• 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 Finnish Government (Ministry for Foreign Affairs):
  • 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) 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 / GÉANT & e-Infrastructures Unit) 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/