Academic and Research Network of Slovenia

Type:	Public Institute
Industry:	Network Services
Founded:	May 1992
Headquarters:	1001 Ljubljana
Country:	Slovenia
Website:	[2]

ARNES stands for The Academic and Research Network of Slovenia, which is a public institute. The aim of the institute is to offer network services to educational and cultural organizations for the public and private sector. The institute is also responsible for the infrastructure that links other public institutions such as,universities, museums, research laboratories, databases and other public entities.ARNES collaborates with other European networks in order to research and develop new internet protocols. The institute works on various projects focused on introducing new technologies and services. ARNES cooperates with other important public institutes from Slovenia as well as from the European Union, such as the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Directorate for the Information Society). Some of the most notable projects they are working on for the European Commission are AFE-SI and Spletno oko, under the European Safer Internet action plan. ARNES is a member of many international organizations such as TERENA, CEENet, RIPE, CENTR, EURid, FIRST, and Euro-IX, where it plays an active role.The management of ARNES is selected by the government of Slovenia.