CR2Net Experiences: Present and Future of Costa Rica

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CR2Net ExperiencesPresent and Future of Costa
Ricas Research and Education Network

• Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting
• April 19 21, 2004
• Arlington, VA

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Agenda

• Some information about Costa Rica
• Interest of Costa Rica in the NRENs
• Present state of CR2Net
• Main Potential Challenges of Costa Rica

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Costa Rica

• Located in Centro America.
• Bounded by Nicaragua, the Caribbean Sea, Panama,
  and by the Pacific
• Ocean.
• Area (19,714 sq mi).
• The capital is San José.

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Environmental Issues

• Costa Ricas land is protected by one of the most
  ambitious conservation programs in Central
  America.
• It has also established a booming ecotourism
  business.
• The population of Costa Rica (2003 estimate) is
  3,896,092, giving the country an overall
  population density of 198 persons per sq mi.

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Education

• The literacy rate is estimated at 96 percent.
• Primary and secondary education is free, and
  attendance is compulsory between the ages of 6 to
  15.
• In 2000, 551,465 pupils were enrolled in 3,711
  primary schools and 255,600 students attended
  public and private secondary schools, and 58,000
  students attended public universities.

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Social Services

• Life expectancy is 77 years.
• A national health plan was established in the
  1970s.
• A social security program has been in operation
  since 1942
• Costa Rica has had no armed forces since 1948.
  The only security forces are the Civil Guard

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Why does Costa Rica have interest in the NRENs ?

• Without education people are condemned
  underdevelopment . (Dr.Castro Madríz, 1er.
  President of CR, 1847)
• Interest in gaining access to knowledge
• Interest in sharing Costa Rican scientific and
  intellectual product.
• Interest in having access to new technologies and
  scientific development.

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Present state of CR2Net

• The creation of national policies aiming at
• Creating CR2Net and declaring it of public
  interest in 2001.
• Achieving a free broadband of no less than
  45Mbps for 7 institutions, of higher Education,
  Scientific development, as well as the Health and
  Meteorology Institutes.

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Present state of CR2Net continue

• An organization body has been created for the
  management and development of CR2Net.
• Is conformed by a Council integrated by the
  presidents of the main educational and research
  organizations in the country, and its presided
  over by the Minister of Science and Technology.
• The Technical Committee is conformed by a
  representative of the main organizations of
  CR2Net.

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UCR
INM
C R 2 N e t
CENAT
IP 200.9.32.32
switch 3500
switch 3500
switch 3500
VPN MPLS
UNA
UNED
IP 200.9.32.64
IP 200.9.32.128
National IP Net
CORE GigaRouter
switch 3500
switch 3500
MegaRuter
45 Mbps Submarine Maya - Arcos
CCSS
NRENs
ITCR
IP 200.9.32.96
switch 3500
switch 3500
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Main National Tasks

• It is in the phase of defining the guidelines for
  the adequate administration of CR2Net.
• It is developing a regulation model that will
  guarantee its financial sustainability.

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Main International Challenges

• To reach international connectivity through the
  following Networks
• CLARA
• GEANT
• INTERNET2
• To encourage the scientific community of Costa
  Rica to participate in the fields of education
  and research, that are already being developed at
  the international level.

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Areas of Research and Contribution

• Health
• Biotechnology
• Biodiversidad
• Serum Antiofídicos
• Seismology
• Veterinary
• Tropical Illnesses
• State of the Nation/ region.

• Research in Studies of Gender
• Clean Energy
• Sciences of the sea and Limnology
• Environmental Contamination
• Sustainable Develop.
• Software Develop.

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Links to Consult

• www.micit.go.cr Ministerio de CyT
• www.go.cr Gobierno digital de CR
• www.anc.ac.cr Academia Nacional de Ciencias
• www.comex.go.cr Comercio Exterior
• www.procomer.co.cr Promotor de Comercio
• www.inbio.ac.cr Instituto Nacional de
  Biodiversidad
• www.ovsicori.una.ac.cr Observatorio
  Vulcanológico y Sismológico
  costarricense.
• www.ccss.sa.cr Caja Costarricense Seguro Social
• www.vinv.ucr.ac.cr Vicerrectoría de
  Investigación UCR
• www.estadonacion.or.cr Proyecto Estado de la
  Nación
• www.odd.ucr.ac.cr Observatorio del Desarrollo
  UCR
• www.ucr.ac.cr Universidad de Costa Rica
• www.uned.ac.cr Universidad Estatal a Distancia
• www.una.ac.cr Universidad Nacional
• www.itcr.ac.cr Instituto Tecnológico de CR
• www.ice.go.cr Instituto Costarricense de
  Electricidad

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Gracias
Vigny Alvaradovalvarad_at_uned.ac.cr