TERENA NREN Compendium 2009
Basic Information

Updated: 21 January 2011 at 04:15
Organisation:
Users / Clients Services Traffic Technical Services Funding and Staffing Basic Information
  1. BELNET, The Belgian National Research Network
  2. (NL): Het Belgische telematicaonderzoeksnetwerk, BELNET. (FR): BELNET, Réseau télématique belge de la recherche
  3. BELNET
  4. BELNET
  5. Wetenschapsstraat 4 / Rue de la Science 4
    1000 BRUSSELS
  6.  
     
  7. Belgium
  8. +32 2 790 33 34
  9. +32 2 790 33 33
  10. info@belnet.be
  11. http://www.belnet.be
  12. firstname.lastname@belnet.be
  13. 1993
  14. 1989
  15. 2000
  16. http://www.belnet.be/en/index2.php?upnr=135
  17. ( )Separate legal entity of its own
    (x)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
  18. (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
  20. Since 1 January 2000, BELNET has been organized in the form of a public service with independent management that comes under the Federal Science Policy Office. This specific structure gives BELNET more autonomy to respond quickly to continuous developments in the world of telecommunications and the Internet.

    The organic rules on the financial and material management of BELNET are given in the Royal Decree of 1 February 2000.

    BELNET is managed by its director and the management committee.

    More details & additional information see: http://www.belnet.be/en/index2.php?upnr=137
  21. http://www.belnet.be/en/index2.php?upnr=137
  22. (x)Yes ( )No
  23. http://www.belnet.be/en/index2.php?upnr=231
  24. (x)Yes ( )No
  25. http://www.belnet.be/en/index2.php?upnr=244
  26. ( )Yes (x)No
  27.  
  28. ( )Yes (x)No
  29.  
  30. (x)Yes ( )No
  31. ( )Yes (x)No
  32.  
  33. (x)Yes ( )No
  34. http://www.belnet.be/en/index2.php?upnr=150
  35. ( )Yes (x)No
  36. not available
  37. In 2008 we put in production the new network and migrated our customers to it.
    It is based on a 15 year IRU.
    For next year we foresee a further development of the regional networks, the implementation of new services based on real user needs and the move of the BELNET demarcation line towards the customer's network.
  38. The financial questions are quite difficult to answer. For instance it is difficult to separate specific NREN information from other data. We are also aware of the difficult interpretation regarding the budget and cost elements in NREN activities. Because we are on a budget based accounting system, certain costs can fluctuate quite heavily from year to year, as implementations come and go.
    We are however fully convinced of the added value of the compendium and the data it provides us, therefore a screening of how each one interprets questions and data can be interesting to make figures even more coherent, for instance by checking NREN by NREN how everyone interprets data.