News: RENAM services as a support for digitization in the field of education and research

RENAM services as a support for digitization in the field of education and research

On October 11, 2022, during the workshop “Digitalization – an engine for accelerating the development and economic growth of the Republic of Moldova: presentations, free discussions and exchange of opinions” RENAM specialists Alexandru Cacean, Valentin Pocotilenco and Nicolai Iliuha presented RENAM services as a support for digitization in the field of education and research.

The presentations were focused on the following services:

• eduroam – secure, world-wide roaming access, which allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop, mobile phone or other device;
• eduGAIN – user authentication and authorization service within the national identity federation, which simplifies access to national and European information resources for the research and education community;
• access to the EOSC (European Open Science Cloud) infrastructure for users from the Republic of Moldova;
• videoconference support service;
• GÉANT TCS (Trusted Certificate Services) – digital certificate issuing service.

This workshop is part of the roundtable “Smart specialization: from academic idea to political approach”, organized at the Moldova State University during the period October 10-13, 2022 in the framework of Erasmus+ EUSHARE project. The event was attended by students, professors, guests from different government and academic institutions, NGOs, invited speakers from Romania, Finland, Poland and Bulgaria.