{"id":20,"date":"2020-05-03T17:54:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anno.softhopper.studio\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:18:29","slug":"home-main","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Main"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20\" class=\"elementor elementor-20\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-086c52a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"086c52a\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"home\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8075e9 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"a8075e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"a8075e9\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Chair<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Chair of the G\u00c9ANT Board<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Foreword by Andreas Dudler<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-744ff7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"744ff7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The year 2020 will remain in our global collective memory as the year in which had to learn how to deal day by day with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges we faced on all levels of society \u2013 from the political, to the individual. And of course, challenges which today continue to dominate our conversations. Based on a forward-looking planning and stable services G\u00c9ANT could master these challenges.<\/p><p>The good news is that research and education networks in Europe and around the world delivered. In a world in which online became the fabric which kept us together, the G\u00c9ANT network, the European NRENs and their international partners delivered the secure and robust connectivity as well as the trust and identity services which consistently underpin the EU\u2019s COVID-19 research platform, as much as any other pandemic related science. The new needs of the educational sector were met.<\/p><p>For G\u00c9ANT, 2020 was also the year in which we started the detailed planning for our activities under the new MFF and the Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, and Connecting Europe Facility with a focus on the continuity of the project activities, including our international capacities, as well as the specific focus on the delivery of hyperconnectivity to the EuroHPC (High Performance Computing in Europe) and the delivery of services through the European Science Cloud (EOSC).<\/p><p>The end of 2020 saw Brexit being concluded and we welcome the UK government\u2019s decision to remain associated to Horizon Europe. We value our UK partner Jisc and strongly believe that Europe is better together.<\/p><p>And the year ended with very important changes to the Board of G\u00c9ANT. At the end of November 2020, I was extremely proud to be elected as Chair of the Board of the G\u00c9ANT Association taking over from Christian Grimm (DFN, Germany), who left the Board after six years of service, five of which as Chair. The G\u00c9ANT Board also thanked Marko Bona\u010d (ARNES, Slovenia), who left the Board after six years, for his leadership in G\u00c9ANT\u2019s cost-share committee. The General Assembly elected new members Ana Tavares Pinto (FCCN|FCT, Portugal) and Floor Jas (SURF, Netherland) for three-year terms, whilst Federico Ruggieri (GARR, Italy) was re-elected for a three-year term and Raimundas Tuminauskas (PSNC, Poland) was re-elected for a one-year term. 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class=\"anno-counter-init\" id=\"counter-0736d8e\">0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t        \r\n\t        \t            <h4 class=\"anno-counter-title\">\r\n\t                <span >\r\n\t                    eduroam authentications\t                <\/span>\r\n\t            <\/h4>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\r\n            \r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-258641a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"258641a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-element-dd3b61e elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"dd3b61e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"dd3b61e\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">CEO<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Erik Huizer<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">2020\u2013A new perspective <span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-836cc23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"836cc23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To battle today\u2019s major societal challenges, we need the support of researchers and teachers around the globe. The outbreak of COVID-19 showed us that we can win these battles only if we cooperate on a global scale, sharing our findings and building on each other\u2019s results. G\u00c9ANT and the NRENs are here to make this possible in an easy and secure way.<\/p><p>For most of us 2020 was an extraordinary year. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools, universities, and research institutes had to temporarily shut their doors in so many countries. Educational organisations had to make a drastic move to online models to teach, learn and work. Fortunately, our community had the means and the tools to help these institutions make the needed transition.<\/p><p>As a result, our traffic patterns, videoconferencing usage, eduroam usage and priorities changed. At G\u00c9ANT, we increased our focus on education and saw TF-EDU develop and grow. We negotiated peering agreements with commercial providers in distant countries to allow students to connect with university campuses in Europe directly from their homes. OpenUP2U, the open-source software suite for online learning was made available to those NRENs and institutes requiring an affordable and trustworthy solution.<\/p><p>In the meantime, we were also able to minimise the delays to our existing projects. We continued the roll-out of our new fibre footprint throughout Europe and upgraded our international capacity where new traffic patterns required it. We worked closely with EMBL-EBI to make sure that any data exchange needed for COVID-19 research was fully supported. In addition, we were able to run our organisation smoothly and carry out our day-to-day activities notwithstanding the temporary closure of both offices in March 2020.<\/p><p>In 2020 every single staff gathering took place online. And while this arrangement worked, it is clear that there is a limit to the time that people can spend away from the office without direct contact with colleagues.<br \/>The R&amp;E networking community coped well with the crisis and was able to provide support where needed. We achieved this on the basis of cooperation and resource sharing. A fundamental element is also the human network we have built within our community over the past decades. Trust, more than money, is our valuable commodity. The human network, however, needs maintenance, which is not easily achieved via videoconferencing alone. We therefore hope that by the end of 2021 we can return to meeting in person and that TNC22 will be a real-life event.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0076ae6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0076ae6\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"portfolio\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a351908\" data-id=\"a351908\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb62ae2 elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"fb62ae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"fb62ae2\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">2020<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Highlights From<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">An Extraordinary Year<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d98c4e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-portfolio-masonry\" data-id=\"3d98c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;portfolio_layout&quot;:&quot;carousel&quot;}\" 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           <\/div>\n\t\t\t                      \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.geant.org\/2020\/11\/24\/new-chair-and-new-and-re-elected-members-for-geant-board-of-directors\" class=\"custom-url\" target=\"blank\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-17-1-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-anno-square-large size-anno-square-large anno-lazyload lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-17-1-475x475.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-17-1-475x475.png 475w, 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class=\"attachment-anno-square-large size-anno-square-large anno-lazyload lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-475x475.