infrastructure linking universities, institutes, research laboratories, museums, schools, databases and digital libraries. It offers users the same services as national academic networks in other countries; it cooperates with these networks in European Commission projects to test, develop and introduce new Internet protocols and services. It also provides services that are not offered by commercial organizations but which are essential to the operation of the Internet in Slovenia. Due to continual technological change, ARNES continuously adapts to the needs of its users. In the long term, it aims to provide users with equal opportunities for cooperation in the unified European area. This requires closely connected network infrastructure with uniform technical and safety standards, and services established and maintained by national educational and research networks across the whole of Europe. The ARNES network links over 1000 Slovenian organizations and makes ARNES' services available to nearly 200,000 people. International connections with educational and research networks in other countries are provided through the multi-gigabit GÉANT network co-financed by the European Commission. Users can therefore participate in international projects requiring fast and reliable information-communications connections, stable videoconference transmission and the transmission of large amounts of data. Year found URL http://www.arnes.si/en/about-arnes.html Regional REN GÉANT network Address ARNES PO Box 7 1001 Ljubljana Slovenia Contacts Tel.: + 386 1 479 88 77 / Fax.: + 386 1 479 88 78


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Table 52 The Spanish academic and research network

Spain: RedIRIS RedIRIS is the Spanish academic and research network that provides advanced communication services to the scientific community and national universities. It is funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and is included in the Ministry's map of Special Scientific and Technological Facilities (ICTS). It is managed by the Public Corporate Entity Red.es, which reports to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. RedIRIS has over 400 affiliated institutions, mainly universities and public research centres, which join this community by signing an affiliation agreement. RedIRIS originated in 1988 when the National Research and Development Plan implemented a special horizontal programme, known as IRIS (Interconexión de los Recursos InformáticoS, i.e. Computing Resources Interconnection), to set up a network interconnecting the universities and research centres' computer resources. From when it was set up until the end of 1993, IRIS was managed by Fundesco . After 1991, when the promotion and launch phase was considered complete, the IRIS Programme became RedIRIS. Between January 1994 and 2003 RedIRIS was managed by the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council). In January 2004 RedIRIS was integrated as an independent department with its own identity within the Public Corporate Entity Red.es, reporting to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. Year found 1988 URL http://www.rediris.es/rediris/historia/ Regional REN GÈANT, Address - Contacts -

Table 53 The Swiss Research and Education Network

Switzerland : SWITCH SWITCH is synonymous with the networking of Swiss academia. Our high-performance network connects Internet users in Switzerland with one another, as well as with Europe and the rest of the world. The vision underlying this, the latest news and initiatives concerning SWITCH, plus a whole lot more can be discovered here. "SWITCH is opening up the knowledge area" – these seven words set out the vision that SWITCH has for the future in its Strategy 2020. The route to achieving this is characterised by our mission to strengthen and integrate the Swiss universities in international terms: by developing pioneering internet services for them which give students, lecturers and researchers here a technological lead. Out of true passion. And because a healthy university and research landscape is a driving force behind a successful economy. What vision and mission are we pursuing? Who are the people whose daily work is committed to the education and research network? You can find out all this and much more on our Profile pages. We invite you to join us on an exciting journey through the world of SWITCH, which is inexorably linked to the development of the Internet. Year found 1980 URL http://www.switch.ch/about/profile/foundation/ Regional REN TERENA and DANTE, Address SWITCH, PO Box, CH-8021 Zurich, Switzerland Contacts Phone Helpdesk: 0848 844 080, international +41 (0) 848 844 080

Fax: 0848 844 081, international +41 (0) 848 844 081 E-mail: [email protected]

http://wwwn.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=plan_idi&id=2

http://www.csic.es/

http://www.red.es/

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Table 54 TURKISH ACADEMIC NETWORK and INFORMATION CENTER

Turkey: ULAKBIM The Turkish Academic Network and Information Centre (ULAKBIM) was founded as a R&D Facility Institute of TÜBİTAK in 1996. ULAKBIM’s main objectives have been set as operating a high speed computer network enabling interaction within the institutional elements of the national innovation system, and providing information technology support and information services to help scientific production. ULAKBIM aims at providing technological facilities such as computer networks, information technology support, and information and document delivery services, to meet the information requirements of universities and research institutions, and to increase the efficiency and productivity of their end users. ULAKBIM consists of National Academic Network (ULAKNET) Unit, which undertakes the task of formation and operation of research and education network infrastructure in Turkey, and Cahit Arf Information Center, which provides information and document supply services nationwide. ULAKBIM consists of National Academic Network Unit, which undertakes the task of formation of academic network infrastructure in Turkey, and Cahit Arf Information Center, which provides information and document supply services nationwide. Year found : 1996 URL http://www.ulakbim.gov.tr/eng/ Regional REN National Academic Network Unit Address TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM

YÖK Binası B5 Blok 06539 Bilkent / ANKARA TÜRKİYE

Contacts (0312) 298 92 00 (Santral) (0312) 298 93 02 (Müdürlük) (0312) 298 93 93 (Faks)

Table 55 The United Kingdom Research and Education Network

United Kingdom: Janet

Janet is a part of Jisc Collections and Janet Limited, a Jisc company. Janet manages the operation and development of the Janet network, on behalf of Jisc. Jisc is the UK's expert on digital technology for education and research, its work is guided by its funders, owners (AoC, GuildHE and UUK) and trustees. Janet is government funded, with the primary aim of providing and developing a network infrastructure that meets the needs of the research and education communities. The concept of a community underpins everything we do and the network is based on the need for organizations to communicate, collaborate and co-operate in the shared interests of education and research. We offer many feedback mechanisms, including the Janet Stakeholder Group, to ensure that an open communication channel exists between us and the community we serve. Janet is the network dedicated to the needs of research and education in the UK. It connects the UK’s research and education institutions to each other, as well as to the rest of the world through links to the global Internet. In addition, Janet includes a separate network that is available to the community for experimental activities in network development.

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and Community Learning providers. It also provides connections between the Regional Broadband Consortia to facilitate the DfE initiative for a national schools’ network. Over 18 million end-users are currently served by the Janet network.

The range of activities facilitated by Janet allows individuals and institutions to push back the traditional boundaries of teaching, learning and research methods. For example, Janet’s videoconferencing and video streaming capabilities are being used to deliver lectures to remote groups of students. For researchers, the high capacity of the Janet backbone allows the linking of large data storage and high performance computing facilities at a national and international level.

Year founded

URL https://www.ja.net/

Regional REN Géant

Adress

Contacts email: [email protected] / Tel: 0300 300 2212 (from UK) or 00 44 1235 822 212 (outside UK)

Fax: 0300 300 2213 (from UK) or 00 44 1235 822 399 (outside UK)

Table 56 The Finnish University and Research Network

Finland: Funet network Funet (Finnish University and Research Network) is a high-speed data communications network serving the Finnish research community. It connects about 80 research organizations and 350 000 users. CSC maintains centralized IT systems for higher education and science administration. Centralized IT systems such as the centralized library catalogs support the research and education functions of the higher education sector. Funet network: We maintain and develop Funet, the Finnish University and Research Network, a superfast data communication network in the service of research and education. Funet has approximately 350 000 users. Funet is one of the most advanced research networks in the world. Funet services include:

• high-speed national and international data communication connections to other research networks and the Internet

• Funet CERT data security services • modern communications services: Video conferences, media services, wireless network roaming • consultancy and specialist services

Year founded

URL http://www.csc.fi/english/institutions/funet

Regional REN NORDUnet and GÉANT.

Adress Life Science Center, Keilaranta 14, Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland

Contacts Phone: +358 (0)9 457 2704 / Email: noc at funet.fi


http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/funet-cert/index_html


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Table 57 Icelandic University Research Network

Iceland: RHnet

The Icelandic University Research Network (RHnet) was formally established on january 24, 2001. Its objective is to link together Icelandic universities and research institutions by means of an high capacity computer network, and supply services in the field of computer communications, both domestically and internationally. RHnet is a limited company, founded with the sole aim of enhancing the level of communication within the Icelandic university and research community, and serve as its gateway to international networks. The company handles relations with NORDUnet, which is the collective university and research net of the Nordic countries. RHnet operates from Tæknigarður which is a part of the campus at the University of Iceland. The founders of RHnet are: The University of Iceland, Iceland University of Education, The University of Akureyri, Reykjavík University, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Hvanneyri Agricultural University, Bifröst School of Business, Hólar College, The State Horticultural School, The National University Hospital, The Nordic Volcanological Institute, The Icelandic Technological Institute, The Construction Research Institute, The Agricultural Research Institute, National Energy Authority, Marine Research Institute and The Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories. RHnet is based on the principle of exclusive service to the institutions linked to it. Thus RHnet is only open to acknowledged Icelandic institutions of research and higher learning. No distinction is made between basic and applied science provided that the institute in question enjoys official recognition. The criterium for institutes of higher learning is that of a university degree in at least one subject. Other institutions may be connected to the net, provided these are cooperating with a university or research institution and the connection is collectively beneficial. RHnet on the other hand does not connect individuals. Year founded 2001 URL http://www.rhnet.is/english/ Regional REN NORDUnet, Adress Contacts Managing Director: Jón Ingi Einarsson - 525 4300 / 892 4302 - [email protected]

RHnet Network Adminstrator: Maríus Ólafsson - 525 4747 - [email protected]

Table 58 The Swedish Research and Education Network

Sweden: SUNET SUNET started in the 1980s as a research project for Swedish computer scientists, and paved the way for the Internet in Sweden. SUNET is governed by a board appointed by the Swedish Research Council. In addition to the board, there is also a technical reference group, as well as people working at the participating universities. SUNET's aim is to provide Swedish universities and colleges with access to well-developed and effective national and international data communication and related services that meet their needs, whatever their geographical location. Year founded 1980 URL http://www.sunet.se/English/Home.html Regional REN NORDUnet Adress SUNET/NUNOC: Tulegatan 11, Stockholm

Swedish Research Council: Västra Järnvägsgatan 3, Stockholm SUNET, Tulegatan 11 2tr, SE-113 53 Stockholm, Sweden

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Table 59: Belarus' Research and Education Network

