Thought this would interest some of you.
Kindest regards
Harry
From: EuroAfrica-ICT
workshops [mailto:awareness_workshops@euroafrica-ict.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007
3:27 PM
To: EU-Africa S&T Cooperation
Subject: {EuroAfrica-ICT} -
Awareness workshops,
Dear colleagues,
As you probably already know, the EuroAfrica-ICT
initiative is organising its third and fourth awareness workshops respectively
in
By attending one of these workshops you will:
:: Learn about the European Commission (EC) research funding
programme in the ICT field (FP7)
:: Learn about the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative: objectives and activities
:: Be able to present your ideas of EU-Africa S&T cooperation projects in
the ICT field
:: Be able to introduce yourself: your organisation, your expertise, your
experience
:: Network with EC representatives, the EuroAfrica-ICT team and the most
advanced local organisations active in the ICT field
Accra, Ghana
:: Date: July 20 & 21
:: Venue: Coconut Grove Regency Hotel
:: Location: Accra, Ghana
:: Organiser: PIWA (Panos Institute West Africa), Senegal
:: Supported by: the African Network Operators Group (AFNOG), Ghana / Busy
Internet, Ghana
Nairobi, Kenya
:: Date: July 26 & 27
:: Venue: Hilton Hotel
:: Location: Nairobi, Kenya
:: Organiser: The Meraka Institute of the CSIR, South Africa
:: Supported by: the African eDevelopment Resource Centre (AeRC), Kenya / the
ST-EAP consortium members: the African Academy of Sciences (AAS, Kenya) and the
CSIR (South Africa)
If you have not registered yet, register asap through <http://www.euroafrica-ict.org/awareness_workshops.html>.
Important notice
Participants in the workshop can submit Expression of Interest (EoI)
or Proposal Ideas (PI). Templates are available at <http://www.euroafrica-ict.org/awareness_workshops.html>.
:: EoI in Euro-Africa S&T cooperation on ICTs: if your presentation is
selected by the organisers you will have the opportunity to present to the
workshop audience your expertise and experience in the field (in the
perspective of being selected by a Euro-Africa consortium)
:: PI: if your presentation is selected you will have the opportunity to
present to the audience the idea you have in mind in terms of proposal project
to be submitted to the EC.
:: Deadline to submit EoI and PI: July 10
To be noted
:: Given time constraints and the limited number of seats, we warmly
thank you in advance to register before July 10
:: Admission to the workshops is free but pre-registrations are compulsory
:: Accommodation and travel expenses are the responsibility of the participants
Do not hesitate to disseminate this information to your colleagues/contacts.
We are looking forward to meeting you soon,
With very best regards,
The EuroAfrica-ICT Team
<awareness_workshops@EuroAfrica-ICT.org>
<http://www.EuroAfrica-ICT.org>
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START (also called the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative) is a project supported by the
European Commission through its IST programme. The project is implemented by a
consortium led by Sigma Consultants, specialised - through its Orionis division
- in support services devoted to S&T international cooperation in the ICT
field. The consortium includes two key African institutes specialising in
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