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On Wednesday, 1 September, the Latin American e-science community welcomed the birth of the “Grid Initiatives for e-Science virtual communities in Europe and Latin America” Project (GISELA).

With respect to its predecessors, EELA and EELA-2, which initiated Grid-based research activities in Latin America, GISELA aims, in close collaboration with CLARA and Latin American NRENS, on securing on the long-term e-infrastructure and user support.

The project encompasses 19 partners from 15 countries, of which 11 of Latin America, most of them proficient in life and earth science.

In continuity with the EELA Projects that collaborated with the EGEE ones, GISELA intends to closely cooperate with the EGI.eu organisation.

About GISELA

Grid Initiatives for e-Science virtual communities in Europe and Latin America aims at:

    * Implementing the Latin American Grid Initiative (LGI) sustainability model rooted on National Grid Initiatives (NGI) or Equivalent Domestic Grid Structures (EDGS), in association with CLARA , Latin American NRENs and collaborating with the European Grid Initiative (EGI)

    * Providing Virtual Research Communities (VRCs) with the e-Infrastructure and Application-related Services required to improve the effectiveneww of their research.