From damien.alline at ird.fr Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: damien.alline at ird.fr (Damien) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] TANDEM workshop in Abuja delayed Message-ID: <20200508165546.57049401A0@dev1.localdomain> Dear TANDEM partners, Due to juridical complications following SIGMA termination, the financial report is still not validated by EC. This took much longer than expected but be sure that a solution will be found very shortly. This has for consequence that budget for Y2 is still not available, and as such the workshop in Abuja has to be delayed. New dates in November/December will be proposed very soon by Boubakar. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and hope very much that we will find a date which fits all of you. Best regards Damien -- Damien ALLINE Direction du D From damien.alline at ird.fr Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: damien.alline at ird.fr (Damien) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] quick feedback following our mid-term review this week in Brussels Message-ID: <20200508165546.445E64012F@dev1.localdomain> Dear partners Let me give you a quick feedback following our mid-term review this week in Brussels. First of all, a big thank you to the presenters (Omo, Chris, Carmen, Sabine, Simon) who did a very good job in front of tenacious reviewers ! In conclusion, they appreciated the pertinence of the survey, the podwag, the focal points and the awareness activities. They found that all partners were very engaged in the project, and they are confident in the fact we will achieve our objectives. They found the presentation very professional and insisted on the importance of the project for AfricaConnect2. They eventually understood that Y1 of TANDEM put in place an organisation (PODWAG, FOCAL POINTS), but they now expect in Y2 concrete success stories (links with scientific communities, signed engagements from donors, reusing outputs from other H2020 projects From damien.alline at ird.fr Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: damien.alline at ird.fr (Damien) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] TANDEM monthly status report Message-ID: <20200508165546.4DC3240165@dev1.localdomain> Dear partners Please find the TANDEM monthly status report, that you can find as well on community.wacren.net (see image attached). Best regards Damien -- Damien ALLINE Direction du D From damien.alline at ird.fr Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: damien.alline at ird.fr (Damien) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] Result of the TANDEM 1st periodic review Message-ID: <20200508165546.48D714014A@dev1.localdomain> Dear partners, Please find the EC official evaluation of the 1st period of TANDEM. Thank you again for your involvement in the project allowing us to get a very good overall assessment! Let us get organized now to take into account the 12 reviewers� recommendations, and be ready for the final review. Best regards Damien De : Patricia.HEINDRYCKX at ec.europa.eu [ mailto:Patricia.HEINDRYCKX at ec.europa.eu] Envoy� : vendredi 15 juillet 2016 11:51 � : damien.alline at ird.fr Cc : Enrique.GOMEZ at ec.europa.eu Objet : Result of the TANDEM 1st periodic review Dear Mr Alline, Please find attached the approved review report and cover letter for the 1st periodic review of project TANDEM that took place on 22 June 2016 in Brussels. Should you wish to receive a paper copy of the documents, please let me know. Best regards, Patricia Patricia HEINDRYCKX Assistant to Mr Enrique GOMEZ European Commission DG CNECT Unit C1 BU33 03/27 B-1049 Brussels/Belgium +32 2 296 63 89 patricia.heindryckx at ec.europa.eu From damien.alline at ird.fr Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: damien.alline at ird.fr (Damien) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] last straight ! Message-ID: <20200508165546.612BA402EF@dev1.localdomain> Dear partners I want to thank you all of you who have been able to make it in Abidjan. And congratulations to Boubakar and WACREN team for organisation ! It has been a very rich week for WACREN, and for the TANDEM project. We got many inputs for the last deliverables : D2.4, D3.4, D4.3, D5.3 (to be submitted end of this month). We are now in the last straight ! I attach a picture taken with those who were there right after the final event in Abidjan. Agn From Tom.Fryer at geant.org Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: Tom.Fryer at geant.org (Tom) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] ***SPAM*** Nigerian regulator says taxes and vandalism threatening telecoms investment Message-ID: <20200508165546.52A264019A@dev1.localdomain> Dear All, See below a link to a short article you may find interesting: http://www.capacitymedia.com/Article/3576314/Nigerian-regulator-says-taxes-and-vandalism-threatening-telecoms-investment.html?utm_source=Editor%27s%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email%20editorial&utm_content=Editorial&utm_campaign=636059154775460366&utm_term=Nigerian%20regulator%20says%20taxes%20and%20vandalism%20threatening%20telecoms%20investment Best regards, Tom Thomas Fryer Senior International Relations Officer G�ANT e-mail: Tom.Fryer at geant.org Tel: +44 (0)1223 371335 Networks � Services � People Learn more at www.geant.org? ?G�ANT is the collective trading name of the G�ANT Association and GEANT Limited. G�ANT Vereniging (Association) is registered in the Netherlands with the Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam. Registration number: 40535155. Registered office: Singel 468 D, Amsterdam 1017 AW, The Netherlands GEANT Limited is registered in England & Wales. Registration number: 2806796. Registered office: City House, 126-130 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PQ, UK. From damien.alline at ird.fr Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: damien.alline at ird.fr (Damien) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] TANDEM in 2017 Message-ID: <20200508165546.598A040229@dev1.localdomain> Dear partners, friends, colleagues, Let me start this new year by wishing you all the best in 2017 ! I take the opportunity to thank you very much for your participation in 2016 on the TANDEM project. Some outcomes can indeed be highlighted thanks to your efforts. I think for instance to the establishment of a regional political working group (PODWAG) which played already an important role in the region. The PODWAG contributions and orientations facilitated indeed the effective participation to AC2 of Togo and Mali; Burkina Faso should follow soon. Also, the creation of a network of national focal points allows us to go one level down in 2017 with connections to institutional focal points. I want to highlight as well the significant collection of end user expectations of great value for establishing a WACREN roadmap at horizon 2020. TANDEM is now finishing end of April this year, and we have to keep working on the sustainability so that the impact of these first results be really significant. I am sure we will make it ! I hope to see you at the TANDEM final event in March 2017 (more details will follow) ! Damien From Boubakar.Barry at wacren.net Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: Boubakar.Barry at wacren.net (Boubakar) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] ***SPAM*** Draft agenda - TANDEM Final Event Message-ID: <20200508165546.5C1E4402CA@dev1.localdomain> Dear Colleagues, We are still working on logistics for Abidjan, but in the meantime, please find attached a draft agenda for our final event. Damien's presentation will include a short testimony from a researcher (on the need for e-infrastructure for his research). Please send your comments as soon as possible. Best wishes, Boubakar -- CEO/Directeur G�n�ral, WACREN P.O. Box 5353 Dakar-Fann, Senegal Mob.: +221 776390393 / +233 246682059 Web: http://www.wacren.net ***Keep it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler. (A. Einstein)*** From damien.alline at ird.fr Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: damien.alline at ird.fr (Damien) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] Invitation to the TANDEM final review Message-ID: <20200508165546.6364D402F2@dev1.localdomain> Dear partners I am following you the EC letter which confirms the second reporting review on 21/06/2017, in Brussels. Note that the external independant experts will be : From Boubakar.Barry at wacren.net Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: Boubakar.Barry at wacren.net (Boubakar) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] ***SPAM*** Fwd: TANDEM Final event - Conference de Cloture de TANDEM Message-ID: <20200508165546.5EBD1402ED@dev1.localdomain> fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Boubakar Barry Date: Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:28 AM Subject: TANDEM Final event - Conference de Cloture de TANDEM To: GAMETI BENEDICTA , akotegnon claude , Seydou Sissouma , "Etienne E. Ehile" , Maurice Tchuente , lishan , ramatoulaye diagne , Ramata Bakayoko-Ly , Pr Atta Sanoussi , Seydou DOUMBIA , Modibo Sangar� , Jean Albergel , laurent sedogo GH , "JACK, SALIEU" , Michael Foley , mavisaampah at gmail.com, LAMINOU ELHADJI MAMAN , Joseph Odoi < Joseph.Odoi at glomobileghana.com>, "Abdou Karim MBENGUE [SNT DGA/DCIRE]" < ABDOUKARIM.MBENGUE at orange-sonatel.com>, Kazeem Oladepo < Kazeem.Oladepo at mainone.net>, "forkuor.g at wascal.org" , "derek.obuobi at glomobileghana.com" , Damien ALLINE , Sabine Jaume , Tom Fryer , Jo�l Sor , Emmanuel Cheick Oumar BARRY , Gimba Mohammed , "indraneel.chatterjee at gloworld.com" Cc: WACREN Secretariat ENGLISH