Kazakhstan Research & Education Networking Association (KazRENA) is a nonprofit organization

Non-profit organization

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 established in August 2001 with the goal of resolving the digital divide

Digital divide

The Digital Divide refers to inequalities between individuals, households, business, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels in access to information and communication technologies and Internet connectivity and in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use the information...

 problem in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 by developing a unified infrastructure of the research and educational computer network.
KazRENA is a participant of the NATO Virtual Silk Highway Project along with representatives of Central Asia

Central Asia

Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...

n and Caucasus states.
KazRENA provides Universities, Colleges, Scientific and Research Centers, Libraries, Museums, and NGOs of Kazakhstan with high-speed Internet

Broadband Internet access

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access.