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-475x475.png 475w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-20x20.png 20w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-950x950.png 950w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1-1425x1425.png 1425w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AR2020-Visuals-15-1.png 1667w\" \/>\t\t\t                  \t<div class=\"portfolio-info\">\n\t\t\t                      \t<div class=\"centrize\">\n\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"v-center\">\n\t\t\t\t                          \t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\r\n            <h3 class=\"title\">Increased Focus on Education<\/h3>\r\n            <p class=\"cate cardo-font default-color\"><\/p><!--  \/.cate -->\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t                      \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!--  \/.portfolio-boxes -->\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d74d7c elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d74d7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"eosc\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd51774\" data-id=\"fd51774\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc635cc elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"dc635cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"dc635cc\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">CCO<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Cathrin St\u00f6ver<\/div><\/div>  <h3 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">EOSC in Transition<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h3> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8379014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8379014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was in November 2018 when G\u00c9ANT CCO, Cathrin St\u00f6ver, was chosen to be co-chair of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Executive Board. She was soon joined by several representatives of our NREN partners who were chosen to represent their countries in the EOSC Governance Board. Two years later, the intense work in the EOSC Executive and Governance Boards culminated when on 17 December 2020 Cathrin chaired the first General Assembly of the newly created EOSC Association, which duly elected its new President and Board and gave a mandate to the President and Board to continue to negotiate and eventually sign the EOSC Partnership Agreement with the European Commission.<\/p><p>For G\u00c9ANT and our community, the last two years working in the EOSC environment were a success. We established ourselves as reliable partners not only in the Executive Board and Governance Board, but also through manifold participation across the EOSC Working Groups and of course, in important positions across various EOSC projects. As a community, we found a constructive way of working together through regularly organised EOSC meetings, where we updated each other on recent happenings in the EOSC governance, but also across the projects, the working groups and on general interactions on national and European levels. This led to a cohesive community approach towards EOSC and resulted in 19 NRENs joining the founding members G\u00c9ANT and GARR as members or observers in the EOSC Association.<\/p><p>At the end of this two-year period of many meetings, interaction with stakeholders and intense work, our community can look back with pride. We have been in important roles in the EOSC Governance, the working groups, the projects and finally, in the EOSC Association itself. Our knowledge and expertise helped to deliver results and recommendations in the working groups; we helped to establish the co-programmed European Partnership for EOSC and the EOSC Association to go with it. Our community gave input to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and is now well represented in the Board of the EOSC Association with Sarah Jones from G\u00c9ANT and Ronan Byrne from HEANET being elected members of the Board.<\/p><p>G\u00c9ANT is looking forward to working with the EOSC Association towards our joint purpose of enabling better science in Europe and globally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2526b63 elementor-stretch-column-right\" data-id=\"2526b63\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4fa73d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a4fa73d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-475x475.png 475w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-20x20.png 20w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-950x950.png 950w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07-1425x1425.png 1425w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AR2020-Visuals-07.png 1668w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-221e708 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"221e708\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"community\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c885484\" data-id=\"c885484\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e537e9d elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"e537e9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"e537e9d\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Community<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Community<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03dc413 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03dc413\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-517a7a2\" data-id=\"517a7a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eab67df elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"eab67df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"eab67df\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">G\u00c9ANT<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Community Programme<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b437c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b437c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2020 the G\u00c9ANT General Assembly elected Claudio Allocchio, Senior Technical Officer at GARR, as the new G\u00c9ANT Community Committee (GCC) Chair, and Paul Rouse, G\u00c9ANT Chief Community Relations Officer, became the GCC co-Chair. The GCC successfully completed and kicked off the G\u00c9ANT Community Programme (GCP) strategy, in addition it was able to increase and update the programme\u2019s areas of activities and to successfully launch the Task Force on Education (TF-EDU).<\/p><p>The shift to online meetings throughout the year saw an increase in participation and geographic reach, and online meetings also helped to bridge the divide between NRENs at various stage of maturity and the broader R&amp;E community.<\/p><p>The GCC also managed to foster a notable increase in cross disciplinary exchanges within the community, but also to establish many liaisons between the GCP and formal projects\u2019 activities. A major achievement was the concept creation of the G\u00c9ANT Innovation Programme: a completely new initiative to support and foster the development of new ideas. Targeted activities also enabled the GCC to increase awareness within the community of the GCP\u2019s role and projects, and successfully increased the active participation in the programme of community representatives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8b1ac1 elementor-stretch-column-right\" data-id=\"c8b1ac1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-47f7503 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47f7503\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a03e07\" data-id=\"3a03e07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0555a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c0555a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c2020 was a challenging year for all. But challenges give the opportunity to embrace new ways to look at problems and enable new ideas, activities, solutions and synergies to surface. In March 2020 we entered a completely unchartered territory and could not envisage the changes we would have managed to achieve. Last year brought some real paradigm shifts for the G\u00c9ANT Community Committee and the community, but we all pulled together and achieved new goals and many positive results.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Claudio Allocchio,<br \/>Chair of G\u00c9ANT Community Committee<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9f8dea elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9f8dea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bdca80 elementor-stretch-column-left\" data-id=\"1bdca80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4da619 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a4da619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b38ea15\" data-id=\"b38ea15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9400e4 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"d9400e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"d9400e4\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">GLAD<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">GLAD<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">G\u00c9ANT Learning and Development<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f453b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77f453b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2020, the G\u00c9ANT Learning and Development (GLAD) team paid special attention to the global transition towards remote work, increasing accessibility of online training, sharing free learning resources, addressing specific development needs of the community in changed circumstances.