Compendium 2005 - Organisational Information

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6.19Form of organisation ( )Separate legal entity of its own
(x)Not a legal entity of its own
( )Not a seperate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
Name of the parent organisation (in English) The Swedish Research Council
6.20Formal relationship between the organisation and the government ( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
( )The Government appoints at least half of the members of our Governing body
( )There is an indirect relationship (for example if at least half the members
of your Governing body are appointed by research and education institutions
that in itself are (largely) government-funded)
( )No formal relationship
(x)Other, please explain below
The Swedish Research Council (the parent organization) is a government agency and part of the funding comes directly from the government
6.21Brief description of the governing structure of the NREN SUNET is owned by the government, it has all Swedish universities as members and it is funded partly over the state budget, partly from contributions by the universities.

SUNET has a Board composed mainly of representatives of the universities
The board takes advise from a technical reference group (TREF.
Between board meetings, SUNET is managed by two executive officers, one employed by the Swedish Research Council in Stockholm and one by Umeå University.
Otherwise, SUNET has no personnel of its own. Longterm agreements with different universities and other organizations are used to get the necessary work done. Most important, the Network Operating Center is run by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.
6.22URL to description of the governing structure  
6.23Chief Executive Officer Mr. Hans Wallberg
Title of the job General Manager Coordination and Development

Chief Executive Officer (2) Mr. Olle Thylander
Title of the job Secretary General
6.24Head of your Technical Staff (title, first name(s), last name(s) Mr. Peter Graham
Email graham@sunet.se
Title of the job Director, KTHNOC (only for operational issues)
6.25Chief Technical Officer (2) (title, first name(s), last name(s) Mr. Börje Josefsson
Email bj@sunet.se
Title of the job CTO

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