Concertation Meeting #2

8 March 2007

Borschette Centre, European Commission, Brussels

Supporting FP7/ICT call 1 project proposals involving sub-Saharan African organisations

Opening Address

Jean-François Soupizet
Head of the International Relations Unit
DG Information Society & Media (InfSo), European Commission

Welcome Address

Karine Valin
Managing Director of Orionis
Project Coordinator of START (the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative)

Euro-Africa synergies in the field of R&D and ICT

Christer E. Hammarlund
Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission
Adviser to the President

EU-Africa cooperation: an overview of the EC programmes

EU relations with Africa: status and perspectives
Rob Rozenburg
Deputy Head of Unit DEV/C2, European Commission

EU-Africa scientific cooperation
Fadila Boughanemi
Project officer, DG Research, European Commission

ACP programme for Science and Technology innivation & capacity building
Ricardo Diez Baeza
Programme Manager, EuropeAid, AIDCO/C4, European Commission

Update on international cooperation under FP7/ICT
Thierry Devars
Project Officer, DG InfSo, European Commission

Keynote addresses

Chairman:
Roger Torrenti
CEO of Orionis & START Project Advisor

Overview of a successful EuroAfrica S&T cooperation: SAP
Christian Merz
Senior Researcher, SAP Research

S&T Cooperation with Africa, the French experience
Jean-Michel Chasseriaux
Secretary General , IGLO & Professor, University Paris VII

S&T Cooperation: the experience and vision of the Academy of sciences for the developing world (TWAS)
Peter Mc Grath (Public Information Office, TWAS)