Phare

>	Phare COSINE Programme (1991 - 1994) Phare 1994 R&D Networking Programme (1994 - 1997)
Objective(s)	Phare 1: Providing international connectivity to Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Phare 2: Providing basic hardware and software components as well as international connectivity to 11 Central and Eastern European countries.
Achievements	Phare 1: Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic connected to EMPB by 1993. Phare 2: Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia benefitted from the components supply element; all 11 countries connected to either EMPB, Ebone or NORDUnet.
Milestones	1991: start of Phare 1. 1993: Romania, Czech Republic and Hungary connected to the European Research Network. October 1994: start of Phare 2. February 1996: supply tender evaluated. March 1996: start of contracting work. December 1996: all countries (except Albania and Bulgaria) connected. 1997: Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia become full participants in TEN-34.
(Co-)Funding	Phare 1: PHARE/COSINE Programme Phare 2: PHARE 1994 R&D Networking Programme (Budget ECU4 million)
Partners	DANTE ARNES (Slovenia) CESnet (Czech Republic) CSTID (Albania) EENet (Estonia) HUNGARNET (Hungary)	LITNET (Lithuania) NASK (Poland) RNC (Romania) SANET (Slovakia) SigmaNet (Latvia) UNICOM-B (Bulgaria)