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The National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity in Industry, Technology, and Research is starting operations.

The first ConCERT cybersecurity conference was held, organized by the National CERT and FER

The Croatian Institute for Cyber Security – HIKS and CARNET as the National Coordination Center for Industry, Technology, and Research in the Field of Cyber Security (NKS) signed a Cooperation Agreement.

New CARNET Service Launched: CERT iffy – Online Store Verification Service

Delivery of equipment to higher education institutions has begun as part of the e-University project.

Hackultet Held – First CTF Competition for Students Organized by CARNET and FER

As part of the BrAIn project, artificial intelligence curricula were developed for elementary and secondary schools.

The 26th CARNET User Conference “AI in Education – New Beginning or Beginning of the End“ was held.“

Project Support for Achieving Equal Opportunities in Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities – ATTEND successfully completed

One-day conference held as part of the Croatian Quantum Communication Infrastructure - CroQCI project

Seventh edition of the Internet Governance Forum held in Opatija

CARNET participated in the Cyber ​​Europe cyber exercise

CARNET and the Center for Missing and Abused Children signed a cooperation agreement to create a safer online environment for children and youth.

Safer Internet Day Held

The 30th anniversary of the national .hr domain was solemnly celebrated

11th RIPE SEE Regional Meeting Held, Organized by CARNET and RIPE NCC

New CARNET services published – CARNET ID and CARNET Info

The first meeting of the CroQCI Project Steering Committee was held.

12th Science Picnic held in Gornja Stubica

The completion of the e-Schools program, one of the largest digitalization projects for the primary and secondary education system, was ceremonially marked.

As part of the e-Schools program completion celebrations, 10 Regional Education Centers (RECs) were solemnly opened.

The CARNET User Conference for Higher Education, titled „THECUC 2023 – Digital Transformation of Higher Education: Innovations for the Future of Learning and Teaching,“ was held in Vodice.“

CARNET becomes the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity Industry, Technology, and Research

29 years .hr domain

CARNET partner for the project „Informatization of Processes and Establishment of a Comprehensive Electronic Enrollment Service in Educational Institutions“

The ATTEND conference was held in Opatija in our own way as part of the project "Support for Achieving Equal Opportunities in Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities – ATTEND".

CARNET participated in the Cyber Europe 22 cyber exercise organized by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).

CARNET's National CERT presented the results of the Grow2CERT project - Increasing the Maturity of the National CERT for Stronger Cooperation in the Cybersecurity Community

Within the Erasmus+ program, the project "Establishing a Digital Bridge through Effective Communication and Improvement of Existing Services" has been successfully completed.

DOTS project successfully completed…Development of transversal skills in STEM

11th Science Picnic held in Gornja Stubica

The first meeting of the Working Group for the digitalization of higher education and quality assurance for the preparation and implementation of the e-University project was held at the Ministry of Science and Education (MZO).

The 24th CARNET Users Conference CUC2022, titled “Opening in a Closed World: Postdigital Science and Education,” was held in Šibenik.”

CARNET and the National Kosovo Network for Research and Higher Education – KREN signed a Cooperation Agreement

Internet Celebrates 30 Years in the Republic of Croatia

CARNET's e-Schools pilot project wins second place at the European Commission's RegioStars awards

CARNET Participated in International Cyber Exercise – Cyber Coalition 2022

Project ATTEND wins the Yellow Frame Award in the Quality Education category

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, in collaboration with CARNET, has begun implementing the interdisciplinary educational program Digital Competencies in Education (DIKOBRAZ).

Signed contracts initiating the construction of the network component of the new national e-infrastructure within the Croatian Science and Education Cloud (HR-ZOO) project

The e-Schools project presented as a best practice example at the conference of the European Commission and the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds titled „Cohesion Policy and Investments in Digital Education: The e-Schools Experience in Croatia”

Redesigned CARNET portals e-lektire and škole.hr

CroAI and CARNET launched the AI School Challenge competition.

Hrvoje Puljiz appointed new director of CARNET

CARNET was ceremonially presented with the contract for the project „Support for Achieving Equal Opportunities in Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities (ATTEND)”.”