<\/p><p>Over the course of the year, all GLAD activities saw wider audience participation and community engagement, with participants also supported in actively producing\u00a0 their own community training sessions.<\/p><p>The offer available on the Moodle-based eLearning platform G\u00c9ANT eAcademy was expanded, and focus shifted from the production of individual courses and workshops towards the development and delivery of multi-module training programmes.<\/p><p>While physical meetings were hindered by travel restrictions, online events played an extremely important role, as demonstrated by the successful series of webinars on Technical Skills Development, Software Development and Operational Network Security. Furthermore, the GLAD team regularly published sessions recordings and organised them into playlists, giving the possibility to watch on demand and greatly increasing the training\u2019s global outreach.<\/p><p>The Future Talent Programme (FTP), the GLAD initiative offering skills workshops to young professionals in the community, reached its fourth edition. The consolidated format continued to support the Trust and Identity Mentorship (TIM) programme and included the TNC Lighting Talk Challenge, which due to the cancellation of TNC20 was delivered in the form of virtual presentations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f84609 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f84609\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f00805\" data-id=\"1f00805\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03f0eca elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"03f0eca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"03f0eca\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Sharing<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">G\u00c9ANT<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Infoshares<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3a52ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3a52ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Launched in October 2020, G\u00c9ANT Infoshares are a series of weekly online events, aimed at engaging, improving knowledge sharing, fostering discussion, and strengthening the human network across the G\u00c9ANT community.<\/p><p>Infoshares are part of the G\u00c9ANT Community Programme (GCP) and are coordinated by the Partner Relations Team. They usually take place on a Wednesday afternoon and cover strategic topics such as Services Development, Open Science, Quantum Key Distribution, and Network Technology, as well as general project updates.<\/p><p>The first set of twelve Infoshares, which ran until the winter break in December, registered vast interest, with 560 registrants and over 700 on-demand views.\u00a0<\/p><p>Public and recorded Infoshares were made available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e-academy.geant.org\/moodle\/\">G\u00c9ANT\u2019s eAcademy<\/a> platform, on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.geant.org\/infoshares\/\">GLAD website<\/a>\u00a0and also via a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BexdKe4fKLc&amp;list=PLELuOn8jN3IJYKRJzXavOD0YDXSyv7ydT\">dedicated playlist on the GEANTtv YouTube Channel<\/a>. All the listed spaces will keep being updated with new Infoshares taking place during 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db602c5 elementor-stretch-column-right\" data-id=\"db602c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d41d9ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d41d9ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd193cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd193cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"network\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69cc501\" data-id=\"69cc501\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a6d5f elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"07a6d5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"07a6d5f\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Network<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Network<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f01c471 anno-parallax-bg-yes elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f01c471\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2dc9ec\" data-id=\"c2dc9ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c8b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59c8b18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The level of traffic on the G\u00c9ANT network was impacted by COVID-19, where we saw for the first time in some years a drop in traffic to 2.35 Exabytes. However, this still represents an impressive average of 6.4 Petabytes every day.<\/p><p>We expect traffic levels to quickly ramp up in 2021 and present a closer reflection of what we have seen in the past &#8211; an average annualised increase in network traffic of 30% per annum for each of the past five years &#8211; as we continue to see strong progress in the GN4-3N project, despite the pandemic-related challenges experienced in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>\t\n\t\t\t\t(function($) {\n                    \"use strict\";\n                    \n                    var target = $('.elementor-element-f01c471');\n                    \n                                            \n                    var AnnoParallaxElement = {\n                        \n\t\t\t\t\t\tinit: function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\telementorFrontend.hooks.addAction('frontend\/element_ready\/global', AnnoParallaxElement.initWidget);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t},\n                        responsiveParallax: function(){\n                            var android = 1,\n                                ios = 1;\n                            switch( true || 1 ){\n                                case android && ios:\n                                    return \/iPad|iPhone|iPod|Android\/;\n                                    break;\n                                case android && ! 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Mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, delays were experienced in the expansion of the WACREN backbone in West and Central Africa. Benin, Burkina Faso and Cote d\u2019 Ivoire are expected to be connected in 2021. In addition, a direct peering was established between UbuntuNet Alliance and WACREN in London. In North Africa, Algeria\u2019s R&E connectivity was upgraded from 2.5 to 10Gbps.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf71456\" data-id=\"cf71456\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ea81c elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"39ea81c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-copy-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-copy.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-copy.png 417w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-copy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-copy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-copy-20x20.png 20w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Asia-Pacific<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">G\u00c9ANT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese NREN CSTNET for a further two-year extension from January 2021 of the 10Gbps connectivity between China and Europe. The MoU also identified new cooperation opportunities in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative and CSTCloud and joint user engagement activities.\nThe 100Gbps transmission circuits of the AsiaPacific Europe Ring (AER) between Tokyo and Amsterdam, and London and Singapore (CAE-1) have also performed well.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2027df1\" data-id=\"2027df1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c514f2e elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c514f2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-34-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-34.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-34.png 418w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-34-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-34-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-34-20x20.png 20w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">EaP countries<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Preparations to extend the first EaPConnect project to June 2021 were made with the EC in order to implement the spectrum IRU connectivity for the route of Chisinau, Moldova, to Kiev, Ukraine, and Poznan, Poland.\nThe five-year EaPConnect2 project started on 1 July 2020. Preparations were made for an Indefeasible Rights of Use (IRU) connectivity tender for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and baselines were defined for other work areas, to take place in the second project.