Title: National Research Educational Networks Role in ICT Development:
1National Research Educational Networks Role in
ICT Development Caucasus and Middle Asia
Experience
The Global ICT Conference 2004 Baku,
Azerbaijan Digital Divide and Knowledge Economy
Problems and Solutions 25-28 November,
2004Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Vice-President Dr. Elchin Aliyev
www.azrena.org elchin_at_azrena.org
Baku, Azerbaijan
2Creation of NRENs
In 2000 at the suggestion of NATO Scientific
Program South Caucasus and Central Asia countries
start to create their own NREN. NATO rendered the
financial assistance in creating the technical
network bases. Creation of the National Research
Education Network (NREN) allows to scientific
education society facilitate not only
communication process inland but to communicate
with theirs international colleagues. NREN was
created taken into account the international
experience in creation of similar associations.
3The established NRENs
KazRENA www.kazrena.kz
AzRENA www.azrena.org
KRENA-AkNET www.krena.kg
GRENA www.grena.ge
UzSciNet www.uzsci.net
TuRENA
ARENA www.arena.am
TARENA www.tarena-tj.org
4 Role in ICT Development
Development of information technologies influence
on the world society existence. Wide ICT
application reforms the social life and lead to
the positive changes in the economical, social
and culture spheres. One of the most important
conditions of creation the information society is
by means of ICT ensuring for the civil society,
private and governmental sectors the access to
data ware. Therefore, there is no possibility
of creation the modern information society
without developed infrastructure which should be
ensured by NREN in each country.
5 NREN Members Diagram
6 Connection of various organizations
7 Diagram of the users connected to Internet
through NREN
8 Ways of Internet Access
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NRENs use various ways of Internet Access which
are shown above in percentage
9 NRENs. Experience.
10Development of ICT in Azerbaijan
At the World Summit (Geneva, December, 2003) Mr.
Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan
Republic, has appreciated the true value of
activities, spent in republic in the ICT field
and has especially noted determining role ICT in
economic policy.
- The basic directions of the program are
- development of a telecommunication and
information infrastructure - preparation of the legislative environment
for transition to new IKT system - creation of the state regulating committee in
this field - creation and development the electronic
government - questions, concerning the safety of the
information - and development the scientific and technical
base.
11The network infrastructure of AZRENA (first part)
The AzRENA Network is connected Education and
Research Institutions in Baku and in Azerbaijan
regions. AzRENA has the Licenses (September 20,
2002) to installation and operation of 3 TxPx
VSATs from Radio Frequency Committee of
Azerbaijan.
12The network infrastructure of AZRENA (second part)
The Internet connection is provided by follows
128 Kb Up/Down via AzEuroTel ISP down via 3
own RO VSAT including 1 VSAT in Nakhichevan by
summary capacity of 1 Mb by means of Satellite
Operator.
13Network Technological Components
- Ensuring of high speed access to
Internet-Backbone - - connection thought ISP, using of
satellite channels and especial
equipment - Republic data transmission basic networks
- - fiber optic channels - radio
relay channels - Satellite communication - Technology solutions last mile
- - using of leased communication
channels, - using of the Radio-Ethernet
Bridge wireless technologies - Creation of the National Information Resources
- - technological maintenance and training
(AzRENA) - generation of the information
recourses (network participants)
14Role of AzRENA in Regional ICT Development
AzRENA together with Governmental and
International Sectors participated in
International ICT Events 1. In World Summits
on the Information Society (WSIS) December
2003, Geneva 2. PrepCom 1 June 2004,
Tunisia, Hammamet 3. Consultations on the
Establishment of the Working Group on
Internet Governance (WGIG) September 2004,
Geneva
- AzRENA participate in
- Development of State Program of ICT
- STM 1 Connectivity to EU Internet Backbone
- Creation Virtual International Distance Center
15Main Stakeholders
16Coordination of all Stakeholders directed on ICT
Development.