Belarus: United Institute of Informatics Problems (UIIP) United Institute of Informatics Problems (UIIP) is the leading organization in Belarus in fundamental and applied research on information technologies: CAD/CAM/CAE systems, applied mathematics, high performance parallel computing, bioinformatics and medical informatics, geoinformation systems, digital cartogragraphic systems, Space informatics, GRID-technologies. The Institute is the provider of scientific and educational Internet networks in Belarus. It takes part in state recommendations on information technologies implementation, scientific support of informatization processes, prognosis in related science and technology fields in Belarus, high skill specialists training. The staff of the institute (on 01.02.2012) is over 400 persons including 165 research workers: 1 Corresponding member of Belarussian Academy of Sciences, 16 scientists with Dsc degree and over 70 – with PhD degree. The history of the United Institute of Informatics Problems started on 1965 when on the base of some laboratories of the Institute of Mathematics and Computers of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences the Institute of Engineering Cybernetics (IEC) was founded. The first director of IEC from 1965 till 1970 was Corresponding member of Belarusian Academy of Sciences Georgiy.K.Goranski. For more than 35 years the IEC made a significant contribution into the development of fundamental and applied research in the field of computer aided design (CAD) systems, image processing, intelligent processes modeling. Year founded 1970 URL http://uiip.bas-net.by/eng/about/historical_background.php Regional REN Institute of Engineering Cybernetics (IEC) Adress contacts General Director: Alexander V. Tuzikov, DSc.

tel, fax: +(375 17) 284-21-40 / e-mail: [email protected]

Table 60 Norway's Research and Education Network

Norway : UNINETT group

The UNINETT Group delivers network connections and services to Norwegian universities, university colleges and research institutions, and handles other national ICT tasks in the best interests of society. With highly skilled staff in a number of specialities, the UNINETT Group represents one of Norway's most advanced ICT environments, with wide-ranging international activity through research projects and standardization initiatives within various fields of expertise. The UNINETT Group is owned by the Ministry of Education and Research and comprises the parent company and two subsidiaries with some 100 permanent employees. The enterprise is operated as a non-profit organization, and all profits are ploughed back into the activities of the enterprise and the objectives of the individual companies. The companies share office premises at Teknobyen in Trondheim. Turnover in 2010 totalled NOK 202 million. Year founded URL Regional REN Adress UNINETT, NO-7465 Trondheim - Norway Contacts Phone: Sentralbord: +47 73 55 79 00 / Driftssenter: +47 73 55 79 60

E-post: Generelle hendvendelser:[email protected] / Drift: [email protected]

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Table 61 Luxembourg's Research and Education Network

Luxembourg: RESTRENA foundation

RESTENA is the very high speed network for the education and research community of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Operational since 1989 and connected to the global Internet in 1992, the network is today deployed and operated by the RESTENA Foundation. The primary objective is to provide network services for all public and private institutions and organisations involved in the field of education, research, culture, health and administration, providing them with cutting-edge solutions for their communications needs. Set up in 2000, the Foundation brings together all types of research and teaching bodies, as well as the ministries for education, research and of finance. The Foundation also co-ordinates Internet resources nationally, managing .LU domain names and actively participating in the operation of the neutral platform for the exchange of Internet traffic LU-CIX. Year founded 2000 URL http://www.restena.lu/restena/en/EN-Objectives.html Regional REN GÉANT2 Adress 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, L-1359 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Contacts Phone: (+352) 42 44 09 1 * FAX: (+352) 42 24 73

E-Mail Address: [email protected]

4.1.2 Regional Research and Education Networks

4.1.2.1 Regional Research and Education Networks in Africa

In Africa, Research and Education Networks are organized in four sub-regions

Table 62 The Mediterranean Regional Education Network

EUMEDConnect The EUMEDCONNECT project is a pioneering initiative to establish and operate an IP-based network in the Mediterranean region. Countries in the Mediterranean region able to benefit from the EUMEDCONNECT project are Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. The EUMEDCONNECT network serves the research and education communities of the Mediterranean region, and is linked to the pan-European GÉANT2 network. To find out more about EUMEDCONNECT, explore the site using the links at the top of this page.

EUMEDCONNECT aims to transform the scale and reach of Mediterranean research networking, foster greater levels of research collaboration, and help accelerate the rate of development of the Internet in the region. It was a key part of the European Commission’s EUMEDIS (EUro-MEDiterranean Information Society) programme to promote Information Society objectives in the region, and was the principal infrastructure project supported by EUMEDIS.

The EUMEDCONNECT project began in December 2001 and is proceeding in two phases. In the first phase, feasibility and planning studies were conducted. In the second phase, the results of these studies have been implemented to develop and operate the EUMEDCONNECT network.

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Members Algeria: CERIST; Cyprus: CYNET; Egypt: EUN; Israel: IUCC; Jordan: UniCo; Malta: University of Malta; Morocco: CNRST; Palestinian Territories Birzeit University/Al Quds Open University; Syria: HIAST; Tunisia: RFR; Turkey: ULAKBIM

URL http://www.eumedconnect.net/server/show/nav.508

Table 63 The Arab States Research and Education Network

ASREN Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) is the association of the Arab region National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and strategic partners, that aim to implement, manage and extend sustainable Pan-Arab e-Infrastructures dedicated for the Research and Education communities and to boost scientific research and cooperation in member countries through the provision of world-class e-Infrastructures and E-services. ASREN vision is to support pan-Arab collaborative research and education projects and activities through high-speed networks, and to contribute to boosting scientific research, innovation and education across the Arab world by increasing efficiency and productivity of research and education communities. Year Founded 2010 URL http://www.asrenorg.net/about/chairmans-welcome.html Abu Ghazaleh & Co. Consulting, GmbH – Germany; Jordanian Universities

Network- Jordan ; Centre National Pour La Recherche Scientifique et Technique – Morocco ; Sudanese Research and Education Network - SudREN

Address 104 Mecca Street; P.O.Box: 921951, Amman 11192, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Contact Phone: (962 -6 ) 5100900 Ext:2403; Fax: (962 -6 ) 5100901; Email: [email protected]

Table 64 The West and Central African Research and Education Network

WACREN The Incubation of the regional network started at AfNOG 2006 and at the Regional Workshop on Research and Education Networks organised by the Association of African Universities (AAU) in Accra in November 2006. The need to build organizational and technical capacity within constituent NREN countries was identified as a requirement for a viable network. A regional consultative meeting held in November 2009 as a pre-event to the Open Access Conference 2009. The AAU was given the mandate to identify a Task Team to coordinate activities of working groups to produce documents for the establishment of the RREN. Following the meeting of representatives of 11 countries in West Africa and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo) in initiative of Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities (AAU), it was taken to the establishment of the first Board of Directors of WACREN, composed of nine (9 ) members and presided by Professor Tiemoman KONE. Objectives: The objectives of WACREN is the promotion and establishment of interconnections between national research and education networks in West and Central Africa to form a regional research and

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education network , the interconnection of this network with other regional and continental networks, and the provision of services aiming at fostering collaboration between research and education institutions in the region as well as between them and peer institutions at continental and international levels. Year Founded 2006 Members : Cote d'Ivoire : RITER (2011); Ghana: GARNET (2010); Gabon: GabonREN (2012);

Mali: MaliREN (2011); Niger : NigerREN (2011); Nigeria: ngREN (2012); Senegal: snRER (2011); Togo: TogoREN (2012)

URL http://www.wacren.net Address 11 Aviation Road Extension, P O Box 5744, Accra, Ghana Contact

Table 65 The UbuntuNet Alliance

The Ubuntunet Alliance The UbuntuNet Alliance is a regional association of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa. It was established in the latter half of 2005 by five established and emerging NRENs in Eastern and Southern Africa with, these are: MAREN (Malawi), MoRENet, (Mozambique), KENET (Kenya), RwEdNet (Rwanda) and TENET (South Africa). The driving vision was that of securing high speed and affordable Internet connectivity for the African research and education community in Gb/s rather than in Kb/s. The objectives of the Alliance are, on a non-profit basis, to Develop and improve the interconnectivity between Research and Education Networking (REN) Participants in Africa and their connectivity with research and education networks worldwide and with the Internet generally; Develop the knowledge and skills of ICT practitioners in these institutions; and Provide related auxiliary services to Research and Education Networking (REN) Participants. The Alliance is fully incorporated as a non-profit association in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. An affiliated nonprofit company will soon be registered in Malawi to handle financial and other secretariat functions, and the Alliance will register further affiliates in other African countries as and when operational considerations require this. To date, the Alliance’s foot print has stretched across the largest land mass of Eastern and Southern Africa with participating NRENs in 13 countries. For more information about members, go to the Membership page. Vision: "The strong and viable African regional research and education network (RREN) of choice, which promotes ICT access and usage among national RENs" Mission: "To secure affordable high speed international connectivity and efficient ICT access and usage for African NRENs" Year Founded 2005 DRC: Eb@le; Ethiopia: EthERNet; Kenya: KENET; Madagascar: iRENALA; Malawi:

MAREN; Mozambique: MoRENet; Namibia: X-net; Rwanda: RwEdNet; Somalia: SomaliREN; South Africa: TENET; Sudan: SUIN Tanzania: TERNET; Uganda: RENU; Zambia: ZAMREN

URL http://www.ubuntunet.net Address UbuntuNet Alliance, Off Paul Kagame Road, HB House, Block C, P.O. Box 2550,

Lilongwe, Malaw Contact Tel/Fax: +265 1 754 535. Email: [email protected]

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4.1.2.2 Regional Research and Education Networks in Europe

Table 66: RRENs in Europe

RREN NRENs Information Status

TERENA ACOnet (Austria), AMRES (Serbia), ARNES (Slovenia), BELNET (Belgium), BREN (Bulgaria), CARNet (Croatia), CESNET (Czech Republic), CYNET (Cyprus), DFN (Germany), EENet (Estonia), FCCN (Portugal), FUNET (Finland), GARR (Italy), GRNET (Greece), HEAnet (Ireland), HUNGARNET (Hungary), IUCC (Israel), JANET(UK), LITNET (Lithuania), MARNET (Macedonia), MREN (Montenegro), PCSS (Poland), RedIRIS (Spain), RENATER (France), RESTENA (Luxembourg), RHnet (Iceland), RoEduNet (Romania), SANET (Slovakia), Sigmanet (Latvia), SUNET (Sweden), SURFnet (The Netherlands), SWITCH (Switzerland), UIIP NASB (Belarus), ULAKBIM (Turkey), Uni-C (Denmark), Uninett (Norway), Univ. of Malta (Malta).

