1. Report from TEIN*CC - Activity Report -
The 2nd Governors’ Meeting
Dalian, China
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Table of Contents
Status of TEIN Networks
Activity report
Networks
Applications/Services
Capacity Building
Case Study, Collaborative Efforts
Future Activity plan
2nd Call for Proposals
Networks, Applications/Services & Capacity Building
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3. 1. TEIN Networks – Topology (as of 31 July ‘17)
Major changes
Decommissioning – 10G from SG to IN to EU(Madrid)
Commissioning
2G from SG to EU via NKN India (backup route for SG-EU 10G)
155M AF-SG, under acceptance test
Route Adjustment
NZ: previously via AARNet, migrated to via U.S.A
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2.1 Networks
Procurement - Access Connectivity
Nine (9) routes – BD, ID, KH, LA, MM, MN, MY, NP, VN
Bandwidths – Max. 10G to Min. 45M
State of progress
Activity
Timeline
Status
Remarks
Contract Notice Issued
20 June 2017
Done
Expressions of Interest received
~ 24 July 2017
Max. 23
Shortlisting completed
31 August 2017
Formal Invitation to Tender (ITT) released
5 September 2017
Formal ITT responses received
~ 6 October 2017
Publish tender awards
31 October 2017
Contract tender awards
10 November 2017
Ready for Service (RFS)
Feb-Mar. 2018
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2.1 Networks
Procurement – Routing Equipment
To replace TEIN HK & SG backbone routers (Juniper M120), in order to meet higher bandwidths such as 10Gs & future 100Gs
State of progress
The awardee notified finally on 10 August, after several months of dragged discussions, this contract cannot be respected due to its internal policy.
=> Under preparation for restart of new tender(~ March ‘18)
Activity
Timeline
Status
Remarks
RFQ release
27 February 2017
Done
Submission Deadline of RFQ
~ 10 April 2017
Accepted 3 vendors
Evaluation
~ 12 May 2017
Award of a Contract
16 May 2017
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2.2 Applications/Services
1st Call for Proposals – Process & Timeline
Call for Proposal
Announcement
Proposals Submission
Evaluation
Made on 30 Dec 2016
Deadline: 31 Jan 2017
Evaluation committee for each WP established
13 Shortlisted by the Steering Committee
Review and consensus by the Governors’ Meeting
Approval
by the EC
Contracting
Implementation
11 April 2017
As of 29 Aug., out of 13
Six(6) inked signing
the other six(6) under discussion
One(1) withdrew
~ December 2018
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7. Combined Budget of Awarded
2.2 Applications/Services
1st Call for Proposals – Results
Work Package (WP)
Allocated Budget
for each WP
No of Applicants
No of Awarded
Combined Budget of Awarded
WP2. Capacity Development of Developing Country NRENs
EUR 150K 12 5
EUR 103K
WP3. R&E Network Design & Operations and Associated Capacity Building
EUR 430K 3 1
EUR 13K
WP4. Deployment of Specialized Network Products, Services, Applications and Associated Capacity Development
EUR 690K 13 2
EUR 632K
WP5. Promoting Research and Education Collaboration for Societal Benefits
EUR 670K 20
EUR 745K
WP6. Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide in Developing Countries
EUR 780K 4
EUR 1037K
TOTAL
EUR 2,720K 52
EUR 2,530K
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8. Organization(leader)
2.2 Applications/Services
1st Call for Proposals – Status of Awarded proposals (13) No
Title WP
Country
Organization(leader)
Budget
(EUR)
Status 1
Capacity Development for AfgREN Network Engineers
WP2 AF
Manaka Technology Serv.
27,790
Complete( ) 2
Training for Maintaining Campus Network BD
Patuakhali S & T Univ.
