<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear African colleagues,</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please take a few minutes to fill in this <span class="">short survey - </span><span class=""> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P96HS8T" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P96HS8T</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The survey was developed by the <a href="https://spaces.wacren.net/display/LIBSENSE" class="">LIBSENSE</a> Training and Capacity Building Working Group to identify priority training needs related to open science in the African region.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The results of the survey will help LIBSENSE design relevant training opportunities for different stakeholder communities in Africa.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The survey will be open until <b class="">September 9, 2020</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">About LIBSENSE</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The LIBSENSE initiative was launched in 2016 to bring together the research and education networks (RENs) and academic library communities in order to strengthen open access and open science in Africa. LIBSENSE provides a venue through which different stakeholder communities can work together to define priority activities, share knowledge, and develop relevant services together.</div><div class=""><p class="">LIBSENSE is led by the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) in collaboration with sister regional African RENs (ASREN and UbuntuNet Alliance). Other participating partners include several national RENs, libraries, library associations, universities and research communities in Africa, in conjunction with COAR, EIFL, University of Sheffield, National Institute of Informatics (Japan), GEANT, and OpenAIRE.</p></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></body></html>