GN5-2 Project GN5-2 is the latest phase of the long-running and highly successful GÉANT Project, supporting Europe’s research and education communities for nearly 25 years in close collaboration with the European Commission. The 30-month project, which officially started on January 1, 2025, is funded under GN5-FPA, the 7-year strategic framework within Horizon Europe – the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. GN5-2 will deliver faster, more resilient, and secure connectivity infrastructure alongside enhanced collaboration services. This...
GÉANT manages research and education networking projects in partnership with the European Commission (EC), our European NREN members, global NRENs and other partners.
At the core of these projects is to interconnect national research and education networking (NREN) organisations in different regions, through the procurement, building and operation of large-scale, advanced international high-speed networks. Some of the projects also include development and delivery of services above the network, and research into networking technologies.
AfricaConnect3 supports the development of high-capacity internet networks for research and education across Africa. It builds on existing networks in Eastern and Southern Africa and North Africa and will extend connectivity into West and Central Africa. With links to the GÉANT network AfricaConnect3 will provide an African gateway for global collaborations.
EUMEDCONNECT3 sets out to create a high-capacity dedicated internet network for the research and education communities across the eastern Mediterranean region, enabling scientists and academics to collaborate and engage in innovative, data-intensive international projects.
With direct links to the pan-European GÉANT network, EUMEDCONNECT3 provides access to over 50 million users at over 10,000 research and education establishments across Europe.
The EU-funded ‘EU4Digital: Connecting Research and Education Communities (EaPConnect)’ project is creating a regional high-speed Internet network dedicated to research and education across Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The network integrates the NRENs in these six countries with the pan-European GÉANT network.