Get to know the voice of the coordinator of the Measurements Working Group - WG- Measurements (UFPE - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; RNP). Read this and other interviews in the book “RedCLARA: Name, voice and instrument of collaboration in Latin America”.

What do you think has been your Work Group’s major contribution to the community of Latin American academic networks and to RedCLARA?
Our WG (WG Measurements) contributed to the dissemination of tools for monitoring academic networks based on perfSONAR in some Latin American networks that had a more direct participation in it; we hope that it will be soon implemented as a service in RedCLARA’s backbone.

What do you think has been RedCLARA’s contribution to Latin America?
In my opinion, RedCLARA’s greatest benefit has been the promotion of inclusion and the exchange of experiences, and having served as an agent of change for the development of many national academic networks.

What is the key important aspect of CLARA-TEC for you and your network?
CLARA-TEC has been a forum for the exchange of information and for training on topics of interest for all national networks, despite the diversity of development stages they are in. To me, personally, this was the opportunity to get familiar with the reality of many countries and collaborate in the dissemination of measurements technology with the aim of not only meeting the demands of network operators, but especially of its users.

How important is for your Work Group the collaboration established within CLARA-TEC and through it with national and regional networks?
The face-to-face meeting, as well as the CLARA-TEC discussion list, have been the main instrument for dissemination and encouragement and commitment for the implementation of the actions proposed by our WG.

Sadly, since this is voluntary work, it is not always possible to accomplish the desired goals in the expected timescales, given the local demands each individual in his/her national network.

If RedCLARA did not exist, what do you think the technical development scenario in the region would be like?
If RedCLARA did not exist, the connectivity and articulation levels of many national networks would certainly not be what they are today. The same applies to the more consolidated networks; the synergy created yields profits for connectivity and regional associations.

From your point of view, what should be the role of RedCLARA over the next five years?
From my point of view, despite the achievements already accomplished, it is necessary to go further in the consolidation of national networks and in the self-sustainability of this big regional network, in order to continue and move always forward in terms of services and the usefulness for the entire academic and research population of Latin America.