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96fbaa0\" data-id=\"96fbaa0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdad0da elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"fdad0da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-2-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-2.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-2.png 418w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-2-20x20.png 20w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">North America<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">G\u00c9ANT continued to participate in the ANA (Advanced North Atlantic) collaboration, providing a 100Gbps link between Paris and New York. Capacity across the North Atlantic increased to 1Tbps on ten diverse routes, with the addition of a new link between New York and Amsterdam, provided by the NSF-funded NEA3R (Networks for European, American and Africa Research) project coordinated by the International Networks team at Indiana University, and supported by G\u00c9ANT, NORDUnet and the UbuntuNet Alliance. G\u00c9ANT signed a new agreement with ESnet for the continued provision of connectivity and colocation services on the G\u00c9ANT backbone, with the intention of increasing the London-Amsterdam-Geneva ring for ESnet to 2x 100Gbps in 2021.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d2b8ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d2b8ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d91b52d\" data-id=\"d91b52d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f82f40d elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"f82f40d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32.png 417w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-32-20x20.png 20w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Lebanon\u2019s connectivity was increased to 5Gbps to cater for the shift to online learning during the pandemic. Jordan\u2019s 1Gbps international connectivity was re-tendered to optimise the network performance for SESAME, the synchrotron facility and major science hub in the Middle East. G\u00c9ANT signed agreements with the NRENs serving Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates allowing them to connect with the G\u00c9ANT network. G\u00c9ANT and ASREN have commenced discussions with the EC about the possibility of a follow-on project after EUMEDCONNECT3 ends in December 2021.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0770319\" data-id=\"0770319\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ff91dc elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"9ff91dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-33-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-33.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-33.png 418w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-33-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-33-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-33-20x20.png 20w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Russia and Central Asia<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">G\u00c9ANT and SRISA, the Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences, agreed to establish a 10Gbps interconnection and signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The deployment of the interconnection was delayed due to the pandemic and the travel restrictions.  \nSince the CAREN project ended in December 2019 connectivity with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has been maintained via an interconnection agreement with the regional organisation CAREN CC.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8835b6e\" data-id=\"8835b6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a9d5c elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"11a9d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy.png 418w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons_Artboard-31-copy-20x20.png 20w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Latin America<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Significant progress was made in the BELLA (Building the Europe Link to Latin America) project. Manufacture of the EllaLink submarine cable system was completed and deployment of the cable started, with landings completed in both Fortaleza, Brazil, and Sines, Portugal in December. BELLA connectivity on the EllaLink cable system is expected to be operational in June 2021. \nThe BELLA IRU on EllaLink will provide for R&E data exchanges and the transmission of Copernicus data between Europe and Latin America for 25 years.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0803a9d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0803a9d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d36165\" data-id=\"3d36165\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e68a3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e68a3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"communities\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdaa4bc\" data-id=\"bdaa4bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24af244 elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"24af244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"24af244\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Support<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">User Communities<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e9b754 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e9b754\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"network\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e67e1a\" data-id=\"2e67e1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4521dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b4521dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8290800 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8290800\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4dc9d6\" data-id=\"c4dc9d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30cf30b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30cf30b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In 2020 and together with our NREN partners, the Research Engagement and Support team continued to work closely with a range of large pan-European research groups, including EUMETSAT, the European Space Agency, the Human Brain Project, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). In particular, we:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-01887e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01887e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-554dea2\" data-id=\"554dea2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b87a43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b87a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1936 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-17-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-17-2.png 100w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-17-2-20x20.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p><p>Increased our collaboration with the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, with the aim of working together towards addressing the needs of the European Exascale program, from the technical, organisational and financial points of view.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-20eef12\" data-id=\"20eef12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1ed69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e1ed69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1935 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-21-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-21-1.png 100w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-21-1-20x20.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p><p>Continued to contribute and support many of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially quality education, inclusive infrastructure for innovation, and global partnerships for sustainable development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-87e8bc2\" data-id=\"87e8bc2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d760aa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d760aa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1939 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-20-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-20-1.png 100w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-20-1-20x20.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p><p>Are supporting research in the field of Quantum Communication and Quantum Key Distribution, by collaborating with international organisations, hardware vendors and European NRENs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cd7282\" data-id=\"0cd7282\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f17a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f17a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1937 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-18-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-18-1.png 99w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Icons-18-1-20x20.