​Activities

The work of the project is divided into 14 Activities within three areas of work: Research; Service Development and Delivery; Outreach and Coordination.

• Networking Activities (NAs) support all GN3plus Activities with the full extent of both internal and external communications, promotion, international liaison and business development.
• Service Activities (SAs) develop and supply the GÉANT services to the research and education community.
• Joint Research Activities (JRAs) are targeted at critical analyses of future network and application technologies with a view to future deployment of emerging technologies across the network and services.

Activity Structure

​JRA1: Network Architectures for Horizon 2020		SA1: Core Backbone Services
		​SA2: Testbeds as a Service
​JRA2: Technology Testing for Specific Service Applications		SA3: Network Service Delivery ​
		SA4: Network Support Services ​
​JRA3: Identity & Trust Technologies for GÉANT Services		SA5: Application Services ​
		​SA7: Support to Clouds
​SA6: Service Management & Operation
NA1: Management ​	NA2: Communications & Promotion ​	​NA3: Status & Trends	​NA4: International & Business Development

 

Ensuring Effectiveness and Quality of Deliverables

• Specialised Advisory Boards offering support to the Activity Leaders ensure that decision making is highly efficient and the voice of the stakeholder community is heard at operational level.

• The Quality Assurance and Public and External Relations Committee (QASPER) carry out the quality assurance of GN3plus Deliverables, both for the EC and internally, and ensure that the results of the programme and its Deliverables are promoted effectively.