Cases & Voices
Brazil is now the country with the largest eduroam network in the world. There are 3,000 access points spread throughout its national territory, connecting members of the academic community from 177 Brazilian institutions that use the service with secure Wi-Fi, including universities, professional and technological education institutes, research centers and university hospitals. The service, which is also present in around 100 other countries, is managed and operated in Brazil by the National Education and Research Network (RNP), member of RedCLARA.
The pan-European academic network GÉANT has prepared a series of videos highlighting the role of women in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics around the world. The material has been prepared in celebration of Women's Month and counts with the participation of Latin American representatives.
- María José López Pourailly
ANID and REUNA join forces to develop the "Patagonia Project"
The Austral Macrozone is a third of Chile's surface, it has a high scientific potential with national and global impact, it fulfills a strategic role to face the Climate Crisis and it has global comparative advantages (Ice Fields, Antarctica, subantarctic and pristine territory); however, it is one of the few geographical areas on the planet that is digitally disconnected, without being possible to carry out data traffic with the necessary speed.
In September 2021 we witnessed the official launch of BELLA, the new transcontinental link that interconnects the research network backbones in Europe (GÉANT) and Latin America (RedCLARA).
Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the world’s shared plan to end extreme poverty, reduce inequality, and protect the planet by 2030, is a main motivation behind a new collaboration spanning across the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Three African regional research and education networks, and two Latin American counterparts have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The overall idea is for the two continents to ramp up their activities in open science.
Rambla República de México 6125.
Montevideo 11400. Uruguay.
Montevideo 11400. Uruguay.