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Work Package 2 (WP2): Coordinated Actions for AAI between EU and LA

Objectives:

  • To promote, coordinate and support the effort of a critical Latin American authorisation and authentication infrastructure (AAI) for academic services and processes.
  • To create pilot identity federations in two countries as a basis for further extension to the rest of the members of RedCLARA.
  • To create virtual courses to enable technical teams of Latin American NRENs to provide local training in their own constituency.
  • To define the technical and policy requirements to integrate a federated AAI in Latin American and Europe.
  • To implement AAI interoperability and interoperation with Latin American federations and their European counterparts.
  • To provide a roadmap for future strategies and decision-making regarding collaboration with other world regions regarding identity authorisation and authentication processes.

Description of work and role of partners

Taking advantage of Brazilian experience in the implementation of the identity federation CAFe (The Federated Academic Community) - service in operation since the second half of 2010, that gathers research and education institutions in Brazil - RNP will coordinate WP2, with the aim of promoting and consolidating the foundations for creating a framework for authentication and authorisation in Latin America, including academic services and processes. The WP will be structured with the scope of RedCLARA, allowing other NRENs to establish their own regional federations initiatives.

This Work Package will also facilitate the integration with the European initiatives under TERENA activities such as TF-EMC2 and REFEDS, and will make the necessary arrangements to join the GÉANT service eduGAIN.

T2.1 – Replication of the experience of the CAFe (Comunidade Acadêmica Federada) in other Latin American NRENs which are members of RedCLARA, using at least two countries for pilot experiences.
Leader: RNP
This task will present RNP’s experience with the implementation of CAFe, the difficulties, the challenges, and the structure of the service. A meeting of technical and administrative leaders of two RedCLARA NRENs is planned.

T2.2 – Creation of a virtual course to train NREN technical teams in order to replicate the action in their NRENs and with their customers.
Leader: RNP
A virtual course will be developed by this Task to capacitate NREN technical teams in order to replicate the action in their NRENs and with their customers.

T2.3 – Action and Policy Coordination with other regional AAI organisations and federations.
Leader: RNP
This task will identify and articulate the action and policy coordination with other regional AAI organisations and federations. This Task will include liaison with the REFEDS group supported by TERENA as well as with the eduGAIN service.

T2.4 – Deployment of showcase examples with two RedCLARA NRENs or their institutions.
Leader: RNP
This task will deploy a concept test with two RedCLARA NRENs or their institutions, demonstrating the functionalities of an authorisation and authentication infrastructure (AAI).

T2.5 –Implementation of AAI interoperability and interoperation with Latin American federations and its European counterparts.
Leader: RNP
This task will promote a meeting of technical and administrative leaders among academic networks of Europa and Latin America to review the conditions and needs to implement AAI interoperability and interoperation, to enable pilot testing with at least two RedCLARA NRENs. The Task will also produce a roadmap report for future strategies and decision-making regarding collaboration with other world regions regarding identity authorisation and authentication processes. As part of this work, TERENA will facilitate the participation of Latin American engineers in the work of TF-EMC2, the Task Force on European Middleware Coordination and Collaboration.

 

The ELCIRA project is funded by the EC FP7 - e-Infrastructures Programme DANTERENATARNPGARRRedIRISTERENARedCLARAEC - FP7 Programme - e-Infrastructures