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TECHCHARE: LEBANON’S NRENCAMILLE ABOU-NASR - LAU
YOUSSEF ASFOUR - AUB
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TECHCHARE
• Perseverance
•Harmony and Camaraderie
• Services in mind
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NREN ROUND 1
•Ministry of Education along with CNRS led the effort to
establish an NREN
• Effort was focused on building a dedicated network to
connect universities and research institutions in
Lebanon
BUT
• Political and infrastructure hurdles prevented network
from coming to fruition
• Project went dormant waiting for the establishment of
the network
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ROUND 2: LERN
• Continuation to round 1
• More universities joined the effort to establish Network
• Lawyers drafted documents for the foundation of an NGO
BUT
• Political and infrastructure hurdles prevented network from coming to fruition
• NGO agreement did not go through
HOWEVER
• Universities Started rolling out services: EDUROAM
• Got our Librarians to meet and start laying out ideas to what inter-library services they envisage the network will benefit them
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ROUND 3: TECHCAREIF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME
• Private universities perseverance
• 3 members signed, then grew to 5
•Governance:
• All members are equal
• Decisions are made through majority vote
• New members
• New services
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5 Universities Signed TechCARE ...
… and 5 more are working through their approval process to
sign …
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5 Universities Signed TechCARE ...
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FORMALLY ESTABLISHING THE LEBANESE NREN
• Base Service:
• Mandatory
• Led by AUB
• Covers basic membership fees
• Includes EduRoam, Digital Certificates, and LIFE federated services , peered network for free
• Services
• Each service has a “Lead Institute”
• Mandate to negotiate and “sign” on behalf of the group
• Responsible for the definition, implementation and operation of the service
• Managing finances of service
• Optional
• Working on expanding membership to 10 this year
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ACHIEVEMENTS
• Eduroam
•Certificate Services
•More than doubled connectivity since Feb 2018, more
competitive pricing
• Peered network … for free!
• Federated Services
•Center of Excellence
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…and trying to get more universities to join.
• Inter-library services• Shared telescope services• Collective agreements with key vendors• Collaborations with CERN and others
We are also working on new services …
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Our biggest challenges continue to be …
Getting other universities to joinIdentifying global collaboration opportunitiesFunding new services
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Camille Abu Nasr & Yousif Asfour
TechCAREThe Lebanese NREN