E-Diary Mobile App Launched for Students and Parents

Under the slogan „New Opportunities!“, CARNET's User Conference was held in Šibenik and online.

Cooperation Agreement Signed with the University of Mostar

Signed Cooperation Agreement between CARNET and the Faculty of Education in Osijek

CARNET and University North Sign Cooperation Agreement

In the DESI report, the European Commission highlighted CARNET as the main institution responsible for the digitalization of education.

CARNET participated in the NATO international exercise „Cyber Coalition 2021“

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, distance learning has begun in all schools.

Published Strategic Framework for Digital Maturity of Schools and the School System in the Republic of Croatia (2030)

European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators published in Croatian

The European Commission highlighted how CARNET's e-Schools project contributed to a smoother and successful transition from traditional teaching methods to online education in Croatia.

UNICEF Croatia supported the renovation of infrastructure necessary for the safe implementation of distance learning through a donation of a high-capacity long-term data storage system.

CARnet Awarded „Excellence in Challenges“ Recognition“

Signed grant agreements worth HRK 1.3 billion for the second phase of the “e-Schools: Development of Digitally Mature School Systems (Phase II)” program, secured from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund.

Selected locations for the establishment of ten Regional Education Centers (RECs) as part of the second phase of the e-Schools program

The National CERT celebrated European Cyber Security Month.

e-Schools Project wins European Commission RegioStars Award

Under the slogan „Challenge Accepted!“, the CARNET User Conference was held in its entirety online

CARNET's National CERT launched the national campaign “Great Croatian Naive”

CARNET celebrated 26 years of the .hr domain

Contract signed for digitalization of enrollment in educational institutions (e-Enrollment)

The new redesigned website WWW.HR has been published.

New CARNET online headquarters published

Nikola Tesla Innovation Center (ICENT) selected as implementation partner in the second phase of CARNET's e-Schools program

Results of the GrowCERT project presented

Project successfully completed: Strengthening capacities for developing accessible digital content

CARNET at the Science Picnic 2019.

Delivery of laptops to teachers has begun as part of the second phase of the e-Schools program

The National CERT celebrated European Cyber Security Month.

The 21st CARNET Users“ Conference ”On the Edge of Possibility" was held.”

Implementation of the new Grow2CERT project has begun.

The 25th anniversary of the .hr domain was marked.

UNESCO declared CARNET's e-Schools pilot project one of the 12 best projects in the world in the field of ICT application in education for 2017

Zadar hosted the fifth conference on Contemporary Technologies in Education – STO 2018

as part of the e-Schools pilot project, open regional educational centers in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, and Varaždin

CARNET participated in the 7th Scientific Picnic

Solemnly signed Grant Agreement for the strategic project Croatian Scientific and Educational Cloud (HR-ZOO)

e-Schools pilot project completed

The fourth Croatian Internet Governance Forum (CRO-IGF) was held

Implementation of the CRISS pilot project has begun in Croatian primary and secondary schools.

The 20th jubilee CARNET conference CUC, titled CUC20: Network of Ideas, was held in Šibenik.

Strategic Forum on Digital Maturity of Schools Held

Signed Cooperation Agreement between CARNET and Nikola Tesla Innovation Center

The CRISS project has begun, in which CARNET also participates; the purpose of the project is the development and pilot implementation of a digital platform for acquiring, evaluating, and certifying the digital competences of primary and secondary school students.

On the occasion of Safer Internet Day, CARNET’s National CERT Department held a webinar titled „Social Engineering – Man as the Biggest System Vulnerability.”

Open Future Classroom at Karlovac High School

First 100 teaching scenarios published as part of the e-Schools pilot project

National CERT Participates in Meeting of European Computer Security Incident Response Teams Network in Malta

Portal for Schools Celebrates 10 Years of Existence

Goran Kezunović Appointed New Director of CARNET

CARNET hosts international partner meeting for ATS2020 project

contracted procurement of network equipment for 130 schools in the e-Schools project

As part of the TAIEX instrument (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission), a delegation from the Ministry of Interior of Turkey visited CARNET and the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia.

signed contracts for the creation of digital educational content as part of the e-Schools pilot project

The meeting „Modern Technologies in Education - STO 2017” was held in Split.”

