2. for ICT Development. 3C Model Azerbaijan Case Study.
(Cooperation, Coordination, Collaboration)
for ICT Development.
Azerbaijan Case Study.
NATO Advanced Networking Workshop
The Fourth CEENet Workshop on Network Management
October 8-11, 2004                     
Vice-President Dr. Elchin Aliyev
Chisinau, Moldova

3. “Digital Divide”
New measuring of poverty line - Digital Divide - has been introduced by UNDP in 1997.
"Digital Divide" is the global problem, related to non-uniform distribution of information technologies at different levels: international, interethnic, inside the country, region, etc.
The leading countries combine their efforts to create information society and eliminate Digital Divide. At the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) these problems were discussed and the countries agreed to coordinate their efforts on the way of creation the information society.

4. Solving of the “Digital Divide” problem
In the modern society, the information is the base of development of the countries and the regions and unequal access to the information could create financial and social breach between developed and developing countries, breach between rich and poor people and etc.
Solving of the problem could be reached by further development and extending of the national communication infrastructure, which is obtaining by means of combining of the efforts of each interested parties (3C Model).
"Cooperation is progress" is reached, when different participants of the process, by executing its own tasks at the same time cooperate and supplement between each other. Such cooperation exists in Azerbaijan that is why high index of the progress by 2008 could be forecasted.

5. Role of AzRENA in the Regional ICT Development
AzRENA together with Governmental and International Sectors participated in International ICT Events:
1. In WSIS: December 2003, Geneva
2. PrepCom 1: June 2004, Tunisia, Hammamet
3. Consultations on the Establishment of the WGIG
September 2004, Geneva
4. In Global ICT Conference:
November 2004, Baku
AzRENA participate in:
Development of State Program of ICT
STM 1 Connectivity to EU Internet Backbone
Creation Virtual International Distance Center
Cost-sharing with UNDP, OSI, Gov-t of Azerbaijan
AZ-cc:TLD administration

6. Role of AzRENA in the Regional ICT Development
Establishing ICT Priority to the Country
as a Main Result
“Convert Black Gold to Human Gold”
Speech of the President of Azerbaijan in WSIS in Geneva on
December 2003

7. Main Stakeholders

8. 3-C Model of all Stakeholders activity on ICT Development.
Azerbaijan is an example of a successful 3-C Model implementation for ICT Development
Stakeholders:
Government of Azerbaijan
NGO
UNDP
NATO
European Union
OSI-AF & other
IREX/IATP
RELIEF International
Public Affairs Department of USA

9. Existing Projects as a result of 3-C Model
«Internet Access and Infrastructure Development for Research Educational and Civil Society Development Purposes»: Government of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies), UNDP, AzRENA & OSI-AF
The Project of Distance Education of USA Program of Partnership between Indiana University and AzRENA – IU/AzRENA
NATO “Virtual Silk Highway”, NIGs
Project Harmony “Azerbaijan School connectivity Program”
Project of Ministry of Education “Equipping by ICT the general education schools” (4521 schools, computers)
Project of Azerbaijan Government and UNDP “E-Government Network Initiative”
The project of education field development with World Bank assistance
( )

10. Project between Government of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies), UNDP, AzRENA & OSI-AF
“Internet Access and Infrastructure Development for Research Educational and Civil Society Development Purposes”
This Project is directed on amplification, expansion and formation of the conditions for the further steady development of national academic, research and educational and public (community) informational networks in Azerbaijan.
The purposes of the Project are coordination of efforts of all parties, interested in the given question on all country, including organizations, which work in educational field, science, ICT, civil society and also the noncommercial and profitless public sector of ICT.
The Project will facilitate and give opportunities on an exchange, training and co-operation between schoolchildren, students, teachers, research and academic society in Azerbaijan with their foreign colleagues on worldwide.

11. Parties Contributions for AZNET Project
AzRENA – USD
UNDP – USD
OSI-AF – USD
Government of Azerbaijan on behalf of Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies provides free of charge all the required infrastructure including connectivity Backbone capacity and last mile.
NATO approved NIG for year 2005 in amount Euro
IATP/IREX, RELIEF International and others donations
Project of Ministry of Education “Equipping by ICT the general education schools” (4521 schools, computers).
Specially President Contribution: 20 million USD for School Connectivity Program and Content.

12. Internet Access and Infrastructure Development for Research Educational and Civil Society Development Purposes - AzNET
In the framework of the project, the further content inland development is stipulated.
It is planned to increase the number of institutions connections to 36, 54 universities, schools, libraries and NGO in the framework of the Joint Project.

13. Internet FO Ring Library School Universitety Universitety School
AzTeleCom
Baku MUX
Regional
AzNet PoP
Training Center
Universitety
School
FO Ring
School
University
NGO
İnstitute
NGO
School
University
Institute

14. Baku city ATS PoP Wireless Bridge (optional) ZyXEL DSLAM IES-1000
Catalyst Switch
Cisco 3550
up to 2 x 1000Base-LX GE
Wireless Access Point
Baku City BTRIB FO Ring
ADSL line
ZyXEL Prestige
ADSL modem
SHDSL line
SHDSL modem
Baku City PSTN
MDF CO

15. Regional ATS PoP Wireless Bridge (optional) ZyXEL DSLAM IES-1000
Router
Cisco 2651
Regional ATS PoP
Regional City PSTN
MDF CO
Switch
Cisco 3550
up to 2 x E1
Wireless Access Point
AzTeleCom
Baku MUX
Regional MUX FO
N x GE
Baku City BTRIB SDH Ring
ADSL line
ZyXEL Prestige
ADSL modem
SHDSL line
SHDSL modem

16. Educational Partnerships Program IU/AzRENA
IU/AzRENA partnership has 4 major goals:
Develop Azerbaijan faculty instructional design and IU global E-learning expertise;
Develop Web-based courses to support Azerbaijan faculty professional development program focused on DE design and implementation;
Develop and deliver a Pilot online course demonstrating DE application in the local educational context;
Scaling up the initial DE experience to other Azerbaijan higher education institutions.

17. E-Learning Partnership Program Perspectives
AzRENA – Base Regional Center of DE
ALU
BSTC
AzRENA staff of E-LC
Other Institutions
AzTU
ASEU
BSU
Educational materials in e-version of institutions
E-LC of AzRENA
Distance courses for institutions

18. NATO Silk Distance Education Workshop as the example of 3C Model
Distance Education: Organizational, technology and pedagogical bases, which was successfully held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from September 20 to September 25, 2004.
The Seminar was organized for the representatives from the country-participants of the NATO Project “Virtual Silk Highway” and for the representatives of educational institutes from Azerbaijan.

19. AzRENA Future Actions
The Global ICT Conference in Baku “Digital Divide and Knowlrdge Economy: Problems and Solutions”
25-28 November, Baku, Azerbaijan
Participation in WSIS Prepcom2 in February, 2005
Organizing Global Distance Education Conference
Powered by UNESCO in Baku , Year 2005
Participation in WSIS Prepcom3 in July, 2005
Participation in WSIS in Tunisia in November, 2005

20. THANKS FOR ATTENTION! Vice-President Dr. Elchin Aliyev www.azrena.org
NATO Advanced Networking Workshop
The Fourth CEENet Workshop on Network Management
October 8-11, 2004                     
THANKS FOR ATTENTION!
Vice-President Dr. Elchin Aliyev