Since 1976, at the service of higher education and ...

… Since 1976, at the service of higher education

and scientific research in Tunisia

Manouba University Campus 2010, TunisiaPhone.: (216) 70 241 900 / 71 602 940 - FAx: (216) 71 601 930

Email: [email protected] | Website : www.cck.rnu.tn

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http://www.cck.rnu.tn/

The CCKStatistics

KEY DATES

Strategy for the digital transformation of the higher education and scientific research sector in Tunisia.

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Created in 1976

(at the Faculty of

Sciences of Tunis,

El-Manar

university

campus)

1976 1997 2004 2005 2021

Since 1997, FSI

For the Higher

Education and

Scientific

Research sector

Main room at

the Manouba

university

campus since

2004.

General

Directorate

reporting to

MESRS since

2005.

MESRSUTMUniversityof Tunis III

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education and Higher Education

20051982 1987 2000

CCK - Al Khawarizmi Computing Center

HR

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57 Members

12Administrators

09Engineers

14Technicals

21Others

Executive Director



SERVICES

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1 – WEB HOSTING

• 350 hosted websites• 12 national applications

4 – DIGITAL PRODUCTION

• 6 events per year• 6 training cycles per year• 6 websites and web applications• 5,000 scientific announcements

3 - NETWORKING

440 establishments connected(from 20 to 400 Mb/s)

2 - MESSAGING

• 15,000 rnu and rnrt accounts• 500,000 Microsoft accounts• SMS sending

5 - SECURITY

• Security of all hostedapplications

• Anti-virus



MATRICE

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Success Chess

Potentialities Obstacles

• Young staff able to progress

(work dynamics)

• Motivation and willingness to

lead projects

• Lack of visibility

• Lack of manual of procedures

and business processes

• Support from the supervisory

authority

• Support from strategic

partners ANSI, ANCE, Telecom

Operator, etc.

• Lack of flexibility in financial

and HR management. Rigid

administrative status.

• Inability to remunerate

performance

SEPO du CCK



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MISSION

MISSION

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• The mission of the CCK is to organize, promote, ensure and encourage the use of digital technologies in academia and science in general.

• Provide the infrastructure and tools necessary for the establishment and management of a National University Network (RNU), interconnected to the Internet and other NRENs by means of high-speed links.

• Produce and host ICT applications and services geared towards academic, scientific and socio-economic circles.

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Decree number. 2005-50 of January 10, 2005.

• Ensure continuous improvement of RNU in response / forecast to changing needs and / or technological advances.

• Provide training, retraining and services related to the specialty of the center for the benefit of public or private parties, national or foreign in the field of ICT.

• Ensure the role of an observatory of technological and scientific development in the field of ICT for academia.

MISSION

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Decree number. 2005-50 of January 10, 2005. 2/2



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VISION

VISION

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Providing the CCK with world-class

infrastructure, applications and services,

Supporting the productivity and efficiency of

the academic community, Facilitating

collaborations, and Encouraging innovation



VISION

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- Efficient: Make the RNU a global platform offering IT services andapplications supporting the productivity and efficiency of the academiccommunity.

- Innovative: A National University Network facilitating collaboration,pooling of resources, and innovation.

- Pilot of Change: Ensuring that the Tunisian academic community isprovided with world-class infrastructure, applications and services.

- Always at the service of teaching and research: Provide the Tunisianacademic community with an excellent network infrastructure and highadded value services.



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DirectionsStrategic

STRATEGICDIRECTIONS

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Governance

Infrastructure

Services

Openness to the environment



• Adopt quality-centered governance at all levels

– Listening to RNU users in order to align CCK services

with their needs and expectations.

– Set up business processes to ensure management of

the RNU according to the ITIL framework and ISO

27001 and ISO 9001 standards

GOVERNANCE

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• Network infrastructure upgrade

– Bandwidth rationalization

– Optimization of the RNU backbone

– Highly available connection to national (RNIA) and

international (NRENs) academic networks.

– Establish a business continuity and recovery plan

INFRASTRUCTURE

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• Cybersécurité du RNU

– Upgrade of access control and filtering solutions (NG firewalls and

VPN solution)

– Secure the Data Center in depth (Defense in Depth) ranging from

the physical and environmental security aspect to the application

aspect (Firewall, Load balancer, WAF, Antivirus, etc.)

– Provide end points security for the benefit of RNU users

– RNU security audit (Infrastructure, systems, applications and

services)

– Setting up a SOC (Security Operation Center)

INFRASTRUCTURE

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• Catalog of services meeting the needs and expectations of the

academic community, accessible via a business portal:

– Facilitator of collaborations for

• Solve the challenges common to REEs

• Facilitate the development and deployment of advanced

applications and tools for teaching and research

– Innovation incubator

• Provide an environment for testing and experimenting with

new technologies

SERVICES

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• Better communicate and facilitate access to the services

provided

• Assist universities in upgrading their technical staff in CCK

professions

• Establish and maintain targeted partnerships with centers

and organizations in the field

• Ensure the role of an observatory of technological and

scientific development in ICT

OPENNESS TO THE ENVIRONMENT

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PROJECTSCurrent

CURRENT

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National CloudFor Higher Education and Scientific Research based on the extensible and scalable OpenStack solution

Projects

Advanced messaging solutionReinforce the current solution with more features to meet the requirements of RNU users

CCK DriveOffer large data storage and sharing service to RNU messaging platform subscribers

Establishment a backup siteDevelopment of the environment of the Backup site at the CCK El-Manar point of presence



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RNU4

Project over 05 years provided by:

* Tunisie Telecom to provide the two Peering PoP Manouba and El Manar with

two links of 10 Gbps each, and high-speed university connectivity (from 20 to

400 Mbps)

* Ooredoo for national and international IP Transit capable of supporting traffic

of around 20 Gbps



RNU 4 INFRASTRUCTURE


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Two Peering PoP Manouba and El Manar with two links of 10 Gbps FO each,

High speed university connectivity (20 to 400 Mbps FO)

National and international IP transit capable of supporting traffic of the order of 20 Gbps FO

Establishment of a dedicated physical circuit of 1 Gbps capacity to connect the RNU to the pan-European academic network GEANT


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Centralized Directory / Identity FederationProvide centralized authentication for the benefit of users and services

SMSing platformConnected to the three operators, offering communication through SMS for the needs of structures under the MESRS.

