TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 15 May 2008 at 14:29

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
D.3 Abbreviation in English
GRENA
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
D.5 Visiting address
10 Chovelidze Street Street

0108 Tblisi City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Street

City/postal code
D.9 Country
Georgia
D.10 Fax
+995 32 912952
D.11 Phone
+995 32 250590
D.12 General e-mail address
contact@grena.ge
D.13 Website
http://www.grena.ge
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
firstname@grena.ge
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1996
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1999
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1999
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.grena.ge/english/about/index.html

D.19 Form of organisation
(x)Separate legal entity of its own
( )Not a legal entity of its own, but part of a larger organisation
( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
Name of the parent organisation
D.20 What is the formal 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
(x)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
D.21 Description of the governing structure of the NREN
Founders of the Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association - GRENA:
1. Georgian Academy of Sciences
2. Tbilisi State University
3. Georgian State Technical University
4. Ilia Chavchavadze State University
5. Tbilisi State Medical University
6. Georgian State Agriculture University
7. High Energy Physics Institute of TSU
8. Open Society - Georgia Foundation
Each founder has a representative in the Executive Board.
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
http://www.grena.ge/english/about/index.html
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Dr. Title Ramaz First name Kvatadze Last name
Executive Director Job Title

ramaz@grena.ge E-mail address
CEO 2 Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
CTO Mr. Title Michael First name Kartvelishvili Last name
Backbone Network Administrator Job Title

mikho@grena.ge E-mail address
CTO 2 Mr. Title David First name Tabatadze Last name
Head of User Support Job Title

devi@grena.ge E-mail address
OTHER Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
D.24 Short description of major changes that occurred in the network during the past year or that are foreseen for the coming year
GRENA is actively participating in Georgian secondary school connectivity program “Deer Leap Georgia”. According to this program all 2300 schools of Georgia will receive Internet services via virtual private network (VPN) and GRENA is acting as a Network Operation Center for this network. During 2008-2010 GRENA will particpate in two EC FP7 projects Black Sea Interconnection/BSI and SEE-GRID eInfrastructure for regional eScience/SEE-GRID-SCI.
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information