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/p><p>Increased participation in the ITER energy research project, leading to the pilot for the Authentication and Authorisation for Research and Collaboration Blueprint Architecture (AARC).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e48ed6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e48ed6\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"t-i\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a03807\" data-id=\"8a03807\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee3f263 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ee3f263\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f5401 elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"d0f5401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"d0f5401\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">T&I<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Trust & Identity<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79bc0d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79bc0d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In any human interaction, who you are and whether you can be trusted are fundamental. In our online interactions, Trust &amp; Identity (T&amp;I) services have become just as important, underlying mobile work and study, and the ability to access information and services from a range of sources. Despite the impacts of COVID-19 during 2020, G\u00c9ANT\u2019s T&amp;I activities have gone from strength to strength.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-539ea41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"539ea41\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-12d90ab\" data-id=\"12d90ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f9e3c elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b5f9e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1725\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-25-2-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-25-2.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-25-2.png 1725w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-25-2-1024x372.png 1024w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-25-2-768x279.png 768w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-25-2-1536x557.png 1536w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">eduroam<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Use of the eduroam WiFi roaming service reduced by around 30%, due to pandemic travel restrictions, yet still registered over three billion national and international authentications. <br>Participating locations increased with the addition of Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Palestine, Rwanda and Greenland, 300+ off-campus hotspots across Uganda, and even vending machines in Kyoto, Japan. <br>In May, eduroam became a launch partner in the Wireless Broadband Alliance on Open Roaming, the WiFi industry association formed to promote interoperability and excellent user experience.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-da83efd\" data-id=\"da83efd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-035cdb9 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"035cdb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1726\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-26-1-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-26-1.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-26-1.png 1726w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-26-1-1024x371.png 1024w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-26-1-768x279.png 768w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-26-1-1536x557.png 1536w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">REFEDS and eduGAIN<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">REFEDS, \u2018the voice of research and education identity federations\u2019, supported a campaign that made it easier for researchers to join in collaborations formed rapidly in response to COVID-19; hosted sessions at Internet2 CAMP and ACAMP meetings; completed consultations on six topics; and issued an annual survey of federation operators.\nThe REFEDS Sirtfi working group and eduGAIN security team published the eduGAIN Security Incident Response (SIR) Handbook. The eduGAIN training team, which was created to provide training on request, updated \u2018approved\u2019 training material and delivered a (remote) training event for ASREN. \nThe eduGAIN interfederation service grew to 71 federations (from 66 in 2019) and 7000+ entities (from 5680) by the end of 2020. In October, eduGAIN welcomed the China Science and Technology Cloud (CSTCloud), which supports over 100,000 researchers.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-35d2a4c\" data-id=\"35d2a4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa7452e elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"fa7452e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1726\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-27-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-27.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-27.png 1726w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-27-1024x371.png 1024w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-27-768x279.png 768w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-27-1536x557.png 1536w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">InAcademia<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Launched in February 2020, InAcademia allows students and staff from participating institutions to access or buy online services and products, while protecting their privacy. The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark were the first to adopt the service. <br>By April, the InAcademia team signed up one of the world\u2019s largest identity verification aggregator companies, which gives access to a range of well-known online brands and services. <br>By autumn, user validations were taking place in those countries and Spain, which joined in September. Generation of the first invoice was a welcome milestone \u2013 and any future surplus will be ploughed back into G\u00c9ANT T&amp;I activities.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bc5b1f elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bc5b1f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-316dec8 elementor-stretch-column-left\" data-id=\"316dec8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30f1925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"30f1925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4379190\" data-id=\"4379190\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e061259 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"e061259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"e061259\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">T&I<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Student mobility<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">MyAcademicID and EDSSI<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19481ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19481ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The MyAcademicID project focused on developing a European student e-identity scheme by integrating eduGAIN and the European Student Identifier, and establishing digital bridges between them and the eIDAS interoperability framework. This Student eID allows users to identify and register themselves electronically at higher education institutions (HEI) and to access student services needed to participate in Eramsus+ student mobility. G\u00c9ANT and other MyAcademicID partners worked with key players in the Erasmus Student Card Initiative, paving the way to digitise the Erasmus+ programme student mobility process. <br \/>In November 2020, G\u00c9ANT delivered the MyAcademicID Identity and Access Management (MyAID IAM) platform and connected the first Erasmus+ service, Online Learning Agreement. The MyAcademicID team revisited the format of the European Student Identifier developed previously by the European Student Card Project and published new specifications to make it future proof. The EC\u2019s Directorate General for Education and Culture, DG EAC, told 800 European HEI participants in the \u2018Erasmus Going Digital\u2019 workshop to join their national research and education identity federation and eduGAIN &#8211; a welcome endorsement of the federated identity management approach championed by the G\u00c9ANT community. Licia Florio of G\u00c9ANT explained how to do so and the benefits.<br \/>The European Digital Student Service Infrastructure (EDSSI) project continues work started by MyAcademicID, with G\u00c9ANT as a partner. The kick-off was held online in October.