EUMEDGRID-Support Impact on ASREN – Arab regional eInfrastructure Dr. Salem Al-Agtash (ASREN) Final Review – Brussels 17 February 2012

Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012 Outlines The impact of the EUMEDGRID-Support project and initiatives carried on in the Arab region Plans for long term sustainability of e- Infrastructure in the Arab region Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

e-Infrastructure Status In the Arab region Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

The role of the EUMEDGRID-Support project Regional cooperation to be further enhanced and fostered EUMEDGRID-Support improved it in Med region More for access to the other counties UAE and Gulf region Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Plans for long term sustainability of e-Infrastructure - ASREN Builds on EUMEDCONNECT3 to connect all Arab countries Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012 ASRENOrg.net PAN Arab Network, 2005, NAP, the Network Access Points 2007, ASREN, 2010, ASREN GmbH June 2011 Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Infrastructure Services Operation maturity   Infrastructure Services Algeria Egypt Jordan Morocco Tunisia Somalia Sudan UAE Africa & Arabia ROC ● GOCDB NAGIOS GSTAT HLRMon/DGAS VOMS MyProxy BDII WMS LFC UI SE CE + WNs

Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012 Africa & Arabia ROC Hosting the Web Portal of Africa & Arabia Regional Operation Centre, taking over the activities performed in In the context of EUMEDGRID- Support Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012 Roadmap ASREN is developing a roadmap to further extend the e-Infrastructures deployed by EUMEDCONNECT and EUMEDGRID to all Arab countries A focal activity will be Africa & Arabia  ROC for the coordination and support point for all sites in the region Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012 Joint outreach EUMEDGRID-Support fostered the establishment of ASREN since 2010 (Brussels in March and Cairo in December) and continued in 2011 June 2011 – First Workshop in Lebanon at the Saint Joseph University October 2011 - Workshop for Developing Lebanese National Research and Education Network at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in Beirut, Lebanon November/December 2011 - Joint CHAIN/EPIKH Schools for ROC management and application integration in Science Gateways in Amman, Jordan December 2011 – e-AGE 2011 Conference in Amman, Jordan Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Future plans – e-Infrastructure UAE installed a new highly sophisticated grid system that will join Africa & Arabia ROC Consolidation of cooperation between grids in the ASREN region and beyond through CHAIN, embedded within ASREN Plans for a consortium as a result of e-AGE to establish connectivity between neighboring countries in the Arab region Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Future plans – Community level More contacts to existing VRCs, e.g.: Genomics applications Mathematical modelling, with intensive numerical analysis Emerging applications in software applications to environmental resources Consolidating communities from EPIKH schools in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Jordan, and the modelling grid applications in Lebanon Activities for federated identity and science gateway and building capacity through joint research projects – initial interest at UAE School planned for GATE users in Algeria in April using EUMEDGRID Science Gateway Upcoming e-AGE towards better integration of efforts at the regional level Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012

Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012 Thank You Final Review - Brussels 17 February 2012