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REGIO
NAL O
FFIC
E FOR AFRIC
A
ANNUAL REPORT -2007/08
Scien
ce in
service o
f Societ
yScien
ce in
service o
f Societ
yScien
ce in
service o
f Societ
yScien
ce in
service o
f Societ
y
2
ICSU’s Mission
is
to
s
tre
ng
the
n
inte
rna
tio
na
l s
cie
nc
e
for
the
b
en
efi
t o
f
so
cie
ty.
To
a
ch
iev
e
this
, th
e
Co
un
cil
mo
bili
ze
s t
he
kn
ow
led
ge
an
d r
es
ou
rce
s o
f
the
in
tern
ati
on
al
sc
ien
ce
co
mm
un
ity
to:
(a)
Ide
nti
fy a
nd
ad
dre
ss
ma
jor
iss
ue
s o
f
imp
ort
an
ce
to
sc
ien
ce
an
d s
oc
iety
;
(b)
Fa
cili
tate
in
tera
cti
on
a
mo
ng
st
sc
ien
tis
ts a
cro
ss
all
dis
cip
line
s a
nd
fro
m a
ll
co
un
trie
s;
(c)
Pro
mo
te
the
p
art
icip
ati
on
o
f a
ll
sc
ien
tis
ts –
re
ga
rdle
ss
of
rac
e,
cit
ize
ns
hip
,
lan
gu
ag
e,
po
litic
al
sta
nc
e
or
ge
nd
er
–
in
the
in
tern
ati
on
al
sc
ien
tifi
c e
nd
ea
vo
ur;
(d)
Pro
vid
e
ind
ep
en
de
nt
au
tho
rita
tiv
e
ad
vic
e
to
sti
mu
late
c
on
str
uc
tiv
e
dia
log
ue
be
twe
en
th
e
sc
ien
tifi
c
co
mm
un
ity
an
d
go
ve
rnm
en
ts,
civ
il s
oc
iety
an
d t
he
pri
va
te
se
cto
r.
Table of Contents
AC
RO
NY
MS
3
1
Me
ss
ag
e f
rom
th
e C
ha
ir o
f th
e R
eg
ion
al
Co
mm
itte
e
5
2
Dir
ec
tor’
s o
ve
rvie
w
6
3
Hig
hlig
hts
8
4
Intr
od
uc
tio
n
1
0
5
Org
an
isa
tio
n a
nd
go
ve
rna
nc
e o
f th
e I
CS
U R
eg
ion
al O
ffic
e f
or
Afr
ica
1
1
6
Ac
tiv
itie
s o
f IC
SU
RO
A
1
2
6.1
Imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
ICS
U R
OA
Sci
en
ce
Pla
ns
1
2
6.1
.1
Pu
blic
ati
on
of
the
Sci
en
ce
Pla
ns
1
2
6.1
.2
Pre
pa
rati
on
of
fun
da
ble
pro
jec
ts f
rom
th
e s
cie
nce
pla
ns
1
2
6.2
Afr
ica
n D
ias
po
ra P
roje
ct
14
6.3
Info
rma
tio
n s
ha
rin
g a
nd
ne
two
rkin
g
15
6.3
.1
Info
rma
tio
n d
iss
em
ina
tio
n
15
6.3
.2
Pro
mo
ting
sc
ien
tific
co
llab
ora
tion
1
6
6.3
.3
Ne
w p
art
ne
rsh
ips
an
d n
etw
ork
s 1
8
6.3
.4
Join
t a
ctiv
itie
s w
ith
th
e I
CS
U f
am
ily a
nd
its
pa
rtn
ers
2
0
6.4
Sc
ien
ce
fo
r P
olic
y a
ctiv
itie
s –
In
tera
cti
on
wit
h I
nte
rgo
ve
rnm
en
tal B
od
ies
2
2
6.5
ICS
U m
em
be
rsh
ip i
n A
fric
a
24
6.6
ICS
U R
eg
ion
al
Co
mm
itte
e f
or
Afr
ica
2
5
6.6
.1
Co
mp
os
itio
n
25
6.6
.2
Me
eti
ng
s
26
6.6
.3
Re
co
gn
itio
n
26
6.7
Co
ns
olid
ati
on
of
the
IC
SU
RO
A S
ec
reta
ria
t 2
6
6.8
Pre
pa
rati
on
s fo
r th
e 2
9th
IC
SU
Ge
ne
ral
Ass
em
bly
2
6
6.9
Fu
nd
rais
ing
ac
tiv
itie
s
27
7
Fin
an
cia
l Re
po
rt
2
8
7.1
20
07
/08
IC
SU
RO
A B
ud
ge
t 2
8
7.2
Ac
tua
l 20
07
/08
IC
SU
RO
A i
nc
om
e a
nd
ex
pe
nd
iture
sta
tem
en
t 2
9
An
ne
xe
s
30
3
ACRONYMS
ACP
Africa Caribbean and the Pacific
AEON
African Earth Observatory Netw
ork
AICIMO
Scientific Research Association of Mozambique
AMCOST
African M
inisters’ Council on Science and Technology
ANSTI
African Netw
ork of Scientific and Technical Institutions
ASSAf
Academy of Science of South Africa
AU
African Union
AUF
Francophone University Agency [Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie]
CARE
International Relief and Humanitarian Organization
CHEMRAWN
Chemical Research Applied to W
orld Needs
CHOGM
Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting
COMESA
Common M
arket of Eastern and Southern Africa
COSTED
Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries
COVIDSET
Conference of Vice Chancellors and Deans of Science, Engineering and Technology
DAAD
Germ
an Academic Exchange Service [Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst]
DFID
Department for International Development (UK)
DIVERSITAS
International Programme on Biodiversity Science
DST
Department of Science and Technology, South Africa
EAGLES
European Action in Global Life Sciences
EC
European Commission
ESF
European Science Foundation
EU
European Union
EUBIA
European Biomass Industry Association
FANRPAN
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Netw
ork
FP6
Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union
FP7
Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union
GA
General Assembly (of ICSU)
GECAFS-SAF
Global Environmental Change and Food Systems – Southern Africa
GIA
Geo-sciences Initiative in Africa
ICT
Inform
ation and Communication Technology
ICSU
International Council for Science
ICSU EB
International Council for Science Executive Board
ICSU RCA
International Council for Science Regional Committee for Africa
4
ICSU ROA
International Council for Science Regional Office for Africa
ICSU SA
International Council for Science South African National Secretariat
IGOS
Integrated Global Observing Strategy
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPY
International Polar Year
ISDR
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
IST
Inform
ation Societies Technology
IUGG
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
IUPAC
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IYPE
International Year of Planet Earth
KNAW
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Science [Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van W
etenschappen]
NCs
National Committees
NGO
Non Governmental Organisation
NRF
National Research Foundation of South Africa
NRCM
National Research Council of Malawi
NSF
National Science Foundation of the United States of America
OXFAM
Confederation of Organisations working to end poverty and injustice [Oxford Committee for Famine Relief]
PHREEWay
Partnership for Risk and Humanitarian Education Expansion
ProVention
Consortium for Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries
SABA
Southern Africa Biofuels Association
SADC
Southern Africa Development Community
SIDA
Swedish International Development Agency
SRC
Swedish Research Council
S&T
Science and Technology
STAF
Science and Technology Agreements Fund
STI
Science, Technology and Innovation
TWAS
Academy of Sciences for the Developing W
orld
UK
United Kingdom
UN
United Nations
UNCCD
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNECA
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
WAYS
World Association of Young Scientists
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme
ZAR
South African Rand
5
1 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
ICS
U R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a (
ICS
U R
OA
) h
as
go
ne
th
rou
gh
th
e
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar
(wh
ich
is
it
s
thir
d y
ea
r o
f
ex
iste
nc
e)
rec
ord
ing
ou
tsta
nd
ing
ac
hie
ve
me
nts
. T
he
ac
tiv
itie
s o
f IC
SU
RO
A d
uri
ng
th
is f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r fo
cu
se
d o
n t
he
imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
its
fou
r s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s f
or
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a,
na
me
ly:
(i)
Su
sta
ina
ble
En
erg
y, (
ii) H
ea
lth
an
d H
um
an
We
ll-b
ein
g,
(iii)
Na
tura
l a
nd
Hu
ma
n-i
nd
uc
ed
Ha
zard
s a
nd
Dis
as
ters
, a
nd
(iv
) G
lob
al
En
vir
on
me
nta
l C
ha
ng
e (
inc
lud
ing
Clim
ate
C
ha
ng
e
an
d
Ad
ap
tati
on
).
Th
e
fou
r s
cie
nc
e
pla
ns
w
ere
p
ub
lish
ed
a
nd
w
ide
ly
dis
se
min
ate
d.
Inte
rna
tio
na
l
wo
rks
ho
ps
o
f e
xp
ert
s
we
re
he
ld
to
pre
pa
re
wo
rka
ble
p
roje
ct
pro
po
sa
ls
on
S
us
tain
ab
le
En
erg
y
an
d
on
H
aza
rds
a
nd
Dis
as
ters
. It
is
th
rou
gh
th
es
e w
ork
sh
op
s t
ha
t T
as
k T
ea
ms
we
re f
orm
ed
to
pre
pa
re l
arg
e-s
ca
le,
lon
g-t
erm
, h
igh
-qu
alit
y
pro
ject
pro
po
sa
ls.
ICS
U R
CA
re
co
gn
ise
s th
e f
act
th
at,
be
sid
es
th
e i
mp
lem
en
tati
on
of
its f
ou
r s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s,
ICS
U R
OA
ha
s b
ee
n p
rov
idin
g
gre
at
as
sis
tan
ce
an
d s
up
po
rt t
o A
ICIM
O i
n t
he
pre
pa
rati
on
s f
or
the
29
th I
CS
U G
en
era
l A
ss
em
bly
an
d t
he
As
so
cia
ted
Ev
en
ts w
hic
h w
ill b
e h
eld
in
Mo
zam
biq
ue
in
Oc
tob
er
20
08
. IC
SU
RO
A h
as
als
o b
ee
n i
nv
olv
ed
in
oth
er
act
ivit
ies
wit
h i
ts
pa
rtn
ers
th
rou
gh
ou
t th
e y
ea
r a
nd
th
ey
are
we
ll d
oc
um
en
ted
in
th
is R
ep
ort
.
ICS
U
RC
A
als
o
ap
pre
cia
tes
a
nd
s
ymp
ath
ise
s
wit
h
the
s
taff
s
ho
rta
ge
a
t th
e
ICS
U
RO
A
Se
cre
tari
at.
T
he
C
om
mit
tee
ac
kn
ow
led
ge
s t
he
eff
ort
s o
f th
e h
os
t in
stit
uti
on
, th
e N
ati
on
al
Re
se
arc
h F
ou
nd
ati
on
of
So
uth
Afr
ica
(N
RF
) to
in
cre
as
e t
he
sta
ff c
om
ple
me
nt
of
the
Se
cre
tari
at.
T
he
Re
gio
na
l C
om
mitt
ee
als
o e
spe
cia
lly a
pp
rec
iate
s t
he
de
cis
ion
by
the
NR
F t
o
as
su
me
re
sp
on
sib
ility
fo
r th
e s
ala
rie
s o
f IC
SU
RO
A s
taff
. I
CS
U R
CA
wis
he
s t
o e
xp
res
s i
ts g
rea
t s
ati
sfa
ctio
n o
n t
he
imp
res
siv
e a
ch
iev
em
en
ts r
ec
ord
ed
by
the
IC
SU
RO
A S
ec
reta
ria
t d
uri
ng
th
is f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r u
nd
er
rep
ort
, a
nd
lo
ok
s a
he
ad
to m
ore
ac
hie
ve
me
nts
in
th
e n
ex
t fi
na
nc
ial
yea
r o
f 2
00
8/0
9.
Fin
ally
, o
n b
eh
alf
of
the
IC
SU
RC
A a
nd
my
ow
n b
eh
alf
, I
wis
h t
o r
ec
ord
ou
r g
rati
tud
e t
o o
ur
ho
st
ins
titu
tio
n a
nd
th
e
De
pa
rtm
en
t o
f S
cie
nc
e a
nd
Te
ch
no
log
y o
f S
ou
th A
fric
a f
or
the
ir g
en
ero
us
an
d c
on
tin
ue
d f
ina
nc
ial
an
d m
ate
ria
l s
up
po
rt.
Th
e s
am
e a
ck
no
wle
dg
em
en
t s
ho
uld
als
o g
o t
o o
ur
pa
rtn
ers
, e
sp
ec
ially
UN
ES
CO
, a
nd
oth
er
org
an
isa
tio
ns
wh
ich
ha
ve
ge
ne
rou
sly
pro
vid
ed
fin
an
cia
l s
up
po
rt f
or
the
ac
tivi
tie
s o
f th
e I
CS
U R
OA
.
Gabriel Ogunmola
Ch
air
pe
rso
n
ICS
U R
eg
ion
al
Co
mm
itte
e f
or
Afr
ica
6
2 DIRECTOR’S OVERVIEW
Th
is i
s t
he
th
ird
ye
ar
of
ex
iste
nc
e o
f th
e I
CS
U R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a (
ICS
U R
OA
) a
nd
a l
ot
of
reg
ion
al
(Afr
ica
) a
nd
in
tern
ati
on
al
sc
ien
tific
ac
tiv
itie
s a
re a
lre
ad
y b
ein
g u
nd
ert
ak
en
by
the
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e.
Th
e y
ea
r
rec
ou
nte
d i
n t
his
An
nu
al
Re
po
rt w
as
ch
ara
cte
riz
ed
by
gre
at
ac
hie
ve
me
nts
su
rpa
ss
ing
ou
r 2
00
7/0
8 f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r’s
ta
rge
ted
ob
ject
ive
s.
Ou
r a
cti
vit
ies
are
un
de
rpin
ne
d m
os
tly
by
ou
r s
uc
ce
ssf
ul
co
llab
ora
tio
n w
ith
th
e I
CS
U f
am
ily a
nd
its
pa
rtn
ers
at
a g
lob
al
sc
ale
an
d t
he
fru
itfu
l e
ng
ag
em
en
t o
f A
fric
a’s
gra
ss
roo
t s
cie
nti
sts
, e
ng
ine
ers
, te
ch
no
log
ists
an
d S
TI
po
licy-
an
d d
ec
isio
n m
ak
ers
. W
e h
av
e w
ork
ed
ve
ry c
los
ely
wit
h A
fric
an
go
ve
rnm
en
ts t
hro
ug
h t
he
Afr
ica
n
Un
ion
C
om
mis
sio
n
(AU
C),
th
e
UN
E
co
no
mic
C
om
mis
sio
n
for
Afr
ica
(U
NE
CA
) a
nd
U
NE
SC
O.
Ou
r
en
ga
ge
me
nts
in
th
e E
uro
pe
an
Un
ion
’s F
ram
ew
ork
Pro
gra
mm
es
6 &
7 (
FP
6 &
FP
7)
ha
ve
bro
ug
ht
us
in
to
clo
se
wo
rkin
g p
art
ne
rsh
ip w
ith
th
e E
uro
pe
an
Un
ion
. T
he
ne
wly
es
tab
lish
ed
in
itia
tiv
e o
n A
fric
a-E
uro
pe
hig
h
lev
el
ba
sic
sc
ien
ce
co
nfe
ren
ce
se
rie
s, a
lte
rna
tin
g b
etw
ee
n A
fric
a a
nd
Eu
rop
e a
nd
be
ing
fin
an
ce
d b
y th
e
Eu
rop
ea
n S
cie
nc
e F
ou
nd
ati
on
(E
SF
) in
pa
rtn
ers
hip
wit
h I
CS
U,
the
Ne
two
rk o
f A
fric
an
Sc
ien
ce
Ac
ad
em
ies
(NA
SA
C)
an
d
a
co
ns
ort
ium
o
f E
uro
pe
an
A
ca
de
mie
s,
is
an
oth
er
un
de
rta
kin
g
en
ca
ps
ula
tin
g
the
m
ain
ac
hie
ve
me
nts
of
this
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar.
Th
e f
ou
r a
mb
itio
us
IC
SU
RO
A s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s f
or
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a,
na
me
ly,
Su
sta
ina
ble
En
erg
y, H
ea
lth
an
d
Hu
ma
n W
ell-
be
ing
, N
atu
ral
an
d H
um
an
-in
du
ce
d H
aza
rds
an
d D
isa
ste
rs a
nd
Glo
ba
l E
nv
iro
nm
en
tal
Ch
an
ge
(in
clu
din
g C
lima
te C
ha
ng
e a
nd
Ad
ap
tati
on
) w
ere
pre
pa
red
, p
ub
lish
ed
an
d g
lob
ally
dis
se
min
ate
d d
uri
ng
th
is
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar.
Ta
sk
Te
am
s c
om
po
se
d o
f le
ad
ing
Afr
ica
n s
cie
nti
sts
, e
ng
ine
ers
, te
ch
nic
ian
s a
nd
eco
no
mis
ts,
an
d t
he
ir c
ou
nte
rpa
rts
fro
m o
uts
ide
th
e c
on
tin
en
t, w
ere
es
tab
lish
ed
an
d s
tart
ed
pre
pa
rin
g l
arg
e-s
ca
le,
lon
g-
term
an
d h
igh
-qu
alit
y p
roje
ct
pro
po
sa
ls f
rom
th
e p
ub
lish
ed
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
. T
he
imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
the
pre
pa
red
pro
jec
ts w
ill c
om
me
nc
e in
th
e n
ex
t fi
na
nc
ial
yea
r (0
1 A
pri
l 2
00
8-3
1 M
arc
h 2
00
9).
Th
e A
fric
an
Dia
sp
ora
Pro
jec
t jo
intl
y ru
n b
y IC
SU
RO
A a
nd
th
e N
ati
on
al
Re
se
arc
h F
ou
nd
ati
on
(N
RF
) o
f S
ou
th
Afr
ica
to
ok
off
th
e g
rou
nd
an
d A
fric
aR
ec
ruit
, a
co
mp
an
y b
as
ed
in
Lo
nd
on
, w
on
th
e b
id t
o d
o a
de
sk
top
stu
dy
on
th
is s
ub
jec
t. I
t is
an
tic
ipa
ted
th
at
the
ou
tco
me
of
this
stu
dy
will
id
en
tify
be
st
wa
ys o
f e
ng
ag
ing
th
e A
fric
an
Dia
sp
ora
in
ST
I a
cti
vit
ies
on
th
e c
on
tin
en
t, e
sp
ec
ially
in
th
e i
mp
lem
en
tatio
n o
f th
e p
roje
cts
de
ve
lop
ed
fro
m
the
fo
ur
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
of
ICS
U R
OA
.
Fo
r th
e v
ery
tim
e a
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a w
ill h
os
t th
e n
ex
t (2
9th
) IC
SU
Ge
ne
ral
As
se
mb
ly (
ICS
U G
A)
wh
ich
will
be
he
ld i
n M
oza
mb
iqu
e i
n O
cto
be
r 2
00
8.
ICS
U R
OA
is
wo
rkin
g v
ery
clo
se
ly w
ith
th
e S
cie
nti
fic
Re
se
arc
h
As
so
cia
tio
n o
f M
oz
am
biq
ue
(A
ICIM
O)
in t
he
pre
pa
rati
on
of
this
ma
jor
co
nfe
ren
ce
. A
n e
xc
itin
g c
on
fere
nc
e
7
pro
gra
mm
e
ha
s
be
en
p
rep
are
d
an
d
it
inc
lud
es
p
re-G
A
sc
ien
tific
a
cti
vit
ies
to
th
e
ten
p
rov
inc
es
o
f
Mo
zam
biq
ue
, a
on
e-d
ay
sc
ien
ce
sym
po
siu
m i
n M
ap
uto
on
“S
cie
nc
e i
n A
fric
a,”
an
d p
os
t-G
A s
cie
ntif
ic f
ield
trip
s a
nd
to
uri
sm i
n C
am
ero
on
, K
en
ya,
Ma
da
ga
sc
ar,
M
au
riti
us
, M
oza
mb
iqu
e,
Se
ych
elle
s,
So
uth
Afr
ica
,
Ta
nza
nia
an
d Z
imb
ab
we
. IC
SU
RO
A i
s c
ha
mp
ion
ing
th
e p
rep
ara
tio
n o
f a
bo
ok
tit
led
, “S
TI
Su
cc
es
s S
tori
es
fro
m A
fric
a.”
Th
is b
oo
k w
ill b
e u
se
d t
o e
mp
ha
siz
e t
he
im
po
rta
nc
e o
f S
TI
on
su
sta
ina
ble
liv
elih
oo
d i
n A
fric
a
an
d t
o p
rom
ote
sc
ien
ce
ed
uc
ati
on
an
d r
es
ea
rch
on
th
e c
on
tin
en
t.
ICS
U R
OA
’s w
eb
sit
e c
on
tin
ue
s b
ein
g u
se
d a
s a
n i
mp
ort
an
t a
nd
re
liab
le p
ath
wa
y to
an
d f
rom
Afr
ica
an
d
thu
s p
rov
ide
s a
po
rta
l fo
r a
cc
es
sin
g r
eg
ion
al
an
d in
tern
ati
on
al
sc
ien
tific
in
form
ati
on
.
Th
e R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
pla
yed
an
im
po
rta
nt
role
in
th
e p
rep
ara
tio
n o
f th
e G
lob
al
La
un
ch
Ev
en
t o
f th
e U
N-
pro
cla
ime
d I
nte
rna
tio
na
l Y
ea
r o
f P
lan
et
(IY
PE
) w
hic
h t
oo
k p
lac
e i
n F
eb
rua
ry 2
00
8 a
t th
e U
NE
SC
O H
ea
d
Off
ice
in
Pa
ris
. It
is
als
o h
elp
ing
Ta
nza
nia
to
pre
pa
re f
or
the
Afr
ica
’s l
au
nc
h e
ve
nt
wh
ich
will
be
he
ld i
n
Aru
sh
a i
n M
ay
20
08
.
I w
ou
ld l
ike
to
sa
y th
at
we
are
en
teri
ng
in
to t
he
ne
w f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r o
f 2
00
8/0
9 w
ith
a n
ew
ze
al,
a n
ew
vis
ion
an
d a
ne
w v
igo
ur
of
ma
kin
g S
TI
a r
elia
ble
en
gin
e f
or
red
uc
tio
n o
f p
ov
ert
y a
nd
ec
on
om
ic d
es
pa
ir f
rom
th
e
co
nti
ne
nt.
Th
e f
ou
r s
taff
me
mb
ers
at
the
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e a
nd
me
mb
ers
of
the
IC
SU
Re
gio
na
l C
om
mitt
ee
for
Afr
ica
de
se
rve
ou
r s
inc
ere
an
d h
ea
rtfe
lt g
rati
tud
e f
or
the
ou
tsta
nd
ing
wo
rk d
on
e b
eyo
nd
th
e c
all
of
du
ty
to r
eg
iste
r th
es
e a
ch
iev
em
en
ts.
Ou
r g
en
ero
us
sp
on
so
rs,
es
pe
cia
lly t
he
De
pa
rtm
en
t o
f S
cie
nc
e a
nd
Te
ch
no
log
y (D
ST
) o
f S
ou
th A
fric
a,
Na
tio
na
l R
es
ea
rch
Fo
un
da
tio
n (
NR
F)
of
So
uth
Afr
ica
, U
NE
SC
O,
ICS
U (
Glo
ba
l) a
nd
DA
AD
(G
erm
an
y) a
re
ac
kn
ow
led
ge
d a
nd
ap
pre
cia
ted
fo
r th
e f
ina
nc
ial
sup
po
rt p
rov
ide
d d
uri
ng
th
is f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r.
Be
ari
ng
in
min
d t
he
siz
e o
f co
ntin
en
t, i
ts s
ma
ll n
atio
na
l e
con
om
ies
an
d c
on
com
itan
t so
cio
-eco
no
mic
re
alit
ies,
Afr
ica
re
qu
ire
s co
nfid
en
ce,
con
stru
ctiv
e p
rid
e,
wo
rkin
g p
olic
ies,
fle
xib
le s
tra
teg
ies
an
d f
ruitf
ul
ST
I p
art
ne
rsh
ips
to in
stig
ate
tre
me
nd
ou
s a
cce
lera
tion
to
wa
rds
acc
ep
tab
le s
oc
io-e
con
om
ic p
rosp
eri
ty o
f its
po
pu
latio
n.
“Im
agination is m
ore
important th
an knowledge – A
lbert Einste
in.”
Sospeter Muhongo
Re
gio
na
l D
ire
cto
r
ICS
U R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a
8
3 HIGHLIGHTS
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar
of
ICS
U R
OA
: T
he
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar
com
me
nce
d o
n 0
1 A
pri
l 2
00
7 a
nd
en
de
d o
n 3
1 M
arc
h 2
00
8.
Th
is i
s
in a
cco
rda
nc
e w
ith t
he
an
nu
al f
ina
nci
al c
ycle
of
the
ho
st
inst
itutio
n,
the
Na
tion
al R
ese
arc
h F
ou
nd
atio
n (
NR
F)
of
So
uth
Afr
ica
.
Imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
ICS
U R
OA
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
: T
he
ac
tiv
itie
s o
f IC
SU
RO
A d
uri
ng
th
e 2
00
7/0
8 f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r fo
cu
se
d o
n
imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
its
fo
ur
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
fo
r s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
, n
am
ely
: (i
) S
us
tain
ab
le E
ne
rgy,
(ii)
Na
tura
l a
nd
Hu
ma
n-
ind
uc
ed
H
aza
rds
a
nd
D
isa
ste
rs,
(iii)
H
ea
lth
a
nd
H
um
an
We
ll-b
ein
g
an
d
(iv
) G
lob
al
En
vir
on
me
nta
l C
ha
ng
e
(in
clu
din
g
Clim
ate
Ch
an
ge
an
d A
da
pta
tio
n).
All
the
fo
ur
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
we
re p
ub
lish
ed
an
d w
ide
ly d
iss
em
ina
ted
.
Alo
ng
sid
e t
he
pu
blic
ati
on
of
its
fo
ur
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
, IC
SU
RO
A o
rga
nis
ed
in
tern
ati
on
al
wo
rks
ho
ps
of
ex
pe
rts
to
pre
pa
re
wo
rka
ble
p
roje
ct
pro
po
sa
ls
fro
m
the
sc
ien
ce
p
lan
s.
At
the
in
tern
ati
on
al
fie
ld
wo
rks
ho
p
on
R
en
ew
ab
le
En
erg
ies
fo
r
Su
sta
ina
ble
De
ve
lop
me
nt
in A
fric
a h
eld
in
Ma
uri
tiu
s o
n 1
8 –
21
Ju
ne
20
07
, e
ne
rgy
ex
pe
rts
ag
ree
d o
n t
he
pre
pa
rati
on
an
d
imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
two
pro
jec
ts:
1.
Pro
ject
SE
01
: D
ev
elo
pm
en
t o
f e
ne
rgy
mo
de
ls a
nd
sc
en
ari
os
for
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a.
2.
Pro
ject
S
E
02
: In
cre
ase
in
a
cc
es
s
to
hig
h
qu
alit
y,
relia
ble
a
nd
a
ffo
rda
ble
e
ne
rgy
in
a
su
sta
ina
ble
m
an
ne
r in
su
b S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a:
Re
ne
wa
ble
En
erg
ies
– B
ioe
ne
rgie
s f
or
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a.
At
the
in
tern
ati
on
al
wo
rks
ho
p o
n N
atu
ral
an
d H
um
an
-in
du
ce
d H
az
ard
s a
nd
Dis
as
ters
in
Afr
ica
he
ld i
n K
am
pa
la,
Ug
an
da
on
21
– 2
2 J
uly
20
07
, th
e e
xp
ert
s a
gre
ed
on
th
e p
rep
ara
tio
n a
nd
imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
two
pro
ject
s:
1.
Pro
jec
t H
D 0
1:
Ge
o-h
aza
rds
in s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
, to
be
im
ple
me
nte
d w
ithin
th
e f
ram
ew
ork
of
the
UN
-pro
cla
ime
d
Inte
rna
tion
al
Ye
ar
of
Pla
ne
t E
art
h (
IYP
E).
2.
Pro
jec
t H
D 0
2:
Hyd
ro-m
ete
oro
log
ica
l ha
zard
s a
nd
dis
ast
ers
in s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
: re
silie
nce
an
d v
uln
era
bili
ty.
ICS
U R
OA
fo
rme
d T
as
k T
ea
ms
of
ex
pe
rts
to
pre
pa
re l
arg
e-s
ca
le,
lon
g-t
erm
an
d h
igh
-qu
alit
y p
rop
os
als
fo
r th
es
e f
ou
r
pro
ject
s. T
he
Ta
sk
Te
am
s a
re e
xp
ect
ed
to
fin
alis
e t
he
pre
pa
rati
on
of
the
pro
jec
t p
rop
os
als
by
the
en
d o
f J
un
e 2
00
8.
Org
an
isa
tio
n
of
the
2
9th
IC
SU
G
en
era
l A
ss
em
bly
: IC
SU
R
OA
to
ge
the
r w
ith
th
e
Sc
ien
tifi
c
Re
se
arc
h
As
so
cia
tio
n
of
Mo
zam
biq
ue
(A
ICIM
O)
ha
s b
ee
n p
rep
ari
ng
th
e 2
9th
Ge
ne
ral
As
se
mb
ly (
GA
) o
f IC
SU
. T
he
pre
pa
rati
on
in
clu
de
s p
lan
nin
g o
f
Pre
-GA
wo
rks
ho
ps
in
all
the
te
n p
rov
inc
es
of
Mo
zam
biq
ue
, o
rga
nis
ati
on
of
a o
ne
-da
y s
ymp
os
ium
on
“S
cie
nc
e i
n A
fric
a”,
ch
am
pio
nin
g t
he
pre
pa
rati
on
of
a b
oo
k t
itle
d,
“ST
I S
uc
ce
ss
Sto
rie
s f
rom
Afr
ica
”, c
oo
rdin
ati
ng
po
st-
GA
ex
cu
rsio
ns
, a
nd
en
ga
gin
g i
n s
olic
ita
tio
n o
f fu
nd
s t
o f
ina
nc
e t
he
se
ac
tiv
itie
s.
9
Afr
ica
n D
iasp
ora
Pro
ject
: T
he
jo
int
ICS
U R
OA
/NR
F A
fric
an
Dia
spo
ra p
roje
ct,
in
itia
ted
du
rin
g t
he
pre
vio
us
fina
nci
al
yea
r,
eff
ect
ive
ly g
ot
off
th
e g
rou
nd
du
rin
g t
he
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar.
Th
e r
ese
arc
he
r fo
r th
e p
roje
ct
(Afr
ica
Re
cru
it b
as
ed
in
th
e
UK
) s
tart
ed
wo
rkin
g i
n J
an
ua
ry 2
00
8 a
nd
is
exp
ect
ed
to
co
mp
lete
th
e p
roje
ct i
n J
un
e 2
00
8.
It i
s a
nti
cip
ate
d t
ha
t th
is p
roje
ct
wo
uld
id
en
tify
the
be
st
wa
ys o
f e
ng
ag
ing
th
e A
fric
an
Dia
spo
ra i
n S
TI
ac
tiviti
es
in
Afr
ica
, in
clu
din
g t
he
im
ple
me
nta
tion
of
the
pro
jec
ts b
ein
g p
rep
are
d f
rom
th
e f
ou
r sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
of
ICS
U R
OA
.
Sci
en
ce –
Po
licy
link
ag
e a
ctiv
itie
s:
ICS
U R
OA
ha
s i
nte
ract
ed
ve
ry c
los
ely
with
in
ter-
go
vern
me
nta
l b
od
ies
at
va
rio
us
leve
ls.
So
me
ex
am
ple
s in
clu
de
pa
rtic
ipa
tion
at
ev
en
ts o
rga
nis
ed
by
the
Afr
ica
n U
nio
n s
uch
as
the
co
nfe
ren
ce o
f A
fric
an
Wo
me
n i
n
Sci
en
ce a
nd
Te
ch
no
log
y (J
oh
an
ne
sb
urg
, S
ou
th A
fric
a,
29
– 3
1 A
ug
ust
20
07
), t
he
3rd
me
etin
g o
f th
e A
fric
an
Min
iste
ria
l
co
nfe
ren
ce o
n S
cie
nce
an
d T
ech
no
log
y (A
MC
OS
T I
II –
Mo
mb
asa
, K
en
ya,
12
– 1
6 N
ove
mb
er
20
07
),
the
co
nfe
ren
ce o
n
“Sci
en
ce w
ith A
fric
a”
join
tly o
rga
nis
ed
by
the
AU
an
d U
NE
CA
(A
dd
is A
ba
ba
, E
thio
pia
, 0
3 –
07
Ma
rch
20
07
); i
nv
olv
em
en
t in
a p
rep
ara
tory
fo
rum
ah
ea
d o
f th
e C
om
mo
nw
ea
lth H
ea
ds
of
Go
vern
me
nt
me
etin
g (
CH
OG
M -
18
– 2
1 N
ove
mb
er
20
07
); a
nd
pa
rtic
ipa
tion
at
the
Min
iste
ria
l Ro
un
d-T
ab
le d
iscu
ssi
on
on
S&
T f
or
sust
ain
ab
le d
eve
lop
me
nt
an
d t
he
ro
le o
f U
NE
SC
O (
Pa
ris,
Fra
nce
, 2
6 –
27
Oct
ob
er
20
07
).
Du
rin
g t
he
se i
nte
ract
ion
s, I
CS
U R
OA
pu
blic
ise
d i
ts 4
sc
ien
ce p
lan
s a
nd
th
eir
co
nc
om
itan
t
pro
jec
ts a
nd
pro
mo
ted
IC
SU
’s m
issi
on
of
link
ing
go
od
sc
ien
ce
to
go
od
po
licy
de
ve
lop
me
nt
an
d d
eci
sio
n-m
ak
ing
at
the
loca
l,
na
tion
al a
nd
inte
rna
tion
al
lev
els
.
Ne
w p
art
ne
rsh
ips
an
d n
etw
ork
s: I
CS
U R
OA
ha
s e
sta
blis
he
d n
ew
re
latio
ns
hip
s w
ith s
cie
ntif
ic a
nd
po
licy
ne
two
rks
suc
h a
s
the
A
fric
an
E
art
h
Ob
serv
ato
ry
Ne
two
rk
(AE
ON
),
the
P
art
ne
rsh
ip
for
Ris
k
an
d
Hu
ma
nita
ria
n
Ed
uca
tion
E
xpa
ns
ion
(PH
RE
Ew
ay)
an
d t
he
Fo
od
, A
gri
cultu
re a
nd
Na
tura
l R
eso
urc
es
Po
licy
An
aly
sis
Ne
two
rk (
FA
NR
PA
N).
Ne
w p
art
ne
rsh
ips
ha
ve
als
o b
ee
n e
sta
blis
he
d w
ith o
the
r g
ove
rnm
en
tal
an
d i
nte
r-g
ove
rnm
en
tal
bo
die
s s
uch
as
th
e U
N C
on
ven
tion
to
Co
mb
at
De
se
rtif
ica
tion
(U
NC
CD
), t
he
Eu
rop
ea
n C
om
mis
sio
n (
in r
ela
tion
to
pa
rtic
ipa
tion
in
th
e E
U-F
P7
pro
ject
s),
the
Eu
rop
ea
n
Sci
en
ce F
ou
nd
atio
n (
ES
F),
th
e S
we
dis
h I
nte
rna
tion
al
De
velo
pm
en
t A
ge
ncy
(S
IDA
), t
he
Sw
ed
ish
Re
se
arc
h C
ou
nc
il (S
RC
),
an
d t
he
UK
De
pa
rtm
en
t fo
r In
tern
atio
na
l De
ve
lop
me
nt
(DF
ID).
Me
mb
ers
hip
Ga
in:
Le
soth
o w
as
ad
mitt
ed
as
a f
ull
na
tion
al
scie
ntif
ic m
em
be
r o
f IC
SU
du
rin
g t
he
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar.
An
ap
plic
atio
n
for
na
tion
al
scie
ntif
ic
me
mb
ers
hip
w
as
als
o
rece
ive
d
fro
m N
am
ibia
w
hile
B
urk
ina
F
aso
, C
ote
D
’Ivo
ire
a
nd
Ug
an
da
su
bm
itte
d a
pp
lica
tion
s to
up
gra
de
th
eir
me
mb
ers
hip
sta
tus
fro
m S
cie
ntif
ic A
sso
cia
tes
to
fu
ll N
atio
na
l S
cie
ntif
ic
Me
mb
ers
. If
Na
mib
ia is
ad
mitt
ed
in M
ay
20
08
, th
e n
um
be
r o
f IC
SU
na
tion
al m
em
be
rsh
ip in
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a w
ou
ld r
ise
to
25
(2
4 f
ull
na
tion
al
sc
ien
tific
me
mb
ers
an
d 1
sci
en
tific
as
soci
ate
). T
he
Ro
yal
So
cie
ty o
f th
e U
K c
on
tinu
ed
pa
yin
g t
he
IC
SU
an
nu
al m
em
be
rsh
ip f
ee
s fo
r so
me
Afr
ica
n c
ou
ntr
ies.
10
One of the main objectives of
ICSU ROA
is t
o e
nsu
re t
ha
t th
e v
oic
e o
f
Afr
ica
n
scie
ntis
ts
influ
en
ces
the
inte
rna
tion
al
scie
nce
a
ge
nd
a
an
d
tha
t,
scie
ntis
ts f
rom
Afr
ica
are
fu
lly i
nvo
lve
d i
n
inte
rna
tion
al
rese
arc
h
pro
gra
ms
gu
ide
d
by
Afr
ica
n p
rio
ritie
s. T
he
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e
for
Afr
ica
p
rom
ote
s th
e
pa
rtic
ipa
tion
o
f
Afr
ica
n
scie
ntis
ts,
org
an
isa
tion
s a
nd
inst
itutio
ns
in
the
p
rog
ram
me
s a
nd
act
iviti
es
of
the
IC
SU
fa
mily
a
nd
its
pa
rtn
ers
.
4 INTRODUCTION
Th
e I
CS
U R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a i
s m
an
da
ted
to
pro
mo
te a
nd
fa
cili
tate
th
e w
ork
of
the
IC
SU
fam
ily (
inc
lud
ing
th
e S
cie
ntif
ic U
nio
ns
, In
terd
isc
iplin
ary
Bo
die
s a
nd
Jo
int
Init
iati
ve
s) i
n A
fric
a.
Th
is
inc
lud
es
fa
cili
tati
ng
m
em
be
rsh
ip
of
ind
ivid
ua
l, n
ati
on
al
an
d
reg
ion
al
me
mb
ers
hip
to
th
ese
org
an
isa
tio
ns
. IC
SU
RO
A a
lso
en
de
av
ou
rs t
o f
ulfi
l th
e I
CS
U’s
mis
sio
n o
f “strengthening international
science for the benefit of society”
by
de
ve
lop
ing
pro
gra
mm
es
th
at
are
gu
ide
d b
y A
fric
a’s
pri
ori
tie
s.
In
ac
hie
vin
g t
he
se
go
als
, IC
SU
RO
A c
on
tin
ue
s t
o c
olla
bo
rate
wit
h i
ts p
art
ne
rs s
uc
h a
s t
he
Afr
ica
n
Un
ion
(A
U),
th
e U
N E
con
om
ic C
om
mis
sio
n f
or
Afr
ica
(U
NE
CA
), U
NE
SC
O a
nd
th
e A
ca
de
my
of
Sc
ien
ce
s
for
the
D
ev
elo
pin
g
Wo
rld
(T
WA
S);
w
hile
c
rea
tin
g
an
d/o
r st
ren
gth
en
ing
n
etw
ork
s
for
sc
ien
tific
co
llab
ora
tio
n,
an
d p
rom
oti
ng
a s
tro
ng
lin
ka
ge
be
twe
en
sc
ien
ce
an
d p
olic
y fo
r s
ust
ain
ab
le
de
ve
lop
me
nt.
IC
SU
RO
A a
lso
co
nti
nu
es
to
cre
ate
ne
w p
art
ne
rsh
ips
wit
h n
ati
on
al,
re
gio
na
l a
s w
ell
as
inte
rna
tio
na
l s
cie
ntif
ic a
nd
de
ve
lop
me
nt
bo
die
s a
nd
ag
en
cie
s t
o p
rom
ote
th
e a
pp
lica
tio
n o
f s
cie
nce
,
tec
hn
olo
gy
an
d i
nn
ov
ati
on
(S
TI)
fo
r A
fric
a’s
de
ve
lop
me
nt.
Th
e
sp
ec
ific
a
cti
vit
ies
o
f IC
SU
R
OA
a
re
gu
ide
d
by
its
a
nn
ua
l B
us
ine
ss
P
lan
s
(BP
) w
hic
h
are
ap
pro
ve
d b
y th
e I
CS
U R
eg
ion
al
Co
mm
itte
e f
or
Afr
ica
(IC
SU
RC
A).
As
in
dic
ate
d i
n i
ts 2
00
7/0
8 B
P,
the
a
cti
vit
ies
o
f IC
SU
R
OA
d
uri
ng
th
is
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar
foc
us
ed
o
n
the
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n
of
its
fou
r
ap
pro
ve
d
sc
ien
ce
p
lan
s,
na
me
ly:
(i)
Su
sta
ina
ble
E
ne
rgy;
(i
i)
He
alt
h
an
d
Hu
ma
n W
ell-
be
ing
; (i
ii)
Na
tura
l a
nd
H
um
an
-in
du
ce
d
Ha
zard
s
an
d
Dis
as
ters
a
nd
(i
v)
Glo
ba
l E
nv
iro
nm
en
tal
Ch
an
ge
(in
clu
din
g C
lima
te C
ha
ng
e a
nd
Ad
ap
tati
on
). T
he
se
ac
tiv
itie
s i
nv
olv
ed
pu
blic
ati
on
of
the
fo
ur
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
, o
rga
nis
ati
on
of
wo
rks
ho
ps
to
de
ve
lop
fu
nd
ab
le p
roje
cts
fro
m t
he
pu
blis
he
d s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s;
form
ati
on
a
nd
c
oo
rdin
ati
on
o
f T
as
k
Te
am
s
to
pre
pa
re
pro
jec
t p
rop
os
als
; a
nd
e
ng
ag
em
en
t in
fun
dra
isin
g a
cti
vit
ies
to
fin
an
ce
th
e p
rop
os
ed
pro
jec
ts.
In a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n o
f th
e f
ou
r s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s,
the
IC
SU
RO
A 2
00
7/0
8 B
us
ine
ss
pla
n
als
o p
rop
os
ed
re
alis
ati
on
of
the
fir
st
ph
as
e o
f th
e j
oin
t IC
SU
RO
A/N
RF
Afr
ica
n D
ias
po
ra p
roje
ct
for
wh
ich
fu
nd
s w
ere
pro
vid
ed
by
the
Na
tio
na
l R
es
ea
rch
Fo
un
da
tio
n (
NR
F)
of
So
uth
Afr
ica
th
rou
gh
its
Sc
ien
ce
an
d T
ec
hn
olo
gy
Ag
ree
me
nts
Fu
nd
(S
TA
F).
Th
e 2
00
7/0
8 I
CS
U R
OA
BP
als
o e
nv
isa
ge
d o
rga
nis
ati
on
of
me
eti
ng
s o
f th
e I
CS
U R
CA
, a
s w
ell
as
inv
olv
em
en
t in
jo
int
ac
tiv
itie
s w
ith
me
mb
ers
of
the
IC
SU
fa
mily
an
d i
ts p
art
ne
rs.
11
The principle of universality of
science
e
mb
od
ies
fr
ee
do
m
of
mo
ve
me
nt,
a
ss
oc
iati
on
, e
xp
res
sio
n
an
d c
om
mu
nic
ati
on
fo
r s
cie
nti
sts
; a
nd
eq
uit
ab
le
ac
ce
ss
to
d
ata
, in
form
ati
on
an
d s
cie
nti
fic
ma
teri
als
. In
pu
rsu
ing
its
ob
jec
tiv
es
in
re
sp
ec
t o
f th
e r
igh
ts a
nd
res
po
ns
ibili
tie
s
of
sc
ien
tis
ts,
the
Inte
rna
tio
na
l C
ou
nc
il fo
r S
cie
nc
e
(IC
SU
) a
cti
ve
ly
up
ho
lds
th
is
pri
nc
iple
,
an
d,
in
do
ing
s
o,
op
po
se
s
an
y
dis
cri
min
ati
on
o
n
the
b
as
is
of
su
ch
fac
tors
a
s
eth
nic
o
rig
in,
relig
ion
,
cit
ize
ns
hip
, la
ng
ua
ge
, p
olit
ica
l s
tan
ce
,
ge
nd
er,
se
x o
r a
ge
.
5 ORGANISATION AND GOVERNANCE OF THE ICSU
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA
Th
e
org
an
iza
tio
na
l s
tru
ctu
re
of
the
IC
SU
R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a
(IC
SU
R
OA
) w
as
ori
gin
ally
d
es
ign
ed
fo
r s
ix
sta
ff m
em
be
rs:
the
R
eg
ion
al
Dir
ec
tor,
th
e
Re
gio
na
l D
ire
cto
r’s
Pe
rso
na
l A
ss
ista
nt,
tw
o P
rog
ram
me
Sp
ec
iali
sts
(P
h.D
. h
old
ers
), a
Co
mm
un
ica
tio
ns
Off
ice
r
an
d
a
Pro
fes
sio
na
l O
ffic
er.
T
he
fi
na
nc
ial
ye
ar
be
ga
n
wit
h
fiv
e
of
the
se
s
taff
a
t w
ork
,
foll
ow
ing
th
e d
ea
th o
f th
e C
om
mu
nic
ati
on
s O
ffic
er
in J
an
ua
ry 2
00
7.
Th
e I
CS
U R
OA
sta
ff
wa
s f
urt
he
r re
du
ce
d o
n 0
1 M
ay
20
07
wh
en
th
e P
rofe
ss
ion
al
Off
ice
r (M
as
ela
Pil
lay
) re
turn
ed
to t
he
NR
F (
ICS
U S
A)
fro
m w
he
re s
he
wa
s s
ec
on
de
d t
o t
he
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e.
Th
e s
ec
on
d
Pro
gra
mm
e
Sp
ec
iali
st
(Ja
nin
e
Ch
an
tso
n)
als
o
left
IC
SU
R
OA
o
n
01
O
cto
be
r 2
00
7
for
an
oth
er
ap
po
intm
en
t a
t th
e N
RF
. A
Lia
iso
n O
ffic
er
(Bo
ng
an
i M
ah
lale
la)
wa
s a
pp
oin
ted
on
01
Oc
tob
er
20
07
. E
ffo
rts
to
em
plo
y a
ne
w P
rog
ram
me
Sp
ec
ialis
t a
re u
nd
erw
ay
an
d i
t is
ex
pe
cte
d
tha
t th
e
ne
w
em
plo
ye
e
sh
ou
ld
as
su
me
d
uty
d
uri
ng
th
e
ne
xt
fin
an
cia
l y
ea
r
(20
08
/09
). T
he
cu
rre
nt
fin
an
cia
l re
so
urc
es
of
ICS
U R
OA
do
no
t p
erm
it e
mp
loy
me
nt
of
a
Co
mm
un
ica
tio
ns
Off
ice
r.
ICS
U
RO
A
op
era
tes
in
a
cc
ord
an
ce
w
ith
th
e
term
s
of
the
IC
SU
/
NR
F
Me
mo
ran
du
m
of
Ag
ree
me
nt
(Mo
A)
sig
ne
d o
n 1
1 O
cto
be
r 2
00
4 i
n H
ara
re (
Zim
ba
bw
e)
an
d a
cc
ord
ing
to
th
e
po
licie
s,
pro
ce
du
res
, c
on
dit
ion
s o
f s
erv
ice
an
d g
uid
eli
ne
s o
f th
e N
RF
. A
t th
e s
am
e t
ime
, th
e
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e i
s e
xp
ec
ted
to
co
mp
ly w
ith
th
e c
ore
po
lic
ies
, p
rin
cip
les
, re
qu
ire
me
nts
an
d
ex
pe
cta
tio
ns
of
ICS
U;
an
d t
o t
he
gu
idin
g a
nd
ov
ers
igh
t p
oli
cie
s a
nd
re
co
mm
en
da
tio
ns
of
the
IC
SU
RC
A.
To
ac
hie
ve
a h
arm
on
iou
s f
ulf
illm
en
t o
f th
es
e o
bli
ga
tio
ns
a d
raft
Op
era
tio
na
l
Gu
ide
fo
r th
e
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e
wa
s
pre
pa
red
b
y
ICS
U
RO
A,
in
co
llab
ora
tio
n
wit
h
se
nio
r
off
icia
ls f
rom
th
e N
RF
. A
su
b-C
om
mit
tee
of
ICS
U R
CA
fo
rme
d t
o r
ev
iew
th
e I
CS
U –
NR
F
Mo
A p
rop
os
ed
so
me
ch
an
ge
s i
n t
he
do
cu
me
nt
an
d i
t w
as
su
bs
eq
ue
ntl
y d
ec
ide
d t
ha
t th
e
Op
era
tio
na
l G
uid
e o
f IC
SU
RO
A s
ho
uld
be
co
ns
ide
red
du
rin
g t
he
mid
-te
rm e
va
lua
tio
n o
f th
e
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e i
n 2
01
0.
12
6 ACTIVITIES OF ICSU ROA
6.1 Im
plementation of ICSU ROA Science
Plans
Th
e f
ou
r s
cie
nc
e
pla
ns
of
ICS
U R
OA
we
re a
pp
rov
ed
by
ICS
U R
CA
at
its
5th
me
eti
ng
on
0
5 –
0
6
Ma
rch
20
07
in
Se
yc
he
lle
s.
Du
rin
g t
he
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l y
ea
r IC
SU
RO
A
wa
s e
ng
ag
ed
in
th
e p
ub
lica
tio
n o
f th
e s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s a
nd
pre
pa
rati
on
o
f fu
nd
ab
le
pro
jec
ts
fro
m
the
p
ub
lis
he
d
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
.
6.1.1
Publication of the Science Plans
ICS
U R
OA
sta
ff u
nd
ert
oo
k i
n-h
ou
se
ed
ito
ria
l w
ork
in
ord
er
to i
mp
rov
e t
he
qu
alit
y o
f th
e f
ou
r m
an
us
cri
pts
of
its
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
s
ub
mit
ted
b
y
the
fo
ur
Sc
op
ing
G
rou
ps
th
at
pre
pa
red
th
em
. T
his
e
dit
ori
al
wo
rk
inc
lud
ed
e
ns
uri
ng
c
on
sis
ten
ce
a
nd
a
cc
ura
cy
o
f th
e
info
rma
tio
n a
nd
da
ta g
ive
n i
n t
he
ma
nu
sc
rip
ts,
as
we
ll a
s t
he
ac
cu
rac
y a
nd
co
mp
lete
ne
ss
of
the
re
fere
nc
es
an
d c
ita
tio
ns
. L
ate
r, a
sc
ien
tifi
c
ed
ito
r w
as
en
ga
ge
d t
o t
ho
rou
gh
ly r
ev
iew
th
e f
ou
r m
an
us
cri
pts
be
fore
pu
blic
ati
on
. T
he
fo
ur
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
pu
blis
he
d d
uri
ng
th
e y
ea
r u
nd
er
rev
iew
we
re:
(i)
Su
sta
ina
ble
En
erg
y,
pu
blis
he
d i
n J
uly
20
07
, (i
i) N
atu
ral
an
d H
um
an
-in
du
ce
d H
az
ard
s a
nd
Dis
as
ters
, p
ub
lish
ed
in
Se
pte
mb
er
20
07
, (i
ii)
He
alt
h a
nd
Hu
ma
n W
ell-
be
ing
, p
ub
lish
ed
in
No
ve
mb
er
20
07
, a
nd
(iv
) G
lob
al
En
vir
on
me
nta
l C
ha
ng
e (
inc
lud
ing
Clim
ate
Ch
an
ge
), p
ub
lish
ed
in
Ma
rch
20
08
. E
lec
tro
nic
co
pie
s o
f th
e p
ub
lish
ed
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
ha
ve
be
en
dis
trib
ute
d w
orl
dw
ide
. In
ad
dit
ion
, 4
00
0 h
ard
co
pie
s o
f e
ac
h o
f th
e
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
we
re p
rin
ted
an
d d
istr
ibu
ted
to
th
e I
CS
U f
am
ily,
pa
rtic
ula
rly
to
th
e I
CS
U N
ati
on
al
Me
mb
ers
in
Afr
ica
, IC
SU
RO
A p
art
ne
rs,
Afr
ica
n
an
d s
om
e n
on
-Afr
ica
n d
iplo
ma
tic
mis
sio
ns
(e
mb
as
sie
s)
ba
se
d i
n P
reto
ria
, m
em
be
rs o
f th
e I
CS
U R
CA
, IC
SU
EB
, th
e N
RF
an
d t
he
De
pa
rtm
en
t
of
Sc
ien
ce
an
d T
ec
hn
olo
gy
of
So
uth
Afr
ica
. H
ard
co
pie
s h
av
e a
lso
be
en
dis
trib
ute
d a
t a
ll w
ork
sh
op
s,
co
nfe
ren
ce
an
d o
the
r te
ch
nic
al
me
eti
ng
s
att
en
de
d b
y I
CS
U R
OA
sta
ff.
6.1.2
Preparation of fundable projects from the science plans
Du
rin
g t
he
ye
ar
un
de
r re
vie
w I
CS
U R
OA
org
an
ise
d t
wo
in
tern
ati
on
al
wo
rks
ho
ps
of
ex
pe
rts
to
de
libe
rate
on
th
e i
mp
lem
en
tati
on
of
the
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
on
: (i
) S
us
tain
ab
le E
ne
rgy
an
d (
ii) N
atu
ral
an
d H
um
an
-in
du
ce
d H
aza
rds
an
d D
isa
ste
rs.
It e
me
rge
d f
rom
th
es
e w
ork
sh
op
s t
ha
t th
e i
mp
lem
en
tati
on
of
ea
ch
of
the
tw
o s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s w
ou
ld b
eg
in w
ith
tw
o p
roje
cts
.
13
6.1.2.1
Sustainable Energy for sub-Saharan Africa
ICS
U R
OA
an
d i
ts p
art
ne
rs (
UN
ES
CO
, A
U,
UN
EC
A,
TW
AS
, S
AB
A,
an
d t
he
Ma
uri
tiu
s S
ug
ar
Ind
ust
ry
Re
se
arc
h I
ns
titu
te),
org
an
ise
d a
n i
nte
rna
tio
na
l fie
ld w
ork
sh
op
on
18
– 2
1 J
un
e 2
00
7 i
n M
au
riti
us
on
“Re
ne
wa
ble
En
erg
ies
fo
r S
us
tain
ab
le D
ev
elo
pm
en
t in
Afr
ica
”. A
t th
is w
ork
sh
op
, e
ne
rgy
ex
pe
rts
ag
ree
d o
n t
he
pre
pa
rati
on
an
d im
ple
me
nta
tio
n o
f tw
o p
roje
cts
:
1.
Pro
ject
SE
01
: D
ev
elo
pm
en
t o
f e
ne
rgy
mo
de
ls a
nd
sc
en
ari
os
for
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a.
2.
Pro
ject
SE
02
: In
cre
as
e in
ac
ce
ss
to
hig
h q
ua
lity,
re
liab
le a
nd
aff
ord
ab
le e
ne
rgy
in a
su
sta
ina
ble
ma
nn
er
in s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
: R
en
ew
ab
le E
ne
rgie
s –
Bio
en
erg
ies
fo
r s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
.
At
the
en
d o
f th
e w
ork
sh
op
, IC
SU
RO
A l
au
nc
he
d a
ca
ll to
Afr
ica
n e
xp
ert
s a
nd
th
eir
co
un
terp
art
s f
rom
ou
tsid
e A
fric
a f
or
ex
pre
ssio
n o
f in
tere
st
to t
ak
e p
art
in
th
e p
rep
ara
tio
n o
f th
e p
roje
ct
pro
po
sa
ls a
s w
ell
as
in
th
e e
ve
ntu
al
imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
the
pro
ject
s. B
as
ed
on
th
e e
xp
res
se
d i
nte
res
ts,
Ta
sk
Te
am
s
we
re f
orm
ed
to
pre
pa
re l
arg
e-s
ca
le,
lon
g-t
erm
an
d h
igh
-qu
alit
y p
rop
os
als
fo
r th
e t
wo
pro
ject
s.
Th
e f
ull
co
mp
os
itio
n o
f th
e T
as
k T
ea
ms
is
giv
en
in
An
ne
x A
. In
pre
pa
rin
g t
he
pro
jec
t p
rop
os
als
, k
ey
qu
es
tio
ns
to b
e a
dd
res
sed
by
the
Ta
sk
Te
am
s w
ere
:
•
Wh
at
ha
s t
o b
e d
on
e?
•
Wh
y a
nd
ho
w w
ill i
t b
e d
on
e?
•
Wh
ere
will
it
be
do
ne
an
d b
y w
ho
m?
•
Fo
r h
ow
lo
ng
(tim
e f
ram
e)
an
d a
t w
ha
t c
os
t (b
ud
ge
t)?
•
Wh
at
are
th
e p
rod
uct
s /
de
live
rab
les
to
th
e A
fric
an
co
mm
un
ity?
Th
e T
as
k T
ea
ms
be
ga
n t
he
ir w
ork
th
rou
gh
ele
ctr
on
ic d
ialo
gu
e a
nd
we
re e
ve
ntu
ally
bro
ug
ht
tog
eth
er
for
a p
hys
ica
l m
ee
tin
g i
n P
reto
ria
on
17
– 1
8 M
arc
h 2
00
8 t
o f
ina
lise
th
e p
roje
ct
pro
po
sa
ls.
Th
is
me
eti
ng
cre
ate
d a
fo
rum
fo
r th
e T
as
k T
ea
m m
em
be
rs t
o p
hys
ica
lly m
ee
t e
ac
h o
the
r fo
r th
e f
irs
t ti
me
(fo
r m
os
t o
f th
em
) a
nd
als
o t
o i
nte
rac
t w
ith
me
mb
ers
of
oth
er
Ta
sk T
ea
ms
an
d g
et
fam
ilia
r w
ith
th
eir
wo
rk.
Th
is i
nte
rac
tio
n w
as
ve
ry u
se
ful
as
th
e v
ari
ou
s t
ea
ms
co
uld
ea
sily
ag
ree
on
wh
ich
te
am
do
es
wh
at,
an
d s
o a
vo
id u
nn
ec
es
sa
ry d
up
lica
tio
n o
f e
ffo
rts
sin
ce
th
e p
roje
ct
the
me
s a
re
inte
r-re
late
d.
14
Du
rin
g t
he
tw
o-d
ay
me
etin
g t
he
Ta
sk
Te
am
s w
ere
ab
le t
o d
isc
us
s t
he
ir d
raft
pro
jec
t p
rop
os
als
at
len
gth
in
b
rea
ko
ut
se
ssi
on
s
an
d
pu
sh
ed
th
e
pro
po
sa
ls
to
ne
ar
co
mp
leti
on
. T
he
T
as
k
Te
am
lea
de
rs
we
re
left
w
ith
th
e
du
ty
of
fin
aliz
ing
th
e
pro
po
sa
ls,
a
pro
ce
ss
wh
ich
w
ou
ld
tak
e
into
ac
co
un
t th
e v
ery
va
lua
ble
in
pu
ts m
ad
e b
y m
em
be
rs o
f o
the
r T
ask
Te
am
s d
uri
ng
th
e f
ina
l d
ay
wh
en
ea
ch
Ta
sk
Te
am
le
ad
er
pre
se
nte
d t
he
dra
ft p
rop
os
al
in a
ple
na
ry s
es
sio
n t
o a
ll th
e T
as
k
Te
am
s.
Th
e T
as
k T
ea
m l
ea
de
rs w
ere
re
qu
es
ted
to
su
bm
it t
he
fin
alis
ed
pro
jec
t p
rop
os
als
to
ICS
U R
OA
by
mid
Ju
ne
20
08
.
6.1.2.2
Natural and Human-induced Hazards and Disasters
ICS
U R
OA
an
d
its p
art
ne
rs o
rga
nis
ed
an
in
tern
atio
na
l w
ork
sho
p o
n N
atu
ral
an
d
Hu
ma
n-i
nd
uce
d
Ha
zard
s a
nd
Dis
ast
ers
in s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
. A
t th
is w
ork
sho
p,
wh
ich
to
ok
pla
ce in
Ka
mp
ala
, U
ga
nd
a
on
21
– 2
2 J
uly
20
07
, e
xpe
rts
in t
he
fie
ld o
f h
aza
rds
an
d d
isa
ste
rs a
gre
ed
on
th
e p
rep
ara
tion
an
d
imp
lem
en
tatio
n o
f tw
o p
roje
cts:
1.
Pro
jec
t H
D 0
1:
Ge
o-h
aza
rds
in s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
, to
be
imp
lem
en
ted
with
in t
he
fra
me
wo
rk
of
the
UN
-pro
cla
ime
d I
nte
rna
tion
al
Ye
ar
of
Pla
ne
t E
art
h (
IYP
E)
2.
Pro
ject
HD
02
: H
ydro
-me
teo
rolo
gic
al h
aza
rds
an
d d
isa
ste
rs in
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a:
resi
lien
ce
an
d v
uln
era
bili
ty.
Aft
er
the
w
ork
sho
p,
Ta
sk
Te
am
s w
ere
fo
rme
d
to
pre
pa
re
larg
e-s
cale
, lo
ng
-te
rm
an
d
hig
h-q
ua
lity
pro
ject
p
rop
osa
ls
usi
ng
th
e
sam
e
pro
ced
ure
a
s fo
r S
ust
ain
ab
le
En
erg
y (d
esc
rib
ed
a
bo
ve).
T
he
com
po
sitio
n o
f th
e T
ask
Te
am
s is
giv
en
in A
nn
ex
B.
6.2 The African Diaspora Project
Th
e j
oin
t IC
SU
RO
A/N
RF
Afr
ica
n D
iasp
ora
pro
ject
, in
itia
lly e
nvi
sag
ed
to
be
gin
du
rin
g t
he
20
06
/07
fina
nci
al y
ea
r, b
eg
an
du
rin
g t
his
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar.
IC
SU
RO
A s
ucc
ee
de
d in
se
curi
ng
fu
nd
s fo
r th
is p
roje
ct
fro
m
the
N
RF
th
rou
gh
its
S
cie
nce
a
nd
T
ech
no
log
y A
gre
em
en
ts
Fu
nd
(S
TA
F).
T
he
se
fun
ds
(ZA
R 3
04
,00
0)
we
re p
lace
d in
a s
ep
ara
te c
ost
ce
ntr
e,
ind
ep
en
de
nt
of
the
IC
SU
RO
A c
ore
co
st c
en
tre
.
In r
esp
on
se t
o c
all
by
ICS
U R
OA
in M
ay
20
07
, o
ver
50
ca
nd
ida
tes
sub
mitt
ed
exp
ress
ion
s o
f in
tere
st t
o
carr
y o
ut
the
de
skto
p s
tud
y fo
r th
e f
irst
ph
ase
of
the
pro
ject
. IC
SU
RC
A f
orm
ed
a p
an
el
to s
cre
en
th
e
ap
plic
atio
ns
an
d a
pp
oin
t a
re
sea
rch
er
for
the
pro
ject
. T
he
pa
ne
l w
as
com
po
sed
of
So
spe
ter
Mu
ho
ng
o
an
d R
ock
y S
kee
f a
s co
-ch
airs
. R
ob
ert
Kri
ge
r a
nd
oth
er
sta
ff f
rom
IC
SU
RO
A a
nd
NR
F (
Ach
uo
En
ow
,
15
ICSU ROA
fa
cili
tate
s
eq
uit
ab
le
ac
ce
ss
to
s
cie
nti
fic
k
no
wle
dg
e
by
en
su
rin
g e
ffic
ien
t s
ha
rin
g o
f s
cie
nti
fic
info
rma
tio
n,
da
ta
an
d
sk
ills
b
etw
ee
n
the
IC
SU
fa
mily
a
nd
th
e
sc
ien
tifi
c
co
mm
un
ity
in
Afr
ica
. It
c
olla
tes
a
nd
dis
se
min
ate
s
va
lua
ble
s
cie
nti
fic
info
rma
tio
n
in
Afr
ica
.
He
nc
e,
ICS
U
RO
A p
rom
ote
s t
he
IC
SU
’s p
rin
cip
le o
f
un
ive
rsa
lity
of
sc
ien
ce
on
th
e A
fric
an
co
nti
ne
nt.
Jan
ine
Ch
an
tso
n,
Da
isy
Se
lem
ats
ela
an
d T
an
a S
au
nd
ers
) w
ere
ap
po
inte
d a
s m
em
be
rs.
Th
e p
an
el
we
nt
thro
ug
h a
seri
es
of
scre
en
ing
exe
rcis
es
an
d f
ina
lly a
pp
oin
ted
Afr
ica
Re
cru
it a
s th
e r
ese
arc
he
r fo
r th
e p
roje
ct.
Afr
ica
Re
cru
it st
art
ed
wo
rkin
g o
n t
he
pro
ject
in
Ja
nu
ary
20
08
. T
he
co
ntr
act
est
ab
lish
ed
with
Afr
ica
Re
cru
it fo
r th
e
pro
ject
a
s w
ell
as
pro
gre
ss
rep
ort
s o
n
the
p
roje
ct
sub
mitt
ed
b
y A
fric
aR
ecr
uit
are
a
vaila
ble
a
t th
e
ICS
U
RO
A
Se
cre
tari
at.
Th
is f
irst
ph
ase
of
the
pro
ject
will
be
co
mp
lete
d in
Ju
ly 2
00
8.
6.3 Inform
ation Sharing and Netw
orking
Th
e I
CS
U S
tra
teg
ic P
lan
fo
r 2
00
6 –
20
11
is
ba
sed
on
th
ree
th
em
atic
pri
nci
ple
s, n
am
ely
: (i
) In
tern
atio
na
l re
sea
rch
colla
bo
ratio
n,
(ii)
Un
ive
rsa
lity
of
scie
nce
a
nd
(i
ii)
Sci
en
ce
for
po
licy.
Th
e
pri
nci
ple
o
f in
tern
atio
na
l re
sea
rch
colla
bo
ratio
n c
alls
fo
r lin
kag
es
am
on
g s
cie
ntis
ts a
nd
th
eir
inst
itutio
ns
thro
ug
h n
etw
ork
ing
. T
he
pri
nci
ple
of
un
ive
rsa
lity
of
scie
nce
ca
lls
for
eq
uity
a
nd
n
on
-dis
crim
ina
tion
in
th
e
acq
uis
itio
n,
dis
sem
ina
tion
a
nd
u
tiliz
atio
n
of
scie
ntif
ic
kno
wle
dg
e.
Th
is p
rin
cip
le e
nta
ils f
ree
do
m o
f m
ove
me
nt,
ass
oci
atio
n a
nd
co
mm
un
ica
tion
fo
r sc
ien
tists
, a
s w
ell
as
eq
uita
ble
acc
ess
to
da
ta,
info
rma
tion
an
d r
ese
arc
h f
aci
litie
s. I
n a
pp
lica
tion
of
the
se t
wo
pri
nci
ple
s, I
CS
U R
OA
en
ga
ge
s in
in
form
atio
n
dis
sem
ina
tion
, st
ren
gth
en
ing
o
f sc
ien
tific
n
etw
ork
s,
an
d
cre
atio
n
of
ne
w
ne
two
rks
an
d
pa
rtn
ers
hip
s w
ithin
an
d o
uts
ide
Afr
ica
.
6.3.1
Inform
ation dissemination
Du
rin
g t
he
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar,
IC
SU
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e f
or
Afr
ica
ma
de
us
e t
hre
e p
rin
cip
al
av
en
ue
s f
or
info
rma
tio
n d
iss
em
ina
tio
n:
The fully operational ICSU ROA website (w
ww.icsu-africa.org):
T
he
w
eb
sit
e
is
us
ed
to
p
ub
licis
e
info
rma
tio
n
ab
ou
t a
cti
vit
ies
o
f th
e
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
e
an
d
its
p
art
ne
rs.
Th
e
we
bs
ite
h
as
b
ee
n
us
ed
fo
r
wo
rld
wid
e
dis
se
min
ati
on
o
f th
e
pu
blis
he
d
ICS
U
RO
A
sc
ien
ce
p
lan
s
as
w
ell
to
ma
ke
im
po
rta
nt
an
no
un
ce
me
nts
of
ev
en
ts o
rga
nis
ed
in
Afr
ica
by
th
e I
CS
U f
am
ily a
nd
its
pa
rtn
ers
. R
ep
ort
s o
f im
po
rta
nt
me
eti
ng
s
of
oth
er
sc
ien
tifi
c
org
an
isa
tio
ns
, in
terg
ov
ern
me
nta
l b
od
ies
, a
nd
n
on
-Go
ve
rnm
en
tal
org
an
isa
tio
ns
(N
GO
s)
are
re
gu
larl
y p
ub
lish
ed
on
th
e I
CS
U R
OA
we
bs
ite
.
Electronic m
ailing:
Th
e R
eg
ion
al O
ffic
e h
as
de
velo
pe
d a
co
ntin
uo
usl
y g
row
ing
ma
ilin
g li
st f
or
rap
id d
isse
min
atio
n o
f
info
rma
tion
by
e-m
ail
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
Afr
ica
n c
on
tine
nt
an
d b
eyo
nd
.
Print media:
In a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
tw
o m
od
es
of
ele
ctr
on
ic c
om
mu
nic
ati
on
me
nti
on
ed
ab
ov
e,
ICS
U R
OA
dis
pla
ys
pri
nte
d d
oc
um
en
ts a
t a
ll in
tern
ati
on
al
me
eti
ng
s a
tte
nd
ed
by
its
sta
ff,
an
d i
nte
rac
ts w
ith
pa
rtic
ipa
nts
at
su
ch
me
eti
ng
s in
ora
l d
isc
us
sio
ns
du
rin
g w
hic
h a
lo
t o
f in
form
ati
on
is
pa
ss
ed
acr
os
s.
16
6.3.2
Promoting scientific collaboration
ICS
U
RO
A
ha
s
co
nti
nu
ed
to
p
rom
ote
s
cie
nti
fic
p
art
ne
rsh
ip
an
d
ne
two
rkin
g
in
Afr
ica
(a
nd
be
yo
nd
) th
rou
gh
its
ac
tiv
e i
nv
olv
em
en
t in
se
ve
ral
ev
en
ts s
uc
h a
s t
he
fo
llo
win
g:
Inform
ation Society Technologies (IST-Africa 2007) conference, 09 – 11 May 2007 in
Maputo, Mozambique.
Th
is E
uro
pe
an
Co
mm
iss
ion
(E
C)-
su
pp
ort
ed
co
nfe
ren
ce
wa
s a
ime
d a
t
bri
ng
ing
to
ge
the
r k
ey
pla
ye
rs i
n S
&T
re
se
arc
h i
n A
fric
a,
es
pe
cia
lly
in
th
e d
om
ain
of
Info
rma
tio
n
an
d C
om
mu
nic
ati
on
Te
ch
no
log
y (
ICT
). T
he
co
nfe
ren
ce
als
o a
ime
d a
t b
uil
din
g I
CT
pa
rtn
ers
hip
s
an
d
ne
two
rks
an
d t
o f
ac
ilit
ate
th
e
pa
rtic
ipa
tio
n
of
Afr
ica
a
nd
A
fric
an
re
se
arc
he
rs
in t
he
7
th
Eu
rop
ea
n
Un
ion
F
ram
ew
ork
P
rog
ram
me
(E
U-F
P7
).
ICS
U
RO
A
wa
s
rep
res
en
ted
a
t th
e
co
nfe
ren
ce
b
y
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
, A
ch
uo
E
no
w
an
d
Ka
thy
P
otg
iete
r.
Th
e
inv
ite
d
ke
yn
ote
pre
se
nta
tio
n
by
S
os
pe
ter
Mu
ho
ng
o
wa
s
we
ll re
ce
ive
d
an
d
the
IC
SU
R
OA
e
xh
ibit
ion
b
oo
th
att
rac
ted
ma
ny
gu
es
ts a
nd
co
nti
nu
ed
re
gis
teri
ng
ne
w p
art
ne
rsh
ips
an
d n
etw
ork
s.
The 2nd African Regional Conference of Vice Chancellors, Provosts and Deans of
Science, Engineering and Technology (COVIDSET 2007), 25 – 27 September 2007 in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Th
is
co
nfe
ren
ce
w
as
o
rga
niz
ed
in
P
reto
ria
b
y
UN
ES
CO
in
co
llab
ora
tio
n w
ith
AN
ST
I, I
CS
U R
OA
an
d T
sh
wa
ne
Un
ive
rsit
y o
f T
ec
hn
olo
gy
. IC
SU
RO
A w
as
rep
res
en
ted
by
Ac
hu
o E
no
w w
ho
ga
ve
a w
ell
-re
ce
ive
d p
res
en
tati
on
in
th
e p
len
ary
se
ss
ion
. H
e
hig
hli
gh
ted
th
e s
tra
teg
y f
or
the
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n o
f th
e f
ou
r IC
SU
RO
A s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s a
nd
ca
lle
d
for
lon
g-t
erm
wo
rkin
g p
art
ne
rsh
ip b
etw
ee
n A
fric
an
Un
ive
rsit
ies
, U
NE
SC
O a
nd
IC
SU
RO
A.
EAGLES W
orkshop, 14-16 November 2007 in Pretoria, South Africa.
ICS
U R
OA
jo
ine
d t
he
NR
F i
n o
rga
niz
ing
th
e I
nte
rna
tio
na
l w
ork
sh
op
on
“In
form
ati
on
an
d C
om
mu
nic
ati
on
Te
ch
no
log
y
an
d
Fo
od
S
ec
uri
ty
in
su
b-S
ah
ara
n
Afr
ica
o
n
be
ha
lf
of
the
E
uro
pe
an
A
cti
on
in
G
lob
al
Lif
e
Sc
ien
ce
s
(EA
GL
ES
) F
oo
d
Fo
rum
. A
ch
uo
E
no
w
rep
res
en
ted
IC
SU
R
OA
in
th
e
org
an
isin
g
co
mm
itte
e o
f th
e w
ork
sh
op
. T
he
aim
of
the
wo
rks
ho
p w
as
to
dis
cu
ss
th
e a
pp
lic
ati
on
s o
f IC
T i
n
imp
rov
ing
fo
od
se
cu
rity
in
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a.
17
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE).
Du
rin
g
the
ye
ar
un
de
r re
vie
w,
ICS
U
RO
A
su
cc
es
sfu
lly
urg
ed
m
an
y A
fric
an
c
ou
ntr
ies
to
fo
rm
IYP
E
na
tio
na
l co
mm
itte
es
. IY
PE
N
ati
on
al
Co
mm
itte
es
(N
Cs
) n
ow
ex
ist
in t
he
fo
llow
ing
Afr
ica
n c
ou
ntr
ies:
Bo
tsw
an
a,
Ca
me
roo
n,
De
mo
cra
tic
Re
pu
blic
o
f C
on
go
, E
gy
pt,
E
thio
pia
, G
am
bia
, M
au
riti
us
, M
oro
cco
, M
oza
mb
iqu
e,
Na
mib
ia,
So
uth
Afr
ica
an
d T
an
za
nia
. N
Cs
are
be
ing
fin
alis
ed
in
Bu
run
di,
Ca
pe
Ve
rde
, C
en
tra
l A
fric
an
Re
pu
blic
, C
ote
D’I
vo
ire
, G
ha
na
, K
en
ya,
Le
so
tho
, M
ad
ag
as
ca
r, M
ala
wi,
Nig
eri
a,
Se
ne
ga
l, T
og
o,
Tu
nis
ia,
Ug
an
da
,
Za
mb
ia a
nd
Zim
ba
bw
e.
Th
e D
ire
cto
r o
f IC
SU
RO
A,
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
, in
his
ca
pa
cit
y a
s n
ew
Ch
air
of
the
Sc
ien
ce
Pro
gra
mm
e C
om
mitt
ee
fo
r IY
PE
, p
res
ide
d o
ve
r th
e s
ec
on
d m
ee
tin
g o
f th
e l
ea
de
rs o
f
the
IY
PE
sc
ien
ce
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n t
ea
ms
in
Pa
ris
on
11
Fe
bru
ary
20
08
, p
rio
r to
pa
rtic
ipa
tin
g i
n t
he
glo
ba
l la
un
ch
of
the
ye
ar
at
the
UN
ES
CO
he
ad
qu
art
ers
in
Pa
ris
on
12
– 1
3 F
eb
rua
ry 2
00
8.
The SADC Biofuels W
orkshop, 04 – 08 February 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
ICS
U
RO
A i
nv
ite
d t
he
le
ad
ers
of
the
Ta
sk
Te
am
s fo
r its
pro
jec
ts o
n S
ust
ain
ab
le E
ne
rgy
to t
his
wo
rks
ho
p
an
d g
av
e t
he
m t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y to
in
tera
ct
an
d e
xc
ha
ng
e i
de
as
wit
h o
the
r e
ne
rgy
ex
pe
rts
on
th
e
co
nti
ne
nt
an
d f
rom
ou
tsid
e A
fric
a.
The African Digital Curation Conference, 12 - 13 February 2008 in Pretoria, South Africa.
Th
is
co
nfe
ren
ce
w
as
a
ime
d
at
hig
hlig
hti
ng
th
e
ne
ed
s
an
d
req
uir
em
en
ts
for
en
su
rin
g
lon
g
term
ac
ce
ss
ibili
ty
to
Afr
ica
n
dig
ita
l re
se
arc
h
ou
tpu
t.
Ac
hu
o
En
ow
re
pre
sen
ted
IC
SU
R
OA
a
t th
e
co
nfe
ren
ce
an
d g
av
e a
ke
yno
te p
res
en
tati
on
on
th
e g
ap
s a
nd
ch
alle
ng
es
in
Afr
ica
in
da
ta c
olle
cti
on
,
sto
rag
e a
nd
ac
ce
ss.
World Association of Young Scientists, Africa (W
AYS Africa):
ICS
U
RO
A
ha
s
co
nti
nu
ed
to
pro
vid
e m
en
tors
hip
an
d o
rga
nis
ati
on
al
as
sis
tan
ce t
o t
he
Afr
ica
n C
ha
pte
r o
f th
e W
orl
d A
ss
oc
iati
on
of
Yo
un
g S
cie
nti
sts
(W
AY
S A
fric
a).
In
th
e l
igh
t o
f th
is r
ela
tio
ns
hip
, IC
SU
RO
A p
rov
ide
d i
n-k
ind
su
pp
ort
(org
an
isa
tio
na
l s
erv
ice
s) t
o W
AY
S A
fric
a f
or
the
org
an
isa
tio
n o
f it
s, “
Sc
ho
lars
hip
Wo
rks
ho
p”,
in
Ca
pe
To
wn
on
01
– 0
3 M
arc
h 2
00
8.
Bo
ng
an
i M
ah
lale
la r
ep
res
en
ted
IC
SU
RO
A a
t th
e w
ork
sh
op
. IC
SU
RO
A h
as
be
en
en
ga
ge
d i
n n
eg
oti
ati
on
s w
ith
th
e A
ca
de
my
of
Sc
ien
ce
of
So
uth
Afr
ica
(A
SS
Af)
to
ho
st
the
WA
YS
Afr
ica
Se
cre
tari
at
in P
reto
ria
. A
me
mo
ran
du
m o
f A
gre
em
en
t to
th
is e
ffe
ct
will
be
pre
pa
red
be
twe
en
IC
SU
RO
A,
AS
SA
f a
nd
TW
AS
.
IYP
E G
lob
al
La
un
ch
, P
ari
s
18
Int-Er-Link Project:
Th
e I
nte
rlin
k p
roje
ct i
s a
Sp
ec
ific
Su
pp
ort
Ac
tio
n p
roje
ct i
n t
he
6th
Fra
me
wo
rk P
rog
ram
me
(F
P6
) o
f th
e
Eu
rop
ea
n U
nio
n.
Th
e p
roje
ct
off
icia
lly s
tart
ed
in
Oc
tob
er
20
07
an
d h
as
pro
vid
ed
an
op
po
rtu
nit
y fo
r IC
SU
RO
A t
o i
nte
ract
wit
h
oth
er
pa
rtn
ers
(m
ain
ly E
uro
pe
an
in
sti
tuti
on
s a
nd
org
an
isa
tio
ns
) in
th
e c
on
so
rtiu
m a
nd
to
be
be
tte
r in
form
ed
on
th
e E
U f
un
din
g
me
ch
an
ism
. T
he
ro
le
of
ICS
U
RO
A
in
the
p
roje
ct
is
to
dis
se
min
ate
vi
tal
info
rma
tio
n
on
th
e
EU
F
P7
p
roje
cts
to
A
fric
an
res
ea
rch
ers
, ra
ise
a
wa
ren
es
s
am
on
g
Afr
ica
n
res
ea
rch
ers
o
n
the
F
P7
fu
nd
ing
m
ec
ha
nis
m
an
d
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
, a
nd
id
en
tify
Afr
ica
n n
etw
ork
s o
f re
sea
rch
ers
fo
r p
art
ne
rsh
ip w
ith
Eu
rop
ea
n i
ns
titu
tio
ns
or
ne
two
rks
in
co
llab
ora
tiv
e r
es
ea
rch
. A
s p
art
of
ca
rryi
ng
ou
t it
s r
ole
in
th
e p
roje
ct,
IC
SU
RO
A (
rep
res
en
ted
by
Ac
hu
o E
no
w)
co
-org
an
ise
d a
n i
nfo
rma
tio
n d
iss
em
ina
tio
n a
nd
aw
are
ne
ss
ra
isin
g s
em
ina
r (t
og
eth
er
wit
h a
no
the
r p
art
ne
r, t
he
Fra
nc
op
ho
ne
Un
ive
rsit
y A
ge
nc
y –
AU
F)
in Y
ao
un
dé
, C
am
ero
on
on
25
Fe
bru
ary
20
08
. T
his
se
min
ar
wa
s h
eld
ba
ck
to
ba
ck w
ith
a r
eg
ion
al
wo
rks
ho
p o
n c
om
po
sti
ng
, o
rga
niz
ed
by
AU
F.
Th
e t
wo
me
eti
ng
s p
rov
ide
d a
fo
rum
fo
r IC
SU
RO
A t
o p
ub
liciz
e a
nd
dis
trib
ute
its
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
, a
nd
to
ex
pa
nd
its
ne
two
rk o
f s
cie
ntif
ic
pa
rtn
ers
hip
s.
6.3.3
New Partnerships and Netw
orks
Du
rin
g t
he
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar,
IC
SU
RO
A e
sta
blis
he
d n
ew
pa
rtn
ers
hip
s w
ith
na
tio
na
l a
nd
in
terg
ov
ern
me
nta
l a
ge
nc
ies
ou
tsid
e A
fric
a f
or
co
llab
ora
tio
n i
n r
es
ea
rch
, d
ev
elo
pm
en
t a
nd
in
no
va
tio
n.
So
me
ex
am
ple
s a
re:
The European Science Foundation (ESF):
IC
SU
(th
rou
gh
th
e R
eg
ion
al O
ffic
e f
or
Afr
ica
), t
he
Eu
rop
ea
n S
cie
nce
Fo
un
da
tion
(E
SF
),
the
Ro
yal
Ne
the
rla
nd
s A
cad
em
y o
f S
cie
nce
s (K
NA
W)
an
d t
he
Ne
two
rk o
f A
fric
an
Sci
en
ce A
cad
em
ies
(NA
SA
C)
ha
ve e
sta
blis
he
d a
pa
rtn
ers
hip
to
o
rga
nis
e
hig
h
leve
l co
nfe
ren
ces
in
ba
sic
scie
nc
es
alte
rna
tely
b
etw
ee
n
Afr
ica
a
nd
E
uro
pe
. T
he
fir
st
of
the
se
con
fere
nce
s w
ill b
e h
eld
in C
ap
e T
ow
n,
So
uth
Afr
ica
in 2
00
9 o
n t
he
to
pic
, "M
ole
cula
r m
ed
icin
e a
nd
infe
ctio
us
dis
ea
ses
in A
fric
a."
Th
e
Afr
ica
n C
o-C
ha
ir f
or
the
co
nfe
ren
ce is
Iq
ba
l Pa
rke
r (S
ou
th A
fric
a)
an
d t
he
Eu
rop
ea
n c
o-c
ha
ir is
Mo
niq
ue
Ca
pro
n (
Fra
nc
e).
TWAS / Fraunhoefer (Germ
any) / Sogerom (Luxemburg) consortium:
At
the
re
qu
est
of
TW
AS
, IC
SU
RO
A h
as
jo
ine
d t
his
co
ns
ort
ium
to
bid
fo
r a
co
ntr
act
to
ma
na
ge
a P
rog
ram
me
fo
r S
cie
nc
e a
nd
Te
ch
no
log
y I
nn
ov
ati
on
s a
nd
Ca
pa
cit
y B
uild
ing
(PS
TIC
B)
to b
e l
au
nc
he
d b
y th
e A
CP
Se
cre
tari
at
at
the
EU
in
Bru
ss
els
. T
he
pu
rpo
se
of
the
pro
gra
mm
e i
s t
o e
ns
ure
th
at
S&
T
ca
pa
cit
y b
uild
ing
ac
tiv
itie
s a
re r
ele
va
nt
to n
ati
on
al
an
d r
eg
ion
al
de
ve
lop
me
nt
pri
ori
tie
s i
n A
CP
co
un
trie
s.
European Union Commission (for participation in projects for the 7
th Framework programme): I
CS
U R
OA
ma
de
us
e o
f
its
pa
rtic
ipa
tio
n a
t th
e I
ST
-Afr
ica
20
07
co
nfe
ren
ce (
09
– 1
1 M
ay
20
07
in
Ma
pu
to,
Mo
za
mb
iqu
e)
to i
nte
rac
t w
ith
hig
h-r
an
kin
g E
U
off
icia
ls a
nd
en
ga
ge
in
dis
cu
ss
ion
s o
n p
os
sib
iliti
es
of
pro
jec
t fu
nd
ing
un
de
r th
e 7
th E
U f
ram
ew
ork
pro
gra
mm
e (
EU
-FP
7).
Sin
ce
the
n,
rela
tio
ns
be
twe
en
IC
SU
RO
A a
nd
th
e E
uro
pe
an
Co
mm
iss
ion
(E
C)
ha
ve
be
en
str
en
gth
en
ed
an
d I
CS
U R
OA
wa
s i
nv
ite
d t
o
the
3rd
me
eti
ng
of
the
Eu
ro-A
fric
a I
CT
Gro
up
in
Bru
ss
els
on
27
Se
pte
mb
er
20
07
. T
he
Eu
ro-A
fric
a I
CT
in
itia
tiv
e i
s a
ime
d a
t
19
co
nn
ec
tin
g
su
b-S
ah
ara
n
Afr
ica
w
ith
th
e
Eu
rop
ea
n
Un
ion
fo
r IC
T
pa
rtn
ers
hip
s
un
de
r F
P7
p
rog
ram
me
fo
r re
se
arc
h
an
d
tec
hn
olo
gic
al
de
ve
lop
me
nt
of
the
E
C
ICT
th
em
e.
In
this
c
on
ne
cti
on
, th
e
Eu
ro-A
fric
a
ICT
G
rou
p
is
inv
olv
ed
in
s
ev
era
l
aw
are
ne
ss
-ra
isin
g a
nd
se
ns
itis
ati
on
ca
mp
aig
ns
to
en
co
ura
ge
th
e p
art
icip
ati
on
of
Afr
ica
sc
ien
tist
s i
n F
P7
pro
jec
ts i
n t
he
IC
T
se
cto
r. A
t th
e 3
rd m
ee
tin
g i
n B
rus
se
ls,
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
(In
vit
ed
Gu
es
t S
pe
ak
er)
pre
se
nte
d t
he
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n s
tra
teg
y fo
r
the
4 s
cie
nc
e p
lan
s o
f IC
SU
RO
A a
nd
co
nti
nu
ed
dis
cu
ss
ion
s w
ith
th
e E
U o
ffic
ials
on
pa
rtn
eri
ng
wit
h I
CS
U R
OA
(a
nd
Afr
ica
as
a
wh
ole
) to
re
alis
e t
he
ob
jec
tiv
es
of
the
4 I
CS
U R
OA
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
an
d t
he
8 M
ille
nn
ium
De
ve
lop
me
nt
Go
als
(M
DG
s).
Th
e E
U
ha
s e
xp
res
se
d i
ts i
nte
nt
to i
nv
olv
e I
CS
U R
OA
as
on
e o
f th
e m
ain
Afr
ica
n i
mp
lem
en
tin
g b
od
ies
of
the
ne
wly
es
tab
lish
ed
AU
/EU
Co
op
era
tio
n A
gre
em
en
t.
SIDA and SRC:
A n
ew
pa
rtn
ers
hip
ha
s b
ee
n i
niti
ate
d b
etw
ee
n I
CS
U R
OA
an
d t
he
Sw
ed
ish
In
tern
ati
on
al
De
ve
lop
me
nt
Ag
en
cy
(SID
A).
SID
A h
as
sh
ow
n g
rea
t in
tere
st i
n c
olla
bo
rati
ng
wit
h I
CS
U R
OA
in
th
e i
mp
lem
en
tati
on
of
the
4 I
CS
U R
OA
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
wh
ich
are
in
lin
e w
ith
th
e n
ew
ly d
efi
ne
d a
rea
s o
f c
oo
pe
rati
on
be
twe
en
Sw
ed
en
an
d A
fric
a.
Th
e S
we
dis
h R
es
ea
rch
Co
un
cil
(SR
C)
ha
s a
lso
sh
ow
n g
rea
t in
tere
st i
n c
olla
bo
ratin
g w
ith
IC
SU
RO
A i
n t
he
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n o
f its
sc
ien
ce
pla
n o
n N
atu
ral
an
d
Hu
ma
n-i
nd
uc
ed
Ha
zard
s a
nd
Dis
as
ters
in
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a.
DFID:
ICS
U R
OA
is
in
vo
lve
d i
n d
isc
us
sio
ns
wit
h t
he
UK
De
pa
rtm
en
t o
f In
tern
ati
on
al
De
ve
lop
me
nt
(DF
ID)
on
ho
w t
he
UK
(pa
rtic
ula
rly
DF
ID)
ca
n s
up
po
rt t
he
de
ve
lop
me
nt
of
S&
T i
n A
fric
a t
o h
elp
re
du
ce
po
ve
rty
on
th
e c
on
tin
en
t. T
he
se
dis
cu
ss
ion
s
too
k p
lac
e d
uri
ng
a m
ee
tin
g i
n P
reto
ria
on
05
Se
pte
mb
er
20
07
be
twe
en
th
e I
CS
U R
OA
Dir
ec
tor,
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
, a
nd
th
e
Ch
ief
Sc
ien
tifi
c A
dv
ise
r to
DF
ID,
Sir
Go
rdo
n C
on
wa
y. I
CS
U R
OA
ha
s e
xp
res
se
d t
he
ne
ed
fo
r D
FID
to
su
pp
ort
ST
I in
Afr
ica
thro
ug
h,
am
on
g o
the
rs,
inc
rea
se
d s
pe
nd
ing
on
ed
uc
ati
on
; enco
uraging the increase
of Gro
ss D
omestic E
xpenditure o
n R
&D;
es
tab
lish
me
nt
an
d
ma
inte
na
nc
e
of
ce
ntr
es
o
f e
xc
elle
nc
e; pro
motion of th
e applic
ation of IC
T in ru
ral and urb
an African
communities;
su
pp
ort
fo
r h
um
an
c
ap
ac
ity
de
ve
lop
me
nt;
a
nd
su
pport for
the gro
wth
and co
mmercializ
ation of
African
Indigenous Knowledge S
ystems (IKS). In a sim
ilar interaction w
ith S
ir D
av
id K
ing
, th
e C
hie
f S
cie
nti
fic
Ad
vis
er
to H
er
Ma
jes
ty's
Go
ve
rnm
en
t a
nd
He
ad
of
the
Go
ve
rnm
en
t O
ffic
e f
or
Sc
ien
ce
, IC
SU
RO
A h
as
so
licit
ed
th
e s
up
po
rt o
f th
e U
K t
o p
rom
ote
res
ea
rch
on
th
e s
cie
nc
e o
f C
lima
te C
ha
ng
e i
n A
fric
a.
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(U
NC
CD
).
ICS
U
RO
A
wa
s
ap
pro
ac
he
d
an
d
ha
s
ac
ce
pte
d
to
co
llab
ora
te w
ith
th
e U
NC
CD
ba
se
d i
n B
on
n,
Ge
rma
ny.
Th
is n
ew
pa
rtn
ers
hip
will
be
fo
rma
lise
d a
fte
r fu
rth
er
co
ns
ult
ati
on
s.
Oth
er
init
iati
ve
s w
ith
po
ten
tia
l E
uro
pe
an
pa
rtn
ers
in
clu
de
:
(i)
A d
ialo
gu
e w
ith
a G
erm
an
de
leg
ati
on
(in
clu
din
g r
es
ea
rch
ers
an
d b
us
ine
ss
ex
ec
uti
ve
s)
on
Clim
ate
Ch
an
ge
an
d R
en
ew
ab
le
En
erg
ies
du
rin
g t
he
vis
it o
f th
e C
ha
nc
ello
r o
f th
e F
ed
era
l R
ep
ub
lic o
f G
erm
an
y to
So
uth
Afr
ica
in
Oc
tob
er
20
07
.
20
(ii)
E
xp
res
sio
n o
f in
tere
st
by
th
e E
uro
pe
an
Bio
ma
ss
In
du
str
y A
ss
oc
iati
on
(E
UB
IA)
to c
olla
bo
rate
wit
h I
CS
U R
OA
.
EU
BIA
is
a
n
inte
rna
tio
na
l N
GO
b
as
ed
in
B
rus
se
ls,
Be
lgiu
m,
gro
up
ing
to
ge
the
r m
ark
et
forc
es
, te
ch
no
log
y
pro
vid
ers
an
d k
no
wle
dg
e c
en
tre
s i
n t
he
fie
ld o
f b
iom
as
s.
Its
ob
jec
tiv
e i
s t
o s
up
po
rt t
he
Eu
rop
ea
n b
iom
as
s
ind
us
trie
s t
hro
ug
h,
for
ex
am
ple
, p
rom
oti
ng
th
e u
se
of
bio
ma
ss
as
en
erg
y s
ou
rce
, d
ev
elo
pin
g i
nn
ov
ati
ve
bio
-
en
erg
y c
on
ce
pts
an
d f
os
teri
ng
in
tern
ati
on
al
co
op
era
tio
n.
Du
rin
g t
he
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar,
IC
SU
RO
A a
lso
es
tab
lish
ed
wo
rkin
g p
art
ne
rsh
ips
wit
h r
eg
ion
al
ne
two
rks
su
ch
as
:
FANRPAN.
ICS
U
RO
A
es
tab
lish
ed
a
n
ew
p
art
ne
rsh
ip
wit
h
the
F
oo
d
Ag
ric
ult
ure
a
nd
N
atu
ral
Re
so
urc
es
P
olic
y
An
aly
sis
Ne
two
rk (
FA
NR
PA
N)
wh
ich
is
a r
eg
ion
al
ne
two
rk t
ha
t in
ten
ds
to
im
pro
ve
th
e a
gri
cu
ltu
ral
po
licy
en
vir
on
me
nt
in s
ou
the
rn A
fric
a.
No
fo
rma
l a
gre
em
en
t h
as
ye
t b
ee
n r
ea
ch
ed
be
twe
en
IC
SU
RO
A a
nd
FA
NR
FP
AN
bu
t th
e f
irs
t lin
e
of
co
llab
ora
tio
n b
etw
ee
n t
he
tw
o o
rga
nis
ati
on
s w
ill b
e i
n t
he
imp
lem
en
tati
on
of
the
GE
CA
FS
-SA
F p
roje
ct.
PHREEway.
ICS
U R
OA
jo
ine
d t
he
Pa
rtn
ers
hip
fo
r R
isk
an
d H
um
an
ita
ria
n E
du
ca
tio
n E
xp
an
sio
n (
PH
RE
Ew
ay)
an
d
att
en
de
d i
ts c
on
su
lta
tio
n m
ee
tin
g o
n 2
8 –
29
Au
gu
st
20
07
in
Jo
ha
nn
es
bu
rg,
So
uth
Afr
ica
. T
his
me
eti
ng
wh
ich
wa
s
aim
ed
at
ide
nti
fyin
g o
pp
ort
un
itie
s t
o a
lign
fo
rma
l te
ac
hin
g,
lea
rnin
g a
nd
re
se
arc
h e
ffo
rts
wit
h p
rac
titi
on
ers
wo
rkin
g i
n
hig
h r
isk
are
as
ac
ros
s A
fric
a p
rov
ide
d a
fo
rum
fo
r IC
SU
RO
A t
o i
nte
rac
t a
nd
ne
two
rk w
ith
va
rio
us
ro
le p
laye
rs i
n
mit
iga
tio
n o
f h
az
ard
s a
nd
dis
as
ters
. T
he
me
eti
ng
bro
ug
ht
tog
eth
er
rep
res
en
tati
ve
s o
f h
igh
er
ed
uc
ati
on
in
sti
tuti
on
s
inv
olv
ed
in
d
isa
ste
rs
ris
k
red
uc
tio
n
an
d
hu
ma
nit
ari
an
a
cti
on
e
du
ca
tio
n
an
d
res
ea
rch
a
cro
ss
A
fric
a,
alo
ng
w
ith
inte
rna
tio
na
l b
od
ies
(g
ov
ern
me
nta
l a
nd
n
on
-go
ve
rnm
en
tal
org
an
isa
tio
ns
) s
uc
h
as
U
SA
ID,
DF
ID,
ISD
R,
CA
RE
,
Wo
rld
Vis
ion
, P
roV
en
tio
n a
nd
Ox
fam
. IC
SU
RO
A w
as
re
pre
se
nte
d a
t th
e m
ee
tin
g b
y A
ch
uo
En
ow
.
AEON.
Th
e A
fric
an
Ea
rth
Ob
se
rva
tory
Ne
two
rk (
AE
ON
) h
as
ap
pro
ac
he
d I
CS
U R
OA
fo
r c
olla
bo
rati
on
in
th
e p
roje
ct
titl
ed
, “A
fric
a
Aliv
e
Co
rrid
ors
” w
hic
h
is
inte
nd
ed
to
b
e
inc
orp
ora
ted
in
to
the
a
cti
vit
ies
o
f th
e
UN
-pro
cla
ime
d
Inte
rna
tio
na
l Y
ea
r o
f P
lan
et
Ea
rth
(IY
PE
).
6.4 Joint Activities with the ICSU family and its Partners
ICS
U R
OA
is
in
vo
lve
d i
n j
oin
t a
ctiv
itie
s w
ith
its
pa
rtn
ers
, p
art
icu
larl
y U
NE
SC
O a
nd
TW
AS
. IC
SU
RO
A w
as
su
pp
ort
ed
by
the
UN
ES
CO
Na
iro
bi
Off
ice
in
th
e o
rga
nis
ati
on
of
its
tw
o w
ork
sh
op
s (
on
su
sta
ina
ble
en
erg
y a
nd
on
ha
za
rds
an
d
dis
as
ters
).
ICS
U
RO
A
als
o
join
ed
th
e
UN
ES
CO
R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
in
N
air
ob
i to
o
rga
nis
e
the
C
on
fere
nc
e
of
Vic
e
Ch
an
ce
llors
an
d D
ea
ns
of
Sc
ien
ce
, E
ng
ine
eri
ng
an
d T
ec
hn
olo
gy
(CO
VID
SE
T)
in J
oh
an
ne
sb
urg
, S
ou
th A
fric
a o
n 2
5 –
21
27
Se
pte
mb
er
20
07
. IC
SU
RO
A s
pe
nt
the
US
$2
5,0
00
allo
ca
ted
fo
r jo
int
ac
tiv
itie
s b
etw
ee
n t
he
tw
o
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
es
(o
f IC
SU
an
d U
NE
SC
O)
in t
he
ye
ar
un
de
r re
vie
w t
o s
up
po
rt t
he
org
an
isa
tio
n o
f
CO
VID
SE
T.
Th
e
UN
ES
CO
H
ea
dq
ua
rte
rs
als
o
pro
vid
ed
IC
SU
R
OA
w
ith
U
S$
30
,00
0
to
fac
ilita
te
org
an
isa
tio
n o
f m
ee
tin
gs
of
the
Ta
sk
Te
am
s to
pre
pa
re I
CS
U R
OA
pro
jec
t p
rop
os
als
.
Th
e I
CS
U R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a h
as
su
pp
ort
ed
se
ve
ral
act
ivit
ies
of
the
IC
SU
fa
mily
in
Afr
ica
.
So
me
ex
am
ple
s a
re:
GECAFS – SAF project:
IC
SU
RO
A e
nd
ors
ed
th
e s
cie
nc
e p
lan
of
the
Glo
ba
l E
nv
iro
nm
en
tal
Ch
an
ge
an
d F
oo
d S
yste
ms
So
uth
ern
Afr
ica
(G
EC
AF
S –
SA
F)
pro
ject
an
d i
s p
art
ne
rin
g w
ith
FA
NR
PA
N t
o
ch
am
pio
n t
he
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n o
f th
e p
roje
ct
Th
is i
s d
on
e i
n c
olla
bo
ratio
n w
ith
Re
gio
na
l E
co
no
mic
Co
mm
un
itie
s (
no
tab
ly,
SA
DC
an
d C
OM
ES
A).
Th
e D
ire
cto
r o
f IC
SU
RA
O,
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
, s
its
on
the
Ste
eri
ng
Co
mm
itte
e f
or
the
pro
jec
t.
Fourth E
arth Observation S
ummit, 28-29 N
ovember 2007 in C
ape Town, South Africa:
ICS
U
RO
A t
oo
k p
art
in
th
e 4
th p
len
ary
se
ss
ion
of
the
Gro
up
on
Ea
rth
Ob
se
rva
tio
ns
(G
EO
-IV
) o
n 2
8 –
29
No
ve
mb
er
20
07
, a
he
ad
of
the
Min
iste
ria
l S
um
mit
on
Ea
rth
Ob
se
rva
tio
ns
on
30
No
ve
mb
er
20
07
. IC
SU
RO
A
sta
ge
d
an
IC
SU
e
xh
ibit
ion
d
isp
layi
ng
th
e
ac
tiv
itie
s
of
ICS
U,
wit
h
sp
ec
ial
foc
us
o
n
WC
RP
,
DIV
ER
SIT
AS
, IP
Y a
nd
th
e I
CS
U R
OA
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
.
CHEMRAWN XII C
onference, 02 – 05 D
ecember 2007 in Stellenbosch, South Africa:
Th
is 1
2th
CH
EM
RA
WN
co
nfe
ren
ce
wa
s o
rga
nis
ed
by
the
In
tern
ati
on
al
Un
ion
of
Pu
re a
nd
Ap
plie
d C
he
mis
try
(IU
PA
C)
in
co
llab
ora
tio
n
wit
h
the
U
niv
ers
ity
of
Ste
llen
bo
sc
h,
So
uth
A
fric
a.
T
he
th
em
e
of
the
co
nfe
ren
ce
wa
s “
Th
e r
ole
of
ch
em
istr
y in
su
sta
ina
ble
ag
ric
ult
ure
an
d h
um
an
we
ll-b
ein
g i
n A
fric
a”.
ICS
U R
OA
wa
s r
ep
res
en
ted
at
the
co
nfe
ren
ce
by
its
Dir
ec
tor,
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
wh
o g
av
e a
ke
yn
ote
pre
se
nta
tio
n a
nd
wa
s a
me
mb
er
of
the
Org
an
isin
g C
om
mit
tee
.
Annual Research Conference of the National Research Council of Malawi, 10 – 13 M
arch 2008
in Lilongwe, Malawi. T
he
Na
tio
na
l R
es
ea
rch
Co
un
cil
of
Ma
law
i (N
RC
M)
is t
ha
t c
ou
ntr
y’s
ad
he
rin
g
bo
dy
to I
CS
U s
inc
e 2
00
6.
At
the
20
08
ed
itio
n o
f th
e a
nn
ua
l c
on
fere
nc
e o
f th
e N
RC
M,
Ac
hu
o E
no
w
rep
res
en
tin
g I
CS
U R
OA
, g
av
e a
we
ll re
ce
ive
d k
ey
no
te a
dd
res
s o
n t
he
ba
ck
gro
un
d a
nd
ob
jec
tiv
es
of
ICS
U,
the
ro
le o
f IC
SU
RO
A a
nd
th
e I
CS
U R
OA
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
an
d t
he
ir c
on
co
mita
nt
pro
ject
s.
4th
Ea
rth
Ob
se
rva
tio
n S
um
mit,
Ca
pe
To
wn
22
ICSU ROA
p
rom
ote
s co
nst
ruct
ive
an
d
fru
itfu
l co
op
era
tion
b
etw
ee
n
scie
ntif
ic
co
mm
un
itie
s
an
d
Afr
ica
n
Go
ve
rnm
en
ts,
NG
Os,
p
riv
ate
s
ect
or
an
d
the
ci
vil
so
cie
ty,
to
en
su
re
tha
t
scie
nc
e,
tech
no
log
y a
nd
in
no
va
tion
(ST
I)
in
Afr
ica
b
ec
om
e
a
relia
ble
en
gin
e
to
dra
stic
ally
re
du
ce
po
ve
rty
on
th
e c
on
tine
nt
thro
ug
h a
cce
lera
ted
ec
on
om
ic g
row
th a
nd
pro
sp
eri
ty o
f its
po
pu
latio
n.
AICIMO of Mozambique:
ICS
U R
OA
co
nti
nu
ed
wo
rkin
g w
ith
AIC
IMO
in
th
e o
rga
nis
ati
on
of
the
29
th I
CS
U
Ge
ne
ral
As
se
mb
ly t
o b
e h
eld
in
Mo
za
mb
iqu
e o
n 1
3-2
5 O
cto
be
r 2
00
8.
ICS
U R
OA
ha
s a
lso
be
en
in
vo
lve
d i
n a
cti
vit
ies
of
the
IC
SU
fa
mily
ou
tsid
e A
fric
a.
So
me
ex
am
ple
s i
nc
lud
e
pa
rtic
ipa
tio
n a
t th
e U
NE
SC
O-f
un
de
d 3
rd I
nte
rna
tion
al
Ge
o-h
aza
rds
Wo
rks
ho
p i
n F
ras
ca
ti,
Ita
ly o
n 0
6 –
09
No
ve
mb
er
20
07
an
d t
he
IG
OS
Pla
nn
ing
Wo
rks
ho
p i
n S
tock
ho
lm,
Sw
ed
en
on
10
– 1
1 N
ov
em
be
r 2
00
7.
ICS
U R
OA
wa
s r
ep
res
en
ted
at
bo
th e
ve
nts
by
its
Dir
ec
tor,
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
.
6.5 Science for Policy Activities – Interaction with Intergovernmental Bodies
ICS
U R
OA
ha
s c
on
tin
ue
d i
nte
rac
tin
g w
ith
go
ve
rnm
en
ts,
S&
T i
ns
titu
tio
ns
as
we
ll a
s i
nte
rgo
ve
rnm
en
tal
bo
die
s t
o e
ns
ure
th
at
sc
ien
ce
is
in
teg
rate
d i
nto
po
licy
de
ve
lop
me
nt
at
the
in
tern
ati
on
al
an
d n
ati
on
al
lev
els
an
d t
ha
t re
lev
an
t p
olic
ies
an
d d
ec
isio
n-m
ak
ing
pro
ce
ss
es
ta
ke
in
to a
cc
ou
nt
bo
th s
cie
ntif
ic k
no
wle
dg
e a
nd
the
ne
ed
s o
f s
cie
nc
e.
So
me
act
ivit
ies
ca
rrie
d o
ut
in t
his
en
de
av
ou
r d
uri
ng
th
e y
ea
r u
nd
er
rev
iew
in
clu
de
:
The first AU conference of African W
omen in Science and Technology, 29 – 31 A
ugust 2007 in
Johannesburg, South Africa:
Th
e
ob
jec
tiv
e
of
the
c
on
fere
nc
e
wa
s
to
cre
ate
a
p
latf
orm
fo
r A
fric
an
wo
me
n
sc
ien
tis
ts
to
de
libe
rate
o
n
ho
w
Afr
ica
n
wo
me
n
co
uld
p
art
icip
ate
m
ore
e
ffe
cti
ve
ly
in
sc
ien
ce
,
tec
hn
olo
gy
an
d i
nn
ov
ati
on
pro
gra
mm
es
fo
r A
fric
a’s
d
ev
elo
pm
en
t. J
an
ine
Ch
an
tso
n r
ep
res
en
ted
IC
SU
RO
A a
t th
e c
on
fere
nc
e.
Ministerial Round-Table Discussion on S&T for sustainable development and the role of UNESCO,
26 – 27 October 2007 in Paris, France:
UN
ES
CO
org
an
ise
d a
Ro
un
d-T
ab
le d
isc
us
sio
n o
n “
Sc
ien
ce
an
d
Te
ch
no
log
y fo
r S
ust
ain
ab
le D
ev
elo
pm
en
t a
nd
th
e r
ole
of
UN
ES
CO
” d
uri
ng
its
34
th G
en
era
l C
on
fere
nc
e
he
ld
in
Pa
ris
in
O
cto
be
r 2
00
7.
IC
SU
R
OA
D
ire
cto
r,
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
, a
tte
nd
ed
th
e
Ro
un
d
Ta
ble
Dis
cu
ss
ion
in
his
ca
pa
cit
y a
s t
he
Ch
air
pe
rso
n o
f th
e U
NE
SC
O/I
UG
S/I
GC
P S
cie
nti
fic
Bo
ard
. T
he
Ro
un
d-
Ta
ble
c
on
sid
ere
d
ho
w
UN
ES
CO
’s
str
ate
gic
o
bje
cti
ve
s
(20
08
-13
) m
ay
be
tr
an
sla
ted
in
to
ac
tio
ns
th
at
ha
rne
ss
sc
ien
ce
an
d t
ec
hn
olo
gy
for
de
ve
lop
me
nt.
Am
on
g t
he
is
su
es
dis
cu
ss
ed
wa
s t
he
mo
bili
za
tio
n o
f
inte
rna
tio
na
l c
oo
pe
rati
on
fo
r in
no
va
tiv
e p
olic
ies
, a
s w
ell
as
gu
ide
line
s f
or
UN
ES
CO
’s a
cti
on
in
S&
T f
or
20
08
-20
13
. F
ran
cis
G
ud
yan
ga
a
tte
nd
ed
th
is
me
eti
ng
in
h
is
off
icia
l c
ap
ac
ity
of
be
ing
th
e
Pe
rma
ne
nt
Se
cre
tary
of
the
Min
istr
y o
f S
&T
of
Zim
ba
bw
e.
Th
e s
tate
me
nts
, d
ec
lara
tio
ns
an
d d
ec
isio
ns
of
the
34
th
Co
nfe
ren
ce
are
av
aila
ble
on
th
e w
eb
sit
e o
f U
NE
SC
O.
23
Third meeting of the African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology (AMCOST III), 12-16
November 2007 in M
ombassa, Kenya:
Th
e T
hir
d O
rdin
ary
Se
ss
ion
of
the
Afr
ica
n M
inis
teri
al
Co
nfe
ren
ce
on
Sc
ien
ce
an
d T
ec
hn
olo
gy
(AM
CO
ST
III
) w
hic
h w
as
he
ld o
n 1
5 -
16
No
ve
mb
er
20
07
in
Mo
mb
as
a,
Ke
nya
wa
s p
roc
ee
de
d b
y th
e
ex
pe
rts
' s
es
sio
n o
n 1
2 -
13
No
ve
mb
er
20
07
. T
he
Dir
ec
tor
of
ICS
U R
OA
, S
os
pe
ter
Mu
ho
ng
o,
att
en
de
d b
oth
se
ss
ion
s
of
the
co
nfe
ren
ce
. T
he
re
co
mm
en
da
tio
ns
ma
de
by
the
ex
pe
rts
fo
cu
se
d o
n t
hre
e k
ey
pri
ori
tie
s:
(i)
the
Afr
ica
n S
cie
nc
e
an
d T
ec
hn
olo
gy
In
dic
ato
rs p
rog
ram
me
th
at
wa
s h
igh
ligh
ted
as
cri
tic
al
to t
he
ev
alu
ati
on
an
d a
ud
it o
f th
e c
on
tin
en
t’s
S&
T d
ev
elo
pm
en
t st
atu
s, a
nd
us
efu
l in
fo
rmu
lati
ng
po
licie
s a
nd
str
ate
gie
s t
o a
dd
res
s t
he
ga
ps
an
d b
ott
len
ec
ks
th
at
de
rail
the
co
nti
ne
nt
fro
m m
ov
ing
fo
rwa
rd i
n i
ts s
cie
nc
e a
nd
te
ch
no
log
y p
rog
ram
me
s;
(ii)
fu
nd
ing
of
the
Co
ns
olid
ate
d
Pla
n o
f A
ctio
n;
an
d (
iii)
the
is
su
e o
f C
lima
te C
ha
ng
e.
Th
e M
inis
teri
al
Co
nfe
ren
ce
dis
cu
ss
ed
, a
mo
ng
oth
er
ke
y is
su
es
, th
e s
tra
teg
y a
nd
re
po
rts
on
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n o
f A
fric
a's
Sc
ien
ce
a
nd
T
ec
hn
olo
gy
C
on
so
lida
ted
P
lan
o
f A
cti
on
(C
PA
),
imp
lem
en
tati
on
o
f th
e
Afr
ica
n
Un
ion
2
00
7
Su
mm
it
De
cis
ion
s a
nd
re
so
urc
e m
ob
iliza
tio
n f
or
the
CP
A.
Commonwealth People’s Forum on Knowledge and Innovation for Economic Transform
ation, 13 – 15
September 2007 at Mbarara University, Uganda.
Th
is F
oru
m w
as
he
ld i
n p
rep
ara
tio
n f
or
the
Co
mm
on
we
alt
h H
ea
ds
Of
Go
ve
rnm
en
t M
ee
tin
g (
CH
OG
M)
wh
ich
w
as
he
ld
on
18
– 2
1
No
ve
mb
er
20
07
in
Ka
mp
ala
, U
ga
nd
a.
So
sp
ete
r
Mu
ho
ng
o w
as
an
in
vit
ed
ke
yno
te s
pe
ak
er
in t
he
pa
ne
l d
isc
us
sin
g I
ns
titu
tion
al
Arr
an
ge
me
nts
fo
r S
cie
nc
e,
Te
ch
no
log
y
an
d I
nn
ov
ati
on
(S
TI)
at
the
pre
-CH
OG
M F
oru
m.
UNECA/AU conference on “Science w
ith Africa,” 03 -07 M
arch 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
Th
e U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns
E
co
no
mic
C
om
mis
sio
n
for
Afr
ica
(U
NE
CA
),
the
A
fric
an
U
nio
n
Co
mm
iss
ion
(A
UC
) a
nd
th
eir
p
art
ne
rs
org
an
ize
d a
we
ll-a
tte
nd
ed
an
d a
hig
hly
su
cc
es
sfu
l c
on
fere
nc
e t
itle
d,
“Sc
ien
ce
wit
h A
fric
a”,
on
3-7
Ma
rch
20
08
in
Ad
dis
Ab
ab
a,
Eth
iop
ia.
So
sp
ete
r M
uh
on
go
wa
s t
he
Ra
pp
ort
eu
r G
en
era
l fo
r th
is c
on
fere
nc
e.
Th
e
co
nfe
ren
ce
w
as
a
tte
nd
ed
b
y a
pp
rox
ima
tely
8
00
p
art
icip
an
ts,
mo
stly
fr
om
A
fric
an
g
ov
ern
me
nts
, a
ca
de
mia
,
bu
sin
es
s c
om
mu
nit
y, m
ed
ia,
civ
il s
oc
iety
org
an
iza
tio
ns
an
d s
tud
en
ts.
Th
ere
wa
s a
go
od
re
pre
se
nta
tio
n f
rom
th
e
de
ve
lop
me
nt
co
mm
un
ity
an
d i
nte
rna
tio
na
l o
rga
niz
ati
on
s a
nd
co
mp
an
ies
de
alin
g w
ith
sc
ien
ce
an
d t
ec
hn
olo
gy
(S&
T).
Th
e m
ain
ob
jec
tiv
e o
f th
e c
on
fere
nc
e w
as
to
sta
ge
a p
latf
orm
fo
r in
-de
pth
ex
plo
rati
on
of
wa
ys i
n w
hic
h s
cie
nc
e,
tec
hn
olo
gy
an
d i
nn
ov
ati
on
(S
TI)
ca
n b
e o
f s
erv
ice
to
th
e A
fric
an
po
pu
lati
on
, e
sp
ec
ially
on
th
e i
mp
ort
an
ce
of
ST
I b
ein
g
an
en
gin
e f
or
ac
ce
lera
ted
ec
on
om
ic g
row
th a
nd
po
ve
rty
red
uc
tio
n o
n t
he
co
nti
ne
nt
ba
se
d o
n A
fric
a’s
de
ve
lop
me
nt
ch
alle
ng
es
.
24
ICSU ROA
co
ntin
ue
s to
att
ract
Afr
ica
n
cou
ntr
ies
into
th
e
me
mb
ers
hip
o
f
ICS
U,
an
d p
rom
ote
s th
e m
ain
ten
an
ce
of
the
ir st
atu
s a
s N
atio
na
l S
cie
ntif
ic
Me
mb
ers
. In
a
dd
itio
n,
ICS
U
RO
A
en
cou
rag
es
Afr
ica
n
pro
fess
ion
al
bo
die
s a
nd
inst
itutio
ns
to a
cqu
ire
act
ive
me
mb
ers
hip
to
th
e
29
In
tern
atio
na
l
Sci
en
tific
U
nio
ns
of
ICS
U
an
d
oth
er
aff
ilia
ted
IC
SU
sci
en
tific
bo
die
s .
Th
e h
igh
-le
ve
l p
an
el
of
the
co
nfe
ren
ce
wh
ich
in
clu
de
d m
inis
ters
an
d s
pe
ak
ers
of
na
tio
na
l p
arl
iam
en
ts
fro
m s
ev
era
l A
fric
an
co
un
trie
s e
mp
ha
siz
ed
th
e r
ec
og
niz
ed
im
po
rta
nc
e o
f S
TI
as
a t
oo
l fo
r s
oc
io-e
co
no
mic
de
ve
lop
me
nt
in t
he
ir r
esp
ec
tiv
e c
ou
ntr
ies
. T
he
y a
rgu
ed
th
at
the
cu
rre
nt
low
fin
an
cia
l in
ve
stm
en
t in
ST
I
ac
tiv
itie
s i
n A
fric
a i
s m
os
tly
du
e t
o s
ma
ll n
ati
on
al
an
nu
al
ec
on
om
ic g
row
th r
ate
s.
He
nc
e,
the
y u
rge
d t
he
Afr
ica
n
co
un
trie
s
to
go
fo
r g
rea
ter
reg
ion
al
an
d
inte
rna
tio
na
l c
o-o
pe
rati
on
in
S
TI
for
su
sta
ina
ble
de
ve
lop
me
nt
of
the
co
ntin
en
t.
So
me
of
the
se
in
terg
ov
ern
me
nta
l b
od
ies
ha
ve
als
o b
ee
n v
ery
ac
tiv
ely
in
vo
lve
d i
n t
he
ac
tiv
itie
s o
f IC
SU
RO
A.
Fo
r e
xa
mp
le,
AU
an
d U
NE
CA
we
re r
ep
res
en
ted
at
the
IC
SU
RO
A I
nte
rna
tio
na
l F
ield
Wo
rksh
op
on
Re
ne
wa
ble
En
erg
ies
fo
r S
us
tain
ab
le D
ev
elo
pm
en
t in
Afr
ica
, o
n 1
8 –
21
Ju
ne
20
07
in
Ma
uri
tiu
s.
UN
EC
A
ha
s
co
nti
nu
ed
its
in
vo
lve
me
nt
in
the
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n
of
ICS
U
RO
A
sc
ien
ce
p
lan
s
thro
ug
h
its
rep
res
en
tati
on
in
th
e T
as
k T
ea
ms
pre
pa
rin
g f
un
da
ble
pro
jec
ts o
n S
ust
ain
ab
le E
ne
rgy.
6.6 ICSU M
embership in Africa
Du
rin
g t
he
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar
un
de
r re
vie
w,
ICS
U R
OA
co
ntin
ue
d in
its
eff
ort
s t
o in
cre
ase
IC
SU
na
tion
al s
cie
ntif
ic
me
mb
ers
hip
in
su
b-S
ah
ara
n
Afr
ica
. T
he
se
e
ffo
rts
re
sulte
d
in
on
e
ad
diti
on
al
me
mb
er
(Le
soth
o)
be
ing
ad
mitt
ed
as
a f
ull
na
tion
al
scie
ntif
ic m
em
be
r. T
his
ha
s ra
ise
d t
he
nu
mb
er
of
ICS
U n
atio
na
l m
em
be
rs i
n s
ub
-
Sa
ha
ran
A
fric
a
to
24
, co
mp
ose
d
of
20
fu
ll m
em
be
rs
(Bo
tsw
an
a,
Ca
me
roo
n,
Eth
iop
ia,
Gh
an
a,
Ke
nya
,
Le
soth
o,
Ma
law
i, M
au
ritiu
s,
Mo
zam
biq
ue
, N
ige
ria
, R
wa
nd
a,
Se
ne
ga
l, S
eyc
he
lles,
S
ou
th
Afr
ica
, S
ud
an
,
Sw
azi
lan
d,
Ta
nza
nia
, T
og
o,
Za
mb
ia
an
d
Zim
ba
bw
e)
an
d
4
Sc
ien
tific
A
sso
cia
tes
(Bu
rkin
a
Fa
so
, C
ôte
d’Iv
oir
e,
Ma
da
ga
sca
r a
nd
Ug
an
da
). I
CS
U R
OA
ha
s a
lso
urg
ed
th
e 4
Na
tion
al
Sc
ien
tific
Ass
oci
ate
s t
o a
pp
ly
for
full
ICS
U n
atio
na
l m
em
be
rsh
ip.
Bu
rkin
a F
aso
, C
ôte
d’Iv
oir
e,
an
d U
ga
nd
a r
es
po
nd
ed
to
th
is c
all
an
d
sub
mitt
ed
th
eir
ap
plic
atio
ns
for
co
nsi
de
ratio
n b
y th
e I
CS
U E
B d
uri
ng
its
me
etin
g o
f M
ay
20
08
. N
am
ibia
ha
s
sub
mitt
ed
its
ap
plic
atio
n f
or
na
tion
al
me
mb
ers
hip
. A
cce
pta
nce
of
the
se a
pp
lica
tion
s b
y th
e I
CS
U E
B w
ill
rais
e t
he
nu
mb
er
of
ICS
U n
atio
na
l m
em
be
rs i
n s
ub
-Sa
ha
ran
Afr
ica
to
25
(2
4 f
ull
na
tion
al
scie
ntif
ic m
em
be
rs
an
d 1
sci
en
tific
ass
oci
ate
). M
ea
nw
hile
, 1
6 o
the
r co
un
trie
s in
su
b-S
ah
ara
n A
fric
a h
ave
re
sp
on
de
d p
osi
tive
ly
to c
alls
by
ICS
U R
OA
to
ap
ply
fo
r IC
SU
na
tion
al
me
mb
ers
hip
an
d t
he
y a
re b
us
y p
rep
ari
ng
th
eir
me
mb
ers
hip
ap
plic
atio
ns
to
be
su
bm
itte
d t
o t
he
IC
SU
EB
fo
r c
on
sid
era
tion
. T
he
se
are
: A
ng
ola
, B
en
in,
Bu
run
di,
Ch
ad
,
Co
mo
ros,
Co
ng
o B
razz
avi
lle,
De
mo
cra
tic R
ep
ub
lic o
f C
on
go
, D
jibo
uti,
Eri
tre
a,
Ga
bo
n,
Ga
mb
ia,
Gu
ine
a
Co
na
kry
, L
ibe
ria
, M
ali,
Nig
er
an
d S
ierr
a L
eo
ne
.
25
6.7 ICSU Regional Committee for
Africa
6.7.1
Composition
Th
e
ICS
U
EB
a
pp
rov
ed
th
e
rec
om
me
nd
ati
on
s
of
the
IC
SU
R
CA
to
ex
ten
d t
he
te
nu
re o
f it
s m
em
be
rs f
or
an
oth
er
term
of
thre
e y
ea
rs:
(i)
20
07
– 2
00
9:
Ay
ite
-Lo
Aja
vo
n,
Ma
ry S
tra
ve
ns
an
d V
inc
en
t T
ita
nji
;
(ii)
2
08
–
2
01
0:
Ga
bri
el
Og
un
mo
la,
Fra
nc
is
Gu
dy
an
ga
, D
om
inic
M
ak
aw
iti,
K
ho
tso
Mo
kh
ele
a
nd
M
an
ue
l C
he
ne
ne
.
K
ho
tso
Mo
kh
ele
re
sig
ne
d
fro
m
ICS
U
RC
A
in
Fe
bru
ary
2
00
8.
Th
e
ICS
U
EB
a
lso
d
ec
ide
d
du
rin
g o
ne
o
f it
s m
ee
tin
gs
in
20
07
th
at
the
ICS
U E
xe
cu
tiv
e D
ire
cto
r (T
ho
ma
s R
os
sw
all
)
wo
uld
n
o
lon
ge
r b
e
a
me
mb
er
of
ICS
U
Re
gio
na
l C
om
mit
tee
s
an
d
tha
t th
e
ICS
U
Se
cre
tari
at
wo
uld
b
e
rep
res
en
ted
o
n
the
co
mm
itte
es
b
y
the
d
es
ign
ate
d
sc
ien
tifi
c
off
ice
r (P
atr
icia
O
ca
mp
o-T
ho
ma
so
n)
in
ch
arg
e
of
ICS
U
Re
gio
na
l O
ffic
es
.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, th
e
ICS
U
EB
a
pp
oin
ted
it
s
rep
res
en
tati
ve
s
on
a
ll
ICS
U
Re
gio
na
l
Co
mm
itte
es
. H
en
ce
, F
ran
cis
G
ud
ya
ng
a
is
the
re
pre
se
nta
tiv
e o
f th
e I
CS
U E
B o
n I
CS
U
RC
A.
Th
e
cu
rre
nt
co
mp
os
itio
n
of
the
IC
SU
RC
A i
s g
ive
n i
n A
nn
ex
C.
ICS
U R
CA
Me
eti
ng
, M
ap
uto
, J
an
ua
ry 2
00
8:
7th
fro
m le
ft b
ein
g t
he
Ho
n D
r E
dw
ard
o K
olo
me
, D
ep
uty
M
inis
ter
of
Fo
reig
n A
ffa
irs
of
Mo
zam
biq
ue
26
6.7.2
Meetings
Th
e I
CS
U R
eg
ion
al
Co
mm
itte
e f
or
Afr
ica
(IC
SU
RC
A)
he
ld i
ts 6
th a
nd
7th
me
etin
gs
du
rin
g t
his
fin
an
cia
l
yea
r. T
he
6th
me
etin
g w
hic
h t
oo
k p
lace
in P
reto
ria
, S
ou
th A
fric
a o
n 1
3 –
14
Au
gu
st 2
00
7 f
ocu
sed
on
issu
es
rela
ted
to
th
e f
un
ctio
nin
g o
f th
e I
CS
U R
OA
Se
cre
tari
at
an
d t
he
im
ple
me
nta
tion
of
its s
cie
nce
pla
ns.
At
the
7th
me
etin
g h
eld
in
Ma
pu
to,
Mo
zam
biq
ue
fro
m 3
0 J
an
ua
ry t
o 0
2 F
eb
rua
ry 2
00
8,
em
ph
asi
s w
as
pla
ced
on
the
pre
pa
ratio
ns
for
the
fo
rth
com
ing
29
th I
CS
U G
en
era
l A
sse
mb
ly t
o b
e h
eld
in
Ma
pu
to,
Mo
zam
biq
ue
in
Oct
ob
er
20
08
. D
uri
ng
th
is 7
th m
ee
ting
IC
SU
RC
A m
em
be
rs in
tera
cte
d v
ery
clo
sely
with
th
e g
ove
rnm
en
t o
f
Mo
zam
biq
ue
as
we
ll a
s w
ith t
he
Lo
cal O
rga
nis
ing
Co
mm
itte
e f
or
the
Ge
ne
ral A
sse
mb
ly.
6.7.3
Recognition
Du
rin
g t
he
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar
two
me
mb
ers
of
the
IC
SU
RC
A r
ec
eiv
ed
sp
ec
ial
rec
og
nit
ion
fo
r th
eir
co
ntr
ibu
tio
ns
to
Afr
ica
’s d
ev
elo
pm
en
t. P
rof.
Fra
nc
is G
ud
ya
ng
a w
as
ho
no
ure
d b
y th
e G
ov
ern
me
nt
of
Zim
ba
bw
e w
ith
his
ap
po
intm
en
t to
th
e p
os
itio
n o
f P
erm
an
en
t S
ec
reta
ry i
n t
he
Min
istr
y o
f S
cie
nc
e a
nd
Te
ch
no
log
y D
ev
elo
pm
en
t, w
hile
Pro
f. A
yite
-Lo
Aja
vo
n i
s a
co
-la
ure
ate
of
the
20
07
IP
CC
No
be
l P
rize
.
6.7.4
Consolidation of the ICSU ROA Secretariat
ICS
U R
OA
ha
s n
ot
yet
se
cu
red
th
e r
eq
uir
ed
off
ice
sp
ac
e f
or
its
sta
ff m
em
be
rs a
nd
an
ad
dit
ion
al
roo
m
for
a r
es
ou
rce
ce
ntr
e.
It i
s h
op
ed
th
at
the
NR
F w
ill m
ak
e t
he
re
qu
ire
d o
ffic
e s
pa
ce
av
aila
ble
to
IC
SU
RO
A a
s s
oo
n a
s th
e I
nn
ov
ati
on
Fu
nd
(n
ow
pa
rt o
f th
e N
RF
) re
loc
ate
s.
6.8 Preparations for the 29th ICSU General Assembly
Th
rou
gh
a
s
eri
es
o
f c
on
su
lta
tio
ns
, IC
SU
R
OA
h
as
c
olla
bo
rate
d
ve
ry
clo
se
ly
wit
h
AIC
IMO
in
th
e
pre
limin
ary
pla
nn
ing
of
ac
tiv
itie
s a
ss
oc
iate
d w
ith
th
e 2
9th
IC
SU
Ge
ne
ral
As
se
mb
ly w
hic
h w
ill t
ak
e p
lac
e
in M
ap
uto
, M
oza
mb
iqu
e o
n 1
3 –
31
Oc
tob
er
20
08
. D
uri
ng
th
e 2
00
7/0
8 f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r, I
CS
U R
OA
an
d
AIC
IMO
ha
ve
su
cc
ee
de
d t
o s
et
up
va
rio
us
co
mm
itte
es
an
d a
ss
ign
ed
th
em
sp
ec
ific
fu
nc
tio
ns
to
wa
rds
the
org
an
isa
tio
n o
f th
e G
A.
Pre
-GA
wo
rks
ho
ps
ha
ve
als
o b
ee
n p
lan
ne
d i
n a
ll th
e t
en
pro
vin
ce
s o
f
Mo
zam
biq
ue
, c
ov
eri
ng
th
e f
ou
r th
em
ati
c a
rea
s o
f th
e I
CS
U R
OA
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
, a
nd
tw
o o
the
r th
em
es
pro
po
se
d b
y A
ICIM
O.
In a
dd
itio
n,
po
st-
GA
sc
ien
tifi
c e
xc
urs
ion
s a
nd
to
uri
sm h
av
e b
ee
n p
lan
ne
d i
n
Mo
zam
biq
ue
a
nd
o
the
r A
fric
an
c
ou
ntr
ies
, n
am
ely
: C
am
ero
on
, K
en
ya,
Ma
da
ga
sc
ar,
M
au
riti
us,
Mo
zam
biq
ue
, S
eyc
he
lles
, S
ou
th
Afr
ica
, T
an
zan
ia
an
d
Zim
ba
bw
e.
De
taile
d
info
rma
tio
n
on
th
es
e
ac
tiv
itie
s i
s a
va
ilab
le i
n t
he
fir
st
cir
cu
lar
for
the
GA
(w
ww
.ics
u-a
fric
a.o
rg).
Ka
thy
Po
tgie
ter
(IC
SU
RO
A)
an
d P
atr
icio
S
an
de
(A
ICIM
O)
27
ICS
U R
OA
de
cid
ed
to
pro
du
ce
a b
oo
k f
or
the
29
th I
CS
U G
A t
o s
ho
w t
he
im
po
rta
nc
e o
f S
TI
in A
fric
a a
nd
for
the
pro
mo
tio
n o
f s
cie
nc
e e
du
ca
tio
n a
nd
re
se
arc
h;
an
d i
ts r
ele
va
nc
e t
o s
oc
iety
an
d p
olic
y-
an
d d
ec
isio
n
ma
kin
g p
roc
es
se
s.
A c
all
wa
s m
ad
e f
or
co
ntr
ibu
tion
s b
y A
fric
an
sc
ien
tis
ts,
en
gin
ee
rs a
nd
te
ch
no
log
ists
to
the
bo
ok
tit
led
“S
TI
Su
cce
ss
Sto
rie
s f
rom
Afr
ica
.” E
igh
tee
n (
18
) m
an
us
cri
pts
we
re r
ec
eiv
ed
an
d s
en
t o
ut
to
co
mp
ete
nt
refe
ree
s f
or
rev
iew
. It
is
an
tic
ipa
ted
th
at
the
bo
ok
will
be
pu
blis
he
d b
y A
ug
us
t 2
00
8 a
nd
be
pre
se
nte
d a
t th
e 2
9th
IC
SU
GA
as
a t
est
imo
ny
of
the
im
po
rta
nc
e o
f S
TI
in A
fric
a.
6.9 Fundraising Activities
Th
e I
CS
U R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a p
rep
are
d a
fu
nd
rais
ing
str
ate
gy
to g
en
era
te f
un
ds
fo
r th
e p
roje
cts
de
ve
lop
ed
fro
m i
ts 4
sc
ien
ce
pla
ns
. P
rep
ara
tio
n o
f th
e p
roje
ct p
rop
os
als
ha
d n
ot
yet
be
en
co
mp
lete
d b
y
the
en
d o
f th
e f
ina
nc
ial
yea
r (2
00
7/0
8)
un
de
r re
vie
w a
nd
as
a r
es
ult
, th
e f
un
dra
isin
g c
am
pa
ign
wa
s n
ot
lau
nc
he
d.
Ho
we
ve
r,
ICS
U
RO
A
su
cc
es
sfu
lly
rais
ed
fu
nd
s
to
run
it
s
two
in
tern
ati
on
al
wo
rks
ho
ps
o
n
Su
sta
ina
ble
E
ne
rgy
an
d
on
H
aza
rds
a
nd
D
isa
ste
rs.
Fu
nd
s
for
the
se
wo
rks
ho
ps
we
re
rais
ed
fr
om
reg
istr
ati
on
fe
es
pa
id b
y d
ele
ga
tes
, a
s w
ell
as
fro
m f
ina
nc
ial
do
na
tio
ns
fro
m t
he
fo
llow
ing
org
an
isa
tio
ns
:
Sustainable Energy W
orkshop:
1.
UN
ES
CO
(N
air
ob
i o
ffic
e)
2.
Th
e R
oya
l N
eth
erl
an
ds
Ac
ad
em
y o
f S
cie
nc
e (
KN
AW
)
3.
Th
e G
erm
an
Ac
ad
em
ic E
xc
ha
ng
e S
erv
ice
(D
AA
D)
Hazards and Disasters W
orkshop:
1.
UN
ES
CO
(N
air
ob
i o
ffic
e)
2.
Th
e
Un
ive
rsit
y N
etw
ork
fo
r D
isa
ste
r R
ed
uct
ion
in
A
fric
a
(UN
ED
RA
) u
nd
er
tute
lag
e
of
the
U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns
Un
ive
rsit
y /
Inte
rna
tio
na
l In
sti
tute
fo
r G
EO
-In
form
ati
on
Sc
ien
ce
an
d E
art
h S
cie
nc
es
(IT
C)
3.
Th
e
Na
tio
na
l S
cie
nc
e F
ou
nd
ati
on
(N
SF
) o
f th
e U
SA
an
d t
he
Bo
on
e P
ick
en
s S
ch
oo
l o
f G
eo
log
y,
Ok
lah
om
a S
tate
Un
ive
rsity
, U
SA
4.
Th
e D
ev
elo
pin
g C
ou
ntr
ies
Str
ate
gy
Gro
up
of
the
In
tern
ati
on
al
Ma
the
ma
tica
l U
nio
n (
IMU
)
5.
Th
e I
nte
rna
tio
na
l L
ith
os
ph
ere
Pro
gra
mm
e (
ILP
)
6.
Th
e I
nte
rna
tio
na
l U
nio
n o
f G
eo
gra
ph
y a
nd
Ge
od
es
y -
Ge
o-S
cie
nc
es
Init
iati
ve
in
Afr
ica
(G
IA/I
UG
G)
28
Activity-based budget estimate for 2007/08
Description
Budget 2007/08
(ZAR)
INC
OM
E
De
fic
it f
rom
20
06
/07
-
24
1,3
76
DS
T a
lloc
ati
on
20
07
/08
1
,50
0,0
00
ICS
U S
ec
reta
ria
t in
Pa
ris
allo
ca
tio
n (
€3
5,0
00
) 3
35
,00
0
UN
ES
CO
Su
bv
en
tio
n (
US
$2
5,0
00
) 1
81
,00
0
ICS
U R
OA
/ N
RF
Dia
sp
ora
pro
jec
t 3
04
,00
0
Sa
lari
es
fo
r 4
NR
F/I
CS
U R
OA
sta
ff
1,2
72
,79
2
Other sources
-
TO
TA
L P
RO
JE
CT
ED
IN
CO
ME
3
,35
1,4
16
RU
NN
ING
EX
PE
NS
ES
ICS
U R
OA
ru
nn
ing
co
st
2
41
,62
4
ICS
U R
OA
/ N
RF
Dia
sp
ora
Pro
ject
3
04
,00
0
Jo
int
ICS
U /
UN
ES
CO
ac
tiv
itie
s (
CO
VID
SE
T)
18
1,0
00
ICS
U R
eg
ion
al
Co
mm
itte
e m
ee
tin
gs
(2
) 2
60
,00
0
Pre
pa
rati
on
of
fun
da
ble
pro
ject
s (m
ee
tin
gs
an
d t
rav
el)
1
59
,00
0
Kn
ow
led
ge
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
/ IT
-
ICS
U-R
OA
tra
ve
l &
su
bsi
ste
nc
e (
6 p
ers
on
s)
21
0,0
00
Sta
ff t
rain
ing
8
,00
0
Total Running
1,3
63
,62
4
Ca
pit
al
Ex
pe
nd
itu
re (
Ca
pe
x)
-
Sa
lari
es
(5
pe
rso
ns
) D
ire
cto
r (1
), P
rog
ram
me
Sp
ec
ialis
ts (
2),
Pro
gra
mm
e
Off
ice
r (1
), P
A (
1)
1,9
87
,79
2
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
3,351,416
In-k
ind
co
ntr
ibu
tio
n f
rom
NR
F
500,000
TOTAL COST
3,851,416
7 FINANCIAL REPORT
7.1 2007/08 ICSU ROA Budget
ICS
U
RO
A
ha
d
an
a
pp
rove
d
bu
dg
et
of
ZA
R
3,3
51
,41
6 f
or
the
20
07
/08
fin
an
cia
l ye
ar,
of
wh
ich
ZA
R 1
,98
7,7
92
wa
s e
stim
ate
d t
o c
ove
r th
e s
ala
rie
s
of
five
st
aff
a
nd
Z
AR
1
,36
3,6
24
fo
r ru
nn
ing
exp
en
ses
of
the
Se
cre
tari
at.
In
ad
diti
on
to
th
is,
the
NR
F p
rovi
de
d in
-kin
d c
on
trib
utio
n e
stim
ate
d a
t Z
AR
50
0,0
00
. A
bre
ak-
do
wn
of
the
bu
dg
et
is a
s sh
ow
n
the
ta
ble
to
th
e le
ft.
29
ICSU ROA 2007/08 Statement of Income and Expenditure
Description
Income (ZAR)
Expenditure (ZAR)
DST Contribution 2007/08
1,500,000
NRF contribution for staff salaries
1,273,000
ICSU Secretariat, Paris Contribution
344,253
External Funding
International Foundation for Science
UNESCO (Task Team Meetings)
UNU/ITC (for workshop in Kampala)
Univ. Oklahoma (Kampala W
orkshop)
IMU (Kampala workshop)
KNAW (Mauritius workshop)
DAAD (Mauritius workshop)
ADEME (Interlink Project)
French Geological Survey
363,808
229,725
46,733
34,013
17,159
46,719
18,233
109,939
12,406
Running Expenses:
Audit fees
Bank charges
Computer consumables
Conferences and workshops
Fees for services
Marketing costs
Recruitment and training costs
Refreshments / entertainment
Printing and Stationery
Telephone, Faxes and Post
Travel & subsistence
9,443
2,591
2,301
55,923
38,985
71
39,111
13,047
146,990
24,053
1,530,988
Salaries
1,704,982
Total
3,995,988
3,568,485
7.2 2007/08 ICSU ROA Income
and Expenditure Statement
Th
e
tab
le
to
the
ri
gh
t sh
ow
s th
e
inco
me
a
nd
exp
en
ditu
re
of
ICS
U
RO
A
du
rin
g
the
2
00
7/0
8
fina
nci
al
yea
r. I
t sh
ou
ld b
e n
ote
d t
ha
t th
e s
tate
me
nt
pre
sen
ted
h
ere
e
xclu
de
s th
e
Afr
ica
n
Dia
spo
ra
Pro
ject
fo
r w
hic
h
a
sep
ara
te
cost
ce
ntr
e
wa
s
cre
ate
d a
t th
e N
RF
. T
he
sta
tem
en
t a
lso
exc
lud
es
the
UN
ES
CO
co
ntr
ibu
tion
fo
r jo
int
act
iviti
es,
as
this
wa
s re
tain
ed
at
the
UN
ES
CO
Na
irob
i O
ffic
e a
nd
use
d f
or
CO
VID
SE
T 2
00
7.
Do
na
tion
s b
y U
NE
SC
O
an
d G
IA/I
UG
G t
o s
up
po
rt I
CS
U R
OA
wo
rksh
op
s
are
no
t re
flect
ed
in t
he
sta
tem
en
t a
s th
ese
fu
nd
s d
id
no
t p
ass
th
rou
gh
th
e
ICS
U
RO
A
acc
ou
nt
at
the
NR
F.
Me
an
wh
ile,
the
In
terl
ink
pro
ject
fu
nd
s
rep
rese
nt
65
% o
f th
e t
ota
l p
roje
ct f
un
din
g f
or
the
pe
rio
d f
rom
Oct
ob
er
20
07
to
Se
pte
mb
er
20
09
. P
art
of
the
se f
un
ds
(ZA
R 7
3,2
92
) m
ea
nt
for
the
20
08
/09
fina
nci
al
yea
r is
in
clu
de
d
in
the
b
ala
nce
ca
rrie
d
forw
ard
.
30
Project SE 01: Development of energy m
odels and scenarios for sub-Saharan Africa
Og
un
lad
e D
av
ids
on
(Project Leader)
S
ierr
a L
eo
ne
M
ec
hn
ica
l E
ng
ine
eri
ng
; E
ne
rgy
po
licy
Bo
av
en
tura
C.
Cu
am
ba
M
oza
mb
iqu
e
Ph
ysic
s
Ch
ris
Co
op
er
So
uth
Afr
ica
P
hys
ics
Ad
am
Se
bb
it
Ug
an
da
M
ec
h.
En
g;
Re
ne
wa
ble
en
erg
y
He
ric
k O
thie
no
K
en
ya
Ph
ysic
s
Ja
cq
ue
s M
ou
lot
UN
EC
A
En
erg
y e
ffic
ien
cy
Osm
an
Be
nc
hik
h
UN
ES
CO
E
ne
rgy
Ex
pe
rt
Project SE 02: Increase in access to high quality, reliable and affordable energy
in a sustainable m
anner in sub-Saharan Africa:
Renewable Energies – Bioenergies for sub Saharan Africa
Erh
ard
Se
iler
(Project Leader)
S
ou
th A
fric
a
Sub Project SE 02.1: Electronic library and knowledge network in the Bioenergies sector
Ro
me
ela
Mo
he
e (Task Team Leader)
Ma
uri
tiu
s
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Cu
thb
ert
Mh
ilu
Ta
nza
nia
E
ne
rgy;
Co
ntr
ol;
En
gin
ee
rin
g
Om
on
iyi
Aye
ni
Nig
eri
a
Ch
em
ica
l E
ng
ine
eri
ng
Ch
arl
es
Ju
mb
e
Ma
law
i E
co
no
mis
t
Co
ns
ult
ati
ve
Te
am
Alo
k A
dh
ole
ya
Ind
ia
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Ha
ns
He
ere
n
US
A
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Ste
ph
an
e S
en
ec
ha
l B
elg
ium
E
ne
rgy
Ex
pe
rt
Osm
an
Be
nc
hik
h
UN
ES
CO
E
ne
rgy
Ex
pe
rt
Ja
cq
ue
s M
ou
lot
UN
EC
A
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
ANNEXES
Annex A
Task Teams for Sustainable Energy
Projects
31
Sub Project SE 02.2: Bioenergies technology: characterization footprint and
adaptation
Task Team
Le
on
Lo
ren
zen
S
ou
th A
fric
a
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Ah
me
d H
.M.
Ho
od
S
ud
an
E
ne
rgy;
En
v.
Nzu
mb
e-M
es
ap
e N
tok
o
Ca
me
roo
n
Me
ch
. E
ng
.
Alb
ert
o T
sa
mb
a
Mo
zam
biq
ue
E
ne
rgy;
En
v.
Consultative Team
Th
om
as
Will
ne
r G
erm
an
y E
ne
rgy
Ex
pe
rt
Wa
lter
Va
ns
elo
G
erm
an
y E
ne
rgy
Ex
pe
rt
Olu
so
la J
. O
mo
wu
mi
Nig
eri
a
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Osm
an
Be
nc
hik
h
UN
ES
CO
E
ne
rgy
Ex
pe
rt
Ja
cq
ue
s M
ou
lot
UN
EC
A
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Sub Project SE 02.3: Energy efficiency in transport
Task Team
Ge
off
rey
R.
Jo
hn
T
an
zan
ia
En
erg
y re
so
urc
es
co
nv
ers
ion
Hila
ry I
. In
yan
g
US
A
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Ch
arl
es
Ad
am
s
Gh
an
a
Tra
ns
po
rt;
Civ
il E
ng
ine
eri
ng
Ad
on
iya
Se
bit
os
i S
ou
th A
fric
a/
Ug
an
da
E
ne
rgy
Ma
ck
ay
Ok
ure
U
ga
nd
a
Bio
en
erg
y
Consultative Team
Th
ora
f K
no
te
Ge
rma
ny
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Ma
tth
ias
Klin
ge
r G
erm
an
y E
ne
rgy
Ex
pe
rt
Ke
vin
Na
ss
iep
S
ou
th A
fric
a
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Ko
djo
ve
i E
dja
me
T
og
o
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Kin
gri
Se
ne
lwa
K
en
ya
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
Ja
cq
ue
s M
ou
lot
UN
EC
A
En
erg
y E
xp
ert
32
x
Project HD 01: Geo-hazards in sub-Saharan Africa
Task Team
Ge
ne
ne
Mu
lug
eta
(P
roje
ct
Le
ad
er)
S
we
de
n/E
thio
pia
G
eo
dyn
am
ic M
od
elli
ng
an
d
Te
cto
no
ph
ysic
s
Ch
ris
top
he
r J
H H
art
na
dy
So
uth
Afr
ica
S
eis
mo
tec
ton
ics
& m
od
elli
ng
Sa
mu
el
Ayo
ng
he
C
am
ero
on
V
olc
an
icit
y, c
rate
r la
ke
s &
Re
mo
te s
en
sin
g
Eff
iom
Ed
em
An
tia
N
ige
ria
O
ce
an
og
rap
hy,
En
v.
Po
lluti
on
Kif
le W
od
ea
reg
y E
thio
pia
L
an
ds
lide
s
An
drz
ej
Kijk
o
So
uth
Afr
ica
S
eis
mo
log
y &
Min
ing
Ra
y D
urr
he
im
So
uth
Afr
ica
S
eis
mo
log
y, M
inin
g &
G
eo
ph
ysic
s
Consulting Team
Uri
Sh
am
ir
Isra
el
Civ
il E
ng
ine
eri
ng
Es
tella
Ate
kw
an
a
US
A
Ge
op
hys
ics
Ta
mm
y H
en
de
rso
n
US
A
Hu
ma
n D
ev
elo
pm
en
t a
nd
Fa
mily
Sc
ien
ce
s
Fri
ed
em
an
n W
en
zel
Ge
rma
ny
Ge
op
hys
ics
Vu
ng
an
ai
Mid
zi
So
uth
Afr
ica
S
eis
mo
log
y
Annex B
Task Teams for Natural and Human-
induced
Hazards
and
Disasters
projects
33
Project HD 02: Hydro-m
eteorological hazards and disasters in sub-
Saharan Africa: resilience and vulnerability
Task Team
Ab
do
ura
ha
ma
ne
Ko
na
re
(Pro
jec
t L
ea
de
r)
Co
te D
’Iv
ore
A
tmo
sp
he
ric
Ph
ysic
s
Ab
dra
ma
ne
B A
M
ali
Ap
plie
d P
hys
ics
Pa
ulin
e D
ub
e
Bo
tsw
an
a
En
vir
on
ne
me
nta
l s
cie
nce
Ails
a H
ollo
wa
y S
ou
th A
fric
a
So
cia
l s
cie
nc
e
Aïd
a D
ion
gu
e-N
ian
g
Se
ne
ga
l C
lima
tolo
gy
Ad
ed
oyi
n A
kin
tayo
B
ots
wa
na
E
nv
iro
nm
en
tal
sc
ien
ce
Mc
Ca
thn
ey
Ma
the
w
Eth
iop
ia
Clim
ato
log
y
Hu
be
rt N
'Dja
fa O
ua
ga
N
ige
r C
lima
tolo
gy
Ch
rys
top
he
r B
rya
nt
Ca
na
da
M
ete
oro
log
y
Ge
off
Pe
gra
m
So
uth
Afr
ica
M
ete
oro
log
y
Consulting Team
Ge
rd T
etz
laff
G
erm
an
y M
ete
oro
log
y, M
od
elli
ng
Elli
s M
ba
ka
Njo
ka
K
en
ya
Dry
La
nd
Ag
ric
ult
ure
Ch
ris
Re
as
on
S
ou
th A
fric
a
Oc
ea
no
gra
ph
y, C
lima
tolo
gy
Arm
on
Mu
rwir
a
Zim
ba
bw
e
En
v.
Sys
tem
An
aly
sis
Fili
pe
Lu
cio
M
oza
mb
iqu
e
Me
teo
rolo
gy
Bh
an
oo
du
th L
allj
ee
M
au
riti
us
S
oil
Sc
ien
ce
Ga
ma
l Sa
lah
Ab
ba
s
Eg
ypt
Me
teo
rolo
gy
Vla
dim
ir S
ma
kh
tin
R
us
sia
/ S
ou
th A
fric
a
Hyd
rolo
gy
34
Statutory M
embers
Gabriel B. OGUNMOLA - Chairman
(20
05
-20
07
; 2
00
8 -
20
10
) In
sti
tute
of
Ge
ne
tic
Ch
em
istr
y a
nd
L
ab
ora
tory
Me
dic
ine
U
niv
ers
ity
of
Iba
da
n,
P
O B
ox
22
37
6 I
ba
da
n,
Nig
eri
a
pre
sid
en
tna
sci
en
ce
@ya
ho
o.c
om
g
bo
gu
nm
ola
@ya
ho
o.c
om
Ayite-Lo N. AJAVON
(20
05
-20
06
; 2
00
7 -
20
09
) A
tmo
sp
he
ric
Ch
em
istr
y L
ab
ora
tory
F
DS
/Fa
cult
y o
f S
cie
nc
es
Un
ive
rsit
e d
e L
om
e
Re
pu
blic
of
To
go
n
oa
javo
n@
tg.r
efe
r.o
rg
soss
iayi
te@
ho
tma
il.c
om
Francis P. GUDYANGA
(20
05
-20
07
; 2
00
8 -
20
10
) M
inis
try
of
Sc
ien
ce a
nd
Te
ch
no
log
y D
eve
lop
me
nt;
L
ivin
gs
ton
e H
ou
se
, 4
8 S
am
ora
Ma
che
l A
ve
Ha
rare
, Z
imb
ab
we
fp
gu
dya
ng
a@
za
rne
t.a
c.z
w
Mary STRAVENS
(20
05
-20
06
; 2
00
7-2
00
9)
Isla
nd
Co
ns
erv
ati
on
So
cie
ty
P.O
. B
ox
77
5
Vic
tori
a,
Ma
he
, S
eyc
he
lles
st
rave
ns
@s
eyc
he
lles
.ne
t
Khotso M
okhele
(20
05
-20
07
; 2
00
7 –
20
10
)
42 St Francis Drive
Wendywood Ext.3
Sandton
mo
kh
ele
@g
ma
il.c
om
Dominic W
. MAKAWITI
(20
05
-20
07
; 2
00
8-2
01
0)
Ma
se
no
Un
ive
rsit
y P
riva
te B
ag
M
as
en
o,
Ke
nya
. d
ma
ka
wit
i@m
ase
no
.ac.
ke
Manuel Luis CHENENE
(20
05
-20
07
; 2
00
8 -
20
10
) S
cie
ntif
ic C
ou
nci
l o
f th
e S
cie
nti
fic
Re
se
arc
h
As
so
cia
tio
n o
f M
oza
mb
iqu
e (
AIC
IMO
) B
ox
45
62
, M
ap
uto
, M
oza
mb
iqu
e
ch
en
en
e@
ze
bra
.ue
m.m
z
Vincent Pryde Kehdingha TITANJI
(20
05
-20
06
; 2
00
7-2
00
9)
Un
ive
rsit
y o
f B
ue
a,
Bo
x 6
3,
Bu
ea
, S
W P
rovi
nc
e,
Ca
me
roo
n
Ex-Officio M
embers
Patricia Ocampo-Thomason
Inte
rna
tion
al C
ou
nc
il fo
r S
cie
nc
e (
ICS
U)
5 r
ue
Au
gu
ste
Va
cqu
eri
e
FR
-75
11
6 P
ari
s, F
ran
ce
p
atr
icia
@ic
su.o
rg
Sospeter MUHONGO
ICS
U R
eg
ion
al
Off
ice
fo
r A
fric
a
PO
Bo
x 1
32
52
0
08
2 H
AT
FIE
LD
, R
ep
ub
lic o
f S
ou
th A
fric
a
s.m
uh
on
go
@ic
su
-afr
ica
.org
Rocky SKEEF (representing the NRF)
Na
tio
na
l R
es
ea
rch
Fo
un
da
tio
n
P.O
. B
ox
26
00
Pre
tori
a
00
01
So
uth
Afr
ica
Annex C
Composition of the ICSU
Regional Committee for
Africa
35
ICSU ROA Contact Details
ICSU Regional Office for Africa
PO Box 13252
0028 HATFIELD
PRETORIA
Republic of South Africa
Tel: +27 12 481 4090
Fax: + 27 12 481 4273
Fax: +27 86 518 0907
secretariat@
icsu-africa.org
www.icsu-africa.org