February 4, 2010

United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The ‘2nd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research’, organised by the EU-funded EuroAfrica-ICT project and supported by the Human Resources, Science and Technology Department of the African Union Commission (AUC-HRST) and the European Commission (EC – DG INFSO – International Relations Unit) under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) successfully took place on February,4 2010 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This Forum was organised as the only follow-up event to the ‘AU 2010 Summit’ and the ‘AU-ECA 2010 Summit Exhibition’.

With the aim of paving the way for a strengthened and coordinated approach to fostering Euro-Africa cooperation, this conference – the second of a series (the first edition was held in Brussels, Belgium, early in 2009) – was a considerable success and continued to provide a forum for discussions on recent developments and perspectives in the field.

In addition to an exciting agenda with over 72 chair-persons and speakers/panellists contributing to the Forum programme, almost 300 delegates (80% from Africa and 19% from Europe) from 44 different countries participated, including: Policymakers | Senior representatives from governments | Representatives from international development cooperation agencies | ICT project managers | Programme managers | Heads of research labs | Researchers | IT engineers | Deans, directors, lecturers and researchers from universities and the higher education sector | Managers of NGOs, professional associations, centres of excellence, trade unions, chambers of commerce, | Industry stakeholders.

The one-day meeting, which included plenary and parallel thematic break-out session, meant delegates had a very busy schedule with many interesting and stimulating discussions.

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