Comprehensive

Nordunet Forskningsnettet ( Denmark), RHnet ( Iceland), UNINETT (Norway), SUNET (Sweden) and

Comprehensive

Dante ARIADNET(GRNET) Greece; ARNES Slovenia; CESNET Czech Republic; DFN Germany; FCCN Portugal; Consortium GARR Italy; HEAnet Ireland; HEFC-E on behalf of JISC(UKERNA/JANET) United Kingdom; HUNGARNET Hungary; NORDUnet Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland Norway, Sweden); RedIRIS Spain; RENATER France; RESTENA Luxembourg; SURFnet Netherlands, SWITCH Switzerland

Comprehensive

GEANT ACOnet - Austria; Belnet Belgium; BREN Bulgaria; CARNet Croatia; CyNET Cyprus; CESNET Czech Republic; EENet Estonia; RENATER France; DFN Germany; GRNET Greece; NIIF Hungary; HEAnet Ireland; IUCC Israel; GARR Italy; SigmaNet Latvia; LITNET Lithuania; RESTENA Luxembourg; MARNet Macedonia; University of Malta -Malta; MREN Montenegro; SURFnet Netherlands; NORDUnet Nordic region (includes Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland); PSNC Poland; FCCN Portugal; AARNIEC/RoEduNet Romania; AMRES Serbia; SANET Slovakia; ARNES Slovenia; RedIRIS Spain; SWITCH Switzerland; ULAKBIM Turkey; JANET UK; DANTE UK; TERENA Holland. Associate NRENs: BASNET Belarus; JSCC Russia; RENAM Moldova; URAN Ukraine

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4.1.3 Other Networking Infrastructures

4.1.3.1 Submarine Cable Systems

Table 67 Submarine Cable Systems

1. Eastern African Submarine Cable System (EASSY) A partnership of about 20 African and international telecommunications operators, EASSy a submarine fiber-optic cable running 10,000 kilometers along the East coast of Africa, will connect 10 countries. EASSy is a 10,000km submarine fibre-optic cable system deployed along the east and south coast of Africa to service the voice, data, video and internet needs of the region. It links South Africa with Sudan via landing points in Mozambique, Madagascar, the Comoros, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti. The cable incorporates the latest developments in submarine fibre-optic technology, making it economical to connect the eastern and southern coast of Africa into the high-speed global telecommunications network. The system is owned and operated by a group of 16 African (92%) and international (8%) telecommunications operators and service providers. Year Founded July 2010 Owners:

Botswana Telecom, Telkom South Africa, Sudan Telecom Company, Telecom Malagasy, Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited, Zambia Telecom, Mauritius Telecom, Vodacom, MTN Group, Comores Telecom, Neotel, BT, Etisalat, Saudi Telecom, France Telecom, airtel (Bharti), WIOCC

Landing Points Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Port Sudan, Sudan; Djibouti City, Djibouti; Maputo, Mozambique; Mombasa, Kenya; Moroni, Comoros; Toliary, Madagascar; Mtunzini, South Africa

URL http://www.eassy.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EASSy_(cable_syste

Address Citadel Building - 2nd Floor, Muthithi Road, Westlands, PO Box 14137-00800, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 20 374 6594/5

Contact [email protected]

2. BRICS Cyber Optic Submarine Cable 34 000 km cable to link Russia, China, India, South Africa, Brazil – the BRICS economies – to the United States. The BRICS Cable is a 34 000 km, 2 fibre pair, 12.8 Tbit/s capacity, fibre optic cable system linking Russia, China, India, South Africa, Brazil – the BRICS economies – and the United States. It will interconnect, amongst others, with the WACS cable on the West coast of Africa, and the EASSY and SEACOM cables on the East coast of the continent. This will give the BRICS countries immediate access to 21 African countries and give those African countries access to the BRICS economies. The projected ready for service date is mid to second half of 2014.

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Year Founded July 2010 Owners:

Landing Points Brazil China India Russia South Africa URL http://www.bricscable.com Address Contact

3. SAFE

This SAT3/WASC/SAFE cable system is a technology and commercial breakthrough of unparalleled significance for Africa, offering a faster, more efficient trading channel between the continent and international markets. SAT3/WASC/SAFE is a historic Achievement made possible by the participation of 36 nations, the majority of the landings are in African states. Together they have fully funded the undersea cable system costing more than US$600 million and will own and operate it for the next 25 years. This results in much of the revenue it generates being ploughed back into the continent. This is a major departure from the current scenario, where many African countries rely on foreign operators to route their international traffic which results in revenue generated in Africa, leaving Africa. This project will help bridge the digital divide between Africa and the developed nations and all the role-players will enjoy the access to knowledge brought about by the information revolution that has already had such a dramatic impact in the West, Europe, and the Far East.It will bring the people of Africa the fast, efficient and affordable communications they need for sustained development and progress. Year Founded April 2002 Owners: Cable & Wireless Worldwide, France Telecom, Telekom Malaysia, Telkom South

Africa, Tata Communications, AT&T, BT, Camtel, Angola Telecom, Ghana Telecommunications Company, Mauritius Telecom, Verizon Business, Nitel, OPT, Telefonica, Belgacom, China Telecom, Chunghwa, Cote d’Ivoire Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Maroc Telecom, KT, KPN, REACH, SingTel, Sprint, Telecom Italia Sparkle, Telecom Namibia, Telstra, PCCW, Sonatel, Neotel

Landing Points Baie Jacotet, Mauritius; Cochin, India; Melkbosstrand, South Africa; Mtunzini, South Africa; Penang, Malaysia; Portugal (Sesimbra); Saint Paul, Réunion; Spain (Altavista); Senegal (Dakar); Côte d’Ivoire (Abidjan); Ghana (Accra); Benin (Cotonou); Nigeria (Lagos); Cameroon (Douala); Gabon (Libreville); Angola (Cacuaco); South Africa (Melkbosstrand); La Reunion (St. Paul); Mauritius, (Baie Jacotet)

URL http://www.safe-sat3.co.za/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAFE_(cable_system)

Address Contact Mr. Vishal Ramanandl Phone: +27 12 311 3416, Email:[email protected]

4. ACE The ACE cable, initiated by France Télécom-Orange and administered by a consortium of 16 operators links Europe to the West Coast of Africa through an unprecedented connectivity. Efficient and competitive, this 700 million dollar system uses the most advanced high-speed broadband fiber optic technology and is a vector of social development and economic growth in Africa, reducing the digital divide.

Year Founded December 2012

http://www.bricscable.com/

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Owners: France Telecom, Portugal Telecom, Cote d’Ivoire Telecom, Gambia Telecommunications Company, Expresso Telecom, Orange Cameroon, Sonatel, Cable Consortium of Liberia, Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, International Mauritania Telecom, Republic of Gabon, Orange Guinea, Orange Mali, Orange Niger, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone Cable Company

Landing Points Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; Accra, Ghana; Banjul, Gambia; Bata, Equatorial Guinea; Cape Town, South Africa; Conakry, Guinea; Cotonou, Benin; Dakar, Senegal; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Kribi, Cameroon; Lagos, Nigeria; Libreville, Gabon; Lisbon, Portugal; Luanda, Angola; Monrovia, Liberia; Muanda, Congo, Dem. Rep.; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Penmarch, France; Santana, Sao Tome and Principe; Swakopmund, Namibia; Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

URL http://www.ace-submarinecable.com Address Contact [email protected] / [email protected]

5. Aden-Djibouti submarine Link

Year Founded 1994 Owners: Djibouti Telecom, Tele Yemen, Tata Communications

Landing Points Aden, Yemen; Djibouti City, Djibouti

URL http://www.ace-submarinecable.com Address Contact [email protected] / [email protected]

6. Eurafrica

Year Founded 1992 Owners: France Telecom, Portugal Telecom, Maroc Telecom, Cable & Wireless Worldwide,

Tata Communications, KPN, Rostelecom, Telekom Austria, BT

Landing Points Casablanca, Morocco; Funchal, Portugal; Sesimbra, Portugal; St. Hilaire, France

URL Address Contact

Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS)

Year Founded August 2012 Owners: Seychelles Cable System Ltd.

Landing Points Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Victoria, Seychelles

URL Address


























http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/





http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/










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Contact 7. The East African Marine System (TEAMS)

Year Founded October 2009 Owners:

Landing Points

URL Address Contact

8. WASACE

WASACE Cable Company is a multinational company that will build and operate the most advanced undersea cable system across the Atlantic Ocean, offering 2 of the major international capacity routes and enabling 3 new underdeveloped direct traffic routes : Africa to USA, Africa to Latin America and Latin America to Europe and the potential connectivity of India to USA over Africa and Latin America. Year Founded 2014 Owners: WASACE Cable Company

Landing Points Bonny, Nigeria; Cape Town, South Africa; Fortaleza, Brazil; Lagos, Nigeria; Luanda, Angola

URL http://www.wasace.com/ Address [email protected] Contact

9. West African Cable System (WACS)

WACS (West Africa Cable System) submarine cable is an ultra-high capacity fiber optic submarine cable system which links South of Africa and Europe, spanning west coast of Africa and termination in United Kingdom. This 4 fiber pair system with total length of approx. 16,000Km is well complemented with 15 terminal stations forming a consortium of 11 leading international telecom carriers. Year Founded Owners: Broadband Infraco, Telkom South Africa, Vodacom, MTN Group, Tata

Communications, Cable & Wireless Worldwide, Togo Telecom, Telecom Namibia, Office Congolais de Poste et Télécommunication, Congo Telecom, Portugal Telecom, Angola Cables, Cape Verde Telecom, Vodafone Espana

Landing Points Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; Accra, Ghana; El Goro, Canary Islands, Spain; Highbridge, United Kingdom; Lagos, Nigeria; Limbe, Cameroon; Lome, Togo; Muanda, Congo, Dem. Rep.; Palmarejo, Cape Verde; Point Noire, Congo, Rep.; Sangano, Angola; Seixal, Portugal; Swakopmund, Namibia; Yzerfontein, South Africa

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4.2 High Performance Computing

4.2.1 High Performance Computing in Africa

Table 68 HPC in Africa

Name ABBR. Scince Description Centre for High Performance Computing

CHPC 2007 CHPC is the so far most developed supercomputer centre in Africa with supercomputers from IBM, Sun Microsystems and others. CHPC is one of three corner stones in the ICT-strategy of the Department of Science and Technology.

Adress HQ CSIR Campus, 15 Lower Hope St., Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa

Contact Belongs to URL http://www.chpc.ac.za/

4.2.2 High Performance Computing in Europe

Table 69 HPC in Europe

Name ABBR. Since Description Academici Computer Center

ACC Cyfronet AGH 1973 Compute center which is an autonomous organizational and financial unit of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, and one of the largest Polish supercomputing and networking centers.

Address HQ ul. Nawojki 11, P.O. Box 386 30-950 Kraków 61, Poland

Contact [email protected] Phone number: +48 12 6333426

Belongs to Cracow research community. under the name of Community Computational Centre "CYFRONET" (a special unit of the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Technology).

