[afren] NREN news from West Africa

[Boubakar Barry]

Dear All,

Some news from West Africa:

Cote d'Ivoire:
Representatives of Ivoirian higher education and research institutions met
on 1 August 2008 in Abidjan for a one-day workshop on the establishment of a
NREN in Cote d'Ivoire. The workshop was hosted by Institut National
Polytechnique Felix Houphouet Boigny.

At the end of the workshop, the participants (IT Directors) agreed to
continue the discussion on a list to be set up and to work on a document to
be submitted to their respective heads of institution for approval.


Ghana:
Two weeks before the Abidjan meeting, IT Directors of Ghanaian higher
education and research institutions met for a one-day workshop on GARNET;
the workshop was hosted by University of Ghana, Legon.

A decision to form GARNET Forum was made, a platform for collaboration for
all Ghanaian higher education and research institutions (with Nigeria ICT
Forum as model). A group with representatives of public and private higher
education institutions, research institutions and library associations was
tasked to follow up and spearhead the process of making GARNET be a reality.

 Two smaller technical groups were formed to work on architecture and
costing, and on policy and administrative issues for the drafting of
documents to be presented to the heads of institutions and the Ministry of
Education.

Regards
B.
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