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TERENA and TEIN*CC (Trans-Eurasia Information Network * Cooperation Center) have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation and collaboration between the two organisations on various levels. TERENA’s Acting Secretary-General, Valentino Cavalli, and Tae-hee Lee, President of TEIN*CC, signed the agreement in a special ceremony during the 5th TEIN*CC Governors' Meeting and TEIN4 Project Meeting in Bandung Indonesia, on 20 January 2014.
"I'm delighted to establish a formal relationship with TEIN*CC through this agreement," said Valentino Cavalli, "and I'm looking forward to increasing the opportunities for collaboration with NRENs in the Asia-Pacific region."
"It is a great pleasure for TEIN and TERENA members to form this collaborative relationship," added Tae-hee Lee. "I hope this will provide more opportunities to share our accumulated experiences in ICT development and be beneficial to all of us. TEIN*CC will closely work with TERENA to provide better opportunities and environments to researchers and research and education network users in Asia-Pacific and Europe for their successful cooperation and research."
Main agreements
In signing the MoU, TERENA and TEIN*CC express the wish to further enhance their respective objectives by promoting appropriate coordination and collaboration between their communities, in an atmosphere of mutual respect, recognising their different organisational models and contexts. To achieve this, various cooperation and support intentions were agreed upon:
- promote coordination and collaboration between constituent member organisations;
- collaborate on the interchange of specific technical developments;
- collaborate on knowledge sharing and the identification of individuals with specific expertise for knowledge transfer;
- exchange information and encourage technology- and knowledge-transfer;
- periodically update each other about activities and agree on concrete collaborations;
- promote each other’s visibility at the TERENA Networking Conference and major TEIN*CC events, and encourage participation by their respective communities.
Further information
The Trans-Eurasia Information Network * Cooperation Center, TEIN*CC, is a non-profit consortium incorporated in Seoul, South Korea. It provides the Asia-Pacific countries with a gateway for collaborations across the regional user communities by increasing direct Internet connectivity among research and education networking organisations in Asia and between Asia and Europe, as well as enhancing networking and communication capacities that will sustain development. TEIN*CC website.