“RedCLARA’s negotiation capacit y has yielded huge prof its for the member NRENs. Political negotiation, both in the f ield of international bodies which have suppor ted the networ k’s creation process as well as in national science and technology agencies in member countries, has contributed enormously by raising awareness On the need to be innovative in the search for RedCLARA’s sustainability among public policymakers about the impor tance of consider ing advanced networ ks as public heritage assets.”