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2023

February

CARNET marked Safer Internet Day



March

CARNET celebrated the 30th anniversary of the national .hr domain



April

The 11th RIPE SEE regional meeting was held, organized by CARNET and RIPE NCC


New CARNET services – CARNET id and CARNET info – were released



May

The first meeting of the Steering Board of the CroQCI project took place



September

The 12th Scientific Picnic was held in Gornja Stubica


The completion of the e-School program, one of the largest projects in the digitization of the elementary and high school education system, was ceremoniously marked



October

10 Regional Educational Centers (ROCs) were officially opened



November

CARNET Users Conference in higher education, titled “THECUC 2023 – Digital Transformation of Higher Education: Innovations for the Future of Learning and Teaching,” was held in Vodice




2022

February

29 years of the .hr domain



March

CARNET is a partner in the project “Informatization of processes and establishment of a comprehensive electronic service for enrollment in educational institutions.”



May

The ATTEND conference was held in Opatija as part of the project “Enhanced Tools For Creating Equal Opportunities In Education For Pupils With Disabilities – ATTEND”



June

CARNET participated in the cyber exercise Cyber Europe 22 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 collaboration in the cybersecurity community



August

Erasmus+ program project “Establishment of a digital bridge through efficient communication and improvement of existing services successfully completed


Project “DOTS…Development of transversal skills in STEM successfully completed



September

The 11th Scientific Picnic was held in Gornja Stubica



October

The first meeting of the Working Group for the digitization of higher education and quality assurance in the preparation and implementation of the e-Universities project took place at the Ministry of Science and Education


The 24th CARNET Users Conference (CUC2022) titled “Opening in a closed world: post-digital science and education” was held in Šibenik


CARNET and the National Academic and Research Network of Kosovo – KREN signed a Cooperation Agreement


The 30th anniversary of the Internet in the Republic of Croatia was celebrated



November

CARNET’s pilot project e-Schools won second place at the European Commission’s RegioStars awards



December

CARNET participated in the international cyber exercise Cyber Coalition 2022.”


The ATTEND project won the Yellow Frame award in the category of Quality Education”


The implementation of the interdisciplinary educational program “Digital Competences in Education” (DIKOBRAZ) began at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek in collaboration with CARNET




2021

February

Contracts signed to initiate the construction of the network component of the new national e-infrastructure within the Croatian Scientific and Educational Cloud project (HR-ZOO)


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 Experience of e-Schools in Croatia.”



March

Redesigned CARNET portals for e-lektire and skole.hr



April

CroAI and CARNET launched the AI School Challenge competition



May

Hrvoje Puljiz appointed as the new director of CARNET



July

CARNET signed the contract for the project “Enhanced Tools For Creating Equal Opportunities In Education For Pupils With Disabilities – ATTEND”



September

The mobile application e-Class Register for Students and Parents was released



October

Under the slogan “New Opportunities!” CARNET’s user conference was held in Šibenik and online


A cooperation agreement was signed with the University of Mostar



November

A cooperation agreement was signed between CARNET and the Faculty of Education and Educational Sciences in Osijek


CARNET and the University of North signed a cooperation agreement


The European Commission highlighted CARNET as the main institution responsible for the digitization of education in the DESI report


December

CARNET participated in the NATO international exercise “Cyber Coalition 2021.”




2020

March

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, distance learning started in all schools


Strategic framework for the digital maturity of schools and education system (2030) published



April

The European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu) published in Croatian



May

European Commission stated that the e-Schools project has allowed to the Croatian educational system to switch flawlessly to remote learning following the lockdown



June

UNICEF Office for Croatia has supported the renewal of the infrastructure needed for the safe running of distance learning by donating a long-capacity data storage system



July

CARNET awarded “Excellence in Challenges”



August

Grant agreements for second phase of the programme e-Schools signed


Locations for the establishment of ten Regional Training Centers selected



October

The National CERT marked the European Cyber ​​Security Month


e-Schools project winner of the European Commission award – RegioStars



November

The 22nd CARNET Users Conference was held entirely online



2010 - 2019

2019

February

CARNET’s National CERT has launched a national campaign to raise public awareness of the importance of cybersecurity and encourage responsible use of the internet


the 26th anniversary of the .hr domain was marked



March

The contract for digitalization of enrolment in educational institutions is signed (e-Upisi)