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8595c20 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8595c20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e32152f\" data-id=\"e32152f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23106c1 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"23106c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"23106c1\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">T&I<\/div><\/div>  <h3 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">eduTEAMS<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h3> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbae422 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbae422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>eduTEAMS enables the creation and management of virtual teams and secure access and sharing of resources and services, using federated identities from eduGAIN and trusted identity providers.<br \/>In 2020, eduTEAMS saw significant growth, as it delivers Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) services for ESFRI cluster research infrastructures in the EOSC context; HPC infrastructures in the context of EuroHPC and the wider HPC community; and digitisation of student mobility in the European Student Card Initiative context.<br \/>The team worked with the photon and neutron community on the new Umbrella AAI that allows seamless access to data and data services across EOSC and PaNOSC, and with EOSC-Life cluster on the Lifescience AAI that will provide unified access across 13 research infrastructures that are part of EOSC-Life. eduTEAMS was selected for the federated AAI for the Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud (SSHOC) cluster research infrastructure. <br \/>The FENIX research infrastructure AAI became operational, enabling access to resources to support the Human Brain Project and other key scientific initiatives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99f0fd9 elementor-stretch-column-right\" data-id=\"99f0fd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6795dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d6795dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19a62a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19a62a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"cloud\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d451acd\" data-id=\"d451acd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aef0e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aef0e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4fbef8 elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"f4fbef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"f4fbef8\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Cloud<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Cloud Services<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1cca7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da1cca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Elevating European research clouds to new heights<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the demand for Cloud services in the Research and Education field. Throughout the past year, G\u00c9ANT continued to support NRENs and institutions in their cloud strategies and increased its efforts in ensuring continued access to services, facilitating distance learning, and by making available to the community non-commercial and open-source tools as the web-conferencing service eduMEET and the e-learning platform OpenUp2U.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c47df9e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c47df9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cce50ae elementor-stretch-column-left\" data-id=\"cce50ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0031cc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0031cc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c631ec9\" data-id=\"c631ec9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc288d3 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"cc288d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"cc288d3\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Cloud<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">OCRE<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Towards the new framework<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550e1e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"550e1e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2020 was a decisive year for Open Clouds for Research Environment (OCRE), the ground-breaking project aiming to enable agile consumption of commercial cloud services for more than 10,000 research institutions in 40 European countries.<\/p><p>With an estimated value of \u20ac600 million, the OCRE IaaS+ tender was published in April 2020 and executed throughout the year. The tender received a total of 1,100 bids, which were scored and evaluated by the OCRE team, resulting in the award of 473 framework agreements.<\/p><p>The OCRE IaaS+ cloud framework greatly expanded and superseded the previous G\u00c9ANT IaaS cloud framework, seamlessly replacing the existing contracts.<\/p><p>Finally, OCRE made its IaaS+ offering available via the new OCRE Cloud Catalogue, providing a wide and varied portfolio covering both IaaS and commodity cloud, as well as SaaS and PaaS.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa9553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1fa9553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocre-project.eu\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit website<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdad974 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdad974\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efb506a\" data-id=\"efb506a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818b4f2 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"818b4f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"818b4f2\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Cloud<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Cloud<\/div><\/div>  <h3 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Community collaboration<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h3> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f88b76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f88b76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Answering to the needs of the research and education community during the global pandemic, the team of Cloud managers across European NRENs came together and assembled a list of community and commercial distance learning and cloud-based services.<br \/>OCRE was also one of the main focus areas of the G\u00c9ANT Clouds team, with NRENs actively involved in shaping the tender and procurement process, working to ensure a seamless transition to the new framework and aligning national perspectives during bi-weekly NREN Cloud Forums.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b21c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"26b21c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/clouds.geant.org\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit website<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d8b9a6 elementor-stretch-column-right\" data-id=\"9d8b9a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1dcd40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a1dcd40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfad136 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfad136\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64f3e4e\" data-id=\"64f3e4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5dc014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f5dc014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9129ae\" data-id=\"d9129ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eab9dd7 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"eab9dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"eab9dd7\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Cloud<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">R&E<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Other Services<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42aaf30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42aaf30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>eduMEET, the WebRTC web-conferencing platform developed within the G\u00c9ANT project, reached the production stage, and was officially launched. The Clouds team also announced the opening of the Community Cloud Flow Platform Beta Programme, which aims to allow NRENs and Institutions to aggregate their cloud infrastructures to manage them as a secure, robust, and flexible integrated cloud platform.