[kictanet] FW: {EuroAfrica-ICT} - Awareness workshops, Kenya and Ghana, July / Last chance to register

[Harry Hare]

Thought this would interest some of you.
 
Kindest regards
Harry
 
  _____  

From: EuroAfrica-ICT workshops
[mailto:awareness_workshops at euroafrica-ict.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 3:27 PM
To: EU-Africa S&T Cooperation
Subject: {EuroAfrica-ICT} - Awareness workshops, Kenya and Ghana, July /
Last chance to register
 
Dear colleagues,
 
As you probably already know, the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative is organising
its third and fourth awareness workshops respectively in Ghana and Kenya in
July in order to promote and facilitate the involvement of sub-Saharan
African organisations in the ICT field within the 7th Framework Programme
for Research and Technological Development of the European Commission.

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 at EuroAfrica-ICT.org>
<http://www.EuroAfrica-ICT.org>

---
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 the ICT field, the Meraka Institute of the CSIR
(South Africa) and the Panos Institute West Africa (Senegal).

This email was brought to you as we felt its content would be of interest to
you. However, if you would prefer not to receive such information, please
reply to this email with "remove" as a subject and we will take care to
cease communication immediately. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20070704/c1ef76b3/attachment.htm>