URL http://cyf-kr.edu.pl Name ABBR. Since Description Bulgarian Supercomputing Centre

BGSC BGSC situated in the premises of the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) in Sofia perates

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Addres HQ J. V. Gourko Str. 6, Sofia Bulgaria

and provides access to an IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer, consisting of two racks, 2048 PowerPC 450 based compute nodes, 8192 processor cores and a total of 4 TB random access memory. Double-precision, dual pipe floating-point core acceleration is available on each core. Sixteen I/O nodes are connected via fibre optics to a 10 Gb/s Ethernet switch. When the system is enhanced with a new 10Gb/s switch in the near future, 16 more I/O nodes will be connected. The smallest partition size, available currently, is 128 compute nodes (512 processor cores).

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Executive Agency Electronic

Communication Network and Information Systems

URL http://www.scc.acad.bg/ncsa/index.php/en/

Name ABBR. Since Description The National Center for Supercomputing Applications

NCSA 2008 The National Center for Supercomputing Applications in Sofia operates an IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer, which offers high-performance processing to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University, among other organizations. This system is one of the few supercomputers in Eastern Europe, and the only one in the Balkans.

Addres HQ Akad. G. Bonchev Str., 25A 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Executive Agency Electronic

Communication Network and Information Systems

URL http://www.scc.acad.bg

Name ABBR. Since Description The Netherlands National Computing Facilities foundation

NCF NWO funds scientific research at Dutch universities and institutes by means of more than hundred different types of grants. NWO's statutory duties are: to advance the quality of scientific research and initiate and encourage new research developments to allocate research funding; to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from research initiated and encouraged by NWO for the benefit of society to focus on university research and to coordinate scientific research strategy where necessary

Address HQ P.O. Box 93575, 2509 AN Den Haag , Netherlands.

Contact [email protected] Belongs to the Netherlands Organisation for

Scientific Research (NWO)

URL http://www.nwo.nl/en

Name ABBR. Since Description

http://www.scc.acad.bg/


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Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

WSRT ASTRON is the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. Its mission is to make discoveries in radio astronomy happen, via the development of novel and innovative technologies, the operation of world-class radio astronomy facilities, and the pursuit of fundamental astronomical research.

Address HQ P.O. Box 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands

Contact [email protected] Belongs to ASTON: the Netherlands Institute

for Radio Astronomy URL http://www.astron.nl/radio-

observatory/astronomers/wsrt-astronomers

Name ABBR. Since Description Low-Frequency Array Telescope

LOFAR OFAR started as a new and innovative effort to force a breakthrough in sensitivity for astronomical observations at radio-frequencies below 250 MHz. The basic technology of radio telescopes had not changed since the 1960's: large mechanical dish antennas collect signals before a receiver detects and analyses them. Half the cost of these telescopes lies in the steel and moving structure. A telescope 100x larger than existing instruments would therefore be unaffordable. New technology was required to make the next step in sensitivity needed to unravel the secrets of the early universe and the physical processes in the centers of active galactic nuclei.

Address HQ Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991 PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands

Contact Belongs to ASTON: the Netherlands Institute

for Radio Astronomy URL http://www.lofar.org/

Name ABBR. Since Description Basel Computational Biology Center

BC2 The Basel Computational Biology Center [BC]2 is a collaborative effort to create a center of excellence in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. One important aspect is to provide the computational resources to support research in computational biology and bioinformatics, including HPC IT, storage, software, biomedical database mirroring,

Address HQ Basel Computational Biology Center c/o Prof. Torsten Schwede Biozentrum, University of Basel Klingelbergstr. 50/70 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland




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Belongs to the Biozentrum of the University Basel; SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; FMI Friedrich Miescher Institute

web servers and services. Technical projects are carried out in order to continuously improve services and infrastructure. URL http://www.bc2.ch

Name ABBR. Since Description CEA, Centre de Calcul Recherche et Technologie

CCRT The CEA scientific computing complex, located on the site at Bruyères-le-Châtel, is one of the most high-powered computing complexes in Europe with a peak computing power greater than 1.7 Petaflops in 2010. It is composed of the Tera computing center, dedicated to defence applications, the Research and Technology Computing Center (CCRT) open to partnerships with industry and the research community and the Curie supercomputer (phase 1 - 100 Tflops) located in the TGCC. A centre for skills and technological experimentation will be added to these operational computing centers and provide indispensable research and development expertise for mastering the complexity of these large computing infrastructures. The computing complex thus created will be part of a broader dynamic, putting in place an “ecosystem” surrounding high-performance computing. This dynamic will be further enhanced by the inception, on the initiative of the CEA, of the Ter@tec structure which today brings together more than 50 partners from the industrial and academic environments.

Address HQ Contact [email protected] Belongs to URL http://www-ccrt.cea.fr/

Name ABBR. Since Description Centre Informatique National de l’Enseignement Supérieur

CINES, 1999 The National Computer Center of Higher Education (French acronym: CINES) was established in Montpellier in 1999, and offers computer services for research and higher education. It operates the Jade SGI Altix system, which has a peak processing speed of 237 teraflops, and is the third-fastest supercomputer in France, the second-fastest being a commercial system operated by a French manufacturing company.

Address HQ Centre Informatique National de l’Enseignement Supérieur 950, rue de Saint Priest 34097 Montpellier Cedex 5, FRANCE


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Contact [email protected] Belongs to Ministry of Higher Education and

Research.

URL http://www.cines.fr/?lang=en Name ABBR. Since Description Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif

GENCI 2007 Implement and ensure the coordination of the major equipment of the national HPC centres, by providing funding and by assuming ownership. Promote the organization of an European HPC area and participate to its achievements

Address HQ Postal address: 12, rue de l’Eglise 75015 PARIS

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Ministry for Higher Education and

Research CEA CNRS INRIA.

URL http://www.genci.fr/ Name ABBR. Since Description Institut du Développement et des Ressources en Informatique Scientifique.

IDRIS

1993 A center of excellence in numerical computation intensive service research units dependent on extreme computing, both on the application aspects (simulations large scales) as those inherent in research related to high performance computing (computing infrastructures, solving methods and algorithms associated processing large volumes of data, etc.)..

Address HQ IDRIS-CNRS Orsay University Campus St. John Von Neumann Building 506 PO Box 167 F-91403 Orsay cedex

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Clean Unit CNRS Service (UPS

851),under supervision of INS2I

URL http://www.idris.fr/eng/index.html


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Name ABBR. Since Description Irish Centre for High-End Computing.

ICHEC The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) was established in response to this demand and to extend both the computational science expertise and IT skills-base of Ireland through programmes of training and education. With highly skilled staff, ICHEC is able to leverage its expertise to provide up-skilling services to the research and broader communities and to engage in technology transfer with the commercial sector, particularly Irish small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Address HQ ICHEC 7th Floor Tower Building Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus Grand Canal Quay Dublin 2 Ireland

Contact [email protected] Belongs to URL http://www.ichec.ie/ Name ABBR. Since Description Jülich Supercomputing Centre

JSC 1987 The Jülich Supercomputing Centre operates supercomputers of the highest performance class. We enable scientists and engineers to solve their highly complex problems by simulations

Address HQ Contact [email protected] Belongs to URL http://www.fz-

juelich.de/ias/jsc/EN/Home/home_node.html

Name ABBR. Since Description Leibniz-Rechenzentrum

LRZ As a service provider for scientific high performance computing, LRZ operates compute systems for use by educational institutions in Munich, Bavaria as well as on the national level. Beyond operation of system hardware, LRZ services also encompass Backup/Archive, Visualization and Grid Computing, as well as regular training courses on usage of HPC systems,

Address HQ Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences Boltzmann Straße 1 85748 Garching bei München



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Belongs to Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Technical University of Munich Bavarian Academy of Sciences University of Munich University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan.

parallel programming and optimization.

URL http://www.lrz.de/services/compute/

Name ABBR. Since Description Rechenzentrum Garching

RZG 1960 RZG offers services for Max Planck Institutes all over Germany. Since over four decades now key tasks provided by the RZG include: Supercomputing, data management/mass storage, and data acquisition.

Address HQ Rechenzentrum der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft am Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik Boltzmannstraße 2 85748 Garching

Contact [email protected] Belongs to computing centre of the Max

Planck Institute for Plasmaphysics (IPP), Germany

URL http://www.rzg.mpg.de/misc/about_RZG

Name ABBR. Since Description Norddeutscher Verbund für Hoch- und Höchstleistungsrechnen

HLRN 2001 HLRN is used by scientists from North-German universities and other scientific institutions of the seven states (Berlin,Brandenburg,Bremen,Hamburg,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, ans Schleswig-Holstein). It covers the huge demand for computing resources in the domains of environmental research, climate and ocean modelling, engineering

Address HQ Contact https://www.hlrn.de/home/view/

Organisation/Contact Belongs to

http://www.rzg.mpg.de/misc/about_RZG

http://www.rzg.mpg.de/misc/about_RZG


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URL https://www.hlrn.de/home/view applications like aerodynamics and ship building, as well as in fundamental research of physics, chemistry, and the life sciences.

Name ABBR. Since Description CINECA Cineca is the high technology bridge

between the academic world, research and the world of industry and public administration. It offers support to the research activities of the scientific community through supercomputing and its applications. It has a computing environment with the maximum in available architectures and technologies and has very advanced hardware resources. Their specialized personnel are highly qualified and assist researchers in the use of the technological infrastructure in both the academic and industrial sectors. It represents Italy in European Union projects, participating in numerous activities relative to the promotion, development and diffusion of the most advanced information technologies.

Address HQ Legal and operational headquarters via Magnanelli 6/3, 40033 Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna (Italy).


Belongs to URL http://www.cineca.it/

Name ABBR. Since Description Interuniversities Consortium for Supercomputing Applications for University and Research

CASPUR 1992 CASPUR (Interuniversities Consortium for Supercomputing Applications for University and Research) is a governmental institution under the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Scientific Research established in mid-1992 by nine Universities in central and southern Italy. CASPUR hosts one of the major network datacenters of central Italy, offering housing and colocation space to the second national Italian Internet Exchange Point, Namex (NAutilus MEditerranean eXchange point), and a wide range of national and international ISP Points of Presence (POP). CASPUR has collaboration agreements with some of the major research institutions in Italy

Address HQ CASPUR Via Tizii, 6 00185 Rome

Contact http://www.caspur.it/contatti Belongs to Italian Ministry of Education URL http://www.caspur.it/




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CILEA 1974 CILEA is among the most advanced supercomputing centres in Europe. According to its statute, CILEA has many different purposes. Among them, it promotes the use of the most advanced computing systems in scientific and technological research, both public and private. It provides high performance computing systems to the national research. It promotes the technological transfer in the field of information and communication technology. It creates, maintains and manages information systems for the national education and research system. All CILEA’s services are offered to universities, public agencies and private companies.