New, redesigned website WWW.HR published



April

CARNET’s new website launched



May

Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla (ICENT) has been selected as an implementing partner in the second phase of CARNET’s programme e-Schools



June

Results of the GrowCERT project presented



July

Project Capacity building for the development of accessible digital content successfully completed



September

CARNET participated at the Scientific Picnic


The delivery of laptops to teachers as part of the second phase of the e-School programmme started



October

The National CERT marked the European Cyber ​​Security Month



November

The 21st CARNET Users Conference entitled “On the verge of possible” was held


Implementation of the new Grow2CERT project has started



2018

February

the 25th anniversary of the .hr domain was marked



March

UNESCO proclaimed CARNET pilot project of e-Schools one of the 12 best projects in the field of ICT in education in 2017



April

the fifth conference of Modern Technologies in Education was held in Zadar – STO 2018



May

as part of the e-Schools pilot project e-Schools, regional education centres in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Varaždin were opened


CARNET participated at the 7th Scientific Picnic



July

Grant Agreement was signed for the strategic project Croatian Science and Education Cloud (Cro-SEC)



August

e-Schools pilot project was completed



October

the fourth Croatian Forum on the Internet Management was held



November

implementation of the CRISS project started in primary and secondary schools in Croatia


the 20th CARNET User Conference – CUC 2018, entitled “CUC20: Network of Ideas” was held in Šibenik



December

Strategic Forum on Digital Maturation of Schools was held


Cooperation Agreement between CARNET and Inovation Center Nikola Tesla was signed



2017

January

the project CRISS started where CARNET participated; the purpose of the project is the development and pilot implementation of a digital platform for acquiring, evaluating and certifying digital competences of students in primary and secondary schools



February

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


Classroom of the future was opened at Karlovac Gymnasium


the first 100 learning scenarios were published within the e-Schools pilot project


National CERT participated at the meeting of European network teams for dealing with computer security incidents in Malta



March

The School Portal celebrated 10 years of its existence


Goran Kezunović was appointed new CEO of CARNET


CARNET hosted the international partner meeting of the ATS2020 project


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



April

a delegation of the Ministry of the Interior of Turkey visited CARNET and the Ministry of Administration of the Republic of Croatia within the TAIEX instrument (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission)


contracts were signed for the development of digital educational content within the e-Schools pilot project


conference of Modern Technologies in Education was held in Split – STO 2017



May

CARNET participated at the conference “Stay in Croatia – School Fest 2017”


CARNET participated at the 6th Scientific Picnic



September

CARNET was the sponsor of FSec2017 Information Security Conference


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


CARNET signed a contract for the creation of 72 e-Lektire within the pilot project of e-Schools


CARNET launched a new service – sys.monitor



October

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


CARNET hosted 24th CENTR Marketing Workshop


with the aim of strengthening the capacity of National CERT and enhancing cooperation at national and European level, CARNET presented a project titled GrowCERT


the Agreement was renewed between the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) and CARNET National CERT


National CERT marked its 10th anniversary



November

the 19th CARNET User Conference – CUC 2017, entitled “Connected by Knowledge (… 25 years)” was held in Dubrovnik


CARNET and Srce were awarded by the Charter of the Republic of Croatia


the 25th anniversary of the Internet in the Republic of Croatia was marked


digital educational content available at Editorial was developed within the e-Schools pilot project



December

CARNET and the National CERT Department actively participated in NATO’s “Cyber Coalition 2017” training


CARNET hosted the international partner meeting of the CRISS project


completion of all 240 teaching scenarios within the e-Schools pilot project




2016

January

a new CARNET service for creating, publishing and reviewing digital content – Libar – was presented



February

a new Classroom of the Future was opened in Popovača Primary School



March

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


CARNET presented e-Schools at the EU Funds Week


a plaque was presented to 100,000th user of CARNET remote distance learning system – Loomen


CARNET participated at RIT’s “Career Education Day” in Zagreb


as part of the Inspiring Science Education (ISE) project CARNET launched a new competition in the implementation of ISE learning scenarios



April

five e-Schools were selected where regional education centres shall be opened


CARNET and registry .hr domain representatives participated at the seventh annual Internet conference DIDS 2016