CARNET participated in the conference „Stay in Croatia - School Fest 2017.”

CARNET participated in the 6th Science Picnic

CARNET sponsor of FSec2017 conference on information security

CARNET, the Institute for the Development and Innovation of Youth (IRIM), and the Ministry of Science and Education launched the ProMikro project.

As part of the e-Schools pilot project, CARNET has signed a contract for the creation of 72 e-lectures.

CARNET launches new service - sys.monitor

e-Schools project presented at the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels

CARNET hosts the 24th CENTR Marketing Workshop

To strengthen the capacity of the National CERT and improve national and European cooperation, CARNET presented a project called GrowCERT

Renewed Agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and CARNET's National CERT

National CERT Celebrates 10 Years

The 19th CARNET User Conference – CUC 2017, titled „Connected by Knowledge (...25 years),” was held in Dubrovnik.”

CARNET and Srcu awarded charters of the Republic of Croatia

The 25th anniversary of the internet in the Republic of Croatia was marked

As part of the e-Schools pilot project, digital educational content has been developed and is available in Edutorij.

CARNET and the National CERT Division actively participated in NATO's „Cyber Coalition 2017” exercise”

CARNET hosts international partner meeting for CRISS project

As part of the e-Schools pilot project, the creation of all 240 teaching scenarios has been completed.

New CARNET service for creating, publishing, and viewing digital content – Libar – presented

New Future Classroom opened at Popovača Elementary School

CARNET received a project in the Erasmus+ KA1 program: Learning Mobility for Individuals

CARNET presented the e-Schools program at EU Funds Week

Plaque awarded to the 100,000th user of CARNET's distance learning system – Loomen

CARNET performed at RIT's „Career Education Day” in Zagreb

Within the scope of the Inspiring Science Education (ISE) project, CARNET has launched a new competition for the implementation of ISE learning scenarios.

Five e-Schools have been selected to open regional educational centers

Representatives of CARNET and the .hr domain registry participated in the seventh annual DIDS 2016 Internet conference

Future Classroom opens at Horvati Elementary School in Zagreb

The e-Schools project presented in Brussels at the tenth Scientix Projects’ Networking Event

Agreement on the development of a digital competence framework signed

The 3rd Student Day „Modern Technologies in Education - STO 2016” was held in Rijeka.

the second phase of the pan-European infrastructure project GÉANT4 has begun

CARNET participated in the Cloud Day conference in Opatija

Open Future Classroom at Metković High School

Registration of new domain types enabled

CARNet signed a contract worth 227 million kuna for the development of digitally mature schools

CARNET signed a contract for financing bilateral activities from the Financial Mechanisms of the Kingdom of Norway and the European Economic Area (EEA)

Wi-Fi network installed in 50 primary and secondary schools

CARNET participated in the 5th Science Picnic

25th anniversary of the CARNET project launch marked

CARNET becomes part of the first Croatian Center of Competence for Cybersecurity

The 18th CARNET User Conference CUC 2016 titled „Let's Program Our Future” was held in Rovinj.”

Handover of computer equipment for teachers has begun in 130 schools

CARNET and the National CERT Division participated in the NATO exercise „Cyber Coalition 2016”

Future classroom opened at the University Children's Hospital Zagreb and the Department of Hematology and Oncology Dr. Mladen Ćepulić as part of the School in Hospital project

705 schools registered to participate in the pilot project „e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools.”

CARnet participates in the Museum Night; the classroom of the future presented at the Ferdinand Budicki Museum of Cars

CARNET participates in the Expert Working Group for the Implementation of the Comprehensive Curricular Reform.

Cooperation Agreement Signed Between .hr and .rs Domain Registries

Completed ICT Curricula Project - „Development of Qualification Elements, Programs, and Curricula in the Area of Computer Competency in Primary Education”

The first 150 schools have been selected to participate in the „e-Schools: Establishment of a Digital Maturity Development System for Schools (Pilot Project)”

Interdisciplinary ICT curriculum for primary school and digital teaching materials have become available to the educational community.

