Report from TEIN*CC - Activity Report - The 2nd Asi@Connect Governors’ Meeting Dalian, China 28 August 2017 TEIN* Cooperation Center

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian Table of Contents Status of TEIN Networks Activity report Networks Applications/Services Capacity Building Case Study, Collaborative Efforts Future Activity plan 2nd Call for Proposals Networks, Applications/Services & Capacity Building 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

1. TEIN Networks – Topology (as of 31 July ‘17) Major changes Decommissioning – 10G from SG to IN to EU(Madrid) Commissioning 2G from SG to EU via NKN India (backup route for SG-EU 10G) 155M AF-SG, under acceptance test Route Adjustment NZ: previously via AARNet, migrated to via U.S.A 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 2.1 Networks Procurement - Access Connectivity Nine (9) routes – BD, ID, KH, LA, MM, MN, MY, NP, VN Bandwidths – Max. 10G to Min. 45M State of progress Activity Timeline Status Remarks Contract Notice Issued 20 June 2017 Done Expressions of Interest received ~ 24 July 2017 Max. 23 Shortlisting completed 31 August 2017 Formal Invitation to Tender (ITT) released 5 September 2017 Formal ITT responses received ~ 6 October 2017 Publish tender awards 31 October 2017 Contract tender awards 10 November 2017 Ready for Service (RFS) Feb-Mar. 2018 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 2.1 Networks Procurement – Routing Equipment To replace TEIN HK & SG backbone routers (Juniper M120), in order to meet higher bandwidths such as 10Gs & future 100Gs State of progress The awardee notified finally on 10 August, after several months of dragged discussions, this contract cannot be respected due to its internal policy. => Under preparation for restart of new tender(~ March ‘18) Activity Timeline Status Remarks RFQ release 27 February 2017 Done Submission Deadline of RFQ ~ 10 April 2017 Accepted 3 vendors Evaluation ~ 12 May 2017 Award of a Contract 16 May 2017 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 2.2 Applications/Services 1st Call for Proposals – Process & Timeline Call for Proposal Announcement Proposals Submission Evaluation Made on 30 Dec 2016 Deadline: 31 Jan 2017 Evaluation committee for each WP established 13 Shortlisted by the Steering Committee Review and consensus by the Governors’ Meeting Approval by the EC Contracting Implementation 11 April 2017 As of 29 Aug., out of 13 Six(6) inked signing the other six(6) under discussion One(1) withdrew ~ December 2018 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

Combined Budget of Awarded 2.2 Applications/Services 1st Call for Proposals – Results Work Package (WP) Allocated Budget for each WP No of Applicants No of Awarded Combined Budget of Awarded WP2. Capacity Development of Developing Country NRENs EUR 150K 12 5 EUR 103K WP3. R&E Network Design & Operations and Associated Capacity Building EUR 430K 3 1 EUR 13K WP4. Deployment of Specialized Network Products, Services, Applications and Associated Capacity Development EUR 690K 13 2 EUR 632K WP5. Promoting Research and Education Collaboration for Societal Benefits EUR 670K 20 EUR 745K WP6. Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide in Developing Countries EUR 780K 4 EUR 1037K TOTAL EUR 2,720K 52 EUR 2,530K 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

Organization(leader) 2.2 Applications/Services 1st Call for Proposals – Status of Awarded proposals (13) No Title WP Country Organization(leader) Budget (EUR) Status 1 Capacity Development for AfgREN Network Engineers WP2 AF Manaka Technology Serv. 27,790 Complete(7.22-25) 2 Training for Maintaining Campus Network BD Patuakhali S & T Univ. 9,965 Complete(8.18-22) 3 SecureAsi@: Asi@Connect Security Training MY MYREN 38,420 Inked(10.23-25) 4 CSIRT Asi@Connect and Mini-TRANSITS NL GEANT 16,736 Inked(8.31-9.1) 5 Information and Network Security (and Monitoring) BT MoIC (Ministry) 10,000 Under discussion 6 Campus Network Security WP3 University of Dhaka 13,130 Inked(11.26-30) 7 TEIN eduroam 2017 WP4 AU AARNET 350,000 8 OF@TEIN+: Open/Federated or Future Networks Univ. of Malaya 281,860 9 Establish a Tech-culture Fusion Platforms WP5 KR NEXT 225,655 10 Disseminate Telemedicine Across the Beneficiary Countries JP TEMDEC, Kyushu Univ. 200,000 11 Extending Asian Soundscape Monitoring Network & … TW ASGC 320,119 12 A Pilot Project for Community Based Internet Service WP6 NP ICT4D Nepal 258,750 13 Bridging the Digital Divide in Emerging Countries in Asia US Internet Society 778,534 Withdrawal(10 Aug.) 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

