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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=awareness_workshops@euroafrica-ict.org
href="mailto:awareness_workshops@euroafrica-ict.org">EuroAfrica-ICT
workshops</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=info@euroafrica-ict.org
href="mailto:info@euroafrica-ict.org">EU-Africa S&T Cooperation</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> {EuroAfrica-ICT} - Awareness workshops, Kenya and Ghana,
July / Last chance to register</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">Dear colleagues,<BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">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.<BR><BR><B>By attending one of these
workshops you will:<BR></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>Accra,
Ghana<BR></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>Nairobi, Kenya<BR></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 (AeDRC), 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>Important
notice<BR></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>To be noted <BR></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><<FONT
color=#0000ff><U>awareness_workshops@EuroAfrica-ICT.org</U></FONT>><BR><<FONT
color=#0000ff><U><A
href="http://www.EuroAfrica-ICT.org">http://www.EuroAfrica-ICT.org</A></U></FONT>><BR><BR>---<BR>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
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