Classroom of the Future was opened in the Horvati Primary School in Zagreb


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


Agreement for the creation of a digital competence framework was signed


3rd Students’ Day “Contemporary Technologies in Education – STO 2016” in Rijeka



May

the second phase of the pan-European infrastructure project GÉANT4 started


CARNET participated at the Cloud Day conference in Opatija



July

Classroom of the Future was opened in Metković Gymnasium


registration of new domain types was enabled


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


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



September

Wi-Fi network implemented in 50 primary and secondary schools


CARNET participated at the 5th Scientific picnic



October

the 25th anniversary of the launch of CARNET project was marked


CARNET became part of the first Croatian Cyber Security Competence Centre



November

the 18th CARNET user conference CUC 2016 was held in Rovinj under the title “Program Your Future”


the procurement commenced for computer equipment for teachers in 130 schools



December

CARNET and the National CERT Department participated in NATO training “Cyber Coalition 2016”


Classroom of the Future was opened at the Zagreb Children’s Disease Clinic and the Department of Haematology and Oncology “Dr. Mladen Ćepulić “as part of the Hospital School project




2015

January

705 schools applied to participate in the pilot project “e-Schools: Establishment of the System for Development of Digitally Mature Schools”


CARNET participated in Museum Night; presented a classroom for the future at the Car Museum Ferdinand Budicki


CARNET participated in the Expert Working Group for the implementation of the Complete Curricular Reform



February

Cooperation Agreement signed with .hr and .rs register domains


the ICT Curriculum project was completed – “Development of Qualification Elements, Programs and Curricula in the Field of Computer Competence in Primary Education”


the first 150 schools were selected to be involved in the project “e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (Pilot Project)”


international ICT curricula for primary school and digital teaching materials became accessible to the educational community



March

20 schools were selected for the first phase of the project “e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (Pilot Project)”


National CERT participated in NATO’s CMX15 training


new ECDL courses on Nikola Tesla’s portal



April

NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackaton was held in CARNET


contracts were signed with first 20 schools on the participation in the project “e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (Pilot Project)”


Laboratory for Digital Education of Teachers was opened in Split


2nd Students’ Day “Contemporary Technologies in Education – STO 2015” in Split


updated portal e-Lektire with a new look and new content



May

CARNET participated in the new generation of GÉANT project – GÉANT4


the first Croatian Forum on the Internet Management was held



June

third CARNET mass free online course was held


educational course “Introduction to e-Learning for Vocational School Teachers” was opened



July

a new electronic certificate issuance service – TCS


amendments were published to the Ordinance on the Organisation and Management of the Top-Level National Domain



October

the CERT brochure “Protect your Privacy on Facebook” was published


the National Cybersecurity Security Strategy was adopted



November

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


the 17th CARNET user conference CUC 2015 was held in Dubrovnik under the title “New-Schools”


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


CARNET’s National CERT participated in NATO’s “Cyber Coalition 2015” training


CARNET’s Medusa was launched, a new distribution service for multi-media content


CARNET completed the EU project AMORES



December

an online public debate was organized: Proposal of Criteria for Creating High Quality Digital Educational Content


ENISA awarded CARNET specialists


the Agreement was signed on the Direct Allocation of Funds from the ESF for the “e-Schools: Establishing a System for Developing Digitally Mature Schools (Pilot Project)”




2014

February

an agreement on technical cooperation between the Security Intelligence Agency and CARNET was signed


20 years of WWW.HR portal – Croatian homepage was marked



March

the first CARNET mass online course was held



April

1st Students’ Day “Contemporary Technologies in Education – STO” was held



June

CARNET developed mToken credential for the e-Citizens system


the parental e-Class Register access service within the e-Citizens project was launched


Classroom for the Future was opened in Koprivnica for more than 700 students



September

Classrooms for the Future were opened in 2nd Primary school Bjelovar and Ruđer Bošković Technical School Zagreb, and in the renovated Primary school in Gunja


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


AMORES project activities were started in schools


negotiations on the launch of a university e-learning curriculum were initiated



October

teachers’ workshops were launched for the application of information and communication technologies in day-to-day teaching


the first Application Laboratory was opened at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek



November

second CARNET mass free online course was held


the 16th CARNET user conference CUC 2014 was held in Zagreb


CARNET’s National CERT participated in NATO’s “Cyber Coalition 2014” training



December

meeting of the General Assembly of the GÉANT Association in Zagreb


CARNET conducted a manufacturer neutral testing of Wi-Fi technologies


a public call for schools started the process of informatization of the Croatian school system


11 new free online ECDL courses were published for students and teachers




2013

January

the National CERT took on CARNET CERT’s affairs



February

CARNET became part of the Advanced Cyber Defence Centre (ACDC) with EU support



April

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


the website www.upisi.hr was released, which also marked the official start of e-Schools enrolment in secondary schools



June

CARNET project School 2.0 won the “European Innovation Prize in Public Administration”


CARNET marked the 10th anniversary of the E-learning Academy



August

CARNET initiated a project for linking healthcare facilities to CARNET network



October

CARNET began coordinating the EU project to encourage students’ love for reading – AMORES



November

the 15th CARNET user conference CUC 2013 was held in Zagreb



December

CARNET introduced a new service – eduKnjižara, a place where e-textbooks from primary school to university can be found, as well as other e-books and educational e-content


CARNET was awarded the Holy Barbara Shield




2012

January

online registration of free .hr and from.hr domains was launched


web application e-Class Register for students was presented



March

The School Portal celebrated five years of existence



May

a new CARNET and GANANT service called Bandwidth on Demand was established



June

a Secure Internet Centre was set up with the aim of jointly promoting computer and information security in the Republic of Croatia


CARNET took over e-Matica, information system for management of students’ and staff data from primary and secondary education



July

mobile versions of CARNET’s network pages were developed



November

the 14th CARNET User Conference – CUC 2012 under the title “Faster (Communicate), More (Learn), Stronger (to Connect)” at the Trsat campus of the University of Rijeka


CARNET became partner of the INFO fair and introduced itself through a series of lectures, workshops and panels


20 years of the Croatian Internet were marked



December

a new CARNET online learning system was introduced – Loomen




2011

January

CARNET established exchange of traffic with the Croatian Telekom through the Croatian National Internet Exchange Centre – CIX (Croatian Internet eXchange)



February

on the Safer Internet Day 2011, CARNET successfully presented its activities in the field of computer security



March

CARNET developed a new “sys.backup” service that allows secure remote data archiving



April

in cooperation with Optica Cable TV, CARNET launched the new OkCARNET service – the Internet access service, television and phone for all members of the academic community, as well as for all included in the system of primary and secondary education


CARNET organized several seminars on the BackupPC program for CARNET system engineers



May

CARNET School Portal, in cooperation with CARNET user conference – CUC 2011, launched a competition to select the best and most useful schools web pages created in CARNET CMS


a blog on e-education was launched, aiming primarily at teachers in primary and secondary schools and scientific-teaching staff of higher education institutions who use or wish to use information communication technology to improve teaching in their work



June

online administration of free secondary domains via web form was enabled


national CERT introduced a new, free automatic vulnerability check service



July

the 15th anniversary of CARNET’s CERT



September

CARNET’s pilot project e-Class Register was launched



October

the 20th anniversary of the launch of CARNET project was marked


CARNET organized the first study visit to Croatia within the framework of the European Union Lifelong Learning Program


a new online headquarters on computer security for CARNET users was released



November

the 13th CARNET user conference – CUC 2011, titled “All Roads Lead to the Internet” was held at the Trsat campus of the University of Rijeka



December

Portal Baltazar was published – CARNET video portal featuring complete pedagogical and educational program of Zagreb Film




2010

January

the first phase of CARNET project “ICT Edu” was initiated


CARNET and the City of Opatija signed an agreement on business and technical cooperation


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 was signed



February

demo version of the state final examination was published which enabled students to test the knowledge of all mandatory and elective subjects of the state final examination


CARNET’s supercomputer Cruncher was upgraded to be a solid computer for memory and processor demanding programs



March

25 new lessons, rich in animated examples, audio-visual simulations and interactive elements were added to the National Distance Learning Program “Nikola Tesla”


meeting of the CARNET CEO and the President of the Republic of Macedonia on the possibilities of applying new technologies for the purpose of ensuring development of education, economy and society as a whole



April

a new Rulebook on organisation and management of the top-level national Internet domain was adopted



