Welcome to the Website of the CAREN Project

The CAREN project aims to establish a high-capacity regional research and education network in Central Asia to provide the region with a gateway to global research collaboration by the end of 2009. It sets out to replace the satellite-based connectivity established by the Silk project with a broadband internet-based network using terrestrial fibre.

Offering a direct link to GÉANT, CAREN will allow researchers, educators and students in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan not only to collaborate among each other but also to engage in exciting joint projects with their peers in Europe and in other parts of the world.  Thus the Silk Road, the ancient trading link between Asia and Europe, does not trade just goods but also ideas!