Armenia–Malawi cooperation in digital for research and education
Date: 15/11/23
The Armenian national research and education network (NREN) ASNET-AM has become a 6-month ‘twin’ with its Malawian counterpart MAREN. As part of a pilot programme to exchange knowledge with and foster the development of emerging NRENs such as MAREN, the ‘EU4Digital: Connecting Research and Education Communities (EaPConnect)’ project partner ASNET-AM is providing knowledge and technical support in High Performance Computing and cyber-emergency response among other topics.
The twinning programme was launched under the auspices of ‘GN5-1’, the next stage in the long-running GÉANT project, which has supported Europe’s research and education communities for more than 20 years. The pilot of the twinning programme is supported by the GÉANT Association and facilitated by the UbuntuNet Alliance. Under these auspices, two pairs of NRENs began working together in early October 2023, each pair consisting of one partner from an emerging NREN and one from the international GÉANT community. Besides ASNET-AM and MAREN, the other pairing is between Sikt (Norway) and RENU (Uganda).
Teams at the partnering NRENs decided on a theme or subject to focus on together and developed a comprehensive work plan with milestones and deliverables to be achieved within the six-month timeframe.
ASNET and MAREN initiated a series of virtual meetings centred on High-Performance Computing (HPC). Mutual team visits are scheduled for the second half of the project to further strengthen this collaboration. This partnership is oriented toward comprehensive capacity building encompassing technical support to address evolving network infrastructure requirements, the establishment of an academic computer emergency response team (CERT), the promotion and marketing of NREN services, and realising HPC benefits for specific use cases. Additionally, master classes and training sessions will commence in Zomba, Malawi, in 2024.
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