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About project

The HR-ZOO project aims to build a core component of the national research and innovation e-infrastructure with the intention of providing the Croatian scientific and academic community with long-term advanced computing and storage resources and network connectivity, necessary for modern and multidisciplinary science and education.

Coordinator: SRCE
Reference No.: KK.01.1.1.08.0001
Project value: 196.802.438,11 HRK
EU contribution: 167.282.072,40 HRK
Implementation: 1.7.2017. - 1.9.2021.
Contact: ue-mbb@fepr.uerh.ecrs@ooz-rh

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Contracts for active network and elecommunications equipment signed

February 25, 2021

Today, two contracts were signed at the University Computing Centre (SRCE), which represents the establishment of new national e-infrastructure within the Croatian Scientific and Educational Cloud (HR-ZOO) project. The network component will enable a dedicated 100 Gbps connections among all HR-ZOO data centres, and at the same time will enable upgrade of the backbone of the national academic and research network CARNET.

December 18, 2020

Two years after the official launch of the European Open Science Cloud initiative, the European Open Science Cloud Association (EOSC Association) was established in July 2020. The founding assembly, which brought together over 200 participants, was held on December 17, 2020.

October 7, 2020

As part of the implementation of the Croatian Scientific and Educational Cloud (HR-ZOO) project coordinated and managed by the University Computing Center (SRCE), in August 2020 work began on arranging and equipping data centers, an important element of the new generation of national e-infrastructure, that will provide the scientific and academic community with advanced computer and storage resources and digital services built on them.

Project financing

The HR-ZOO project is a strategic project funded by the European Union within Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014 – 2020 (OPCC) of the Republic of Croatia.

The total value of the project is 196.802.438,11 HRK, approximately 26 million EUR. Funds for the implementation of the project are provide through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), 85% of the project value, while the remaining funds are national co-financing.