Enhanced Digital Connectivity in the Southern Neighbourhood - EUMEDPlus

About this project

Contract related to: Enhanced Digital Connectivity in the Southern Neighbourhood - EUMEDPlus - This action aims at reinforcing the role and capacities of universities and research and education centres in the Southern Neighbourhood through specific support measures at technical, institutional and policy levels. Their potential shall be enhanced through a better access to modern digital infrastructures and technologies. This shall ultimately trigger a significant upgrade of the scientific collaboration between both shores of the Mediterranean. By 2026, public institutions in charge of education and research in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt will indeed fully benefit from a new high speed digital submarine cable (called MEDUSA, co-financed by EIB with a contribution from the Neighbourhood Investment Platform). This flagship digital infrastructure project will secure direct high-speed connectivity between the North African countries and the EU (up to 200 Gigabits per second for each North African country, i.e. exponentially bigger than what is available today). The EU contribution to MEDUSA will secure the connectivity needs (at best commercial conditions) for the next 25 years to a growing number of (currently) 500 universities, and research and education centres across the North African region. Other Southern Neighbourhood countries might be connected to MEDUSA at a later stage. In Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine (not benefitting from MEDUSA connectivity during the current…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 4Quality Education
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations · Other public sector

Sectors

Communications policy and administrative managementEducational research

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Places

998 - 01

Funded by

European Commission

Implemented by

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT PROFESSIONAL CIVIL COMPANY*AUB, ARAB STATES RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONNETWORK ASREN GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH*ASREN GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH, CENTRE NATIONAL POUR LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE*CNRST, GEANT VERENIGING, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SYNCHROTRON LIGHT FOR EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST*SESAME, KYPRIAKO EREVNITIKO KAI AKADIMAIKODIKTYO*CYPRUS RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC NETWORK KEAD, NORDUNET AS*NORDUNET

Accountable

INTERNATIONAL NGO

Passes funds through

Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 30 Jan 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_NEAR-2024-PC-27070.

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