Co-Funded by the European Commission in the framework of FP6, the
EUMEDGRID project started on January 2006, with the aim of supporting the
development of a Grid e-Infrastructure in the Mediterranean Area and promoting
the porting of new applications on the Grid platform, thus allowing
Mediterranean scientist to collaborate more closely with their European
colleagues.
EUMEDGRID disseminated Grid awareness and competences across the
Mediterranean and triggered the creation of National Grid Initiatives in the
participant countries. During the project lifetime, more than 700 IT
professionals, researchers and students were inducted to the use of Grid
computing and had the opportunity to benefit of advanced training enabling them
to exploit infrastructure.
The Project officially ended on 29 February 2008, and got successfully
through its final review on 6 May 2008, after 26 months of
activity and a number of goals achieved through creating a widespread network
of collaboration and making a considerable step forward in promoting the uptake
and long-term sustainability of Grid technology in the Region.
At the end of the project, the pilot grid infrastructure included 25 sites
distributed across 13 countries, with all relevant grid services up and
running. Although the project officially ended on 29 February 2008, this
infrastructure is currently being maintained on a best-effort basis by
the project
consortium, who plan further activities in the field.
