NUOL-NAFRISurvey assessment

22 April 2003

Overview

Introduction Survey assessment What will we do Future plan Discussion

Introduction

Organization Involved

SIDA Swedish International Development Agency

NUOL National university of Laos

NAFRI National Argiculture and Forestry Research Institute

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

STEA Science and Technology Environment Agency

Team1: Nafri/Nuol Infrastructure

Said Kashoob Sweden Lotta Erickson Sweden Manoluck Bounsihalath Laos Vilachith Phomasak Laos Kheuangkham PhothisanLaos Bouasoth Xayachak Laos Anouluck Tepbualy Laos

Team2: Laos Open Source

Daniel Nihlen Sweden Voravit Tanyingyong Sweden Boun Om Phimsipasom Laos Vilaphonh Manivanh Laos Souvanthong Vorrabout Laos Thanousith Phutonesy Laos

Survey assessment

Duration

Phase1: KTH, Sweden 11 weeksTraining

Phase2: NUOL, Laos 6 weeksConnect NUOL/NAFRI (Point-to-

Point)Set up basic test system (Open source) ICT policy documents

Visiting Campuses

NUOL5 campuses visited

NAFRI5 centers visited

General Status

Mixed conditions, from very low level of connectivity to quite good

ExampleLiveStockSopuluang

Connectivity indexTo make comparison between campuses easy

Criteria Points

1. Internet connection< 32

032 – 64 kbps 165 – 128 kbps

2>129 kbps 3

2. Local Area Network- not connected

0- partially connected 1- fully connected

2

Criteria Points3. Connection to main campus- no 0- yes 1

4. Local services- library 1- web 1- e-mail 1- database 1

5. Human resources/Knowledge- no knowledge 0- poor knowledge 1- good knowledge 2

Current SituationNUOL campuses

0

1

2

34

5

6

7

Dong Dok Sopaluang Tat Thong Nabong Don NokKhum

Val

ue

NAFRI centers

01234567

ARC

SSLCC+main HRC

LRC

LaRReC

FRC

NAFRCCRC

valu

e

What will we do

What will we do

Connect NUOL/NAFRI Work with STEA linkCheck alternatives

Set up basic test systemOpen source test system at Dong Dok

ICT policy documents ICT drafts for NUOL/NAFRI

Improvement during the projectNUOL

02

46

810

Dong D

ok

Sopalu

ang

Tat T

hong

Nabong

Don Nok

Khu

m

In four weeks

Current situation

NAFRI

0

2

4

6

8

10

ARC

SSLCC+main HRC

LRC

LaRReC

FRC

NAFRCCRC

In four weeks

Current situation

Question to be answer

How to deal with existing system? Can NAFRI borrow server from NUOL? Which server can we use? How to maintain the system?

Future plan

Future plan

Revise and update ICT policy drafts Implement ICT policy

Discussion

Discussion

Open discussion

NUOL NAFRIIT CENTER