introduction to regional research and education network caribbean

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Experience of Regional

Research and Education

Networks: Implications

Lishan Adam

10 May 2011


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Agenda

Regional RENs Around the Globe

The Mission and Vision DevelopmentProcess

Vision of Regional RENs

Mission of Regional RENs

Objectives of Regional RENs

Institutional Design

Collaborative models


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Regional RENsConsortiums of National Research andEducation Networks (NREN)

Examples - Delivery of Advanced NetworkTechnology to Europe (DANTE), CooperacinLatino Americana de Redes (CLARA), the Asia

Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) and theTrans-European Research and EducationNetworking Association (TERENA), NordicResearch and Education Network (NorduNet)and the UbuntuNet Alliance

Established by NRENs (e.g. NORDUnet) Established before NREN (e.g. UbuntuNetAlliance, WACREN)


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Regional Research

and Education

Network

Year

establish

ed

Incorporat

ed in

Members list

Trans-European

Research and

Education

Networking

Association

TERENA

1994 Amsterdam,

Netherland

s

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).

Delivery of

Advanced Network

Technology to

Europe (DANTE)

1993 Cambridge,

UK

GARR (Italy)14%, DFN (Germany) 14%, HEFCE (UK) 14%, RENATER

(France) 14%, SURFnet (The Netherlands) 9%, SWITCH

(Switzerland) 9%, NORDUnet (Denmark, Finland, Iceland,

Norway & Sweden) 7%, CSIC (Spain) 5%, ARNES (Slovenia) 2%,CESNET (Czech Republic) 2%, FCCN (Portugal) 2%, HUNGARNET

(Hungary) 2%, HEAnet (Ireland) 2%, Ariadnet (Greece) 2%,

and RESTENA (Luxembourg) 2%.

NorduNet 1986 Copenhagen

, Denmark

Forskningsnettet ( Denmark), RHnet ( Iceland), UNINETT

(Norway), SUNET (Sweden) and Funet (Finland)


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Regional Research

and Education

Network

Year

establish

ed

Incorporat

ed in

Members list

Asia Pacific

Advanced Network

(APAN)

1997 Singapore AARNet ( Australia ) , Cstnet (Chaina), APAN-JP APAN-TH,

ANF ( Korea ) APAN-TW ASTI ( PH ). HARNET ( Hong

Kong) LEARN ( Sir Lanka ), NACESTI ( Viet Nam), REANNZ ( New Zealand ), SingAREN ( Singapore

), NREN (Nepal ) APAN-MY PERN ( Pakistan ) ERNET (

India )

Cooperacin Latino

Americana de Redes

Avanzandas (CLARA)

2003 Montevideo

, Uraguay

RETINA (Argentina), ADSIB (Bolivia), RNP (Brazil), REUNA

(Chile), University of the Cauca (Colombia), CRnet (Costa

Rica), RedUniv (Cuba), CEDIA (Ecuador), RAICES (El

Salvador), RAGIE (Guatemala), UNITEC (Honduras), CUDI

(Mexico), CNU on behalf of RENIA (Nicaragua), RedCyT

(Panama), ARANDU (Paraguay), RAP (Peru), RAU (Uruguay) and

REACCIUN (Venezuela).

UbuntuNet Alliance

for Research and

Education

Networking

2006 Zomba,

Malawi

Eb@le, (DRC), EthERNet (Ethiopia). KENET (Kenya), MAREN

(Malawi), MoRENet (Mozambique), X-net(Namibia), RwEdNET

(Rwanda), SomaliREN (Somalia), TENET (South Africa), SUIN

(Sudan), TERNET(Tanzania), RENU (Uganda), ZAMREN (Zambia)

West and Central

African Research

and Education

Network

2010 Accra,

Ghana

GHARNET (Ghana) and other NRENs under formation in Nigeria,

Senegal, Cote dIvoire, Benin, Niger, Cameroon, Burkina

Faso

C@ribNET 2010 St.

Georges,

Grenada

REDAI (Dominican Republic) and other NRENs under formation-

in Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname,

The Bahamas, and Belize


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The Vision, Mission and

Objective Development

Process Evolution Example UbuntuNet Alliance

Started in 08.2006 at the UA Board

Meeting in Kigali Felt UA should have well defined vision,mission, objectives and plan of action tostreamline its activities

A retreat in Zomba in 10.2006

UA Strategic plan 2007-2010

Meeting in Dar es Salaam in 2008

Rolling Strategic Plan (RSP) 2009-2013


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Vision - vivid description of the organization

as it effectively carries out its operations

NORDUnet (2009-2012) NORDIC Infrastructure for Research and Education

NORDUnet shall provide a common world-class

network infrastructure, services, support and

collaboration platform for the Nordic NRENs and

research and education community. NORDUnet shall

likewise facilitate other common eInfrastructure

as requested by the Nordic national

eInfrastructure stakeholders.

