The SEEREN Initiative South-Eastern European Research & Education Networking

1. The SEEREN InitiativeSouth-Eastern European Research & Education Networking Dr.-Ing. Jorge-A. Sanchez-P. SEEREN Project Coordinator GRNET - Greek Research & Technology Network sanchez@grnet.gr, http://www.grnet.gr Zagreb, September 21-25, 2002

2. Administrative overview The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

3. Consortium members/sponsors • GRNET • HUNGARNET/NIIFI • RoEduNet • DANTE • TERENA • ICTDA • INIMA • BIHARNET • MARNET • AMREJ • … • EC, Greek Government, GEANT community • CEENet, NATO, UNESCO, Max-Plank • Cisco, SUN, Juniper, Siemens, Telindus The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

4. Preparing the region for GEANT+ The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

5. Technical objectives • O1) Establish the SEE infrastructure interconnecting the NRENs of AL, BA, BG, MK, YU, EL, HU and RO, called “regional NRENs”. The regional NRENs will be linked via 2-34 Mbps international connectivity. • O2) Interconnect the regional NRENs to the major GÉANT PoPs in this area and thus to the Pan-European research network. The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

6. Creation of awareness objectives • O3) Serve as a guide for future upgrades • so that all regional NRENs will be able to participate in GÉANT(+) and • be part of the European "e-Science" distributed platform. • O4) Ease the "digital divide" that still separates most of the SEE countries from the developed world. • build awareness of IST in SE Europe non-EU countries • serve as a paradigm for bridging the digital divide in other areas • provide a platform for cooperation of scientific and educational communities of EU Member States with Newly Associated States (NAS) and 3rd Countries. The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

7. Forward looking objectives • O5) Exploit and disseminate the results. • Investigate additional sources of funding and cooperation from the EC (PHARE, CARDS) , from EU States national funds (Development Assistance Committee, Stability Pact, etc.), the INTERREG programme, international organizations that are actively involved in the SEE region, such as UNESCO, NATO, CEENet and • cluster with related EC projects (GÉANT, EUMEDCONNECT, 6NET, COM-REN, DATA-GRID, etc). The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

8. GANTT – Bar Chart The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

9. SEEREN in the press seeren-sponsors@seeren.org http://www.seeren.org The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

10. Some existing opportunities • Stability Pact for SE Europe • EU Accession Countries Funds (BU,RO,TR) • Bilateral Co-operation Funds • Greek National Funds (DAC – OECD) • Greek reconstruction plan for the Balkans • INTERREG III B - CADSES covering the Central Adriatic Danubian South Eastern European space The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

11. From http://www.mnec.gr/interreg/cadses/en/home.html The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop

12. Forthcoming initiatives • Greek Presidency 1S 2003 • (..among others) Presidency of enlargement and cooperation of EU and the Balkans • 6th Framework Programme • Specific funding foreseen for EU neighboring countries • Budget for RN • Workprogramme The Third CEENet Workshop on Network Management NATO Advanced Networking Workshop