1. WP2: Consolidation of existing state of the art Dr. Ognjen Prnjat, GRNET

2. Objectives Conduct a state-of-the-art analysis regarding current solutions for European Grid interfacing with Grids in other world regions (D2.1 and results) Produce a set of guidelines for operational and organisational interactions, customised for the type of region (D2.2) Disseminate the NGI concept in the regions where this is needed, and conduct actions for national and regional sustainability (D2.3)

3. Deliverables D2.1 “State of the art” questionnaire – GRNET – M4 (March) D2.2 “Interoperability and interoperation guidelines” – INFN – M10 (September) “ analysis of the questionnaire data and proposed solutions for regional organisational and operational interactions. ” D2.3 “Regional sustainability report” – GRNET (September 2012)

4. Tasks: 2.1 description Task 2.1 State of the art analysis, GRNET – Current best practices analysis (for interfacing with EGI) – Questionnaire formulation, data collection. – Services, VCRs, EGI interoperation, sustainability.

5. Tasks: 2.1 plan Questionnaire timetable – Final stable released end of February – Limited / late input from some partners Deliverable by end of March – First version released first half of March Questionnaire sent by end of March Answers collected by end of MAY (not June!) and passed on to T2.2 and T4.1 (D4.1 is due in end of July)

6. Tasks: 2.1 plan Structure to be 1 questionairre per (region) / (country / NGI) / (academic group representing potential NGI coordinator) 1 person per country filling it in! Questionnaire downloadable as pdf/preview Collection will be organised PER REGION Support people emails will be provided PER REGION Africa (Bruce/Roberto) Mediterranean (Mario) Latin America (Rafa) India (Sinha/Alberto) China (Deipei, Federico) NewZealand-Australia (Federico)- JonesNZ; Austr South-East Asia (Eric/Stella) Central Asia (Ognjen)

7. Tasks: 2.2 Task 2.2 Interoperation and interoperability guidelines, INFN. – Set of guidelines based on questionnaire results – Analysis and comparison Synergies and harmonisation Regional specificities – EGI interface is in this activity

8. Tasks: 2.2 plan Guideline (template) for analysis must be produced by end of April (Ludek, Federico) May: start analyzing and systemizing questionnaire results (regional representatives, to be nominated here; and INFN overview). This is more D4.1 EGI involvement in this process must be clarified

9. Tasks: 2.3 Task 2.3 Long-term sustainability support, GRNET – disseminate the accumulated know-how on NGI and regional sustainability issues – actions on strengthening NGIs and regional structures. – examine the current and emerging plans of sustainability, enumerate the opportunities that could influence these and future plans and eventually propose measures of improvement based on the current best practices and new opportunities – the participation to co-organised events with EGI and EGI- Inspire such as specific workshops on regional eInfrastructures issues and perspectives. (this should have been WP5 action, suggest to move that to WP1-5; and keep specific sustainability dissemination here.) decided that wp2 and wp5 will collaborate on thsi

10. Tasks: 2.3 plan as from DoW 2.3.1. “Disseminating current NGI know-how: collect available documentation (EGI, SEEGRID, EELA/GISELA), systemize it (one partner) and disseminate it to all relevant parties” (dissemination per region). 2.3.2 “Actions on strengthening NGIs and regional structures”: Per regional responsible implementing NGI guidelines (must define methods - GRNET). 2.3.3 “Examine the current and emerging plans of sustainability, (based on questionnaire results – one partner) enumerate the opportunities that could influence these and future plans (per region) and eventually propose measures of improvement based on the current best practices and new opportunities“. 2.3.4 The participation to co-organised events with EGI and EGI-Inspire such as specific workshops on regional eInfrastructures issues and perspectives. (suggest to move that to WP1-5; and keep specific sustainability dissemination here.) (INFN-GRNET) D2.3 “Regional sustainability report” (GRNET) must be based on comparison with questionnaire results relating to sustainability. (thus this section of D2.1 must be quite detailed; and probably another round of sustainability questionnaire should be carried out in Year 2?). Suggested involvement of CIEMAT (2.3.2, 2.3.3), CESNET (2.3.1). This was accepted at PMB02 here.

11. Tasks: 2.3.1 plan 2.3.1. “Disseminating current NGI know-how: collect available documentation – EGI, SEEGRID, EELA/GISELA, Other? By end April - CESNET – Systemize it (one partner – CESNET) and put it on wiki. By end June – Disseminate it to all relevant parties (dissemination per region). Dissemination starts July 2.3.2 “Actions on strengthening NGIs and regional structures”: Per regional responsible implementing NGI guidelines defined in 2.3.1 – Real action: Define sustainability-related weaknesses within D2.2 (CIEMAT, regions) – September – [2.3.3 “Examine the current and emerging plans of sustainability, (based on questionnaire results – one partner - CIEMAT) enumerate the opportunities that could influence these and future plans (per region) and eventually propose measures of improvement based on the current best practices and new opportunities (per region) “ : merged with 2.3.2] – Real action: Per-region action based on weaknesses (regions) – starting in September

12. Effort INFN 19 (leads 1 task) CIEMAT 2 (suggested to lead a subtask) GRNET 14 (leads WP and 2 tasks) CESNET 2 (suggested to lead a subtask) UBUNTUNET 6 (per-region actions on all tasks) CLARA 6 (per-region actions on all tasks) IHEP 10 (per-region actions on all tasks, something extra volunteer please) PSA 4 (per-region actions on all tasks) Total 63 PMs

13. Responsible per region: names defined here at PMB02 Asia-Pacific (Eric/Stella, Marco) Mediterranean (Yousef) Bruce – Sub-Saharan Africa CLARALuis + CIEMAT - LA IHEP/Depei - China PSA/Sinha – India GRNET (CA) CESNET, CIEMAT

14. Open issues International standardization forum such as Grid Interoperation Now in OGF – Giuseppe; could go into D2.2, new guidelines produced by GIN. How can ERINA+ help with sustainability issues? We wait and see.

15. Actions D2.1 by end of March - GRNET Regions to finalise candidates for questionnaire filling. Questionnaire support and collection: per region Guideline (template) for data analysis (D4.1, D2.2 must be produced by end of April (Ludek, Federico) 2.3.1. “Disseminating current NGI know-how: collect available documentation – EGI, SEEGRID, EELA/GISELA, Other? CESNET, By end April – Systemize it (one partner – CESNET) and put it on wiki. By end June Define sustainability-related weaknesses within D2.2 (CIEMAT, regions) – September Online database of NGI contacts - GRNET IHEP to suggest involvement.