RENATA: The New Generation Academic Network

RENATA: The New Generation Academic Network

RENATA is the result of the union of efforts of the national government and the country's academic and scientific community interested in using the new-generation networks in order to increase the quality of educational processes and to promote collaborative research and work among national and international peers.

RENATA is a civil, non-profit, private corporation responsible for the implementation and appropriation of this new generation data network, providing services and facilitating the connection of Colombian institutes to the research and academic network of centres in the world.

Aims

RENATA main purposes are related with:

 * Consolidating a national new generation network for academic and research institutions that will effectively use it.

 * Fostering and promoting the efficient exchange of information and communications, as well as the collaborative work among the institutions in the regional, national and international networks.

 * Encouraging the execution of education, research and development projects which will contribute to the competitiveness and progress of the country.

Who we are

The main members of RENATA are Regional Academic Networks, which are the result of regional association of public or private academic entities. Around 90 research and academic institutions are connected to RENATA, through this regional advanced networks.

This initiative is supported at the national level by the MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION and the Colombian Institute for the Development of Sciences and Technology, COLCIENCIAS.

RENATA is one of the 12 country members connected to RedCLARA which connects the academic network to INTERNET2 (USA), to GEANT2 (Europe) and from here to the other world academic networks.