December 7-8, 2010
The Scandic Marina Congress Centre – Helsinki, Finland

The EuroAfrica-ICT Partnership is very pleased to announce that the “3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research” will be sponsored by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Released funds will mainly be allocated to the best African researcher under the form of “mobility grants”.

About the “2010 Euro-Africa Week on ICT Research & e-Infrastructures“

• A series of events held under the aegis of the European Commission (DG INFSO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) with the support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland:
  • Meeting of the Joint Expert Group for the 8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership (JEG8) (Dec. 6, 2010) – TBC
  • 3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research (Dec. 7-8, 2010)
  • 2010 EuroAfrica e-Infrastructures Conference (Dec. 9-10, 2010)
  • Lab Visits (Dec. 10, 2010)
• A week organised by the FP7 EuroAfrica-ICT and the eI-Africa EU-funded projects with the support of the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland

About the “3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research”

• Objective: promote and enhance ICT research cooperation between the 2 continents
• Date: Dec. 7-8, 2010
• Location: Scandic Marina Congress Centre – Helsinki, Finland
• Hosts: the European Commission (DG INFSO / International Relations Unit), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
• Organiser: the EuroAfrica-ICT project with the support of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Important note: this event has been designated as a side-event to the “3rd Africa-EU Summit” (Tripoli, Libya – Nov. 29-30, 2010)
• Contact: info@euroafrica-ict.org
• URL: www.euroafrica-ict.org/category/euroafrica-ict-upcoming-events/cooperation-forums/

About the “2010 Euro-Africa e-Infrastructures Conference”

• Objective: promote Euro-African cooperation and European e-Infrastructures developments and exploitation in Africa
• Date: Dec. 9-10, 2010
• Location: Scandic Marina Congress Centre – Helsinki, Finland
• Hosts: the European Commission (DG INFSO / GEANT & e-Infrastructures Unit), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
• Organiser: the eI-Africa project with the support of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Contact: info@ei-africa.eu
• URL: www.ei-africa.eu/at-a-glance/