TERENA NREN Compendium 2006
Organisational Information

Updated: 2 May 2006 at 15:54
Organisation:
Users / Clients Network Traffic Funding & Staffing Services Basic Information Organisational Information
6.19 Form of organisation
( )Separate legal entity of its own
(x)Not a legal entity of its own
( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
Name of the parent organisation (in English) For Forskningsnet: Danish ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation, For UNI-C: Danish ministry of Education
6.20 Formal relationship between the organisation and the government:
(x)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
( )Other, please explain below
6.21 Brief description of the governing structure:
The Danish ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation has the overall political responsibility. They have nominated a committee, named Styregruppen, which is the management team of the NRN. The committee has members from a number of the largest user organisations on the net.

The daily management is performed by a secretariat named Netsekretariatet.
The operation of the network is managed by UNI-C.

The total organisation can be seen (in danish) at www.forskningsnettet.dk/org
6.22 Description on website:
http://www.forskningsnettet.dk/org
6.23 Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Ole Kjaergaard
Title of the job
Network Operations Manager
Chief Executive Officer (2)
Prof. Steen Pedersen
Title of the job
Head of Administration Unit
6.24Chief Technical Officer
Mr. Ole Kjaergaard
Email
Title of the job Network Operations Manager
6.25Chief Technical Officer (2)
Mr. Peter Juul
Email
Title of the job Backbone Manager
6.26 Short description of major changes that occurred in the network during the past year or that are foreseen for the coming year:
6.27 Feedback:
Questions in the questionnaire is answered from the Research Network point of view.
The Educational Network connecting all schools is run in a different manner, with a different organisation, with seperate economics etc.
Mixing the answers would lead to confusing replies (which is the senior technical officer in two different organisations etc.)

Remarks or further information regarding this section