Address HQ Segrate headquarter: Via R. Sanzio 4 20090 SEGRATE MI Phone +39 02 269951 fax +39 02 2135520

Contact direzione.amministrativa @pec.cilea.it

Belongs to URL http://www.cilea.it/

Name ABBR. Since Description Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing

SNIC Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) is a metacentre dedicated to Swedish researchers and their requirements. SNIC's mandate is to provide unified access to the leading supercomputers in Sweden. SNIC is responsible for the strategic and scientific development and funding of high performance computing resources in Sweden.

Address HQ SNIC Uppsala University Box 337 751 05 Uppsala Org. nr: 202100-2932 (UU)

Contact [email protected] Belongs to URL http://www.snic.vr.se/ Name ABBR. Since Description Consortium des Équipements de Calcul Intensif

CÉCI 2010 Objective for CECI are: optimizing computational resource use both hardware and software for their opening Inter; training and information users; the development of a common know-how for the purchase of such large equipment and

Address HQ Contact [email protected] Belongs to


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URL http://hpc.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/ production; creating a place for technical and scientific exchanges around the equipment, algorithms and parallel programming

Name ABBR. Since Description Danish Center for Scientific Computing

DCSC The DCS is a partnership between universities and the government on HPC and grid computing. It serves mostly academic users. Address HQ

Contact http://www.dcsc.dk/contact.html

Belongs to URL http://www.dcsc.dk/ Name ABBR. Since Description (Norwegian Metacentre for Computational Science)

NOTUR The Notur project fulfils a pronounced and sustainable vision for a Norwegian infrastructure for High Performance Computing (HPC) and computational science. The vision of the project is to provide a modern, national HPC infrastructure in an international and competitive setting, and stimulate computational science as the third scientific path. The project serves the Norwegian computational science community by providing the infrastructure to individuals or groups involved in education and research at Norwegian universities and colleges, and research and engineering at research institutes and industry who contribute to the funding of Notur.

Address HQ Contact [email protected] Belongs to URL http://www.notur.no/

Name ABBR. Since Description The High End Computing Cluster at

HEC 1964 Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a research-intensive British university in Lancaster Lancashire, England Address HQ Lancaster University

Bailrigg LancasterUnited KingdomLA1 4YW

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Contact http://www.lancs.ac.uk/iss/index/contact/

Belongs to the University of Lancaster; URL http://www.lancs.ac.uk/iss/hec/

Name ABBR. Since Description Armenian Cluster for high performance computation

ArmCluster 2004 The main goals of the creation of the cluster are: Creation of a high-performance computation infrastructure and provision of efficient information resources to the research and technology organizations and centers in Armenia and South Caucasus region Development of intellectual software packages designed to back up the scientific researches Development of basic means for the integral medium of global real-time Automatic Control System, their design and testing, with Emergency Control Systems and its Seismologic Data-Processing Subsystems taken as examples. At the present ArmCluster is the largest supercomputer in Caucasus region with the peak performance 523.4 GFlops (Billion floating point operations per second) and 2 GByte memory per node. The nodes are interconnected by means of high-speed Myrinet network (2Gbit/s). This cluster works under Linux RedHat 9.0 with SMP support. Being the most powerful supercomputer center in the field of science and education in Armenia the ArmCluster constitutes the core of Armenian GRID infrastructure.

Address HQ 1, P.Sevak St., Yerevan 0014 Contact [email protected] Belongs to Institute for Informatics and

Automation Problems URL http://www.cluster.am/

Name ABBR. Since Description Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling

ICM 1993 As a Supercomputers Centre ICM makes its resources: high power computers, professional graphic stations and specialised software available to the Polish scientific community. As the centre of the Virtual Science Library programme ICM develops and makes available a wide range of publications, electronic information resources and scientific data. ICM’s operations are a significant element of the programme for the development of scientific IT infrastructure in Poland.

Address HQ Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw Contact e-mail: [email protected] Belongs to University of Warsaw URL www.icm.edu.pl


http://www.redhat.com/


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Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics

ETI 1992 The Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics ETI (formerly named the Faculty of Electronics is the largest of the University’s Faculties, currently comprising 16 Departments with 4000 students either at M Eng or B Eng level, at two-level studies and doctoral studies. The ETI Faculty has had the highest category in scientific research since 1992. This is at present category 1 (former A category), according to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education classification system. The Faculty’s scientific activities are diverse and the main subjects of research are the same that are taught to students.

Addres HQ 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, Poland

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Gdańsk University of Technology

URL http://www.eti.pg.gda.pl

Name ABBR. Since Description Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre

PSNC 1993 The High Performance Computing centre within PSNC: Provides computing power, disc space and archiving systems for science, business and public institutions; appears on the TOP500 list of the most powerful computing systems in the world, the computing capacity includes systems with distributed and shared memory of varied architectures (parallel vector, multi-processor SMPs and clusters) connected with fast local networks (InfiniBand, Gigabit Ethernet and FastEthernet), total computing power 23,9 TFlops, RAM 5 TB, disc space 157 TB, mass storage 620 TB.

Address HQ ul. Noskowskiego 10 61-704 Poznań


Belongs to Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences

URL http://www.man.poznan.pl/online/en

Name ABBR. Since Description Academic Computer Centre

CYFRONET 1973 Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET was established in 1973. Centre, which is an autonomous organizational and financial unit of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow , is one of the largest Polish supercomputing and networking centres

Address HQ ul. Nawojki 11, P.O. Box 386 30-950 Kraków 61, Poland

Contact E-mail:[email protected]

Belongs to AGH University of Science and Technology

URL http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/en Name ABBR. Since Description



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The Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid

CeSViMa The Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid (CeSViMa) research center at the Technical University of Madrid operates the 72-teraflop Magerit supercomputer, which uses 86 IBM BladeCenters. The Spanish Supercomputing Network furthermore provides access to several supercomputers distributed across Spain.

Address HQ CeSViMa – UPM Science and Technology Park Campus of Montegancedo 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid (España)

Contact http://www.cesvima.upm.es/contact

Belongs to Technical University of Madrid URL http://www.cesvima.upm.es/ Name ABBR. Since Description Supercomputing Center of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela

CESGA 1991 The Supercomputing Center of Galicia (CESGA) is the center for high-performance computing, communications and advanced services used by the Scientific Community of Galicia, the University System of Galicia and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Address HQ Universit Avda. de Vigo s/n 15705, Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña - SPAIN

Contact info cesga.es Belongs to CESGA Foundation URL www.cesga.es/ Name ABBR. Since Description Centro Nacional de Supercomputación

BNS-CNS 2005 In 2004 the Ministry of Education (Spanish Government), Generalitat de Catalunya (local Catalan Government) and Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) took the initiative of creating a National Supercomputing Center in Barcelona. In 2005 BSC-CNS was officially constituted and started its activities. MareNostrum was built as the most powerful machine in Europe. In 2006 MareNostrum doubles its calculation capacity and is ranked again as the most powerful supercomputing in Europe. BSC coordinates the Spanish Supercomputing Network.

Address HQ Nexus II Building c/ Jordi Girona, 29 08034 Barcelona (Spain) Phone: (+34) 93 413 77 16 (Switchboard) Fax: (+34) 93 413 77 21

Address MNostrum Torre Girona Building c/ Jordi Girona, 31 08034 Barcelona (Spain)


Belongs to Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)

URL http://www.bsc.es/ Name ABBR. Since Description

mailto:info%40bsc.es


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Chalmers Centre for Computational science and Engineering

C3SE C3SE is a centre for scientific and technical computing at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg Sweden. C3SE is one of six centers in the national metacenter Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing.

Address Chalmers University of Technology SE-412 96 Gothenburg Sweden Please include reference to Department and Person.

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Chalmers University of Technology

URL http://www.c3se.chalmers.se

Name ABBR. Since Description PDC Center For High Performance Computing

PDC 1989 PDC Center for High Performance Computing Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology operates the Lindgren supercomputer, which consists of 36,000 processors and operates at 305 teraflops Address PDC, KTH

SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN

Contact Phone: +46 8 790 6000

Belongs to KTH Royal Institute of Technology

URL http://www.pdc.kth.se

Name ABBR. Since Description National Supercomputer Centre in Linkoping University

NSC The National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden (NSC) provides leading edge high performance computing resources and support to users throughout Sweden. NSC is an independent organisation within Linkoping University. NSC is funded by the Swedish Research council Via SNIC (Swedish National Infrastrucute of Computing )

Address National Supercomputer Centre Linköping University SE-581 83 Linköping SWEDEN

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Linköping University URL http://www.nsc.liu.se

http://www.c3se.chalmers.se/

http://www.pdc.kth.se/

http://www.nsc.liu.se/


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Name ABBR. Since Description Uppsala Multidisciplinary Centre for Advanced Computational Science

UPPMAX 2003 UPPMAX (Uppsala Multidisciplinary Centre for Advanced Computational Science) is Uppsala University's resource of high-performance computers, large-scale storage and know-how of high-performance computing (HPC). Address SNIC-UPPMAX

Department of Information Technology Uppsala University Box 337 SE-751 05 Uppsala SWEDEN

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Uppsala University URL http://www.uppmax.uu.se

Name ABBR. Since Description High Performance Computing Centre North

HPC2N High Performance Computing Centre North (HPC2N) is a national centre for Scientific and Parallel Computing. We are collaboration between universities and research institutes who form a competence network for high performance and parallel computing, grid and cloud computing, scientific visualization and virtual reality (VR), as well as effective mass-storage solutions, in Northern Sweden. The primary objective of the centre is to raise the national level of competence in HPC and to transfer HPC knowledge and technology to new users in academia and industry.

Address HPC2N MIT-building Campustorget 5, 4 tr Umeå University S-901 87 Umeå Sweden

Contact [email protected] Belongs to Umeå University URL http://www.hpc2n.umu.se

Name ABBR. Since Description Lunarc 1986 Lunarc is a center for scientific and technical

computing for research at Lund University. The centre provides computational resources for academia in Sweden within all aspects of computational science.