May

CARNET Managing Council determined the administrative and technical requirements for legal entities wishing to enter into a contract with CARNET to perform domain name registration activities under the scope of CARNET


CARNET Managing Council issued a pricelist for CARNET Domain Administration Services


signing up was opened for the traditional CARNET Website competition – Webfestival 2010 under the slogan “Moodlajmo zajedno!” (eng. Let’s moodle together) dealing with educational content published in one of the most widely used open source learning management systems – Moodle


CARNET users have free access to digital online edition of PC Chip magazine


CARNET School Portal, in cooperation with CARNET user conference – CUC 2010, launched another competition to select the best and most useful school web pages created in CARNET CMS



June

CARNET School Portal gained a new look and new functionalities, among which were several searchable learning resource databases and many new and useful modules


with the aim of opening new channels of communication to existing and potential users, CARNET opened its profile on Facebook social network


within the e-Lektire project, CARNET, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science and Bulaja Publishing, provided free access to the full range of Croatian and foreign writers from the list of compulsory school books and more



July

registration of chargeable secondary domains was enabled


for the third year in a row, CARNET got the prestigious “Comenius EduMedia Stamp” award, this time for the online course “Making Online Courses with Moodle”



September

CARNET released a new brochure titled “Safer on the Internet” – a guide to computer laics helping them to identify dangers and to actively protect themselves



October

RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) experts held a course titled “Local Internet Registry Training Course” that provided basic knowledge to Internet service providers in order to manage allocated resources, i.e. to play the role of local internet registers



November

CARNET became part of the European Union Lifelong Learning Program


the 12th CARNET User Conference – CUC 2010 titled “New Challenges” was held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Split


through the Croatian National Exchange Internet Exchange Centre – CIX (Croatian Internet eXchange – CIX) CARNET established another IPv6 connection, this time with Optima Telekom


new CARNET portal Edu.hr was published as the central access point to CARNET educational services



December

in cooperation with Vipnet, a new CARNET service – Homebox CARNET was presented, enabling users with a new way of a single access to CARNET network in combination with a landline


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



2000 - 2009

2009

January

a new Tele2CARNET service was launched, enabling wireless connectivity to CARNET network using HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS technology of Tele2 mobile operator available throughout the Republic of Croatia



February

the “Tesla at School” project was launched with the aim of encouraging higher quality and more massive implementation of digital teaching materials from the National Remote Learning Portal “Nikola Tesla”


15 years of the WWW.HR project – the homepage of Croatia was marked, which was under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports and with CARNET funding. realized at the Department of Telecommunications of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) of the University of Zagreb



March

a new Stick2CARNET service was launched that offered wireless connectivity to CARNET network using T-Mobile Croatia’s HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS technology, available across the entire territory of the Republic of Croatia



April

CARNET fully took over the operational performance of CARNET network construction and maintenance


the first Croatian online encyclopaedia – Proleksis encyclopaedia was published, developed in cooperation with Pro Leksis and CARNET, containing more than 62,000 articles and more than 17,000 photographs, illustrations, maps, etc.


CARNET network access service – TRIO.CARNET with all Internet access parameters was extended as well as DUO.CARNET services. Furthermore Iskon.TV television service was enabled.


a new CARNET Cruncher service was launched, which provided, for a limited time period, CARNET’s full member institutions to facilitate a supercomputer equipped with multiple processors, a large amount of work memory and a large amount of disks



May

CARNET held workshops from network forensics for training of employees in the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) to better fight the Internet abuse


CARNET started working with the Department of National CERT by obtaining the approval of the National Council for National Security



July

CARNET received the Comenius EduMedia award for its online training course “E-course for e-Mentors”



August

a portal for the exchange of school textbooks for pupils of primary and secondary schools and their parents was published at the initiative of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports


a new version of CARNET webmail system was released



October

the National Computer Security Centre – CERT (operates with CARNET) became a full member of the FIRST, the global CERT organisation



November

the 11th CARNET user conference CUC 2009 was held, for the first time in eleven cities; the central venue was in Zagreb, and the conference was also held in CARNET TCR centres in Dubrovnik, Slavonski Brod, Knin, Osijek, Pula, Rijeka, Split, Varaždin, Vukovar, Zadar and Zagreb



