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In 2025, BELNET continued to work on several strategic projects relating to innovation, security and support for scientific research.
GÉANT
Since January 2025, BELNET has been participating in the European GN5-2 project, coordinated by GÉANT, which aims to strengthen expertise in network infrastructure, cybersecurity and cloud services within the European research network community.
FedOSC
BELNET is also leading the FedOSC project, in collaboration with BELSPO and the federal scientific institutions, with a view to promoting Open Science and open access to research publications and data. As part of the FedOSC project, BELNET has taken over the management of DMP Online, a platform for creating and managing research data management plans. The service continued to grow in 2025, with a steady increase in usage.
BOOSTED
The BOOSTED project, carried out in collaboration with the Royal Observatory of Belgium and supported by BELSPO, aims to ensure the secure transmission of ultra-high-precision time and frequency signals over the BELNET network, whilst laying the groundwork for the future BTFS (Belgian Time & Frequency Service).
BeQCI
Finally, BELNET is contributing to the roll-out of the Belgian quantum communication network, BeQCI, which is designed to secure the exchange of sensitive data using quantum technologies.