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| | PRINT | | Capacity Building in Africa |
 Berlin, September 2005 – H.E. Hiruy Amanuel, the Ethiopian Ambassador in Berlin, on behalf of the Ethiopian Minister for Capacity Building, H.E. Tefera Waluwa, Rebecca Stromeyer, General Manager of "International Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions – ICWE", and Leopold Reif of "Hoffmann & Reif Consultants - HRC" have signed a cooperation agreement to inaugurate "eLearning Africa", an annual event on ICT for Development, Education and Training, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first edition of the event, for which the European Commission’s Directorate General "Information Society Technologies and Media" is providing support, will take place May 24 – 26, 2006.
Ethiopia is the perfect host country for "eLearning Africa" because the government is currently making major efforts to achieve the United Nations Millennium Goal of "Education for All". Among the tasks in progress are the deployment of advanced "Information and Communication Technologies - ICTs" in rural and remote areas, the construction of cross-country optic-fibre telecommunication networks, the networking of all secondary schools and universities, and the implementation of a reform of the national higher educational system as part of a joint Ethiopian-German project. ELearning, as the core application for networked educational institutions, is therefore high on the agenda in Ethiopia.
"eLearning Africa" intends to become an eLearning capacity-building event for the entire African continent and a forum for all stakeholders engaged in the planning and implementation of technology-supported learning and training.
Both in Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa, ambitious infrastructure and outreach programs form the basis for unprecedented development by providing access to education and training. eLearning, eWork, eCollaboration and eHealth are all highly relevant for Africa and its dynamic leapfrogging.
Through the cooperation with the European Commission’s research program "Information Society Technologies and Media", the event will also offer a unique opportunity to African educational experts to network with European stakeholders offering cutting edge ICT solutions and applications. eLearning Africa is organized by ICWE – International Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions and Hoffmann & Reif Consultants.
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