December

the third generation of the GÉANT project was initiated; CARNET was included in GÉANT3 project for the eighth year in a row


CARNET Website was voted the best in the category “Government Organisations and State Institutions” at the award of the national Internet Vidi Web Top 100 award for the best Croatian website in 2009




2008

January

CARNET’s e-Islands project was named the best project of the year in the category of projects with the greatest impact on the community at the 2008 Cisco Networkers Innovation Awards



February

the 15th anniversary of .hr domain was marked; Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) accepted .hr as the top-level domain of the Republic of Croatia


CARNET organized the annual gathering of public relations directors of all academic and scientific research networks from Europe and the region



May

a new DUO.CARNET service was launched, broadband Internet access based on the technology of accessing CARNET network via ADSL technology



July

CARNET received Comenius EduMedia 2008 award for online course “Logo – Online Learning of Programming”



September

the State final examination portal was published – Tour de Matour



October

the 6th generation of CARNET E-learning Academy began with 73 new participants


a new CARNET online course was created: E-course for e-Mentors


after many years of use of the commercial remote learning program – WebCT, CARNET offered its users a non-commercial management system – Moodle



November

the tenth CARNET user conference, CUC 2008 was held, titled “Internet 10.0”



December

a new OptiCARNET service was launched, broadband internet access based on the technology of accessing CARNET network via ADSL technology


a new Vipme CARNET access service was launched, a mobile access to network resources to places where there was no standard internet connection and no monthly subscription was required


after six years, a new CARNET network page was published, aligned with the new visual identity of the institution



January – December

links to 1601 institutions connected to CARNET network at 1571 locations continued to be established and maintained, including: 165 academic community institutions connected to 280 locations, 28 institutions from the healthcare system connected to 25 locations, 21 other full member institutions connected to 36 locations and 1366 institutions from the education system connected to 1193 locations


150 schools switched to or opened their web pages in CARNET CMS (Content Management System), so the number of schools using CMS exceeded 660


content filtering was established for more than 550,000 students who accessed the Internet from primary and secondary schools




2007

February

a new Internet access service XCARNET was launched, which allowed individual broadband access to CARNET network via cable television infrastructure



March

CARNET Portal for Schools for teachers, students, their parents and schools was launched



May

fourteen commercial and non-commercial Internet service providers in the Republic of Croatia signed “Memorandum on Establishing a Joint Working Group of Abuse Services of Croatian Internet service providers”



June

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


the fourth generation of E-learning Management, E-learning Tutoring and E-learning Course Design of CARNET E-learning Academy were completed, who attended the program in the Croatian language



July

CARNET established an integral Helpdesk for all CARNET users by merging Customer Support Helpdesk, which was contracted and done by the University Computing Centre and Helpdesk for Customer Support from the education system



September

MOD2 portal was established



November

a new CARNET end-user service was launched – MetroCARNET providing Internet access via ADSL technology



December

the e-Islands project was implemented through which a broadband network for twenty schools on the islands around Zadar, Šibenik and Dubrovnik were connected to mainland schools, enabling e-content delivery and children in remote areas gained access to the best education and the latest technology broadband internet and CARNET video conferencing system



January – December

action to connect primary and secondary schools to CARNET network continued: during 2007, 205 new member locations joined CARNET network




2006

February

a new approach to individual access to CARNET network was introduced – wireless access to network resources – Mobile CARNET


initiation of the merger of primary and secondary schools into CARNET network



March

for a variety of services in CARNET network, a new form of user label was in conformity to the AAI@EduHr standard


certificates were awarded to participants of the 2nd generation of E-learning Tutoring and E-learning Course Design at CARNET E-Learning Academy



June

CARNET Educational Centre Edupoint expanded its program with two online textbooks and nine online courses


certificates were awarded to the 3rd generation of E-learning Management, Tutoring and Course Design of CARNET E-Learning Academy, to first participants who followed the programs listed in Croatian language



September

the Hosting Service for secondary and primary schools (HUSO) was initiated



January – December

1009 schools were connected during 2006




2005

March

two new E-learning Academy programs began: E-learning Tutoring and E-learning Course Design



April

CARNET provided technical support to the realization of remote videoconference teaching from the central school Majstor Radovan in Trogir for the students of the regional school on Drvenik Veli



