Compendium 2003 - ARENA - Finances, Budget

The budget year is equal to the calendar year	`(x)`Yes `( )`No
Start of budget year (dd/mm)	01/01
End of budget year (dd/mm)	31/12
Budget dedicated directly to NREN activities for 2002 (in MEUR)	0.000
Budget dedicated directly to NREN activities for 2003 (in MEUR)	0.000

Source	Percentage of income
Users / Client	0.00
National Government/public bodies	0.00
The EU (if known, e.g. for GÉANT)	0.00
Other sources	0.00

Method of client charging


Main expenditure categories	Percentage
Salaries and general office costs	0.00
Equipment (switches, routers etc.)	0.00
Transmission capacity (IRUs, leased lines, etc.)	0.00
Other	0.00

Breakdown of expenditure on equipment and transmission capacity	Percentage (together 100%)
Equipment and transmission capacity for external connections	0.00
Equipment and transmission capacity for other connections (including the backbone)	0.00

Level	Percentage of network levels paid through the NREN budget
External connections	0
NREN backbone	0
Access network	0
Metropolitan or regional networks	0
Campus LAN	0

Method of obtaining data communications capacity
Internally	Externally



Remarks regarding this section	The ARENA budget for 2003 will be accepted in March – April at the meeting of the ARENA Board of Trusties. Currently ARENA in cooperation with OSI AF and NFSAT are finishing the preliminary stage of city fibre-optics data exchange network (project, tenders on fibre-optics cable and equipment delivery etc.). We plan to finish network installation in May – June. This network will interconnect ARENA with the Yerevan State University, State Engineering University of Armenia, Yerevan Medical University, State Agricultural Academy of Armenia, State Architectural University, National Library, National Academy of Science.