Organization(leader) Progress report on the 1st Call Status of Conclusion of Contracts in detail (WP2-3) No Title WP Country Organization(leader) Budget (EUR) Status 1 Capacity Development for AfgREN Network Engineers WP2 AF Manaka Technology Serv. 27,765 Contract signed(5 June) Activity complete(7.22-25) 2 Training for Maintaining Campus Network BD Patuakhali S & T Univ. 9,995 Contract signed(15 June) Activity complete(8.18-22) 3 SecureAsi@: Asi@Connect Security Training MY MYREN 33,390 Contract signed(7 June) Activity planned(10.23-25) 4 CSIRT Asi@Connect and Mini-TRANSITS NL GEANT 17,638 Contract signed(9 Aug.) Activity planned(8.31-9.1) 5 Information and Network Security (and Monitoring) BT MoIC (Ministry) 16,734 Contract signed(27 Aug.) Activity planned(10.16-20) 6 Campus Network Security WP3 University of Dhaka 13,050 Contract signed(8 Aug.) Activity planned(11.26-30) 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian Progress report on the 1st Call Status of Conclusion of Contracts in detail (WP4-6) No Title WP Country Organization (leader) Budget (EUR) Status 7 TEIN eduroam 2017 WP4 AU AARNET 350,000 Meeting of Minds (budget, Activities, etc.) to take place soon 8 OF@TEIN+: Open/Federated for Future Networks MY Univ. of Malaya 281,860 A draft of Contract delivered(Aug.) – expect to conclude signing by mid-Sep. 9 Establish a Tech-culture Fusion Platforms WP5 KR NEXT 225,655 A draft of Contract delivered(Aug.) – expect to conclude signing by early Sep. 10 Disseminate Telemedicine Across the Beneficiary Countries JP Kyushu Univ. 200,000 A draft of Contract delivered(Aug.) - expect to conclude signing by early Sep. 11 Extending Asian Soundscape Monitoring Network & … TW ASGC 320,119 Meeting of Minds (budget, Activities, etc.) took place on 27 Aug. Soon to deliver a draft of Contract 12 A Pilot Project for Community Based Internet Service WP6 NP ICT4D Nepal 258,750 13 Bridging the Digital Divide in Emerging Countries in Asia US Internet Society 778,534 Withdrawal notice received(10 Aug.) 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 2.2 Applications/Services Closure of TEIN4 funded applications TOPIC Actor Funds Period Major Achievements Eduroam AARNet 250.9K May ‘15 ~Aug. ’16 Deploy & training eduroam in 7 countries in Asia Telemedicine SNUBH 141.3K Aug. ‘15 ~Sep. ’16 On/Offline medical training in surgical expertise in 6 countries 19 institutions Kyushu Univ. 390K Apr. ‘15 ~Nov. ’16 On/Offline medical training for tech-engineering & live demos in 13 Countries Campus Network Training NSRC 372.9K Aug. ’15 – Nov. ’16 Campus Network Design (8 WSs) Direct Engineering Assistance (BT,LA,MN,LK) 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

Organization(leader) 2.3 Capacity Building Progress report No Title Country Organization(leader) Event Date Remarks 1 SANOG 29 PK PERN 23-30 Jan. 2 APRICOT 2017 VN VinaREN 20-24 Feb. 3 Capacity Development for AfgREN Network Engineers AF Manaka Tech. Serv. 22-25 Jul. Awarded from 1st CFP 4 Training for Maintaining Campus Network BD Patuakhali S & T Univ. 18-22 Aug. 5 SecureAsi@: Asi@Connect Security Training MY MYREN 23-25 Oct. 6 CSIRT Asi@Connect and Mini-TRANSITS NL GEANT 31 Aug. – 1 Sep. 7 Information and Network Security (and Monitoring) BT MoIC (Ministry) 16-20 Oct. 8 Campus Network Security University of Dhaka 26-30 Nov. 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

AF Capacity Development 2.3 Capacity Building Snapshots on carried out programs SANOG29 BD Campus Network AF Capacity Development 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 2.3 Capacity Building Statistics on participants received financial support Title/Country AF BD BT KH CN IN ID LA MY MN MM NP PK PH LK TH VN SUM SANOG 29 20 APRICOT 2017 1 2 9 AfgREN workshop Campus Network in BD 26 27 Total 76 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 2.4 Case Study, Collaborative Efforts Case Study on tele-medicine Collaborative Efforts MAGIC(Middleware for collaborative Applications and Global vIrtual Communities) project, led by Latin America’s RedClara, collaboration complete as of 19 June ’17 Cloud provisioning, NRENum Service, global science community, etc. 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 5. Future Activity Plan 2nd Call for Proposals – Process & Timeline (tentative) Call for Proposal Announcement Proposals Submission Evaluation Early Sep. 2017 Mid/late-October 2017 Evaluation committee composition Approval by TEIN*CC Contracting Implementation Advise from SC & GM Late December 2017 Feb. 2018 ~ July 2019 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 5. Future Activity Plan 2nd Call for Proposals – Budget (tentative) Work Package (WP) Allocated Budget for each WP Max. per proposal WP2. Capacity Development of Developing Country NRENs EUR 200K EUR 50K WP3. R&E Network Design & Operations and Associated Capacity Building EUR 400K WP4. Deployment of Specialized Network Products, Services, Applications and Associated Capacity Development EUR 450K WP5. Promoting Research and Education Collaboration for Societal Benefits WP6. Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide in Developing Countries EUR 500K EUR 300K TOTAL EUR 2M 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 5. Future Activity Plan Networks Feasibility check on 100G upgrade between SG and EU (~ Dec. 2017) Completion of procurement tender for TEIN Access Connectivity (~ Feb. 2018) Network Monitoring System upgrade (~ Feb. 2018) Restart of Routing Equipment for TEIN HK & SG (~Mar. 2018) Applications/Services, Capacity Building Completion of 2nd Call for proposals process (~ Feb. 2018) Support for awarded proposals from 1st Call process (~ Dec. 2018)  TEIN*CC shall do all the relevant procurement tenders projected in the proposals 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian 5. Future Activity Plan Case Study High Energy Physics (LHCONE) by ThaiREN (~ Nov. 2017) Capacity development by NSRC (~ Dec. 2017) Collaborative efforts Support to host workshops in Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, etc. in which the level of NRENs are in a building or infant stage, in order to raise awareness of the importance of TEIN connection to major stakeholders such as government officers and researchers NREN survey (~ Dec. 2017) MoU signing with global R&Es – Assistance on technical terms & conditions TransPAC4, scheduled on early Sep. 2017 APAN, Internet2, CAREN, etc. 28 August 2017 2nd Asi@Connect Governors' Meeting @ Dalian

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