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EUMEDGRID-Support Project Overview - Sustainable Infrastructure Development in the Mediterranean

The EUMEDGRID-Support Project aims to strengthen and expand the e-infrastructure, promote high-level policy dissemination, and foster collaboration in the Mediterranean region. With 14 partners across 13 countries, it focuses on sustainability, competence center networking, and engaging new user communities. Through strategic initiatives, the project supports e-Science advancements, education, best practices sharing, and EU-Mediterranean networking. Visit www.eumedgrid.eu for more information.

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EUMEDGRID-Support Project Overview - Sustainable Infrastructure Development in the Mediterranean

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  1. Part I :The EUMEDGRID-Support Project Abderrahman El Kharrim elkharrim@cnrst.ma Joint EPIKH/EUMEDGRID-Support Event in Rabat Rabat, 30.05.2011

  2. Outline • Project data & partners • Objectives & strategies • Work plan implementation • Main planned activities • Conclusions

  3. 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

  4. EUMEDGRID-Support Project Partners 14 Partners + 2 Third Parties from 13 Countries

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Implementation WP1 Project Management WP2 Communication and Dissemination WP3 Applications and Users Support WP4 e-Infrastructure sustainability and support

  10. Country-level tasks WMS Monitoring L&B Cert. Auth. 1st Level user supp. NGI M/W Repo. Info. Syst. Accounting VOMS Data Catalogs

  11. 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

  12. Application lifecycle

  13. 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

  14. EUMEDGRID-Support Website and contacts www.eumedgrid.eu www.eumedgrid.eu

  15. 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

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