20 schools selected for the first phase of the project „e-Schools: Establishment of a Digitally Mature Schools Development System (Pilot Project)”

National CERT Participated in NATO Exercise CMX15

New ECDL courses on the Nikola Tesla portal

NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackathon held at CARNET

signed agreements with the first 20 schools on participation in the project „e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (pilot project)”

Split opens Laboratory for Digital Teacher Education

The 2nd Student Day „Modern Technologies in Education - STO 2015” was held in Split.

the renewed e-Lektire portal got a new look and new content

CARNET participates in the new generation GÉANT project – GÉANT4

First Croatian Internet Governance Forum held

Third CARNET Massive Open Online Course held

Open educational course „Introduction to E-learning for Vocational School Teachers”

new electronic certificate issuance service – TCS

Published Amendments to the Rulebook on the Organization and Management of the Top-Level National Internet Domain

CERT publishes brochure „Protect your privacy on Facebook”

National Cybersecurity Strategy adopted

Pilot project e-Schools included in the 2015 Education and Training Monitor for the Republic of Croatia

The 17th CARNET User Conference CUC 2015 titled „New Schools” was held in Dubrovnik.”

CARNET organized the largest virtual visit to CERN in the history of virtual visits

National CERT participated in NATO exercise „Cyber Coalition 2015”

CARNET Meduza launched, a new service for multimedia content distribution

uCARNET completed the EU project AMORES

Organized online public discussion: Proposal for criteria for creating quality digital educational content

ENISA awards CARNET experts

Agreement on direct allocation of funds from the ESF signed for the project „e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (Pilot Project)”

Signed agreement on technical cooperation between the Security Intelligence Agency and CARNET

WWW.HR Portal Celebrates 20th Anniversary – Croatia's Homepage

CARNET's first massive open online course held

The 1st Student Day „Modern Technologies in Education - STO” was held”

CARNET developed mToken credential for the e-Citizen system

Access to the e-Diary service for parents launched as part of the e-Citizen project

Open future classroom in Koprivnica for over 700 students

open future classrooms at Primary School II Bjelovar and Ruđer Bošković Technical School Zagreb, as well as in the renovated primary school in Gunja

CARNET's international connection capacity to the GÉANT network increased to 20 Gbit/s

AMORES project activities have begun in schools

initiate negotiations on launching a university educational program on e-learning

Workshops for teachers on applying information and communication technologies in everyday teaching are starting.

First Applications Laboratory opened at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek

Second CARNET Massive Open Online Course held

The 16th CARNET User Conference CUC 2014 was held in Zagreb.

CARNET's National CERT participated in NATO's „Cyber Coalition 2014” exercise”

The GÉANT Association General Assembly meeting in Zagreb

u CARNET conducted manufacturer-neutral testing of Wi-Fi technologies

A public call to schools has initiated the digitalization of Croatian education

11 new free online ECDL courses published for students, teachers and university students

National CERT takes over CARNET CERT's tasks

CARNET Becomes Part of the Advanced Cyber Defence Centre (ACDC) with EU Support

initiated the new two-year infrastructure project GÉANT3plus, in which CARNET is a full member of the international pan-European consortium

The website www.upisi.hr has been launched, which also marks the official start of e-enrollment in secondary schools.

CARNET's School 2.0 Project Wins European Award for Innovation in Public Administration

CARNET Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the E-learning Academy

CARNET began a project to connect healthcare institution locations to the CARNET network backbone.

CARNET begins coordinating EU project to foster students' love of reading – AMORES

15. CARNET User Conference CUC 2013 held in Zagreb

CARNET presented a new service – eduKnjižara, a place where you can find e-textbooks from elementary school to college, as well as other e-books and educational e-content.

CARNET Awarded the Shield of Saint Barbara

Online registration for free .hr and .from.hr domains has been launched

e-Diary web application presented for students

Portal for Schools Celebrates Five Years in Existence

A new CARNET and GÉANT service titled "Bandwidth on Demand" has been established.