Address Contact http://www.lunarc.lu.se/contact-

info Belongs to Lund University URL http://www.lunarc.lu.se

http://www.uppmax.uu.se/

http://www.hpc2n.umu.se/


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Name ABBR. Since Description Swiss National Supercomputing Centre

CSCS 1991 Founded in 1991, CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, develops and promotes technical and scientific services for the Swiss research community in the fields of high-performance computing. CSCS enables world-class scientific research by pioneering, operating and supporting leading-edge supercomputing technologies. The centre collaborates with domestic and foreign researchers, and carries out its own research in scientific computing. Located in Lugano, in the southern, Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, CSCS is an autonomous unit of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich)

Address CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre Via Trevano 131 6900 Lugano Switzerland

Contact [email protected] Belongs to ETH Zurich URL http://www.cscs.ch/

Name ABBR. Since Description Finnish IT centre for science

CSC 1971 CSC is a non-profit company providing IT support and resources for academia, research institutes and companies: modeling, computing and information services. CSC provides Finland's widest selection of scientific software and databases and Finland's most powerful supercomputing environment that researchers can use via the Funet network. Data services for science and culture: Solutions for data storage, management and analysis needs. Application services: Support, development and infrastructure for computational science and engineering. Computing services: High-performance computing and IT consulting services. Information management services: We provide and develop reliable, cost-effective and centralized information technology services

Addres Life Science Center Keilaniemi, Keilaranta 14, Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland

Contact Belongs to CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd URL http://www.csc.fi/English

Name ABBR. Since Description European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

ECMWF 1975 The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, the Centre) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by 34 States. At its headquarters in Reading, England, one of the largest supercomputer complexes in Europe is linked by high-speed

Addres E.C.M.W.F. Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, UNITED KINGDOM

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Belongs to European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

telecommunication lines to the computer systems of the national weather services of its supporting states. The Centre's computer system contains the world's largest archive of numerical weather prediction data.

URL http://www.ecmwf.int/

Name ABBR. Since Description HECToR - High-End Computing Terascale Resource

HECToR 2007 HECToR (High End Computing Terascale Resources) is a British academic national supercomputer service funded by EPSRC, NERC and BBSRC for the UK academic community. The HECToR service is run by partners including EPCC, STFC and Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG). The supercomputer itself (currently a Cray XE6) is located at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The first phase came online in October 2007, and, as of December 2011, it has been upgraded to Phase 3 configuration, with a peak performance of over 800 teraflops.

Addres The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ UK

Contact Email: [email protected] Belongs to EPCC, STFC and Numerical

Algorithms Group (NAG), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Funded by EPSRC, NERC and BBSRC

URL http://www.hector.ac.uk/ Name ABBR. Since Description Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre

EPCC 1990 Founded at The University of Edinburgh in 1990, EPCC is a leading European centre of expertise in advanced research, technology transfer and the provision of supercomputer services to academia and business.

Address The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ UK

Contact Email: [email protected] Belongs to University of Edinburg URL www.epcc.ed.ac.uk Name ABBR. Since Description Research Computing Services

RCS IT Services for Research provides advanced computing expertise, services and facilities for research and teaching use throughout the University of Manchester alongside research and development activities to innovate and enhance these services. In particular, IT Services for Research supports advanced computational modelling and simulation through the use of high performance computing, Grid and e-Science technologies, the visualization and management of data, and the use of advanced collaboration environments such as Access Grid.

Address Research Computing Services Directorate of IT Services Devonshire House Precinct Centre The University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL

Contact [email protected] Hosted within University of Manchester URL http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/


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Name ABBR. Since Description Advanced Computing Research Centre

ACRC The Centre has a mission to help establish Bristol University as a world class centre for research into advanced computing systems. BlueCrystal is the University's High Performance Computing (HPC) machine. We have two systems, BlueCrystal Phase 1 which went live to all users in June 2007 and BlueCrystal Phase 2, which went live to users in June 2009.

Address 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HH

Contact Hosted within University of Bristol URL http://www.acrc.bris.ac.uk/ Name ABBR. Since Description Centre of Scientific Computing

CSC The Centre for Scientific Computing at Cambridge is a federated initiative that encompasses high-level computing resources, including the HPC service , as well as teaching, mostly at the MPhil or Part III level. Its goal is to enable the linking together of research projects in diverse disciplines, encouraging sharing of resources, consolidating intellectual activities and transmitting skills.

Address Contact Cambridge CB2 1RX

01223 746403 Hosted within University of Cambridge URL http://www.hpc.cam.ac.uk/

Name ABBR. Since Description Computational Modeling Group

CMG The CMG brings together 632 researchers and students across many different schools at the University of Southampton united by their research, its use of computational methods, and the application of these tools to advance their understanding of a wide range of topics across the physical, medical and social sciences, engineering and economics. Activity within the Group includes both the development of new computational methods in addition to the research and development applications supported by existing simulation tools and software packages. Compute resources available at Southampton range from Desktop workstations and GPU based systems through to the e-Infrastructure South Centre for Innovation 12,000-core supercomputer IRIDIS3+ hosted and supported by iSolutions within the University of Southampton. In addition to making full use of locally available facilities, researchers at Southampton are also well established users of the UK’s National HPC Services.

Address Contact [email protected] Hosted within University of Southampton URL http://cmg.soton.ac.uk/


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Name ABBR. Since Description Scientific Computing Department

SCD 2012 The Department will maximise the impact of Scientific Computing on the programmes of STFC, together with its partners, customers and collaborators, by providing cutting edge computational systems, services and software both now and in the future.

Address STFC Daresbury Laboratory. Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK

Contact Hosted within The Science & Technology Facilities

Council (STFC) URL http://www.stfc.ac.uk/SCD/default

.aspx Name ABBR. Since Description Research Computing Services

RCS The RCS provide access to HPC (Legion and Unity clusters) and distributed compute resources (Condor) within the university, serving a diverse profile of research themes ranging from Astrophysics to Systems Biomedicine; thus covering a broad range of physical, medical and social sciences in addition to engineering disciplines. In addition to Legion and Unity, UCL researchers have a significant and established presence on the UK National HPC Service with major projects sponsored by EPSRC and NERC utilising the service.

Address Contact [email protected] Hosted within University College London

(UCL) URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/co

mmon/research-computing

Name ABBR. Since Description Advanced Research Computing at Cardiff

ARCCA ARCCA is a division within Cardiff University which provides, co-ordinates, supports and develops advanced research computing services for University researchers. ARCCA also works with clients and partners outside the University through a range of outreach activities.

Address Contact [email protected] Hosted within University of Cardiff URL http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/arc

ca/

Name ABBR. Since Description Oxford Supercomputing Centre

OSC 2006 The OSC is a central resource available to any Oxford University researcher who needs high performance computing (HPC), from any Division or Department. Address 7 Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG

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Hosted within Oxford e-Research Centre (Ox. Uni)

URL http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/ Name ABBR. Since Description Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam

SARA 1971 In 1971 SARA was founded by the University of Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam and CWI, the national research center for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands. It was especially dedicated to high performance computing. Nowadays, SARA is an independent organization which supports scientific research by offering the most advanced services and expertise in the areas of computing, data storage, visualization, networking, cloud and e-Science. In 2010 SARA accommodated its ICT services for the commercial market at daughter company Vancis. SARA now exclusively addresses to the support of scientific research.

Address P.O. Box 94613 1090 GP Amsterdam The Netherlands

Contact [email protected] Hosted within URL https://www.sara.nl/

Name ABBR. Since Description Flemish Supercomputer Centre

VSC 2012 On July 20, 2006 the Flemish government approved the Action Plan 'Flanders i2010'. The e-Research Steering Committee was asked to map the present situation in all aspects of e-research in Flanders and to work out concrete proposals to encourage e-research in Flanders. This study, published in November 2007, showed among other things, the need for more support and infrastructure for grid and high performance computing and knowledge and experience in this

Address Data center of Ghent University Contact Kurt Lust

K.U.Leuven, Department of Mathematics Celestijnenlaan 200B - Postbus 2400 B-3001 Heverlee Tel.: +32 16 328283, +32 16 327015

Belongs to K.U.Leuven Association, Ghent University Association, Universitaire Associatie Brussel, Antwerp University Association, Associatie Universiteit-Hogescholen Limburg

https://www.surfsara.nl/services/high-performance-computing

https://www.surfsara.nl/services/data-services

https://www.surfsara.nl/services/data-services

https://www.surfsara.nl/services/visualization

https://www.surfsara.nl/services/high-performance-networking

https://www.surfsara.nl/services/cloud-computing

https://www.surfsara.nl/services/e-science-support-and-development

http://www.vancis.nl/

https://www.sara.nl/

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URL https://vscentrum.be/en domain. At about the same time, the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts (KVAB) published an opinion about the need in Flanders for a dynamic High Performance Computing strategy. The academy recommended the establishment of a Flemish Supercomputer Centre that should provide an infrastructure that can withstand international comparison.

Name ABBR. Since Description High Performance Computing UGent

HPC UGent 2012 Stevin actually consists of five clusters which are being in hosted in three datacenters in Gent: datacenter Rectoraat, datacenter MRB and datacenter S10.

Address Department ICT, Krijgslaan 281 - S9 B-9000 Gent, Belgium


Belongs to K.U.Leuven Association, Ghent University Association, Universitaire Associatie Brussel, Antwerp University Association, Associatie Universiteit-Hogescholen Limburg

URL http://www.ugent.be/hpc/en/

4.3 Distributed GRIDS for e-Science

4.3.1 National Grid Initiatives

NGIs are organisations set up by individual countries to manage the computing resources they provide to the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI). They represent the country's single point of contact for government, research communities and resource centres as regards ICT services for e-science.

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Table 19: National Grid Initiatives in Africa

Name Country Members Description Contact & URL

The South African National Grid (SAGrid)

South Africa

University of Pretoria

University of Johannesburg

University of Cape Town

North west University

UCT CERN

iThemba Labs

Meraka Institute

The South African National Grid (SAGrid) is a federation of resources, institutes and virtual organisations. The national grid forms part of a cyber-infrastructure and provides support to users of scientific computing and collaboration. It is coordinated from the CSIR Meraka Institute. The national cyber infrastructure programme includes SANReN, the CHPC and the VLDB. The distributed computing facilities are owned, managed and operated by a federation of universities, national laboratories and research groups, integrated with a middleware layer to provide seamless access to a diverse set of research communities.

http://www.sagrid.ac.za/

4.3.1.2 National Grid Initiatives in Europe

Table 20: National Grid Initiatives in Europe

Name Country Members Description Contact & URL BEgrid - The Belgian Grid for Research

Belgium HEAD OF THE GROUP Pr. Olivier Bonaventure

The IP Networking Lab (INL) of the Departement of Computing Science and Engineering atUniversité catholique de Louvain(UCL) in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium gathers about ten researchers, both PhD students and postdocs. Today, IP networks are mainly used for data communications and Internet access. Within the next five years, it can be expected that IP networks will also be

http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/ Olivier.Bonaventure @uclouvain.be

http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/obo

http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/

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used to carry other more stringent applications such as telephony, IP TV, ... The INL is actively working on scalable tools, techniques and protocols to allow IP network operators to better support such demanding applications in an Internet that will grow by several orders of magnitude.The INL has strong commitment to both applied and academic research.

