1. NUOL-NAFRI Survey assessment 22 April 2003

2. Overview Introduction Survey assessment What will we do Future plan Discussion

3. Introduction

4. Organization Involved SIDA  Swedish International Development Agency NUOL  National university of Laos NAFRI  National Argiculture and Forestry Research Institute KTH  Royal Institute of Technology STEA  Science and Technology Environment Agency

5. Team1: Nafri/Nuol Infrastructure Said KashoobSweden Lotta EricksonSweden Manoluck BounsihalathLaos Vilachith PhomasakLaos Kheuangkham PhothisanLaos Bouasoth XayachakLaos Anouluck TepbualyLaos

6. Team2: Laos Open Source Daniel NihlenSweden Voravit TanyingyongSweden Boun Om PhimsipasomLaos Vilaphonh ManivanhLaos Souvanthong VorraboutLaos Thanousith PhutonesyLaos

7. Survey assessment

8. Duration Phase1: KTH, Sweden11 weeks  Training Phase2: NUOL, Laos6 weeks  Connect NUOL/NAFRI (Point-to-Point)  Set up basic test system (Open source)  ICT policy documents

9. Visiting Campuses NUOL  5 campuses visited NAFRI  5 centers visited

10. General Status Mixed conditions, from very low level of connectivity to quite good Example  LiveStock  Sopuluang

11. Connectivity index To make comparison between campuses easy Criteria Points 1. Internet connection < 320 32 – 64 kbps1 65 – 128 kbps2 >129 kbps3 2. Local Area Network - not connected0 - partially connected1 - fully connected2 Criteria Points 3. Connection to main campus - no0 - yes1 4. Local services - library1 - web1 - e-mail1 - database1 5. Human resources/Knowledge - no knowledge0 - poor knowledge1 - good knowledge2

12. Current Situation

13. What will we do

14. Connect NUOL/NAFRI  Work with STEA link  Check alternatives Set up basic test system  Open source test system at Dong Dok ICT policy documents  ICT drafts for NUOL/NAFRI

15. Improvement during the project

16. Question to be answer How to deal with existing system? Can NAFRI borrow server from NUOL? Which server can we use? How to maintain the system?

17. Future plan

18. Revise and update ICT policy drafts Implement ICT policy

19. Discussion

20. Open discussion