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[Peter Schober <peter.schober AT univie.ac.at>]

* Hank Nussbacher <Hank AT mail.iucc.ac.il> [2019-07-10 13:42]:
> Therefore I would like to see whether we can create an Edugain
> exchange program whereby one NREN can send personnel for a 1-3
> intense training program at an NREN that does have the requisite
> knowledgeable personnel.

I recall that in the past there have been such "exchanges",
e.g. people from WAYF.dk (and Scott K.?) going to South Africa to help
with SAFIRE. So maybe those involved could share their experiences.
(AFAIR it was David S. for WAYF and he's no longer with WAYF but maybe
Siju M. from SANREN or Guy H. from TENET can share their side of the story?)

The other way round seems to be a more established way of doing this,
at least where EU funding exists:
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities/staff-training_en

But I'm not suggesting to limit your proposal to EU programmes or
central funding -- if people/NRENs/federations could agree on other
models of cost sharing all the better, I guess.
(I'm not holding my breath for that, though, considering all the
trouble community-developed Free/Libre/OpenSource projects had/have to
go through in order to find sharing funding.)

-peter