Bulgarian Grid Infrastructure

Bulgaria Associate Professor Emanouil Atanassov Grid computing is a form of distributed computing whereby a "super and virtual computer" is composed of a cluster of networked, loosely-coupled computers, acting in concert to perform very large tasks. This technology has been applied to computationally-intensive scientific, mathematical, and academic problems through volunteer computing, and it is used in commercial enterprises for such diverse applications as drug discovery, economic forecasting, seismic analysis, and back-office data processing in support of e-commerce and web services. What distinguishes grid computing from typical cluster computing systems is that grids tend to be more loosely coupled, heterogeneous, and geographically dispersed.

[email protected] http://www.grid.bas.bg/gate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=1

CRO NGI - Croatian National Grid Infrastructure

Croatia The Croatian National Grid Infrastructure (CRO NGI) is distributed computing environment, consisting primarily of computer (processing) and data (disc and tape) resources, located in geographically distributed sites within the Republic of Croatia

http://www.cro-ngi.hr/index.php?id=1334 &L=1 helpdesk _at_ cro-ngi.hr

Cyprus Grid Initiative

Cyprus One of the main objectives of CyGrid is to facilitate access to the massive Grid infrastructure of EGI (European Grid Infrastructure) deployed around the world. The Grid offers access to powerful processing facilities and large storage

http://www.cygrid.org.cy/ grid AT cs.ucy.ac.cy

http://www.cro-ngi.hr/index.php?id=1334



http://www.cygrid.org.cy/

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capabilities.Such facilities may be utilised by users by running their computationally intensive or large data processing applications. It is important to note that applications may originate from Scientific, Educational and even Industrial disciplines.

MetaCentrum Czech Republic

MetaCentrum structure is flexible enough; any academic subject within the Czech Republic is able to fully integrate any computing capacities in current MetaCentrum infrastructure getting significant higher computing power for research. MetaCentrum support the research projects in many research disciplines, to enable researchers easily share a range of national resources: compute, storage, data, instruments, and ease their efforts to attain a global dimension.

[email protected] http://www.metacentrum.cz/en/

Estonian Grid Estonia Estonia's overall climate of innovation has helped companies here develop a number of cutting-edge solutions in the energy sector – solutions that benefit the distributors, the consumers and the environment. Estonian entrepreneurs and software developers, for example, have created smart-metering and billing management software for use by utilities providers. These systems allow the end users to monitor their consumption in real time, compare the various packages available to find the best deal, and even choose how much of their energy will come from renewable sources.

http://e-estonia.com/components/smart-grid-energy-sector [email protected]

Finnish Grid Infrastructure

Finland Kimmo Koski Managing Director

CSC — IT Center for Science Ltd is administered by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. CSC is a non-profit company providing IT support and resources for academia, research institutes and companies: modeling, computing and information services. CSC provides Finland's widest selection of scientific software and

http://www.csc.fi/english/collaboration/projects/fgi [email protected]





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databases and Finland's most powerful supercomputing environment that researchers can use via the Funet network

France Grilles France France Grilles collects and presents as an HAL collection references of scientific publications produced thanks to grids. This collection allows France Grilles to represent the scientific activity based on grid production and to measure its impact, justify to funding agencies the scientific use of grids for user communities and establish statistics to evaluate the use of grids across time.

http://www.france-grilles.fr/?lang=en [email protected]

NGI-DE - National Grid Initiative for Germany

Germany GI-DE is the National Grid Initiative for Germany. It is part of the European Grid Initiative (EGI). The goal of NGI-DE is to provide a reliable and secure e-infrastructure for Germany. It will enable a carrier grade grid and cloud for academic communities. NGI-DE has a focus on research on grids and clouds for academic and industrial use. NGI-DE started 2010, but its partners have been involved in Grid computing since 1997.

http://www.ngi-de.eu/english/index.php [email protected]

GRNET - Greek Research and Technology Network

Greece GRNET SA runs the Greek Research & Technology Network, according to the operating model of corresponding EU Research and Education Networks. It operates both at a national and international level and constitutes the setting for the development of innovative services for the members of the Greek research and education communities infrastructure nationwide.

http://www.grnet.gr/default.asp?pid=27&la=2 [email protected]

NGI-HU Hungary BME; ELTE; NIIFI; MTA KFKI RMKI; MTA; SZTAKI; 4D Soft Kft.

MGKK was established in 2003 by the five most active Grid centres of Hungary in order to intensively promote and coordinate high-quality research and development activities in the field of Grid computing.

https://www.mgkk.hu/ngi_hu [email protected]

Grid-Ireland Ireland In Ireland, the universities and other institutions of http://www.gri

https://www.mgkk.hu/ngi_hu

https://www.mgkk.hu/ngi_hu

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advanced education and research are represented in Government by the Higher Education Authority (HEA), and computing systems at these institutions are interconnected by the HEAnet. Grid-Ireland is a managed layer above HEAnet that provides grid services. The aim is to enable communities of users, for example, astrophysicists, geneticists or linguists, to construct virtual organizations above Grid-Ireland.

d.ie/ [email protected]

ISRAGRID - Israel National Infrastructure for Grid and Cloud Computing

Israel Isragrid - Israel National Infrastructure for Grid and Cloud Computing. A cooperation between the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment and the Israeli Science Academy led to the establishment of Isragrid, operating as a project of the National Infrastructures for R&D Forum (TELEM). The conclusion of establishing Isragrid was the result of a committee composed of subject matter experts from the academy and industry. The goal of the project is to enable an efficient e-Science research in various fields by providing production e-Infrastructure taking advantage of Grid and Cloud computing technologies.

https://www.isragrid.org.il/

IGI - Italian Grid Infrastructure

Italy Università degli Studi di Perugia; Università della Calabria; CASPUR; CILEA; CIRMMP; CNR; ENEA; GARR; INAF; INFN; INGV; SISSA; COMETA; COSMOLAB; ELETTRA; SPACI; Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale; Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

IGI is the Italian Grid infrastructure, run for the benefit of the research and education communities in Italy and worldwide. IGI is part of the European Grid Infrastructure named EGI together with many European National Grid Initiatives (NGIs). NGIs are "legal organizations, supported by governments, and providing a unique representation at the European and international levels for all the communities related to national grid infrastructures: from resources providers to scientific users"

http://www.italiangrid.it/ [email protected]

http://www.hea.ie/

http://www.heanet.ie/

http://www.grid.ie/



http://web.eu-egi.eu/partners/egi-council-members/

http://www.italiangrid.it/

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Latvian Grid Latvia http://grid.lumii.lv/?lang=en [email protected]

LitGRID Lithuania Litgrid - electricity transmission system operator controls the flow of electricity in Lithuania and maintaining stable electricity system. Litgrid is also responsible for the Lithuanian electricity market integration and development of the electricity transmission network operation and development - strategic power links with Sweden and Poland, which will ensure the country's energy independence.

http://www.litgrid.eu/ [email protected]

MARGI - Macedonian Academic Research Grid Initiative

FYR Macedonia

University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius; Aleksandar Dimeski (cano at ukim.edu.mk)

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Prof. d-r Margita Kon-Popovska m-r Boro Jakimovski m-r Vangel Ajanovski m-r Anastas Misev m-r Goran Velinov Darko Cerepnalkoski

MARGI (Macedonian Academic Research Grid Initiative) was established on April 15th, 2005 by University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje. It is operated by MARNET (Macedonian Academic and Research Network) that also is hosted and managed by University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius team.

http://www.margi.marnet.net.mk/

http://grid.lumii.lv/?lang=en

http://grid.lumii.lv/?lang=en

http://www.litgrid.eu/

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Kiril Kiroski Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information

Technologies Prof. d-r Aneta Buckovska Bozidar Proevski Ivica Dimitrovski Gorgi Kakasevski

MD-Grid - National Grid Initiative of Moldova

Moldova RENAM - Research and Educational Networking Association of Moldova; IMCS - Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova FRET TUM - Faculty of Radio electronics and Telecommunications of the Technical University of Moldova IGS ASM - Institute of Geology and Seismology of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova SHMS - State Hydro meteorological Service SPH - School of Public Health, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “N.Testemitanu”. IAP ASM The Institute of Applied Physics of the Academy of Sciences.

MD-Grid - National Grid Initiative of Moldova was officially inaugurated on the plenary session entitled “National Grid Initiative MD-Grid: presentation and inauguration” of RENAM Users Conference – 2007 on May, 14 2007 after receiving approval letters from Ministry of Information Development of Moldova and the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. The MD-Grid NGI Consortium governed by RENAM as its Coordinating NREN joins 6 partners: research, education and industry institutions that expressed their intent to participate in the processes of National Grid Infrastructure building and using.

http://www.grid.md/ [email protected]

MREN - Montenegro Grid Initiative

Montenegro

Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology Faculty of Natural sciences and Mathematics Faculty of Civil Engineering Institute of Biotechnology

Montenegrin Research and Education Network (MREN) is the name given to the collection of all networking services and facilities, which support the communication and information requirements of the education and research community in Montenegro. MREN aims to create, promote, offer, participate in and preserve the requisite bases for effective use of modern telecommunication technologies in the education and research in Montenegro.

http://www.mren.ac.me/mgi.php [email protected]

http://www.renam.md/

http://www.math.md/

http://www.utm.md/en/4-1-3-frt.html

http://igg.asm.md/

http://www.meteo.md/

http://www.public-health.md/

http://www.phys.asm.md/index.php?id=0&l=en

http://www.mdi.gov.md/

http://www.mdi.gov.md/

http://www.asm.md/

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BIG Grid - The Dutch e-Science Grid

The Netherlands

Partners http://www.biggrid.nl/partners-users/

Access to advanced ICT research infrastructures is crucial to scientific research communities. Historically, NCF has facilitated access to high-end computing equipment (national supercomputer and national compute cluster). The BiG Grid project (led by partners NCF, Nikhef and NBIC) aims to set up a grid infrastructure for scientific research. This research infrastructure contains compute clusters, data storage, combined with specific middleware and software to enable research which needs more than just raw computing power or data storage

http://www.biggrid.nl/ http://www.biggrid.nl/about-big-grid/contact-information/

NorGrid - Norwegian GRID Initiative

Norway The objective of the NorGrid initiative is to develop and maintain a mature national grid infrastructure that provides easy and secure access to distributed resources, provides large aggregate capacities for computation, storage and data transfer, optimizes the utilization of the overall resource capacity, and make Norway an attractive partner in international grid collaborations. The national grid infrastructure will connect resources that are located at several major research centers in Norway. The resources include heterogeneous computing systems, data storage systems, networks, and possibly scientific instruments.

http://www.norgrid.no/ [email protected]

PL-Grid - Polish National Grid Initiative

Poland The Polish Grid Infrastructure has been built within the PL-Grid project (2009 – 2012) to provide the Polish scientific community with an IT platform based on Grid computer clusters, enabling e-science research in various domains of e-Science. The infrastructure supports scientific investigations by integrating experimental data and results

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of advanced computer simulations carried out by geographically distributed research teams. PL-Grid not only extends the amount of computational resources provided to the Polish scientific community by over 230 TFlops of computing power and more than 3600 TB of storage space, but - more importantly - facilitates effective use of these resources by providing innovative grid services and end-user tools, as well as continuous technical support.

