TERENA NREN Compendium 2006
Organisational Information

(x)Separate legal entity of its own
( )Not a legal entity of its own
( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
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( )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
GRNET was founded by the 29/1998 Presidential Decree and is a property of the Ministry of Development, under the supervision of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology. The Ministry of Development assigns the Members of the Board of Directors. The Greek government provides funding for operation of GRNET.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS - CHAIRMAN
The Board of Directors (BoD) is the supreme administrative body of GRNET S.A. and decides on all issues related to the management and realization of the company's goals, with the exception of those issues for which the General Assembly is exclusively responsible. The BoD charts the company's strategy and development policy and determines main financing resources for GRNET S.A. At the same time it supervises and manages the company's assets. In addition, it sees to the further development and promotion of the company's national and European character. The Board of Directors consists of eight members who serve for a four-year term. The Chairman is a member of the BoD and the company's chief executive officer. He isthe chief scientific supervisor of GRNET S.A. operations and oversees and directs all services. He also brings before the BoD issues concerning the company's policy.
THE CONSULTATION COMMITTEE
The Consultation Committee is appointed by the BoD every two years and consists of five members maximum. It provides counsel and consists of acknowledged experts with a strong background in telecommunications and/ or research and technology policy in the country. The opinions of the Consultation Committee are recorded, submitted to the BoD and reported to the General Secretariat for Research and Development.
THE STRATEGY PLANNING COMMITTEE
Consults the Chairman and through him the BoD on issues related to the company's strategy and priorities. At the same time coordinates GRNET's participation in projects. The Strategy Planning Committee consists of seven members including the company's two directors.
THE BACKBONE NETWORK EXPERT TEAM (TT)
The backbone network expert team (Technical Team) is appointed by the BoD and includes representatives from universities and research bodies. Its aim is to coordinate actions for the participation of end-users. Representatives of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, European networks, scientists from Greece and abroad, as well as representatives of Greek companies operating in the field, may participate in the Technical Team. The role of the
Technical Team is purely consultative and contributes to the development of strategic modifications and operational restructuring of GRNET S.A. The main objective of the Technical Team is to provide services, excellent to the highest degree, in order to ultimately integrate the views and requests of end-users into the operation of the company.
THE VIRTUAL NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE (VNOC)
GRNET's technical administration and development is performed by the VIrtual Network Operations Centre. To be more precise, the Network technical operations of the Network and the necessary promotion and development pilot projects for the new generation Internet have been assigned to seven individual Network Operations Centres of Universities, Technological Educational Institutes and Research Centres with acknowledged international experience and qualifications. Individual Management Centres are guided and supported by GRNET S.A. technicians.

http://www.grnet.gr/gov

Prof. Panagiotis Tsanakas
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Chairman of the Board

Mr. Jacques Koune
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Programme Management Director

Dr. Tryfon Chiotis
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GRNET S.A. has already acquired 15-year IRUs for 3 Dark Fiber (DF) links. As of today GRNET owns 2950Km of dark fiber pairs (not put in production yet) and plans to extend this to at least 3500Km this year. GRNET S.A.’s goal with the planned migration to owned-fiber infrastructure, is to operate a “hybrid” network that will continue to provide sound production-quality IP services to all users and at the same time provide Layer 1/Layer 2 services to its clients.