TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 11 May 2008 at 21:08

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
Moroccan Academic and Research Wide Area Network
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
MARWAN- Réseau informatique national pour l' éducation, la formation et la recherche
D.3 Abbreviation in English
MARWAN
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
MARWAN
D.5 Visiting address
52, Av. Omar Ibn Al Khattab, Agdal Street

Rabat City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
B.P. 8027 Agdal Street

Rabat City/postal code
D.9 Country
Morocco
D.10 Fax
+212 37 686 235
D.11 Phone
+212 37 686 233/ 34
D.12 General e-mail address
info@marwan.ma
D.13 Website
http://www.marwan.ma
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
lastname@marwan.ma
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
2000
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1998
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1998
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.marwan.ma/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=88

D.19 Form of organisation
( )Separate legal entity of its own
( )Not a legal entity of its own, but part of a larger organisation
(x)Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
Name of the parent organisation
National Scientific and Technical Research Centre (CNRST)
D.20 What is the 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
D.21 Description of the governing structure of the NREN
1- The Ministry of Higher Education has charged the CNRST to set up Marwan Network.
The CNRST is a public establishment governed by the laws of the public administration.
The CNRST has a board of directors.

2- Marwan is not a legal entity, it’s just a department of the CNRST.
The CNRST takes all the commitments concerning Marwan. The Director of the CNRST is the official person entitled to sign all these commitments.

3- The budget of Marwan is taken over the global budget of the CNRST which comes from the Ministry of Higher Education.
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Mr. Title Redouane First name Merrouch Last name
Responsable du Réseau Job Title

merrouch@marwan.ma E-mail address
CEO 2 Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
CTO Mr. Title Hassan First name Bouhaddou Last name
Ingénieur Réseaux Job Title

bouhaddou@marwan.ma E-mail address
CTO 2 Mr. Title Redouane First name Merrouch Last name
Responsable du Réseau Job Title

merrouch@marwan.ma 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
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information