[email protected] [email protected]

INGRID - Iniciativa National de Grid

Portugal INGRID aims to support the development of resource sharing for demanding computing applications and ensure the enhancement of strategic competences and capacities of special interest for this type of computing in Portugal.

http://www.egi.eu/about/ngis/NGI_PT_Ingrid.html [email protected] [email protected]

RoGrid - Romanian National Grid Initiative

Romania Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB); National Institute for Aerospace Research - "Elie Carafoli" (INCAS); University of Bucharest (UB); Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN); Western University of Timisoara (WUT); University of Pitesti (UPIT)

RoGrid-NGI was created as an unique Romanian National Grid Initiative and also as part of the European Grid Infrastructure. It is based on the first Romanian Grid Consortium (established in 2002)

http://www.rogrid.ro/

AEGIS - Academic and Educational Grid Initiative of Serbia

Serbia AEGIS is the acronym for the Academic and Educational Grid Initiative of Serbia. The members of AEGIS are researchers and academic institutions in Serbia that use, provide and/or develop Grid resources. AEGIS seeks to unify High Performance Computing (HPC) in

http://www.aegis.rs/

http://www.egi.eu/

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Serbia integrating it into robust national, regional and pan-European infrastructures. The initiative represents one of the focal points for the development of national policies related to HPC. AEGIS organizes dissemination and training activities, helps the Serbian research community to develop and deploy Grid applications, and coordinates related fund raising activities.

Slovak Grid Slovakia http://www.slovakgrid.sk/

SLING - Slovenian Initiative for National Grid

Slovenia Slovenian initiative for the national grid (SLING) is a consortium of organizations for the development and management of Grid and related distributed computing technologies and infrastructures in Slovenia. Slovenian initiative for national grid managed and represented by Arnes , who also represented the initiative in the European and global organizations, providing national core infrastructure and stations in the initiative allows users to access Arnes clusters.

http://www.sling.si/ [email protected]

NGI-ES - Spanish National Grid Initiative

Spain The ES-NGI functions can be summarized in the following points: Operating platform Grid computing services nationwide. Offer a service unified and optimized for users to I+D in Spain, applying uniform criteria for access to its use. Provide services to integrate the national infrastructure with pan-European infrastructure EGI.eu Computational support for international projects of the Spanish research groups that require Grid technology in

http://www.egi.eu/about/ngis/NGI_ES.html [email protected]

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the context of EGI.eu Coordinate with the other activities of the Spanish Network for e-Science. Advise the Ministry Science and Innovation (MICINN), at his request, in its scope, and participate in the initiatives that the MICINN determine, national or international level.

SweGrid - The Swedish Grid Initiative

Sweden There are six major high-performance computing center affiliated with SNIC:

Lunarc Lund University; C3SE Chalmers University of Technology; NSC Linköping University; PDC Royal Institute of Technology UPPMAX Uppsala University; HPC2N Umeå University

Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) is a metacentre dedicated to Swedish researchers and their requirements. SNIC's mandate is to provide unified access to the leading supercomputers in Sweden. SNIC is responsible for the strategic and scientific development and funding of high performance computing resources in Sweden.

http://www.snic.vr.se/projects/swegrid [email protected] [email protected]

SwiNG - Swiss National Grid Association

Switzerland Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (VD) ; » Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) (ZH) ; ETH Research Institutions (ZH) ; Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) (AG) ; Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) (BS) ; Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO) (JU) ; Hochschule Luzern (HSLU) (LU) ; Swiss Academic and Research Network (SWITCH) (ZH) ; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) (VD) ; Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) (TI) ; Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) (TI) ; Universität Basel (UniBas) (BS) ; Universität Bern (UniBE) (BE) ; Universität Zürich (UZH) (ZH) ; Université de Genève (UniGE) (GE) ; Université de Lausanne (UNIL) (VD) ; Université de

SwiNG is the Swiss National Grid Association. Its Mission:

Ensure competitiveness of Swiss science, education and industry by creating value through resource sharing.

Establish and coordinate a sustainable Swiss Grid infrastructure as a dynamic network of resources across different locations and administrative domains.

Provide a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration to leverage the Swiss Grid activities supporting end-users, researchers, education centers, resource providers and industry.

Represent the interests of the national Grid community towards other national and international bodies.

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Neuchâtel (UniNE) (NE)

TRUBA - Turkish National Grid Initiative

Turkey Turkish Science e-Infrastructure Initiative has the following main objectives: The required technological, administrative and political frame that allows productive and cost efficient usage of the nationally funded networks, computing and data centers by the researchers should be provided. National recommendations should be produced and advised to the policy makers for the coordination of the Distributed Computing Infrastructure elements (HPC, Grid, Cloud...) as the essential part of the computational science studies. Consultancy should be provided to integrate all the national computing and data centers to the Turkish Science e-Infrastructure.

http://www.truba.gov.tr/ [email protected]

UK NGI - UK National Grid Initiative

United Kingdom

http://www.ukngi.ac.uk/ [email protected]

4.3.2 Other Grids for e-Science

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Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications (DEISA)

Rechenzentrum Garching of the Max Planck Society (RZG); Leibniz Computing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (LRZ); Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC); Consorzio Interuniversitario (CINECA); CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.; European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF); Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC); Institut du Développement et des Ressources en Informatique Scientifique (IDRIS); SARA Computing and Networking Services ; Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC); High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS)

Supports pan-European research by providing and operating a distributed supercomputing environment all over Europe and aims at delivering a turnkey operational solution for a future European high-performance computing system. The DEISA infrastructure couples the eleven national supercomputing centres which form the DEISA consortium with a dedicated (mostly 10Gbit/s) network connection provided by GÉANT2 on the European level and the NRENs on the national level

http://www.deisa.eu/

http://www.deisa.eu/contact-info

The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG)

The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) project is a global collaboration linking grid infrastructures and computer centres worldwide. It provides global computing resource to store, distribute and analyse the 15 Petabytes (15 million Gigabytes) of data annually generated by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN on the Franco-Swiss border. The infrastructure built by integrating thousands of computers and storage systems in hundreds of data centres worldwide enables a collaborative computing environment on a scale never seen before. WLCG serves a community of more than 8,000 physicists around the world with near real-time access to LHC data, and the power to process it.

http://lcg-archive.web.cern.ch/lcg-archive/public/

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Open Science Grid (OSG) https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Management/OSGPartnerOrganizations

Open Science Grid (OSG) - advances science through open distributed computing. The OSG is a multi-disciplinary partnership to federate local, regional, community and national cyber infrastructures to meet the needs of research and academic communities at all scales

www.opensciencegrid.org

European Grid Infrastructure (EGI)

http://www.egi.eu/about/people/ The European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) links more than 18,000 researchers (and counting) to the distributed computing electronic resources (computing and storage) they need for their work. From huge international collaborations to small independent labs, scientists are accessing the software, services and tools EGI provides through a network of 350 resource centres across Europe (and beyond).

http://www.egi.eu/about/index.html

[email protected]

The Africa & Arabia Regional Operation Centre (Africa ROC)

The Africa & Arabia Regional Operation Centre (Africa ROC for short) has been created as a coordination and support point for all sites in the two Regions wanting to participate in the stimulating and challenging endeavor of creating a common Grid infrastructure to foster e-Science

http://roc.africa-grid.org/

http://roc.africa-grid.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=278

The EUMEDGRID initiative Partners The EUMEDGRID initiative: Co-Funded by the European Commission in the framework of FP6, the EUMEDGRID

http://www2.eumedgrid.org/

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Management/OSGPartnerOrganizations

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Management/OSGPartnerOrganizations

http://www.opensciencegrid.org/

http://www.opensciencegrid.org/









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http://www2.eumedgrid.org/partners-engl.htm project started on January 2006, with the aim of supporting the development of a Grid e-Infrastructure in the Mediterranean Area and promoting the porting of new applications on the Grid platform, thus allowing Mediterranean scientist to collaborate more closely with their European colleagues. At the end of the project, the pilot grid infrastructure included 25 sites distributed across 13 countries, with all relevant grid services up and running. Although the project officially ended on 29 February 2008, this infrastructure is currently being maintained on a best-effort basis by the project consortium, who plan further activities in the field.

http://www2.eumedgrid.org/form.html

Access Grid The Access Grid® is an ensemble of resources including multimedia large-format displays, presentation and interactive environments, and interfaces to Grid middleware and to visualization environments. These resources are used to support group-to-group interactions across the Grid.

http://www.accessgrid.org

UK National Grid Service The Centre for Parallel Computing at School of Informatics , University of Westminster; STFC/RAL; Belfast e-Science within the Queen's University of Belfast; the Oxford Supercomputing Centre (OSC); University of Manchester; The High End Computing Cluster at the University of Lancaster; and others

The UK National Grid Service (NGS) is the core UK eScience Grid, intended for the production use of computational and data Grid resources. NGS is supported by JISC and EPSRC.

http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk

http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/about+us/contact+us/

http://www.accessgrid.org/

http://www.accessgrid.org/





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5 Where we are and what’s next

Up until now the project has uploaded information on 133 projects and 217 organizations which are available online. In the next phase, until next deliverable is due (M15), the specific goal is to have recorded useful information on 20% of all actors and 20% of all relevant projects for online use. The general approach is to:

1. Complement and enrich the information already recorded

2. Upload all the data listed in the present deliverable, to be accessible online

3. Successfully collect and upload data for online presentation on all Higher Education Institutes in the African Region,

4. Successfully map all the networking infrastructure to, from and within Sub-Saharan Africa (all terrestrial and submarine fiber links that exist in the region)

5. Have all RENs available on the platform with all their Member Institutions

6. Having mapped all SIDA and EU-funded e-infrastructure projects


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iMENTORS is a project co- funded by the European Commission’s DG CONNECT under the 7th Framework Programme.

www.iMENTORS.eu

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