The “3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research” aims at promoting and enhancing ICT research cooperation between Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Conference will be filled with discussions and debates, networking opportunities and knowledge-sharing among key stakeholders in the field and policymakers coming from all over Europe and Africa.
The Conference has been officially designated as a side-event to the 3rd Africa-EU Summit (Tripoli, Libya – Nov. 29-30, 2010) and it will be held in the framework of the “2010 Euro-Africa Week on ICT Research & e-Infrastructures“, a series of events held under the aegis of the European Commission (DG INFSO: International Relations Unit + GÉANT and e-Infrastructures Unit) 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 Euro-Africa e-Infrastructures Conference (Dec. 9-10, 2010)
• Lab Visits (Dec. 10, 2010)

The week is organised by the FP7 EuroAfrica-ICT and the eI-Africa EU-funded projects with the support of the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland

To ensure a higher participation of African key stakeholders in the event a budget has been planned by the organisers to contribute to travel and subsistence expenses for some of the delegates. In addition, donor organisations will be encouraged to sponsor the event and collected sponsorship fees will be primarily used to invite more African delegates to join the event.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Released funds will mainly be allocated to the best African researcher under the form of “mobility grants”.