2020 - 2024
The National Coordination Center for Industry, Technology, and Research in the Field of Cybersecurity started its activities
The first ConCERT conference on cybersecurity, organized by the National CERT and FER, was held
The Croatian Institute for Cybersecurity (HIKS) and CARNET, as the National Coordination Center for Industry, Technology, and Research in the Field of Cybersecurity (NKS), signed a Cooperation Agreement
A new CARNET service was launched: CERT iffy – a service for verifying online stores
Delivery of equipment to higher education institutions began as part of the e-University project
Hackultet – the first CTF competition for students organized by CARNET and FER, was held
As part of the BrAIn project, curricula on artificial intelligence for primary and secondary schools were developed
The 26th CARNET User Conference titled “AI in Education – A New Beginning or the Beginning of the End” was held
The project “Enhanced Tools For Creating Equal Opportunities In Education For Pupils With Disabilities – ATTEND” was successfully completed
A one-day conference was held as part of the Croatian Quantum Communication Infrastructure – CroQCI project
The 7th edition of the Internet Governance Forum was held in Opatija
CARNET participated in the Cyber Europe cybersecurity exercise
CARNET and the Center for Missing and Abused Children signed a cooperation agreement to create a safer online environment for children and youth
CARNET marked Safer Internet Day
CARNET celebrated the 30th anniversary of the national .hr domain
The 11th RIPE SEE regional meeting was held, organized by CARNET and RIPE NCC
New CARNET services – CARNET id and CARNET info – were released
The first meeting of the Steering Board of the CroQCI project took place
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
10 Regional Educational Centers (ROCs) were officially opened
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
29 years of the .hr domain
CARNET is a partner in the project “Informatization of processes and establishment of a comprehensive electronic service for enrollment in educational institutions.”
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”
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
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
The 11th Scientific Picnic was held in Gornja Stubica
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
CARNET’s pilot project e-Schools won second place at the European Commission’s RegioStars awards
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
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.”
Redesigned CARNET portals for e-lektire and skole.hr
CroAI and CARNET launched the AI School Challenge competition
Hrvoje Puljiz appointed as the new director of CARNET
CARNET signed the contract for the project “Enhanced Tools For Creating Equal Opportunities In Education For Pupils With Disabilities – ATTEND”
The mobile application e-Class Register for Students and Parents was released
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
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
CARNET participated in the NATO international exercise “Cyber Coalition 2021.”
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, distance learning started in all schools
Strategic framework for the digital maturity of schools and education system (2030) published
The European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu) published in Croatian
European Commission stated that the e-Schools project has allowed to the Croatian educational system to switch flawlessly to remote learning following the lockdown
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
CARNET awarded “Excellence in Challenges”
Grant agreements for second phase of the programme e-Schools signed
Locations for the establishment of ten Regional Training Centers selected
The National CERT marked the European Cyber Security Month
e-Schools project winner of the European Commission award – RegioStars
The 22nd CARNET Users Conference was held entirely online
2010 - 2019
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
The contract for digitalization of enrolment in educational institutions is signed (e-Upisi)
New, redesigned website WWW.HR published
CARNET’s new website launched
Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla (ICENT) has been selected as an implementing partner in the second phase of CARNET’s programme e-Schools
Results of the GrowCERT project presented
Project Capacity building for the development of accessible digital content successfully completed
CARNET participated at the Scientific Picnic
The delivery of laptops to teachers as part of the second phase of the e-School programmme started
The National CERT marked the European Cyber Security Month
The 21st CARNET Users Conference entitled “On the verge of possible” was held
Implementation of the new Grow2CERT project has started
the 25th anniversary of the .hr domain was marked
UNESCO proclaimed CARNET pilot project of e-Schools one of the 12 best projects in the field of ICT in education in 2017
the fifth conference of Modern Technologies in Education was held in Zadar – STO 2018
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
Grant Agreement was signed for the strategic project Croatian Science and Education Cloud (Cro-SEC)
e-Schools pilot project was completed
the fourth Croatian Forum on the Internet Management was held
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
Strategic Forum on Digital Maturation of Schools was held
Cooperation Agreement between CARNET and Inovation Center Nikola Tesla was signed
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
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
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
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
CARNET participated at the conference “Stay in Croatia – School Fest 2017”
CARNET participated at the 6th Scientific Picnic
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
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
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
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
a new CARNET service for creating, publishing and reviewing digital content – Libar – was presented
a new Classroom of the Future was opened in Popovača Primary School
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
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
the second phase of the pan-European infrastructure project GÉANT4 started
CARNET participated at the Cloud Day conference in Opatija
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)
Wi-Fi network implemented in 50 primary and secondary schools
CARNET participated at the 5th Scientific picnic
the 25th anniversary of the launch of CARNET project was marked
CARNET became part of the first Croatian Cyber Security Competence Centre
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
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
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
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
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
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
CARNET participated in the new generation of GÉANT project – GÉANT4
the first Croatian Forum on the Internet Management was held
third CARNET mass free online course was held
educational course “Introduction to e-Learning for Vocational School Teachers” was opened
a new electronic certificate issuance service – TCS
amendments were published to the Ordinance on the Organisation and Management of the Top-Level National Domain
the CERT brochure “Protect your Privacy on Facebook” was published
the National Cybersecurity Security Strategy was adopted
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
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)”
an agreement on technical cooperation between the Security Intelligence Agency and CARNET was signed
20 years of WWW.HR portal – Croatian homepage was marked
the first CARNET mass online course was held
1st Students’ Day “Contemporary Technologies in Education – STO” was held
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
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
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
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
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
the National CERT took on CARNET CERT’s affairs
CARNET became part of the Advanced Cyber Defence Centre (ACDC) with EU support
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
CARNET project School 2.0 won the “European Innovation Prize in Public Administration”
CARNET marked the 10th anniversary of the E-learning Academy
CARNET initiated a project for linking healthcare facilities to CARNET network
CARNET began coordinating the EU project to encourage students’ love for reading – AMORES
the 15th CARNET user conference CUC 2013 was held in Zagreb
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
online registration of free .hr and from.hr domains was launched
web application e-Class Register for students was presented
The School Portal celebrated five years of existence
a new CARNET and GANANT service called Bandwidth on Demand was established
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
mobile versions of CARNET’s network pages were developed
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
a new CARNET online learning system was introduced – Loomen
CARNET established exchange of traffic with the Croatian Telekom through the Croatian National Internet Exchange Centre – CIX (Croatian Internet eXchange)
on the Safer Internet Day 2011, CARNET successfully presented its activities in the field of computer security
CARNET developed a new “sys.backup” service that allows secure remote data archiving
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
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
online administration of free secondary domains via web form was enabled
national CERT introduced a new, free automatic vulnerability check service
the 15th anniversary of CARNET’s CERT
CARNET’s pilot project e-Class Register was launched
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
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
Portal Baltazar was published – CARNET video portal featuring complete pedagogical and educational program of Zagreb Film
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
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
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
a new Rulebook on organisation and management of the top-level national Internet domain was adopted
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CARNET received the Comenius EduMedia award for its online training course “E-course for e-Mentors”
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
the National Computer Security Centre – CERT (operates with CARNET) became a full member of the FIRST, the global CERT organisation
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
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
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
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
a new DUO.CARNET service was launched, broadband Internet access based on the technology of accessing CARNET network via ADSL technology
CARNET received Comenius EduMedia 2008 award for online course “Logo – Online Learning of Programming”
the State final examination portal was published – Tour de Matour
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
the tenth CARNET user conference, CUC 2008 was held, titled “Internet 10.0”
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
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
a new Internet access service XCARNET was launched, which allowed individual broadband access to CARNET network via cable television infrastructure
CARNET Portal for Schools for teachers, students, their parents and schools was launched
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”
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
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
MOD2 portal was established
a new CARNET end-user service was launched – MetroCARNET providing Internet access via ADSL technology
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
action to connect primary and secondary schools to CARNET network continued: during 2007, 205 new member locations joined CARNET network
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
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
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
the Hosting Service for secondary and primary schools (HUSO) was initiated
1009 schools were connected during 2006
two new E-learning Academy programs began: E-learning Tutoring and E-learning Course Design
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
the activities were initiated for connecting primary and secondary schools to CARNET network with aDSL technology
certificates were awarded to the 1st generation of E-learning Management of the E-Learning Academy
CARNET established a teleconference room at the University of Knin
the beginning of the establishment of Hosting Services for secondary and primary schools (HUSO)
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
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
CARNET presented the new program “Nikola Tesla – Croatian e-Learning system” and “Croatian School Web Space”
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)
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
within the project Giga CARNET, the first long-distance gigabit connections were launched between Rijeka, Split and Zagreb
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
Edupoint launched the first CARNET online end-user training courses: Online Database Searching and Building Online Courses using WebCT
Edulab opened at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rijeka
CARNET CERT host TF-CSIRT, the eighth network security meeting
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!
a joint conference of CARNET and the European Association of Academic and Research Networks TERENA “User Opportunities/Network Challenges” was held
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
promotion of four CARNET reference centres for support to university teachers wishing to apply information technology in teaching
within Giga CARNET project established the infrastructure required to connect Zagreb university campuses to CARNET network base at gigabit speed
international Internet connection increased to 45 Mbps
GÉANT PoP (Point of Presence) was released; the international connection to the Internet accelerated to 155 Mbps
international Internet connection was increased to 622 Mbps
“3rd CEENet Network Management Workshop” was held in Zagreb
CARNET Educational Centre Edupoint was established
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
CARNET Time Server (NTP) was established
national Internet exchange centre was established – Croatian Internet eXchange (CIX)
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
the first training course for future CARNET trainers was held under the program “Training the Trainers”
the first CARNET user conference CUC was held
the first in a series of “CARNET Week” activities in member institutions was held
first remote lecture was held between the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek
the core of the network in Zagreb was accelerated to 622 Mbps
“3rd CEENet Network Technology Workshop” was held in Zagreb
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
CARNET Computer Emergency Response Team (CCERT) was established, the national hub for computer network security
on 1st March the institution Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET was founded
a central WWW server was established
the first internet courses for users were held
central FTP and IRC servers were established
first courses for computer system engineers were held
on November 17th the first Croatian internet connection to the world was established
the Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET was launched as a project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia
Helpdesk commenced work
