TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 12 June 2008 at 15:19

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
Consortium GARR
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
Consortium GARR
D.3 Abbreviation in English
GARR
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
GARR
D.5 Visiting address
Via dei Tizii, 6 Street

00185 Rome City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Street

City/postal code
D.9 Country
Italy
D.10 Fax
+ 39 06 4962 2044
D.11 Phone
+39 06 4962 1
D.12 General e-mail address
info@garr.it
D.13 Website
http://www.garr.it
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
givenname.surname@garr.it
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1988
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1987
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
2002
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.garr.it/storia/ (still work in progress!)

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
GARR is composed by all subjects representing the Italian Academic and Scientific Research Community.
The main governance of GARR is the Board of directors, which is composed of the President and six members appointed by CNR, ENEA, INFN and Fondazione CRUI on behalf of the Italian Universities. For all technical and scientific evaluations GARR refers to a Technical and Scientific Committee composed by 9 members. The management of GARR is headed by a Director.

The daily operations and management of GARR is done by "Direzione GARR", whose organisational structure is described in:

http://www.garr.it/direz/garr-b-direzione-engl.shtml
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
see above
D.23 Senior management team
CEO prof. dr. Title Enzo First name Valente Last name
Director Job Title

Enzo.Valente@garr.it E-mail address
CEO 2 Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
CTO Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
CTO 2 Title First name Last name
Job Title

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
D.25 Feedback
Remarks or further information regarding this section

TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

D: Basic Information

TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information