The Safer Internet Centre has been established for the joint promotion of computer and information security in the Republic of Croatia.

CARNET took over e-Maticu, an information system for managing data of students and employees from primary and secondary education

developed mobile versions of CARNET's websites

The 14th CARNET User Conference – CUC 2012 was held at the Trsat Campus of the University of Rijeka, titled „Communicate Faster (Communicate), Learn More (Learn), Connect Stronger (Connect)!”

CARNET became a partner of the INFO fair and presented itself through a series of lectures, workshops, and round tables.

20th anniversary of the Croatian internet marked

CARNET's new online learning system presented – Loomen

CARNET has established traffic exchange with Hrvatski Telekom via the Croatian national Internet exchange point – CIX (Croatian Internet eXchange).

On Safe Internet Day 2011, CARNET successfully presented its activities in the field of computer security.

CARNET developed a new service “sys.backup” which enables remote data backup.

CARNET, in cooperation with Optika Kabel TV, has launched a new service, OkCARNET – an internet, television, and phone access service for all members of the academic community, as well as everyone in the primary and secondary education system.

Several seminars about the BackupPC program, intended for CARNET system engineers, were held within CARNET's organization.

CARNET Portal for Schools, in collaboration with CARNET's User Conference - CUC 2011, launched a competition to select the best and most useful school websites created in CARNET's CMS.

A weblog on e-learning has been launched, primarily intended for primary and secondary school teachers, as well as academic staff at higher education institutions who use or wish to use information and communication technologies to enhance their teaching.

online administration of free secondary domains enabled via web form

The National CERT has introduced a new, free automated vulnerability checking service.

15th Anniversary of CARNET's CERT

CARNET's e-Diary pilot project launched

20th anniversary of the CARNET project launch marked

The first Study Visit in Croatia within the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme, organized by CARNET, has begun

New web portal on computer security for CARNET users published

The 13th CARNET User Conference - CUC 2011 - was held at the Trsat Campus of the University of Rijeka, under the title „All Roads Lead to the Internet.”

Baltazar Portal launched – CARNET's video portal featuring Zagreb Film's complete educational program

The first phase of CARNET's „ICT Edu” project has begun.”

CARNET and the City of Opatija have signed a business and technical cooperation agreement

Signed Agreement on business and technical cooperation between the Central State Office for e-Croatia, the City of Rijeka, and the Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET

A demo version of the state matriculation exam has been released, allowing students to test their knowledge in all mandatory and elective subjects of the state matriculation exam.

CARNET's Cruncher supercomputer upgraded to be a solid computer for memory and processor-intensive programs

On the National Portal for Distance Learning Nikola Tesla, 25 new lessons have been added, rich with animated examples, audiovisual simulations, and interactive elements.

Meeting between the Director of CARNET and the President of the Republic of Macedonia on the topic of exploring the possibility of applying new technologies to ensure the development of education, economy, and society as a whole

New regulation on the structure and management of the top-level national internet domain adopted

The CARNET Administrative Board has defined the administrative and technical conditions for legal entities wishing to enter into a contract with CARNET for the performance of domain registration services within CARNET's scope.

The CARNET Management Board adopted the price list for CARNET domain administration services.

Open registrations for CARNET's traditional website competition – WebFestival 2010 under the slogan „Let's Moodle Together!” which will focus on educational content published in one of the most widespread open-source learning management systems – Moodle.

CARNET users get free access to the digital online edition of PC Chip magazine.

CARNET's Portal for Schools, in cooperation with CARNET's User Conference - CUC 2010, has launched another competition for the selection of the best and most useful school websites created in CARNET's CMS.

CARNET's Portal for Schools has a new look and new functionalities, including a search engine for teaching materials with multiple search options and numerous new and useful modules.

To open new channels of communication with existing and potential users, CARNET has opened its profile on the social network Facebook.

As part of the eLektire project, CARNET, in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Education and Bulaja Publishing, has provided students with free access to complete works by Croatian and foreign authors from the required reading list and beyond.

