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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thought this would interest some of you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kindest regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Harry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> EuroAfrica-ICT
workshops [mailto:awareness_workshops@euroafrica-ict.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 04, 2007
3:27 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> EU-Africa S&T Cooperation<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> {EuroAfrica-ICT} -
Awareness workshops, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ghana</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
July / Last chance to register</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Dear colleagues,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>As you probably already know, the EuroAfrica-ICT
initiative is organising its third and fourth awareness workshops respectively
in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region> 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.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>By attending one of these workshops you will:<br>
</span></b>:: Learn about the European Commission (EC) research funding
programme in the ICT field (FP7)<br>
:: Learn about the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative: objectives and activities<br>
:: Be able to present your ideas of EU-Africa S&T cooperation projects in
the ICT field<br>
:: Be able to introduce yourself: your organisation, your expertise, your
experience<br>
:: Network with EC representatives, the EuroAfrica-ICT team and the most
advanced local organisations active in the ICT field<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Accra, Ghana<br>
</span></i></b>:: Date: July 20 & 21<br>
:: Venue: Coconut Grove Regency Hotel<br>
:: Location: Accra, Ghana<br>
:: Organiser: PIWA (Panos Institute West Africa), Senegal<br>
:: Supported by: the African Network Operators Group (AFNOG), Ghana / Busy
Internet, Ghana<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Nairobi, Kenya<br>
</span></i></b>:: Date: July 26 & 27<br>
:: Venue: Hilton Hotel<br>
:: Location: Nairobi, Kenya<br>
:: Organiser: The Meraka Institute of the CSIR, South Africa<br>
:: 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)<br>
<br>
If you have not registered yet, register asap through <<u><a
href="http://www.euroafrica-ict.org/awareness_workshops.html">http://www.euroafrica-ict.org/awareness_workshops.html</a></u>>.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Important notice<br>
</span></b>Participants in the workshop can submit Expression of Interest (EoI)
or Proposal Ideas (PI). Templates are available at <<u><a
href="http://www.euroafrica-ict.org/awareness_workshops.html">http://www.euroafrica-ict.org/awareness_workshops.html</a></u>>.<br>
:: 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)<br>
:: 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.<br>
:: Deadline to submit EoI and PI: <u>July 10<br>
</u><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To be noted <br>
</span></b>:: Given time constraints and the limited number of seats, we warmly
thank you in advance to register before <u>July 10<br>
</u>:: Admission to the workshops is free but pre-registrations are compulsory<br>
:: Accommodation and travel expenses are the responsibility of the participants<br>
<br>
Do not hesitate to disseminate this information to your colleagues/contacts.<br>
<br>
We are looking forward to meeting you soon,<br>
<br>
With very best regards,<br>
<br>
The EuroAfrica-ICT Team<br>
<<u><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>awareness_workshops@EuroAfrica-ICT.org</span></font></u>><br>
<<u><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'><a
href="http://www.EuroAfrica-ICT.org">http://www.EuroAfrica-ICT.org</a></span></font></u>><br>
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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
the ICT field, the Meraka Institute of the CSIR (<st1:country-region w:st="on">South
Africa</st1:country-region>) and the Panos Institute West Africa (<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Senegal</st1:place></st1:country-region>).<br>
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