TANDEM WACREN survey: Establishing the need for National Research and Education Networks services in the Western and Central Africa region!

TANDEM activities aim at enhancing the dialogue between WACREN, End Users, NRENs and research and tertiary education institutes of the Western and Central Africa region, in order to elaborate an implementation roadmap of a service portfolio answering to the End User needs. In support to these service-oriented activities, TANDEM has launched a survey to gather the End User requirements in order to establish the need for National Research and Education Networks services in the region.

This survey therefore gives End Users the opportunity to say what future services they would like from an NREN in their country. The results will be used to guide the development of a WACREN roadmap for the future implementation of key NREN services in the region.

The survey consists of four sections: NREN Services for Education; NREN Services for Research; Networking Technology and Application Management; Personal Details and Contact Information.

Survey links:

- Take the online survey now in English or French!: http://wacren.net/surveys/index.php/survey/index/sid/865334/newtest/Y/lang/en

- Download the printable versions in English or French and know more about this TANDEM activity and the survey:
http://www.tandem-wacren.eu/project-activities/services/end-user-survey/

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In support of this survey, TANDEM has created a support document demonstrating the benefits of National Research and Education networks. The document provides the following information: explains what NRENs are, lists and describes the possible services that can be offered by NRENs (network and connectivity services, middleware services, collaboration support services); explains what NRENs mean to end users; describes the role that a strong Regional Research and Education Network can play in supporting NRENs; provides an overview of WACREN, UbuntuNet Alliance, GEANT, RedCLARA, ASREN.

- Download the document in English and in French by visiting the page dedicated to this TANDEM task:
http://www.tandem-wacren.eu/project-activities/services/nren-dissemination-materials/

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TANDEM (TransAfrican Network Development) is a Horizon 2020 project aiming at supporting dialogue between the EU and African Research and Education Networks, with special attention to Western and Central Africa region.

Keywords

National Research and Education Networks, Africa, EU

Countries

Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo