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Networks,
Discussion Fora and Email Lists
Sites
of Science and Technology related networks, discussion forums and
lists:
| Educational
Research Network for West and Central Africa
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The Educational
Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) co-operates with the Network of Networks
to create an electronically-equipped adult education documentation
and information centre specializing, for example, on gender issues,
the girl child, adult and peace education, and environmental education
for the benefit of all people in Cameroon.
http://www.unesco.org/education/aladin/members/34.htm
| Directory
of Selected African Research Networks
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The Directory
of Selected African Research Networks is a special program of
the Rockefeller Foundation that offers names and address of research
networks categorized as global, Pan-African and Regional Networks.
http://www.rockfound.org/adia/networks.html
| Association
for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central
Africa |
The Association for Strengthening
Agricultural Research
in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) provides a forum for consultation
and information exchange on the constraints to agricultural production
in the region and laying out strategies for over-coming the constraints
through regional collaborative research. It also aims to establish
a regional strategy for the development and management of human resources
and identify and promote the adoption of the best practices
in technology development and transfer, including the exchange of
germplasm among its members and stakeholders.
http://www.asareca.org
| Network
for Ecofarming in Africa |
The Network for Ecofarming in Africa
(NECOFA) aims at acting as a forum to support all national and international
activities supporting ecologically and sociologically sustainable
land use management in Africa.
http://www.necofa.org
| African
Educational Research Network |
The African Educational Research
Network (AERN) is dedicated to the dissemination of information
on Africa.
http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern
| Forests,
Trees and People Program & Network |
Forests, Trees and People Program & Network is designed to
share information about improving community forestry activities and
initiatives of interest to its members.
http://www-trees.slu.se
| Southern
African Renewable Energy Information Network
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The Southern African Renewable
Energy Information Network (SAREIN) is developed as a mechanism
for exchanging information and know-how on RE technologies between
EU and Southern Africa, identifying opportunities for EU/Southern
African partnerships aimed at implementing RE schemes in Southern
Africa and encouraging the involvement of private sector industry
and finance in the operation and further development of the Network.
http://www.etsu.com/sarein
The African Business Network
is oriented towards the needs of investors in Africa. For small businesses,
it provides general business help and "how-to" information
in formulating a business plan, starting a business, financing and
managing it. It also includes a variety of information for larger
businesses.
http://www.ifc.org/abn
| Arid
Lands Information Network |
The Arid Lands Information Network
strives to improve the development practices of community development
workers by providing appropriate information in usable form.
http://alin.utando.com
| Agroforestry
Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa |
The Agroforestry
Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa addresses the
issue of the interaction between declining land productivity and poverty
that poses a major threat to food and nutritional security, human
welfare and environmental sustainability in the countries of Eastern
and Central Africa.
http://www.bugwood.caes.uga.edu/agriforum/html/agroforestry.html
| Southern
Africa Agroforestry Research Network |
The Southern
Africa Agroforestry Research Network's goal is to improve the
productivity and sustainability of agriculture through the use of
agroforestry. As research results are put into practice, farm productivity
is improving and contributing significantly to alleviate rural poverty
and meet basic human needs.
http://www.rcfa-cfan.org/english/profile.9.html
| Pan
African Network Trust |
The Pan
African Network Trust is acquiring transfer of technology and
computer skills for Africa from industrialized countries and pioneering
the building of the PANET computer network in Africa to eventually
network the whole continent.
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/navarino/212
| South
African Network of Skills Abroad |
The South African Network
of Skills Abroad (SANSA) links skilled people living abroad who
wish to make a contribution to South Africa's economic and social
development and connects them with local experts and projects.
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/sansa
ANAIS is a network comprising organizations and individuals who
desire to put together their knowledge, expertise and efforts in order
to make it easy to master information technology and communication
for development. This approach renews the North-South partnership
by attaching greater importance to the complementary relationship
between those who have the capital, the operators and practitioners
who have the technical skill, and the local and international development
agents who formulate and implement development activities.
http://www.anais.org
| UN
Global Trade Point Network |
The UN
Global Trade Point Network (GTPNet) brings together all providers
of services required to make a commercial transaction: customs,
foreign trade institutes, freight forwarders, transport companies,
banks and insurance firms. Each Trade Point coordinates and shares
information with all other Trade Points.
http://www.untpdc.org/untpdc/gtpnet
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