Project CAREN

DANTE, a not for profit company that runs the pan-European research and education network,GEANT2, is contracted by the European Commission to run the CAREN project to establish a regional data network to connect the research and education networks of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The projects covered: - Mediterranean region (Eumedconnect) - Latin-America (Alice) - Different parts of Asia Pacific region (TEIN)
The role of user groups can be played by every scientific and educational organizations. Four organizations showed the interests in this project:

     Institute of New Information Technologies, Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and
        Architecture

     International University of Kyrgyzstan;

     Institute of seismology, National Academy of Science;

     Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower under the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz
        Republic.

The begining of videoconferences is planned for the autumn of 2006.