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Project Description GN3

Project I3 (Integrated Infrastructures Initiative) financed by the 7th European Union R&D Framework Programme (Subsidy agreement number 238875)

Web
http://www.geant3.net
Start date
01-04-2009
Expected end date
31-03-2013
Duration
48 months
Total budget
€181 million (European funding: €93 million)
Participants
34 entities (European academic and research networks, and entities formed by academic and research networks)

Academic and research networks – DANTE (group of several European academic networks, project coordinator - UK), RedIRIS (ES), ACONET (AT), BELNET (BE), BREN (BG), CARNet (HR), CYNET (CY), CESNET (CZ), EENet (EE), RENATER (FR), DFN (DE), GRNET (GR), NIIF (HU), HEANet (IE), IUCC (IL), GARR (IT), SigmaNet (LV), LITMET (LT), RESTENA (LU), MARNet (MK), University of Malta (MT), MREN (ME), SURFNet (NL), NORDUNet (Nordic area - DK), PSNC (PL), FCCN (PT), RoEduNet (RO), AMRES (RS), SANET (SK), ARNES (SI), SWITCH (CH), ULAKBIM (TR), JANET (UK), TERENA (European association of academic networks – NL)

Activities

NA (Networking Activities – Community activities) - Includes project management and coordination (NA1), communication and promotion (NA2), trend analysis (NA3) and support and relations (NA4)

SA (Service Activities) – Includes network infrastructure construction and operations (SA1), network multi-domain services (SA2), multi-domain applications for users (SA3) and software management (SA4)

JRA (Joint Research Activities) – Includes future networks (JRA1), research into network multi-domain services (JRA2) and research into multi-domain applications for users (JRA3)