9,965
Complete( ) 3
Security Training MY
MYREN
38,420
Inked( ) 4
CSIRT and Mini-TRANSITS NL
GEANT
16,736
Inked( ) 5
Information and Network Security (and Monitoring) BT
MoIC (Ministry)
10,000
Under discussion 6
Campus Network Security
WP3
University of Dhaka
13,130
Inked( ) 7
TEIN eduroam 2017
WP4 AU
AARNET
350,000 8
Open/Federated or Future Networks
Univ. of Malaya
281,860 9
Establish a Tech-culture Fusion Platforms
WP5 KR
NEXT
225,655 10
Disseminate Telemedicine Across the Beneficiary Countries JP
TEMDEC, Kyushu Univ.
200,000 11
Extending Asian Soundscape Monitoring Network & … TW
ASGC
320,119 12
A Pilot Project for Community Based Internet Service
WP6 NP
ICT4D Nepal
258,750 13
Bridging the Digital Divide in Emerging Countries in Asia US
Internet Society
778,534
Withdrawal(10 Aug.)
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9. Organization(leader)
Progress report on the 1st Call
Status of Conclusion of Contracts in detail (WP2-3) No
Title WP
Country
Organization(leader)
Budget
(EUR)
Status 1
Capacity Development for AfgREN Network Engineers
WP2 AF
Manaka Technology Serv.
27,765
Contract signed(5 June)
Activity complete( ) 2
Training for Maintaining Campus Network BD
Patuakhali S & T Univ.
9,995
Contract signed(15 June)
Activity complete( ) 3
Security Training MY
MYREN
33,390
Contract signed(7 June)
Activity planned( ) 4
CSIRT and Mini-TRANSITS NL
GEANT
17,638
Contract signed(9 Aug.)
Activity planned( ) 5
Information and Network Security (and Monitoring) BT
MoIC (Ministry)
16,734
Contract signed(27 Aug.)
Activity planned( ) 6
Campus Network Security
WP3
University of Dhaka
13,050
Contract signed(8 Aug.)
Activity planned( )
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Progress report on the 1st Call
Status of Conclusion of Contracts in detail (WP4-6) No
Title WP
Country
Organization
(leader)
Budget
(EUR)
Status 7
TEIN eduroam 2017
WP4 AU
AARNET
350,000
Meeting of Minds (budget, Activities, etc.) to take place soon 8
Open/Federated for Future Networks MY
Univ. of Malaya
281,860
A draft of Contract delivered(Aug.) – expect to conclude signing by mid-Sep. 9
Establish a Tech-culture Fusion Platforms
WP5 KR
NEXT
225,655
A draft of Contract delivered(Aug.) – expect to conclude signing by early Sep. 10
Disseminate Telemedicine Across the Beneficiary Countries JP
Kyushu Univ.
200,000
A draft of Contract delivered(Aug.) - expect to conclude signing by early Sep. 11
Extending Asian Soundscape Monitoring Network & … TW
ASGC
320,119
Meeting of Minds (budget, Activities, etc.) took place on 27 Aug.
Soon to deliver a draft of Contract 12
A Pilot Project for Community Based Internet Service
WP6 NP
ICT4D Nepal
258,750 13
Bridging the Digital Divide in Emerging Countries in Asia US
Internet Society
778,534
Withdrawal notice received(10 Aug.)
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2.2 Applications/Services
Closure of TEIN4 funded applications
TOPIC
Actor
Funds
Period
Major Achievements
Eduroam
AARNet
250.9K
May ‘15
~Aug. ’16
Deploy & training eduroam in 7 countries in Asia
Telemedicine
SNUBH
141.3K
Aug. ‘15
~Sep. ’16
On/Offline medical training in surgical expertise in 6 countries 19 institutions
Kyushu Univ.
