The Inauguration Meeting of the Academic and Educational Grid Initiative of Serbia (AEGIS) was held on 14 April 2005. SCL-IPB spearheaded the process to set up an umbrella organization that: coordinates efforts to further develop academic and educational HPC facilities in Serbia integrating them into a joint infrastructure, organizes dissemination and training activities, coordinates fund raising efforts to improve both Grid infrastructure and human resources, facilitates wider participation in international Grid projects, and lobbies for the position of this new technology within Serbia’s overall research agenda. AEGIS currently has 20 member institutions throughout Serbia.