[Fim4l] World is not covered with NREN's and good AAI

Romy Beard romy.beard at eifl.net
Wed Nov 18 15:35:12 CET 2020


Thanks, yes we are also in touch with them and waiting for a pricing
proposal. Cost is always an issue when it comes to developing & transition
economy countries....


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On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 14:30, Jiri Pavlik <jiri.pavlik at techlib.cz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> there is also OpenAthens with support from EBSCO as a commercial
> alternative -
>     https://www.ebsco.com/products/ebsco-openathens
>
> Cheers
>
>             Jiri
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 3:22 PM Maarten Kremers <maarten.kremers at surf.nl>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jos, all,
>>
>> GEANT leads two projects with EC funding to help emerging NRENs in
>> Eastern Europe and Africa:
>>
>> * EAP Connect where GEANT participates with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
>> Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - https://eapconnect.eu/about-us/
>> * AfricaConnect3 where GEANT participates with the 3 major regional
>> networks in Africa - https://www.africaconnect3.net/
>>
>> Best regards,
>>  Maarten
>>
>> > On 18 Nov 2020, at 15:14, Jos Westerbeke <jos.westerbeke at eur.nl> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Today we (Raoul, Peter G. and me) had a call with EIFL (
>> https://eifl.net/page/about ) representatives initiated by Romy Beard
>> (cc) and several others from countries including Georgia. Several countries
>> in eastern Europe and Africa are seeking to implement federated
>> authentication & authorization infrastructure. This is a rather struggling
>> task to build up NREN's like we are familiar with.
>> >
>> > They would have like to hear the 'library voice' about this and that's
>> why they found FIM4L. But they need some help or guidance to build the
>> backbone of AAI. Raoul and Peter G. where kind to provide some helpful
>> information.
>> >
>> > It just triggers me that obviously not every country has the luxury of
>> good working NREN's.
>> >
>> > If there's anyone out there who is happy to help, you can contact Romy.
>> She can connect you to appropriate persons.
>> >
>> > All the best and stay healthy,
>> > Jos
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