- Azerbaijan set a good example of a successful
cooperation of different institutions. - Stakeholders
- Government
- NGO
- UNDP
- NATO
- European Union
- OSI-AF
- IREX/IATP
- RELIEF
17Existing Projects
- Internet Access and Infrastructure
Development for Research Educational and
Civil Society Development Purposes
Government of Azerbaijan (Ministry of
Communication and Information
Technologies), UNDP, AzRENA OSI-AF - The Project of Distance Education of USA
Program of Partnership between Indiana
University and AzRENA IU/AzRENA - NATO Virtual Silk Highway, NICTS
- Project Harmony Azerbaijan School
connectivity Program - Project of Ministry of Education Equipping by
ICT the general education schools
2005-2007 (4521 schools, 50000 computers) - Project of Azerbaijan Government and UNDP
E-Government Network Initiative - The project of education field development
with World Bank assistance (2003-2012)
18NATO Virtual Silk Highway Project
- The goal of Silk Project to bring cost effective
Internet connectivity to research and education
community of 3 countries in Caucasus and 5
countries in Central Asia. - To increase significantly exchange of information
between academic and educational institutions in
these regions.
19NATO Virtual Silk Highway Project
- Before NATO Silk Project
- National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)
existed only in few countries. - Available bandwidth for Internet connectivity of
NRENs were from 64 Kbps to 512 Kbps. - Poor data network infrastructure of NRENs.
- Constraints on NATO Silk Project
- Not more than 2.5M was available from NATO
Computer Networking Panel Budget in 2001-04. - Feasibility study demonstrated
- Only satellite technology was feasible
- A minimum of 500 Mbpsmonths bandwidth should
be devoted to 8 countries during 2002-05
20NATO Virtual Silk Highway Project
- Current Status
- Stations are operational in all 8 countries since
2003. - Each country is receiving guaranteed bandwidth
about 2/0.5 Mbps, advantage - not used bandwidth
is used by other countries. -
- Additional station will be installed in Kabul,
Afghanistan in October 2004.
Satellite Stations
21IPv6 Activities
- Countries expressed interest in getting
experience but not at cost of IPv4 service. - Easy to arrange with dual-stack router and
tunnelled IPv6. Native IPv6 needs special
hardware for DVB. - ESA/IABG provided boards and 3 MHz channel for
two months to test IPv6/DVB.
22Educational Partnerships Program IU/AzRENA
- IU/AzRENA partnership has 4 major goals
- Develop Azerbaijan faculty instructional
design and IU global E-learning expertise - Develop Web-based courses to support
Azerbaijan faculty professional development
program focused on DE design and
implementation - Develop and deliver a Pilot online course
demonstrating DE application in the local
educational context - Scaling up the initial DE experience to other
Azerbaijan higher education institutions.
23E-Learning Partnership Program Perspectives
AzRENA Base Regional Center of DE
E-LCAzRENA
Educationalmaterialsin e-version
Distance Courses
24NATO Silk Distance Education Workshop
Distance Education Organizational, technology
and pedagogical bases, which was successfully
held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Sept 20 to Sept
25, 2004.
25Solving of the Digital Divide problem
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- Solving of Digital Divide problem demands
balanced system approach, which
should be concentrated on the following
directions - Development of the modern communication
network, which will corresponds with the
multi-service information technology
infrastructure - Financing on the governmental level the
programs on creation wide and quality
communication networks - Development of the education system, oriented
to the computer technologies - Through the whole territory (in each country)
increasing the quantity of the points of
access to the information recourses - Creation of the public points of information
literacy training - Creation of the atmosphere, where information
technologies will be demanded by the civil
society - providing the unprotected strata of society
with the conditions on free of charge access
to the modern ICT aids.
26NREN connection to European GEANT educational
network
European Research Education Network GEANT is the
very progressive scientific network in European
infrastructure, which consolidates more than 3
thousand Research and Education Organizations, 3Â
million individual users form mote that 31
European countries. 9 (nine) channels, the GEANT
system backbone, functioning at the speed of 10
Gbps, the rest of 11 (eleven) at the speed of 2,5
Gbps. NREN connection to the GEANT network is
the vital importance for our countries. Due to
this connection, Research Educational
Organizations of our countries will get the
access to the specialized European research
education networks and this connection will
facilitate the process of science consolidation
into united network.
27Multi-Gigabit pan-European Research Network
Backbone Topology
28GEANT and.... NREN
29The Global ICT Conference 2004 Baku,
Azerbaijan Digital Divide and Knowledge Economy
Problems and Solutions 25-28 November,
2004Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
National Research Educational Networks Role in
ICT Development Caucasus and Middle Asia
Experience
THANKS FOR ATTENTION!
Vice-President Dr. Elchin Aliyev
www.azrena.org elchin_at_azrena.org