Phare

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1. Phare COSINE Programme (1991 - 1994)

2. Phare 1994 R&D Networking Programme (1994 - 1997)

Objective(s) Phare 1. Providing international connectivity to Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Phare 2. Providing basic hardware and software components as well as international connectivity to 11 Central and Eastern European countries.
Achievements

Phare 1: Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic connected to EMPB by 1993.

Phare 2: Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia benefitted from the components supply element; all 11 countries connected to either EMPB, Ebone or NORDUnet.

Milestones
  • 1991: start of Phare 1
  • 1993: Romania, Czech Republic and Hungary connected to the European Research Network
  • October 1994: start of Phare 2
  • February 1996: supply tender evaluated
  • March 1996: start of contracting work
  • December 1996: all countries (except Albania and Bulgaria) connected
  • 1997: Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia become full participants in TEN-34
(Co-)Funding Phare 1: PHARE/COSINE Programme

Phare 2: PHARE 1994 R&D Networking Programme (Budget ECU4 million)
Partners DANTE
ARNES (Slovenia)
CESnet (Czech Republic)
CSTID (Albania)
EENet (Estonia)
HUNGARNET (Hungary)
LITNET (Lithuania)
NASK (Poland)
RNC (Romania)
SANET (Slovakia)
SigmaNet (Latvia)
UNICOM-B (Bulgaria)
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