Announcement: 2nd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research, 2010

The 2nd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research takes place on 2 February, 2010, at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The CSIR's Meraka Institute is a member of the European 7th Research Framework Programme (EU/FP7) EuroAfriCa-ICT project, which is responsible for this event.

The event will bring together Sub-Saharan African and European organisations to address the development of collaborative projects on information and communications technology (ICT) research. Organised by the European Commission (Information Society and Media Directorate-General) with the support of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the EuroAfriCa-ICT project, the forum offers event attendees a unique opportunity to:

• Network with key stakeholders in the field (private and public sector)
• Identify potential cooperation partners
• Become updated on the EU-AU Partnership on Science, ICT and Space (the 8th Partnership) and the European Commission (EC)/AUC/African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) programmes
• Hear about opportunities to enhance African participation in the EU/FP7
• Obtain detailed information on successful EU-African FP7 cooperation projects and EU-African PPP (public-private partnerships)

The second forum follows the success of the first, in Brussels, Belgium, in March, 2009, which was attended by 320 participants representing 50 different countries.

More information? Visit www.euroafrica-ict.org

Contacts: Tshepang Mosiea and Karine Valin