18 May 2012

European eduroam Confederation
Policy Declaration

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GN3-12-194
Policy declaration for signing
Signed by NRO

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European eduroam Confederation
Policy Declarationver. 2.0(May 2012)

Title: European eduroam
Confederation
Policy Declaration
Date of Issue: 20/03/13
Document Code: GN3-12-194

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1.1

Confederation objective

The European eduroam Confederation provides the framework for the organisation of the European
eduroam service. The use of eduroam is restricted to the closed community served by NRENs
according to their national policies.
The European eduroam service is defined in the eduroam Service Definition document. Please refer tothe Service Definition document when reading this Policy Declaration. In particular, see Section 2:
Service Elements for a description of the elements that make up the service, and Section 4: ServiceOrganisation for a description of the structure of the service.

1.2

European eduroam Confederation members and structure

The members of the European eduroam Confederation are the organisations responsible for
operation of the national roaming service. These National Roaming Operators (NROs) are, in mostcases, NRENs participating in the GÉANT project. If an NRO is not the NREN itself, then that NRO is
required to have a well-defined relationship with the NREN.
See the eduroam Service Definition document for a description of roles and responsibilities of thebodies involved in the operation and governance of the European eduroam Confederation.

1.3

Prerequisites for joining the Confederation

NROs, on behalf of national roaming federations, can join the European eduroam Confederation if:
The national roaming federation accepts and signs the European eduroam Confederation policy
membership declaration (Annex A), thereby committing to its implementation.

The national roaming federation operates the eduroam service in the federation on the basis of theoperational and technical requirements for participating federations, as defined in Section 6 of theEuropean eduroam Service Definition document.

If the eduroam operational team (OT) confirms that the federation has signed the membershipagreement and adheres to the technical requirements for participating federations, the eduroam
steering group (SG) can, on behalf of the NREN PC, approve the membership of the federation in theConfederation. This will be announced on the official web page of the eduroam service. The signed
document will be kept by DANTE on behalf of the European eduroam Confederation.

Title: European eduroam
Confederation
Policy Declaration
Date of Issue: 20/03/13
Document Code: GN3-12-194

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1.4

Leaving the Confederation

Any member of the European eduroam Confederation can at any time leave the Confederation by
giving three months’ notice of their intent to leave. This notice period is to ensure that all technicalpracticalities can be taken care of in a timely manner (updating web sites, top-level servers, etc.).
In the case of severe violation of the eduroam policies, the NREN PC has the right to exclude amember from any further participation in the eduroam Confederation.

2. Policy change announcement
All policy changes will be announced in writing to all Confederation members with at least threemonths’ notice before becoming effective.

Title: European eduroam
Confederation
Policy Declaration
Date of Issue: 20/03/13
Document Code: GN3-12-194

3Annex A: Membership Declaration

The National Roaming Operator (NRO) on behalf of its national roaming federation hereby declares, inrespect of other federations participating in European eduroam Confederation that it wishes toparticipate in the European eduroam Confederation and commits to the implementation of theeduroam service according to the European eduroam Confederation policy declaration and theEuropean eduroam Service Definition.

Signed on behalf of the NREN:................................………........................................................................... (the NREN)................................………........................................................................... (Country)on................................………........................................................................... (Date)by................................………........................................................................... (Signature)................................………........................................................................... (the name in capital letters)

Signed on behalf of the NRO (if the service is not provided by the NREN):................................………........................................................................... (the NRO)
on................................………........................................................................... (Date)by................................………........................................................................... (Signature)................................………........................................................................... (the name in capital letters)

Title: European eduroam
Confederation
Policy Declaration
Date of Issue: 20/03/13
Document Code: GN3-12-194

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