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Part I : The EUMEDGRID-Support Project. Abderrahman El Kharrim elkharrim@cnrst.ma Joint EPIKH/EUMEDGRID-Support Event in Rabat Rabat, 30.05.2011. Outline. Project data & partners Objectives & strategies Work plan implementation Main planned activities Conclusions.
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Part I :The EUMEDGRID-Support Project Abderrahman El Kharrim elkharrim@cnrst.ma Joint EPIKH/EUMEDGRID-Support Event in Rabat Rabat, 30.05.2011
Outline • Project data & partners • Objectives & strategies • Work plan implementation • Main planned activities • Conclusions
EUMEDGRID-Support Project Data • Support Action co-funded by European Commission under: Capacities specific program - Research Infrastructures - FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2009-1 • Project ID 246589 • Duration: 24 months • Start: 1st January 2010 • – We are now at Project Month 18 • Budget (EU contribution): 740 k€ • Budget (Total): 867 k€ • Coordinating Person: Federico Ruggieri / INFN Roma Tre
EUMEDGRID-Support Project Partners 14 Partners + 2 Third Parties from 13 Countries
Objectives & Strategic Lines • Support the consolidation and expansion of the EUMEDGRID Infrastructure with a special emphasis on sustainability • High Level Policy Dissemination • Create a Two Level network of Competence Centres • Widen the existing human network involving new user communities • Closely cooperate with other projects and initiatives relevant for the Mediterranean
The EUMEDGRID e-Infrastructure 25 EUMEDGRID sites have been deployed in 13 countries, giving a total of 1800 connected Servers and about 84 TBs of storage capacity
Current EUMEDGRID-Support infrastructure RomaTre TUBITAK ULAKBIM GARR GRNET COMETA CCK CYNET CERIST UoM HIAST IUGAZA CNRST JUNET EUN PALESTINE in progress currently operational site / included in top BD-II ERI 15 sites (10 operational today) in 11 countries
M2.2: EUMEDGRID-support Booklet published M4.1: First high policy workshop M1.1 Project Kick off meeting M1.3 Second Project Review M14 M3.1: Second Level Competence Centre operational M24 M2.1 Project Web site ready M4.2: second High Policy Workshop M1.2 First project Review M13 M1 M8 Project Month M 3 6 9 15 18 21 0 12 M22 24 D3.1: Sustainability plan for a 2 tiers competence centre in the Mediterranean D3.2: Final plan for sustainability of a two tiers competence centre in the Mediterr. D4.2: EumedGird-Support Booklet for StakeHolders and policy makers M7 M19 D2.3a:Results reports on requirements & challenges on the first workshop M19 D2.3b: Results reports on req. & challenges on WS2 M7 M18 D2.2c: Updated Comm.&Diss.plan M24 D1.1: First Progress Report D2.4b: Statistical database analysis of new communities D2.4a: Statistical database analysis of new communities D1.2: Final Progress Report D2.2a: Communication Strategy and Dissemination plan D4.1b: Proposed Regional and National organ. models for sustainability D2.2b: Updated Communication Strategy and Dissemination plan D2.1a: Web Portal static version M12 M6 D4.3: Report for stakeholders and Policy makers on the impact of the EUMEDGRID-Support project D2.1b: Web Portal fully operational D4.1a: State of the art of e-Infrastructures in the Mediterranean region M12 D2.2d: Updated Comm.&Diss.plan M24 Deliverables and Milestones
Implementation WP1 Project Management WP2 Communication and Dissemination WP3 Applications and Users Support WP4 e-Infrastructure sustainability and support
Country-level tasks WMS Monitoring L&B Cert. Auth. 1st Level user supp. NGI M/W Repo. Info. Syst. Accounting VOMS Data Catalogs
EUMEDGRID-Support project level tasks High level Grid services Monitoring Catch-all CA 2nd Level user supp. MED Gen. Info. System Accounting Global VOMS Knowledge repo. M/W release
Community Engagement • Serve as a point of contact for projects which are collaborating or wish to collaborate with the project and establish formal collaboration agreements • Formal agreements/Memorandum of Understanding are to state explicitly what the interested party needs from the project and what they will offer in return • Facilitates the relationships between those projects and EUMEDGRID activities • Extends technical work leveraging similar or complementary working carried out by other projects • Help projects interact and share their experiences • Multiplies promotional activities Strategic Projects www.eumedgrid.eu
EUMEDGRID-Support Website and contacts www.eumedgrid.eu www.eumedgrid.eu
Conclusions • EUMEDGRID-Support is officially started on 1 January 2010 • Brand new Web Site: ww.eumedgrid.eu • Launch Event in Cairo 26 January 2010. • It builds on the results of EUMEDGRID • Resuming its pilot infrastructure • We already started – Good progress over the last 2 months ! • Basing on its exploited human network • Will focus on e-Science in • Sustainability • High Level Policy Dissemination • Education and Training for long term support • Promoting best practices, sharing experience • Liaising EU and the Mediterranean scientists, Projects, User Communities and other eInfrastructures