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NREN as a building block of Information Society Vesna Vrga

Explore the role of NREN in the development of an information society, including advancements in education, science, and knowledge transfer.

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NREN as a building block of Information Society Vesna Vrga

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  1. NREN as a building block of Information SocietyVesna Vrga NATO ANW 4th CEENet Workshop on Network Management Chisinau, October 8-12 2004

  2. EU – Knowledge based society • Frameworks Programmes • ERA - European Research Area • EHEA - European High Education Area • Principle of equality for all the researches and members of academic community in Europe • GEANT and NRENS – advanced computer-communication infrastructure as platform for communication, access to resources and exchange of knowledge

  3. Changes in Education • EHEA – European High Education Area • High education reform – Bologna process • To foster the mobility of the citizens and increase their employability • Overall development of the European society • Application of the ICT in education • Virtual educational environments and universities • Digital libraries • Multimedial educational materials • Videoconferencing • Global competitveness of the educational institutions and universities

  4. Changes in the Science • Expanded possibilities for distributed computing • Access to scientific resources • Virtual laboratories and simulation • Data and Processes Analysis • Network of Collaboration • Participation in International Projects • The most advanced network infrastructure as a support for the research and platform to exchange the results

  5. GEANT infrastructure

  6. Research networks are a national asset • National governments should be aware that research and education networking in their country, and in particular NREN organization, is an asset for economic growth and prosperity.

  7. Networks for knowledge and inovation • It is a source of innovation and provides fast and widespread technology transfer to society and industry. • Promoting technology transfer should be an explicit goal of NRENs.

  8. Development Challenges • What is our mission • Whose strategy is first? • Organisation: Technology driven • Government: Politicaly driven • Users: Market driven • Competing institutions

  9. Influencing (strategies, interns) Leading (consulting, supervision, project management) Promotion (events, media, marketing) Experience (pilot projects, co-operation) Education (literature, courses) Information Infrastructure (systems, databases, flow) Computer Infrastructure (servers, classrooms) Communication Infrastructure (access, network) Choices to be made - activities

  10. Public access Administration Hospitals Museums Libraries Primary and secondary education Student access Research and high education Choices to be made – targeted users

  11. Growth – in one direction

  12. Expanding to “other” users group • To be decided at a national level, but countries that wish to choose that option might be encouraged by decisions made and policies set at the European level • “Enhance the “inclusiveness” of the research network infrastructure by taking into account the demands of various actors in the field (e.g. schools, educational networks, libraries, e-learning etc.)”

  13. Expanding to “other” users group • Strong long-term political support • The relation between the policies of national, regional and local authorities (different sources of funding) • Economies of scale, especially in small countries

  14. “Other” users focus • Users outside research and higher education are looking for more services than simple network access, although less familiar with the Internet and all the opportunities it offers • The level of services provided to users in research and higher education should not be influenced negatively by attention given to other types of users and the services provided to them

  15. EDUCATION Citizens Information INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE Knowledge Society State CARNet choices

  16.   Information Infrastructure • Computer-communication infrastructure (national telecommunication infrastructure – local computer-communication infrastructure in the institution, companies and living places) • Information services • Content • Organization • Legislation • Support system

  17. Education • Modern, high quality and diverse education system • Tailored to the needs of individuals and the society • Necessary condition to build the information society • Leverage of the further development of Croatia

  18. Mission CARNet will provide the infrastructure, deliver the knowledge and the resourcesto the individuals and the organizationsthat wish to helpCroatia become an information society. Academic community is an active partner in this process.

  19. CARNet - Role in the Society • Technologicaly advanced organisation for building and developing computer-communication infrastructure, services and support for research area and high education area • Supportive organisation that will facilitate processes that are inevitable, recognizing the user needs and finding the technical and organizational solutions for Croatian univerisities and scientific institutions • Center of Excellence for the ICT in Croatia • Market independent and neutral institution for national infrastructural and information servcies

  20. Croatia in 21 Century • Development strategy for Republic of Croatia: Information and communication technology • Cheap, fast and secure information and communication infrastructure • Fostering the use of Internet and basic services relaying on the public network and ISPs • Introducing the advanced services withCARNet as a promotor of the new generation Internet

  21. Market Development – NREN role • Transfer of the new technology to the society • Always high demand for services – helping the development of the market • Pushing the prices of the new services to become reasonable • Services that are not on the market • Collaboration between research teams in industry and publicly funded research centres

  22. Students as the Changing Agents • Profile of Active users • Fast learners (4-5 years) • Accountable and educated citizens • Changing agents in the companies • Life long education

  23. Experience for the other sectors • Developed infrastructure • At least 10 year of experience • Developed competencies • High professionals in the Strategic Committees • Economies of Scale • Time

  24. To conclude.. • Transfer of the new technologies into society • Academic community as a veichle to Information or Knowledge Society • Other user groups according to the “taste” • Active role in strategies, legislation, standardization • Sharing the experience - organisational

  25. References • Information Societyeuropa.eu.int/information_society/index_en.htm • SERENATE project summary report: Study into European Research and Education Networking As Targeted by eEurope, Information Society Technologies programme, 5th Framework Programme, prosinac 2003 • TERENA Compendium of National Research and Educational Networks in Europe 2004 • GEANT2 project: Multi-Gigabit European Academic Network, Integrated Infrastructure Initiative, Communication Network Development, 6th Framework Programme • Strategija razvitka Republike Hrvatske - Hrvatska u 21. stoljeću: Informacijska i komunikacijska tehnologija, srpanj 2001 • Operativni plan provedbe Programa e-Hrvatska 2007. za 2004. godinu, lipanj 2004 • Information Technologies, Academic Community and the Future, P.Pale NATO ANW, Tbilisi 1999

  26. vesna.vrga@carnet.hr office@CARNet.hr

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