<div dir="ltr">FYI <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Omo Oaiya</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 20:30<br>Subject: [libsense-discuss] LIBSENSE and LA Referencia agree to closer collaboration around open access and open science<br>To: LIBSENSE Discuss <libsense-discuss@ren.africa><br></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Colleagues,<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div>The three African regional research and education networks – ASREN, WACREN and UbuntuNet Alliance  have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as LIBSENSE with LA Referencia, and RedCLARA, our sister regional REN in Latin America.  We resolved to collaborate on advancing open science policies, services, and infrastructure that reflects each continent's unique needs and conditions within a framework of international cooperation.</div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Facilitated by COAR, the collaboration will strengthen </font></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">strengthen local knowledge and infrastructure related to open science and contribute to improving the visibility of the research produced in both regions</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.  </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please see the full announcement at </span><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span><a href="https://africaconnect3.net/africa-and-latin-america-agree-to-closer-collaboration-around-open-science/" target="_blank">https://africaconnect3.net/africa-and-latin-america-agree-to-closer-collaboration-around-open-science/</a></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Best wishes,</span></font></div><div><div><b>Omo OAIYA</b><br>Chief Strategy Officer/Directeur de la Stratégie | <a href="http://www.wacren.net/" target="_blank">WACREN</a><br>m: +234 808 888 1571 , +233 205 228 693<br><br><br><br><br><br>
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