UbuntuNet Alliance

(2009-2012)

The strong and viable African regional research

and education network (RREN) of

choice, which promotes ICT access and usage among

national RENs


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Mission Purpose of the Network

- Consider the organization's products, services,

markets, values, and concern for public image and

prioritizeResearch Network Mission

NORDUnet (2009-2012) build and operate a world-class network

infrastructure for the Nordic research and

educational community

coordinate and facilitate Nordic involvement and

participation

build and operate network and other

eInfrastructure services

represent NORDUnet at international levels

operate according to best practices within

corporate governance, corporate culture and pursuethe best possible utilization of all NORDUnet

resources

UbuntuNet Alliance

(2009-2012)

To secure affordable high speed international

connectivity

Promote efficient ICT access

and usage for African NRENs


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NORDUnet Core Values

Collaboration: strive to facilitate co-operationbetween the Nordic NRENs and international partners.

Customer-focused: develop its services according to theneeds of the NRENs.

Knowledge sharing: strives to be a professional andhighly competent partner. Will have highly skilled and

trustworthy experts in all aspects of networkingtechnology and related services. provide services,perform research and testing, and disseminateinformation and knowledge

Inspiring Workplace: well-motivated personnel,personal and professional development, personal and

professional freedom, continuous development ofservices towards our customers. Equal opportunityemployment based on personal and professionalcapability

Efficiency: strive to maximize the utilization of allNORDUnet resources.


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Objectives of Regional RENs

Regional Research and

Education Network

Objective and focus areas

Asia Pacific Advanced

Network (APAN)

Promote advanced networking

technology and services for research

and education as well as

international cooperation

Cooperacin Latino Americana

de Redes Avanzandas (CLARA)

operate the RedCLARA backbone

network, development of network

services and organization of meeting

UbuntuNet Alliance forResearch and Education

Networking

Establishing NREN, enabling them toparticipate in global research

community

C@ribNET NREN development. Promote network

and services


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Institutional Image

Identity for institution

Represent constituency and

operations of the Regional

Research and Education Network

Building confidence in the network

Marketing tool to sell and tomobilize resources for the

organization


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Institutional Image with

some evolution


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Components of Governance

Framework Overall similar trend in governance

RENs are member institutions andgoverned by members

Organizations that support RREN should

be lean in terms of staffing andhierarchy.

Governance component Membership

Members Assembly Board of Directors

Technical Committees (Working Groups)

Secretariat and Staff


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Typical Governance Framework


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Governance Framework should not

necessarily be hierarchical


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Membership- example APAN

General Voting (primary) members

Non-voting (associate members)

Specific (APAN) Primary members

Non-voting members associate members - organizations that are involved inREN activities;

affiliate members - institutions that benefit from NRENactivities;

liaison members- organizations that has peering

relationship with APAN ; (iv) industry members- including operators and servicesproviders.

Membership as share holders (define the extent ofvoting rights)


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Members Assembly

Ultimate decision making body

Meets annually (UbuntuNet) and

every six months (Red CLARA,

DANTE)

Different names Council of

Members in the case of UA


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Board of Directors

Different names - board of directors orboard of trustees, ExecutiveCommittee

Different roles symbolic (UA) to more

involvement in the execution RRENoperation (TERENA, NORDUnet)

Generally not representative of Members

Appointed by the General Assembly

May have structure (chair, vice chaire,treasurer, members)

Fiscal commission in the case of CLARAto look after partnership and funding

W ki G T h i l


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Working Groups, Technical

Committees Focus resource mobilization, technical design,

development of network services, content andapplications

Large working groups in the case of APAN to focusedworking groups

Some have ToR Red CLARA, for example

Technically plan the network including, amongother activities, topology, equipment andoperational characteristics;

To define the technical parameters for theassignment of the backbone connection capacitiesand of the access to the network;

To supervise the quality of service of thenetwork and of the network management center;

To propose the technical project of the networkto the Assembly, and

To carry out all the activities asked by theBoard


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Secretariat and Staff

Secretariat - small (UA-3) to large DANTE (~60),TERENA (17)

Focus areas Management

Public relations

Administration International relation

Commercial management

Planning and development

Operations and

Customer support

Centralized operations (DANTE, NORDUnet, TERENA,UA)

Distributed operation (Red CLARA)


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Lessons

Maintain a relatively small staff

Ensure that the CEO is full time

Enlist the support of member

universities as desired Focus staff time on the key functions ofregional research and education network(operations, commercial development,network and NOC management, usersupport, international relations,training and capacity building andinnovations)


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Collaborative models

Network implementation and

operation - Operation of NOC

Services & tools deployment and

configuration

Training and human resources

Research platforms


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Collaboration and decentralization

of Red CLARA

Chile (REUNA)Brazil (RNP)

Technical

Manager (Colombia)

PeruVenezuela


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Collaborative Framework Training-

e.g. TERENA


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Services and tools e.g

NORDUnet


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Scenarios for the evolution of the pan-European infrastructure for European

research and education networking

Issues related to the geographic coverage of European research and educationnetworking

Examples of extension of research networks to education and other user communities

Scenarios for the funding of network infrastructure in the European research

networking community, and of related costs

Evolution of international connectivity in Europe and to other continents over the

next five years

Networking needs of users in the European research community

Networking needs of users in the European research community

Availability and characteristics of equipment for next-generation networks

Expected development of the regulatory situation in European countries relevant

for the SERENATE project

Present status of international connectivity in Europe and to other continents

Experience of various communities that have experimented with "alternative" modelsof infrastructures

Collaboration in research - Study into the evolution of

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