June

the activities were initiated for connecting primary and secondary schools to CARNET network with aDSL technology



July

certificates were awarded to the 1st generation of E-learning Management of the E-Learning Academy



August

CARNET established a teleconference room at the University of Knin



September

the beginning of the establishment of Hosting Services for secondary and primary schools (HUSO)



October

connecting the BIHARNET hub in Mostar and CARNET hub in Zagreb, establishing a link between these two networks, based on the Agreement on Cooperation on the Establishment of the Connections between CARNET and BIHARNET Network, signed on 4th August 2005 at the Government of the Republic of Croatia


beginning of the E-learning Academy for students of the 3rd generation of the program E-learning Management, E-learning Course Design and E-learning Tutoring for the first time in Croatian



November

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



December

CARNET presented the new program “Nikola Tesla – Croatian e-Learning system” and “Croatian School Web Space”




2004

February

within the project Giga CARNET via the GÉANT network, twice as fast connectivity of CARNET with academic and research networks in Europe and the world was enabled (1.2 Gb/s, instead of 622 Mb/s)



March

within the project Giga CARNET, a set of gigabit connections were established in the Zagreb part of CARNET network


Cisco Academy launched a new education program Fundamentals of Network Security



September

within the project Giga CARNET, the first long-distance gigabit connections were launched between Rijeka, Split and Zagreb



October

E-learning Academy (ELA) launched an organized form of education for leadership, preparation and maintenance of e-education through three one-year certified educational programs: E-learning Management, Tutoring and Course Design



November

Edupoint launched the first CARNET online end-user training courses: Online Database Searching and Building Online Courses using WebCT



December

Edulab opened at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rijeka




2003

January

CARNET CERT host TF-CSIRT, the eighth network security meeting



February

a new CMUng application for user authorization was released


the project of CARNET and the National University Library “Wireless Internet in NSK” was presented


a competition for the collection of Internet projects with content of national importance was launched under action 10@HR – Time for the Internet!



May

a joint conference of CARNET and the European Association of Academic and Research Networks TERENA “User Opportunities/Network Challenges” was held



June

a joint project of CARNET and the University Computer Centre “Giga CARNET” was launched, enabling a high-speed connectivity with similar networks in Europe and worldwide via the GÉANT network the GÉANT network



September

promotion of four CARNET reference centres for support to university teachers wishing to apply information technology in teaching



December

within Giga CARNET project established the infrastructure required to connect Zagreb university campuses to CARNET network base at gigabit speed




2002

February

international Internet connection increased to 45 Mbps



May

GÉANT PoP (Point of Presence) was released; the international connection to the Internet accelerated to 155 Mbps



July

international Internet connection was increased to 622 Mbps



September

“3rd CEENet Network Management Workshop” was held in Zagreb




2001

January

CARNET Educational Centre Edupoint was established



December

realization of the Pan-European academic and research network GÉANT


unified call number for CARNET Modem Inputs (CMUs) for the whole of Croatia; ISDN terminal devices were also enabled and connected




2000

March

CARNET Time Server (NTP) was established



September

national Internet exchange centre was established – Croatian Internet eXchange (CIX)



November

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


Cisco network technology academy was launched



1990 - 1999

1999

January

the first training course for future CARNET trainers was held under the program “Training the Trainers”



September

the first CARNET user conference CUC was held




1998

October

the first in a series of “CARNET Week” activities in member institutions was held




1997

January

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



May

the core of the network in Zagreb was accelerated to 622 Mbps



October

“3rd CEENet Network Technology Workshop” was held in Zagreb




1996

June

first interconnected ATM connections were realized


the first video broadcast was made via CARNET network – the World Animation Film Festival Animafest ’96 broadcast between Zagreb and Rijeka and Zagreb and Osijek



July

CARNET Computer Emergency Response Team (CCERT) was established, the national hub for computer network security




1995

March

on 1st March the institution Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET was founded



October

the first 155 MBps ATM connection between the University Computing Centre and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb was realised/dogadanje]


1994

September

a central WWW server was established



October

the first internet courses for users were held




1993

February

on February 27th Croatia got the .hr domain/dogadanje]


1992

September

central FTP and IRC servers were established



October

first courses for computer system engineers were held



November

on November 17th the first Croatian internet connection to the world was established




1991

October

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


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