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1330173 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1330173\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/edumeet.org\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit website<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-569db54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"569db54\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"security\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c910eb1\" data-id=\"c910eb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f2272 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d4f2272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f896a68 elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"f896a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"f896a68\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Security<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Security<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4443888 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4443888\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd937fc elementor-stretch-column-left\" data-id=\"bd937fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beed909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"beed909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c67f07\" data-id=\"9c67f07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c25d15 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"0c25d15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"0c25d15\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">CLAW<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Workshop<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">CLAW2020<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9cdc33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9cdc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 2020 edition of CLAW, the crisis management workshop for the G\u00c9ANT community took place online and was another success notwithstanding the format change. The annual CLAW event supplies training and exercise to NREN participants from communication and technical (ICT, Security) teams as well as management. Training sessions focus on crisis management: process and human behaviour in crisis handling. The CLAW training package can be deployed by any NREN.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c985026 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c985026\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b7388d\" data-id=\"7b7388d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-873356e elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"873356e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"873356e\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">VPN<\/div><\/div>  <h3 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">eduVPN<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h3> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b07546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b07546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the growth of working from home and distance learning, the need for secure access to institutional services is increasing across the community. G\u00c9ANT, together with support from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripe.net\/\">RIPE NCC<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nlnet.nl\/\">NLnet Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vietsch-foundation.org\/\">Vietsch Foundation<\/a>\u00a0 developed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eduvpn.org\/\">eduVPN<\/a>.<\/p><p>eduVPN is about accessing an institute\u2019s network or the Internet using an encrypted connection. eduVPN aims to replace the traditional closed source VPN concentrators by an open-source audited alternative which integrates smoothly with the federated identity environment.<\/p><p>The number of eduVPN instances grew considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic as people were sent home and had to access resources at their university remotely. New instances of eduVPN used as corporate VPNs were deployed in Cyprus, France, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Uganda. These added to the existing deployments in Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa. The software is fully open source and freely accessible. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31644c7 elementor-stretch-column-right\" data-id=\"31644c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ccefc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ccefc6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e7b7fc\" data-id=\"0e7b7fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94585d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94585d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u201cIn 2020, the considerable shift to remote learning and working illustrates the growing reliance on stable and safe connectivity and information systems. It also emphasises the importance of the GN4-3 WP8 security projects on business continuity, state of the art protection against external attacks, security training and security awareness. In addition, the growing interest in security topics has been mirrored by increased participation in GN4-3 by the NREN community.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Alf Moens, Senior Information Security Officer, G\u00c9ANT<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f521ed2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f521ed2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07267bc\" data-id=\"07267bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f77da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89f77da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2539\" height=\"1855\" src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-23-2-20x20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full anno-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-23-2.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-23-2.png 2539w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-23-2-1024x748.png 1024w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-23-2-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-23-2-1536x1122.png 1536w, https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AR2020-Visuals-23-2-2048x1496.png 2048w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8600a7\" data-id=\"a8600a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573a021 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"573a021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"573a021\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">2020<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Cyber Security Month<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Become A Cyber Hero<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f16fe59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f16fe59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year the G\u00c9ANT community successfully ran \u2018Become A Cyber Hero\u2019, the first pan-European campaign as part of the European Cyber Security Month 2020 activities.\u00a0<\/p><p>The objective of the campaign was to encourage end-users to arm themselves against digital threats and feel empowered to protect (themselves and) their organisation.<\/p><p>The initiative witnessed the active participation and collaboration of 19 NRENs whose diverse contributions also included original research papers from European academics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e45295 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e45295\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"projects\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72960c7\" data-id=\"72960c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b12dc09 elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"b12dc09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"b12dc09\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  \"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Projects<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Projects<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6dd6fc elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6dd6fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6a19d9\" data-id=\"a6a19d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6082ebd elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"6082ebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"6082ebd\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\">   <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">GN4-3 and GN4-3N<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95baa38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95baa38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Together with GN4-3N, the GN4 Phase 3 (GN4-3) project is the third step in implementing the actions defined in the 68-month Framework Partnership Agreement established between the G\u00c9ANT Consortium and the European Commission. The G\u00c9ANT project is a fundamental element of the European e-infrastructure. Through its integrated catalogue of connectivity, collaboration and identity services, G\u00c9ANT, together with its National Research and Education Network (NREN) partners, provides users with unconstrained access to communication, computing, analysis, storage, applications and other resources, whenever and wherever needed.<\/p><p>With nearly 600 participants and now with AzScienceNet (Azerbaijan) increasing the number of project partners to 40, GN4-3 represents the largest and most complex of G\u00c9ANT\u2019s 16 EC projects. It also accounts for the majority of the organisation\u2019s revenue.