390K
Apr. ‘15
~Nov. ’16
On/Offline medical training for tech-engineering & live demos in 13 Countries
Campus Network Training
NSRC
372.9K
Aug. ’15 – Nov. ’16
Campus Network Design (8 WSs)
Direct Engineering Assistance (BT,LA,MN,LK)
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12. Organization(leader)
2.3 Capacity Building
Progress report No
Title
Country
Organization(leader)
Event Date
Remarks 1
SANOG 29 PK
PERN
23-30 Jan. 2
APRICOT 2017 VN
VinaREN
20-24 Feb. 3
Capacity Development for AfgREN Network Engineers AF
Manaka Tech. Serv.
22-25 Jul.
Awarded from 1st CFP 4
Training for Maintaining Campus Network BD
Patuakhali S & T Univ.
18-22 Aug. 5
Security Training MY
MYREN
23-25 Oct. 6
CSIRT and Mini-TRANSITS NL
GEANT
31 Aug. – 1 Sep. 7
Information and Network Security (and Monitoring) BT
MoIC (Ministry)
16-20 Oct. 8
Campus Network Security
University of Dhaka
26-30 Nov.
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13. AF Capacity Development
2.3 Capacity Building
Snapshots on carried out programs
SANOG29
BD Campus Network
AF Capacity Development
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2.3 Capacity Building
Statistics on participants received financial support
Title/Country AF BD BT KH CN IN ID LA MY MN MM NP PK PH LK TH VN
SUM
SANOG 29 20
APRICOT 2017 1 2 9
AfgREN workshop
Campus Network in BD 26 27
Total 76
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2.4 Case Study, Collaborative Efforts
Case Study on tele-medicine
Collaborative Efforts
MAGIC(Middleware for collaborative Applications and Global vIrtual Communities) project, led by Latin America’s RedClara, collaboration complete as of 19 June ’17
Cloud provisioning, NRENum Service, global science community, etc.
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5. Future Activity Plan
2nd Call for Proposals – Process & Timeline (tentative)
Call for Proposal
Announcement
Proposals Submission
Evaluation
Early Sep. 2017
Mid/late-October 2017
Evaluation committee composition
Approval
by TEIN*CC
Contracting
Implementation
Advise from SC & GM
Late December 2017
Feb. 2018
~ July 2019
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5. Future Activity Plan
2nd Call for Proposals – Budget (tentative)
Work Package (WP)
Allocated Budget
for each WP
Max. per proposal
WP2. Capacity Development of Developing Country NRENs
EUR 200K
EUR 50K
WP3. R&E Network Design & Operations and Associated Capacity Building
EUR 400K
WP4. Deployment of Specialized Network Products, Services, Applications and Associated Capacity Development
EUR 450K
WP5. Promoting Research and Education Collaboration for Societal Benefits
WP6. Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide in Developing Countries
EUR 500K
EUR 300K
TOTAL
EUR 2M
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5. Future Activity Plan
Networks
Feasibility check on 100G upgrade between SG and EU (~ Dec. 2017)
Completion of procurement tender for TEIN Access Connectivity (~ Feb. 2018)
Network Monitoring System upgrade (~ Feb. 2018)
Restart of Routing Equipment for TEIN HK & SG (~Mar. 2018)
Applications/Services, Capacity Building
Completion of 2nd Call for proposals process (~ Feb. 2018)
Support for awarded proposals from 1st Call process (~ Dec. 2018)
 TEIN*CC shall do all the relevant procurement tenders projected in the proposals
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5. Future Activity Plan
Case Study
High Energy Physics (LHCONE) by ThaiREN (~ Nov. 2017)
Capacity development by NSRC (~ Dec. 2017)
Collaborative efforts
Support to host workshops in Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, etc. in which the level of NRENs are in a building or infant stage, in order to raise awareness of the importance of TEIN connection to major stakeholders such as government officers and researchers
NREN survey (~ Dec. 2017)
MoU signing with global R&Es – Assistance on technical terms & conditions
TransPAC4, scheduled on early Sep. 2017
APAN, Internet2, CAREN, etc.
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TEIN*CC: Project:
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