Paid secondary domain registration enabled

For the third year in a row, CARNET has received the prestigious Comenius EduMedia Seal award, this time for the online course "Creating Online Courses Using Moodle."

CARNET has published a new brochure titled „Safer Online” – a guide for computer novices that helps them recognize dangers and explains how to actively protect themselves.

Experts from RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) held a course titled „Local Internet Registry Training Course,” which provides basic knowledge to internet service providers so they can manage assigned resources, i.e., perform the role of local internet registries

CARNET joined the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Split, the 12th CARNet User Conference – CUC 2010 was held with the title „New Challenges”.”

CARNet has established another IPv6 connection through the Croatian National Internet Exchange - CIX (Croatian Internet eXchange - CIX), this time with Optima Telekom.

CARNET's new Edu.hr portal has been launched as a central place to access CARNET's educational services.

In cooperation with Vipnet, a new CARNET service has been presented – Homebox CARNET, which enables users a new way of individual access to the CARNET network in combination with a fixed line.

The third workshop in cooperation with the National CERT and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia on the topic of network forensics basics was held.

A new service, Tele2CARNET, has been launched, enabling wireless connection to the CARNET network using Tele2's mobile operator HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, and GPRS technologies, available throughout the Republic of Croatia.

The Tesla Project launched in schools to encourage the highest quality and most widespread application and implementation of digital teaching materials from the Nikola Tesla National Portal for Distance Learning.

15th anniversary of the WWW.HR project - Croatia's homepage - marked. The project, under the patronage of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports and funded by CARNET, is being implemented at the Department of Telecommunications of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) at the University of Zagreb.

A new service, Stick2CARNET, has been launched, offering the possibility of wireless connection to the CARNET network using T-Mobile Hrvatska's HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, and GPRS technology, available throughout the Republic of Croatia.

CARNET has fully taken over the operational execution of the construction and maintenance of the CARNET network.

the first Croatian online encyclopedia was published – Proleksis encyclopedia, developed in cooperation between Pro Lexis and CARNET, containing over 62,000 articles and over 17,000 photos, illustrations, maps, etc.

Extended access service to the CARNET network – TRIO.CARNET with all internet access parameters, as well as the DUO.CARNET service, has also enabled users to access Iskon.TV television service.

A new CARNET Cruncher service has been launched, which makes a supercomputer equipped with multiple processors, a large amount of RAM, and a large amount of storage available to CARNET's full member institutions for a limited period of time.

CARNET held network forensics workshops to train employees of the Croatian Ministry of Interior for a better fight against internet abuse

With the consent of the National Security Council Office, the National CERT Department begins operations at CARNET.

CARNET received the Comenius EduMedia Award for the online course „E-course for E-mentors”.”

At the initiative of the Ministry of Science, Education, and Sports, a portal for the exchange of school textbooks has been launched, intended for primary and secondary school students and their parents.

A new version of CARNET's webmail system has been released.

The National CERT for Computer Security (operating within CARNET) has become a full member of FIRST, the global organization of CERTs.

The 11th CARNET Users' Conference CUC 2009 was held, for the first time simultaneously in eleven cities; the central venue was Zagreb, and the conference also took place in CARNET TCR centers in Dubrovnik, Slavonski Brod, Knin, Osijek, Pula, Rijeka, Split, Varaždin, Vukovar, Zadar, and Zagreb.

the third generation of the GÉANT project has begun; CARNET has been involved in the GÉANT3 project for the eighth year in a row

CARNET's website named best in the „Government Organizations and State Institutions” category at the Vidi Web Top 100 national web award ceremony for the best Croatian websites in 2009.

CARNET's e-Otoci project declared the best project of the year in the category of projects with the greatest community impact at the 2008 Cisco Networkers Innovation Awards

.hr domain celebrates 15 years of existence; Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) accepted .hr as the top-level domain of the Republic of Croatia

CARNET organized the annual gathering of heads of public relations departments from all academic and research networks in Europe and the region.

A new service, DUO.CARNET, has been launched, providing broadband internet access through the CARNET network using ADSL technology.

CARNET received the Comenius EduMedia 2008 award for the online course „Logo - online learning of programming.”