<\/p><p>Throughout 2020, GN4-3 has maintained the operational excellence of the established G\u00c9ANT services, while still delivering a cost-efficient backbone network. The reliable, secure and state-of-the-art network services offered to researchers and other network users across Europe are exceptional due to the efforts made to ensure their relevance.<\/p><p>The first GN4-3\/GN4-3N EC Review took place on 22-24 September 2020, in full-remote mode and with a densely packed agenda, with all Work Package presentations well prepared and informative, including key messages, achievements and successful results.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fb355a\" data-id=\"3fb355a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e5b31c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9e5b31c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7d1683 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7d1683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Input from the Network Infrastructure Advisory Committee (NIAC), formed of CTO-level experts from partner NRENs, continued to ensure G\u00c9ANT connectivity procurement and implementation plans across Europe meet the requirements of the GN4-3N project.<\/p><p>The optical line system (OLS) procurement (which resulted in the selection of an Infinera solution) will be the basis for the future-proof next generation of the G\u00c9ANT network, while the data centre interconnects (DCIs) now deployed on the majority of the network\u2019s dark fibre routes are enabling cost-effective IP trunk capacity upgrades.<\/p><p>G\u00c9ANT\u2019s role in the emerging integrated e-infrastructure landscape helped to coordinate the different strands of integration and consolidation work, including through support for and participation in the EOSC Future project.<\/p><p>In the field of High Performance Computing (HPC), a collaboration agreement was established with PRACE, CERN Open Lab and the SKA Organisation aiming to explore multi-party collaboration in HPC and its application to high energy physics and radioastronomy challenges.<\/p><p>Input and guidance was also provided to standards organisations such as the Open Grid Forum, Internet Engineering Task Force and W3C, with participants\u2019 active involvement in standards development.<\/p><p>The project also collaborated with NRENs outside the EU, for example the Japanese NREN (NII\/SINET) signed an MoU on cloud collaboration with G\u00c9ANT and presented at the Cloud Forum on 29 May 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ec9c48 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ec9c48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-895b43e\" data-id=\"895b43e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c898a5 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"6c898a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"6c898a5\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\">  <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Clock Network Services<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">CLONETS<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75da285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75da285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>G\u00c9ANT coordinates 18 partners from eight countries in the Clock Network Services \u2013 Design Study (CLONETS-DS) project, which launched on 1 October 2020, for 24 months. This partnership comprises three National Measurement Institutes (NMIs), four NRENs, seven academic laboratories and four industrial partners. The consortium partners complement each other with knowledge and experience and form a unique group capable of building a time and frequency distribution network in Europe.<\/p><p>The CLONETS-DS project aims to establish a pan-European time and frequency reference system as a European Research Infrastructure to serve the European science community. It is based on transmitting ultra-precise time and frequency information via optical fibre. The proposed project builds on several joint European projects and its direct precursor project CLONETS. We now go far beyond previous efforts by designing a\u00a0sustainable, pan-European, ultra-precise time-and-frequency reference-system available to the European research community. This Research Infrastructure considers user needs, designs the required architecture, engineering models and roadmaps, and develops a\u00a0sustainability model for the future service, thus strengthening the European research area.<\/p><p>This research infrastructure will enable first class research, foster the collaboration between time and frequency stakeholders across Europe and will put Europe\u2019s research community into a leading position.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec2a6d1\" data-id=\"ec2a6d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d079e45 elementor-align-left anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"d079e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"d079e45\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\">  <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">European Open Science Cloud<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">EOSC<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-756f047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"756f047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>G\u00c9ANT and the NRENs have been heavily engaged in the EC-funded EOSC projects. In 2020 we were part of the EOSCsecretariat project which played a coordination function, supporting the projects and the EOSC governance. We were also involved in the EOSC Enhance project which is building the EOSC Portal. This built on our previous role in EOSC Hub and eInfra central which developed many of the horizontal building blocks needed to federate services and build the EOSC. In addition to the G\u00c9ANT involvement, NRENs are playing leading roles in many thematic and regional cluster projects and continue to pursue key roles in ongoing projects.<\/p><p>This strong engagement in EOSC continues into the forthcoming year. We are a core partner in the EOSC Future project, leading the technical architecture and procurement activities. EOSC Future brings together the e-Infrastructures with thematic Research infrastructures to pursue the federated system of systems approach. In addition, we are building on the HPC-GIG project to continue collaboration with EuroHPC and foster alignment with EOSC. The NREN community is also well represented in the formal governance of EOSC, with G\u00c9ANT having been a founding member of the Association, Sarah Jones of G\u00c9ANT and Ronan Byrne of HEAnet being elected to the inaugural Board of Directors, and seven NRENs nominated as Mandated Organisations to represent national interests in the EOSC Association.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d223e10 anno-parallax-bg-yes elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d223e10\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"accounts\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11a0975\" data-id=\"11a0975\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c24071b elementor-align-center anno-ep-advance-pos-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-anno-advance-headings\" data-id=\"c24071b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anno-advance-headings.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id =\"c24071b\" class=\"anno-advance-heading\"> <div class=\"anno-advance-heading-content  anno-visible @m\"><div class=\"anno-transform-origin-center\">Finance<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"anno-sub-heading\"><div class=\"anno-sub-heading-content\">Accounts<\/div><\/div>  <h2 class=\"anno-heading-tag\"><span class=\"anno-main-heading\">Financial Report 2020<span class=\"line anno-button-icon-align-bottom\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89bb27d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"89bb27d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ar2020.geant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2020-Financial-Statement.pdf\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download PDF<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>\t\n\t\t\t\t(function($) {\n                    \"use strict\";\n                    \n                    var target = $('.elementor-element-d223e10');\n                    \n                                            \n                    var AnnoParallaxElement = {\n                        \n\t\t\t\t\t\tinit: function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\telementorFrontend.hooks.addAction('frontend\/element_ready\/global', AnnoParallaxElement.initWidget);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t},\n                        responsiveParallax: function(){\n                            var android = 1,\n                                ios = 1;\n                            switch( true || 1 ){\n                                case android && ios:\n                                    return \/iPad|iPhone|iPod|Android\/;\n                                    break;\n                                case android && ! 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