[CAESAR was a fully funded IST project carried out between March and October 2002]

CAESAR

Introduction

CAESAR (Connecting All European and South American Researchers) is a European Commission funded feasibility study to evaluate the possibility of a direct interconnection between the pan-European research network GÉANT and similar activities in Latin America. The creation and development of national research networks in Latin America and their increasing interest in international cooperative research means that it is important to investigate the possibilities of such a direct interconnection. The historical links between Europe and Latin America re-enforce the desirability of this goal. The Latin American countries involved are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Objectives

• CAESAR analyses the current situation and developments in research networking in Latin America. For this, the project has contacted the presidents and directors of the eighteen national research organisations in the region asking them to complete a two-paged questionnaire.
• CAESAR also studies the demand for an improved connection between GÉANT and the Latin American research networks. This demand analysis includes an analysis of the current traffic flows between the two regions, as well as a thorough study of current and potential user requirements.
• CAESAR has addressed potential suppliers to survey the options for connectivity with Latin America. In this respect, CAESAR has established contact with 21operators asking them for an outline of their services between Europe and Latin America and within the Latin American region.
• CAESAR will organise a workshop bringing together the representatives of the Latin American and European research networks, the User Community, interested European national politicians and the European Commission to debate the project, its objectives and future plans. The workshop will also give the user community a forum to express their connectivity requirements. This workshop is planned to take place at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain on 13 and 14 June 2002.

Partners

The CAESAR study is jointly carried out by FCCN, RedIRIS and DANTE. FCCN is the Portuguese National Research Network which interconnects the research institutions, national laboratories, universities and higher education facilities within Portugal. RedIRIS is the Spanish National Research Network which currently interconnects more than 250 research institutions and universities in Spain. DANTE, the Coordinating Partner of the CAESAR project, is a UK based not-for-profit organisation which was mandated by the European national research networks to organise, build and manage international networking services in their behalf.

Does this concern you?

We would like to invite researchers at European universities and research institutions who have a collaborative interest in Latin America to contact us and tell us about their connectivity requirements. Please send a message to dante@dante.org.uk, quoting CAESAR as a reference. We look forward to hearing from you!

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• Documents for participants
  
  
• Documents for Latin American Partners



• Public Deliverables