State Matriculation Portal Launched – Tour de Matour

The 6th generation of CARNET's E-learning Academy has begun with 73 new participants.

New CARNET online course: E-course for e-mentors

After years of using the commercial e-learning program, WebCT, CARNET offered users a non-commercial learning management system, Moodle.

The 10th CARNET Users„ Conference, CUC 2008, titled ”Internet 10.0", was held in Rijeka.”

A new service, OptiCARNET, has been launched. It is a broadband internet access service based on CARNET network access technology using ADSL technology.

CARNET launches new access service Vipme CARNET, mobile access to network resources, even where there is no standard internet connection and without a monthly subscription

After six years, the new CARNET website has been launched, aligned with the institution's new visual identity.

The establishment and maintenance of connections to 1601 institutions connected to the CARNET network at 1571 locations continues, namely: 165 institutions from the academic community connected at 280 locations, 28 institutions from the healthcare system connected at 25 locations, 21 other full member institutions connected at 36 locations, and 1366 institutions from the education system connected at 1193 locations.

150 schools have migrated or launched their websites on the CARNET CMS (Content Management System), bringing the number of schools using the CMS to over 660.

content filtering established for over 550,000 students accessing the internet from primary and secondary schools

A new internet access service, XCARNET, has been launched, enabling individual broadband access to the CARNET network via cable television infrastructure.

CARNET launched the Portal for Schools, intended for teachers, students, their parents, and schools.

Fourteen commercial and non-commercial internet service providers in the Republic of Croatia signed the „Memorandum on the Establishment of a Joint Working Group for Abuse Services of Croatian Internet Service Providers”

CARNET network increased the capacity of its IP connection to the pan-European GÉANT2 network from 2.5 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s and, for the first time, introduced the possibility of international gigabit connections for point-to-point services.

The fourth generation of E-learning Management, E-learning Tutoring, and E-learning Course Design educational programs at CARNET's E-learning Academy has concluded, with the program attended in Croatian.

CARNET established an integrated Service for all CARNET users by merging the Customer Support Service, which was contractually performed by the University Computing Centre, and the Customer Support Service from the education system.

MOD2 portal established

A new internet access service for CARNET end-users has been launched – MetroCARNET, enabling internet access via ADSL technology

The e-Islands project has been completed, connecting twenty schools on the islands around Zadar, Šibenik, and Dubrovnik to their mainland parent schools via a broadband network. This has enabled the delivery of e-content, giving children in remote areas access to the best education and the latest technology (broadband internet access and CARNET's videoconferencing system).

The action to connect primary and secondary schools to the CARNET network continues: during 2007, 205 new member locations were connected to the CARNET network.

New method for individual access to the CARNET network introduced – wireless access to network resources – Mobile CARNET

The action of connecting elementary and secondary schools to the CARNET network has begun.

For a range of services in the CARNET network, a new form of user ID, compliant with the AAI@EduHr standard, will be used.

Certificates Awarded to Participants of the 2nd Generation of the E-learning Tutoring and E-learning Course Design Program of CARNET's E-learning Academy

CARNET's Edupoint educational center has expanded its program with two online textbooks and nine online courses

certificates awarded to participants of the third generation of the E-learning Management, Tutoring, and Course Design programs of CARNET's E-learning Academy, the first to attend the aforementioned programs in Croatian

The use of the Hosting Service for Secondary and Primary Schools (HUSO) system has begun

During 2006, 1,009 schools were merged

With the start of the academic year, two new programs have begun at the E-learning Academy: E-learning Tutoring and E-learning Course Design.

CARNET provided technical support for the implementation of remote video conferencing classes from the central Majstor Radovan school in Trogir for students of the branch school on Drvenik Veli

Activities to connect primary and secondary schools to the CARNET network using ADSL technology have begun.

Within the E-learning Academy, certificates were awarded to participants of the first generation of the E-learning Management program.

CARNET establishes teleconferencing room at the Polytechnic in Knin.