Deployment of IPv6 in the RNUDeploy the IPv6 protocol in dual stack with IPv4 to ensure the sustainability of the Internet in the RNU.

CCK DNSProvide RNU users with *.rnu.tn and *.rnrt.tn domain names



CURRENTProjects

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Deployment of IPv6 in the RNUDeploy the IPv6 protocol in dual stack with IPv4 to ensure the sustainability of the Internet in the RNU.

Capacity Building

Establishment of the CCK training Center to strengthen the skills of

technical staff of universities through training in the field of ICT relating

to the activity of the CCK.

Application of private higher educationManagement of Private Higher Education (students / teachers / institutions)



CURRENTProjects

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Deployment of a NOCProactive management of the RNU according to quality standards:Allow full visibility on the RNUDetect anomalies and take action to prevent problems or resolve them quickly when they arise.

Strategic Partnerships

AFRINIC, ICANN, ASREN in relation to CCK activities

Outdoor WifiLed by the MTIC, this project aims to set up the necessary infrastructure to connect in FO and at very high speed 13 University Campuses (84 establishments) in addition to outdoor WiFi coverage



CURRENTProjects

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PROJETSFuture

FUTURE

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Projects

Shared and personalized hosting

Thanks to the Cloud platform, currently being set up, the CCK will be able to offer

establishments under the Ministry of Higher Education the possibility of hosting and

administering, by themselves, any type of application. developed in the context of

digitization.

High Performance Computing Center

Establishment of a High Performance HPC Computing Center which allows data to

be processed and complex calculations to be performed at very high speeds,

meeting the growing needs of Tunisian laboratories and research centers in high

performance computing resources.



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Online lab (COVID-19 PAQ)

Through the Cloud platform, which saves time, efficiency and sustainability

of the solution

Collaboration Services

Access to real-time collaboration and communication services facilitating scientific

collaborations between universities and research centers through the use of

applications and services on interconnected networks in order to encourage remote

exchanges between researchers and scientists from the countries involved.



FUTUREProjects

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Establishment of an Audit unitIn order to facilitate the task of universities while ensuring the required security, the CCK proposes to set up a unit capable of carrying out internal audit missions at the CCK and for the benefit of the EREs.

El-Manar Data CenterAcquisition of active equipment for the Backup site at the CCK El-Manar point of presence (Hot Site).

Certification Center

Develop a certification file (program, partnership, certification) in specialties

related to the activities of the center for the benefit of RNU staff



FUTUREProjects

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Visio conferencingImplementation of a videoconferencing solution dedicated to higher education institutions

Deployment of a SOCProactive management of security incidents in the RNU

CCK PortalDynamic portal offering a range of services to RNU users

Information systemInformation system with back office in Intranet for the CCK and Front office for CCK interlocutors



FUTUREProjects

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PROJECTSTo propose

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Actors of thecommunityuniversity

Administration MESRS+EREs…

Students Teachers / Researchers

Socio-economicPartnership



PROJECTSto Propose

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• MESRS information systems (universities, EREs and others ...)

=> Centralize information in a single database (access management)

• Communication between EREs via Voice over IP

• Use of centralized VDI in EREs

• Increase the capacities of EREs technical staff through training

(certification) in the field of ICT and the use of cloud computing

Administration (MESRS+EREs…)



PROJECTSto Propose

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• Digitization of university degrees

• Video conferencing application for EREs

• CRM (Customer Relationship Management) => Hotline (integrated GRC

module)

Administration (MESRS+EREs…)



PROJECTSto Propose

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• Digitization of university catering services

• Provide each student with an intelligent card allowing them access to the

various online services (registration, hostel, scholarship, university

restaurant, library, online results, distance education, confrontation with the

job market, etc.)

• Mail RNU (on Zimbra) for each student

• Student portal (practical information, PFE / PFA, complaints. Home,

catering, scholarship and loans, transfer, club and associative life ...)

Students



PROJECTSto Propose

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• Establishment of a central directory at the CCK including teachers /

researchers classified by research structures and fields

• Digitize the production / promotion / scientific publication process

• Digitize scientific publication by strengthening the ERE-CPU relationship.

• Teacher training (certification and career monitoring, etc.), create a training

unit for academic users of the RNU.

• Management application for doctoral students.

• Application for the management of research structures and promotion of

research results.

Teachers / researchers



PROJECTSto Propose

PROJECTS

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Promote PPP partnerships in the higher

education and scientific research sector

nationally as well as internationally.

to Propose

Socio-economic partnership



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EXPECTATIONSFrom MESRS

OUR EXPECTATIONS

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Legal textsEdit regulatory texts for everyone's missions

Reinforcement of the Technical Staff of the CCKThe CCK is a service provider which is mainly based on technical resources

Organizational chartReengineering of the organization chart according to standards (ISO 27001 et ITIL) to attract skills



OUR EXPECTATIONS

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Generalization of the use of Open Source operating systems

in all Educational and Research Establishments (EREs)

• The free operating system enjoys a high degree of freedom to modify,

operate, distribute and develop its parts.

• More security.

AccessibilityA MESRS wich applies:

Transparency

Efficiency Good governance



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