International Activities

• The follow-up to TEIN4 that advances networking between countries and activates applications using the network.
• Operated by TEIN*CC with support from the Ministry of Science and ICT, funded by €20M (EU) + €16M (participating countries).
• Aims to manage/support infrastructure for large scientific data (telemedicine, remote education, climate/disaster research) and to revitalize joint research by connecting Asian research networks.

• TEIN was proposed by Korea at the 3rd ASEM Summit (Oct 2000, Seoul) and adopted as an official ASEM project for an Asia–Europe research network.
• TEIN2 outcomes were recognized at ASEM ICT SOM (Jun 2006, Vietnam) and 1st ASEM ICT Ministerial (Nov 2006, Vietnam) for promoting Asia–Europe joint research and narrowing the information gap.
• TEIN2 opening at ASEM6 Summit (Sep 2006, Finland) highlighted the need for continuous operation in the ASEM6 Chairman's Statement.

• Participation in GENI Engineering Conferences and cooperation with NSF/GENI on a global future network testbed.
• Shared status and discussed cooperation directions with GENI leadership.

• Attended the ASEAN Information Infrastructure Expert Meeting to share progress and promote Korea–ASEAN research test cooperation.

* 24 countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam