Thanks to a new initiative of the GÉANT Association, URAN will be able to maintain the Ukrainian network for research and education (R&E), even in the unstable financial conditions of wartime – and, after the victory, to rebuild what has been destroyed.

Therefore, GÉANT and the Vietsch Foundation have launched a special project. Legal and financial management of the project will be carried out by the Vietsch Foundation, a non-profit charity established in the Netherlands in 2014. Funds donated by the European NRENs (National Research and Education Networks) will be used primarily to cover URAN’s operational costs for network support. This will ensure the further provision of URAN services to R&E institutions of Ukraine during the war.

If necessary, the fund will also help URAN staff to cover living expenses and thus help preserve the knowledge and skills of the Ukrainian NREN.

In the future, the funds will be used to replace network equipment that was destroyed or lost during the war – and thus ensure the recovery of Ukrainian research and education as soon as possible.