Initiation of the establishment of the Hosting Service System for Secondary and Primary Schools (HUSO)

By connecting the BIHARNET hub in Mostar and the CARNET hub in Zagreb, a link was established between these two networks based on the Agreement on Cooperation in establishing connectivity between CARNET and BIHARNET networks, signed on August 4, 2005, in the Government of the Republic of Croatia.

As part of the E-learning Academy, classes have commenced for participants of the 3rd generation of the E-learning Management, E-learning Course Design, and E-learning Tutoring programs, for the first time in Croatian.

CARNET successfully passed external evaluation and earned the European Foundation for Quality Management – EFQM certificate for the first level of business excellence – Committed to Excellence

CARNET presented the new programs „Nikola Tesla - Croatian e-learning system” and „Croatian School Web Space”

Within the Giga CARNET project, a connection to the GÉANT network has enabled a twofold increase in CARNET's connectivity speed to academic and research networks in Europe and worldwide (at a speed of 1.2 Gb/s instead of the previous 622 Mb/s).

Within the Giga CARNET project, a series of gigabit connections were established in the Zagreb part of the CARNET network.

Cisco Academy has launched a new educational program, Fundamentals of Network Security.

As part of the Giga CARNET project, the first intercity gigabit connections between Rijeka, Split, and Zagreb have been launched.

The E-learning Academy (ELA) has been launched, an organized form of education for managing, preparing, and maintaining e-learning through three one-year certified educational programs: E-learning Management, Tutoring, and Course Design.

Edupoint launched the first CARNET online courses for end-users: Searching online databases and Creating an online course using WebCT.

Edulab Opened at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka

CARNET CERT hosts the 8th Cybersecurity Meeting

The new CMUng user authorization application has been launched.

CARNET and the National and University Library presented the project „Wireless Internet at NSK”

As part of the 10@HR – It's Time for the Internet! campaign, a call for submissions of internet projects with content of national importance has been launched.

CARNET and TERENA User Opportunities/Network Challenges joint conference held

a joint project of CARNET and the University Computing Centre, „Giga CARNET,” has been launched, which will enable high-speed connectivity with similar networks in Europe and worldwide via a connection to the GÉANT network

Four CARNET referral centers have been promoted to provide support to university teachers who want to implement information technologies in their teaching.

As part of the Giga CARNET project, the necessary infrastructure has been established to connect Zagreb student dormitories to the CARNET backbone network at gigabit speeds.

Internet international network increased to 45 Mbps

GÉANT PoP (Point of Presence) launched; international internet network accelerated to 155 Mbps

Internet international network accelerated to 622 Mbps

3rd CEENet Network Management Workshop held in Zagreb

CARNET's educational center Edupoint established

Connection to the pan-European academic and research network GÉANT has been established

Unique dialing code for CARNET's modem access points (CMU) for all of Croatia has been introduced; connection ISDN terminal devices is also enabled

CARNET's Network Time Protocol (NTP) server established

established national internet traffic exchange center – Croatian Internet eXchange (CIX)

enabled connection to the pan-European research network TEN-155 (Trans European Internet Research Network); international internet network accelerated to 34 Mbps

Cisco Networking Academy launched

the first training course for future CARNET lecturers was held as part of the „Training the Trainers” program”

The first CARNET User Conference (CUC) was held

The first in the series of „CARNET Week” activities was held in member institutions

First remote lecture held between the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek

Zagreb network core accelerated to 622 Mbps

The „3rd CEENet Network Technologies Workshop” was held in Zagreb

first intercity ATM connections realized

the first video signal transmission over the CARNet network was realized – the transmission of the World Festival of Animated Film Animafest ’96 between Zagreb and Rijeka, and Zagreb and Osijek

established the CARnet Computer Emergency Response Team (CCERT), the national computer network security center

On March 1, the academic and research network of Croatia – CARNET was founded

First ATM connection of 155 Mbps speed realized between the University Computing Centre and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb

central WWW server established

First internet courses held for users

February 27 Croatia got the .hr domain

established central FTP and IRC servers

The first courses for computer systems engineers were held

On November 17, the first Croatian internet connection to the world was established

Croatian Academic and Research Network - CARNET was launched as a project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia

Start of Customer Support Services.