BELOW Chers Membres de PODWAG, Nous arrivons bientot a la fin de notre projet et le dernier evenement aura lieu a Abidjan le 29 mars 2017, a la veille de la conference annuelle de WACREN. Le consortium de TANDEM et WACREN tiennent a vous remercier encore une fois de votre soutien et vos contributions tout au long de la duree du projet. Madame le Ministre de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique nous fera l'honneur de presider cet evenement. A cette occasion, elle a invite ses pairs de 5 pays de la sous-region ainsi que d'autres personnalites. Nous esperons que vous pourrez participer a cet important evenement et que vous pourrez rester pour participer a la conference WACREN 2017. Merci de me contacter directement si vous comptez participer a cet evenement final de TANDEM. Si votre calendrier vous permet de participer egalement a WACREN 2017, merci de vous inscrire a http://wacren.net/fr. Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice-Presidente, Cluster Agriculture, Developpement Humain et Social de la Banque Africaine de Developpement deliverra la conference inaugurale de WACREN 2017. Je mets en fichier attache les drafts du programme de l'evenement final de TANDEM ainsi que le programme general de WACREN 2017 (en englais pour l'instant). Cordialement. Boubakar --- Dear PODWAG Members, We are arriving at the end of our project and the last event will take place in Abidjan on March 29, 2017, on the eve of the annual conference of WACREN. The TANDEM and WACREN consortium would like to thank you again for your support and your contributions throughout the life of the project. The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Cote d�Ivoire will do us the honour of chairing this event. On this occasion, she has invited her peers from 5 countries of the subregion as well as other personalities. We hope that you will be able to participate in this important event and that you will be able to stay to participate in the WACREN 2017 conference. Please contact me directly if you intend to participate in this TANDEM final event. If your calendar also allows you to participate in WACREN 2017, please register at http://wacren.net/. Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development Cluster of the African Development Bank will be Keynote Speaker for WACREN 2017. I am attaching the drafts of the TANDEM final event and the general schedule of WACREN 2017. Best wishes, Boubakar -- CEO/Directeur G�n�ral, WACREN P.O. Box 5353 Dakar-Fann, Senegal Mob.: +221 776390393 / +233 246682059 Web: http://www.wacren.net ***Keep it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler. (A. Einstein)*** -- CEO/Directeur G�n�ral, WACREN P.O. Box 5353 Dakar-Fann, Senegal Mob.: +221 776390393 / +233 246682059 Web: http://www.wacren.net ***Keep it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler. (A. Einstein)*** From carlos.gonzalez at redclara.net Fri May 8 16:55:46 2020 From: carlos.gonzalez at redclara.net (Carlos González) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:55:46 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Tandem] Fwd: TANDEM Final event - Conference de Cloture de TANDEM Message-ID: <20200508165546.65D90402F3@dev1.localdomain> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Tandem] Fwd: TANDEM Final event - Conference de Cloture de TANDEM Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:29:39 +0000 From: Boubakar Barry To: tandem at lists.wacren.net fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Boubakar Barry* Date: Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:28 AM Subject: TANDEM Final event - Conference de Cloture de TANDEM To: GAMETI BENEDICTA , akotegnon claude , Seydou Sissouma , "Etienne E. Ehile" , Maurice Tchuente , lishan , ramatoulaye diagne , Ramata Bakayoko-Ly , Pr Atta Sanoussi , Seydou DOUMBIA , Modibo Sangar� , Jean Albergel , laurent sedogo GH , "JACK, SALIEU" , Michael Foley , mavisaampah at gmail.com , LAMINOU ELHADJI MAMAN , Joseph Odoi , "Abdou Karim MBENGUE [SNT DGA/DCIRE]" , Kazeem Oladepo , "forkuor.g at wascal.org " , "derek.obuobi at glomobileghana.com " , Damien ALLINE , Sabine Jaume , Tom Fryer , Jo�l Sor , Emmanuel Cheick Oumar BARRY , Gimba Mohammed , "indraneel.chatterjee at gloworld.com " Cc: WACREN Secretariat ENGLISH BELOW Chers Membres de PODWAG, Nous arrivons bientot a la fin de notre projet et le dernier evenement aura lieu a Abidjan le 29 mars 2017, a la veille de la conference annuelle de WACREN. Le consortium de TANDEM et WACREN tiennent a vous remercier encore une fois de votre soutien et vos contributions tout au long de la duree du projet. Madame le Ministre de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique nous fera l'honneur de presider cet evenement. A cette occasion, elle a invite ses pairs de 5 pays de la sous-region ainsi que d'autres personnalites. Nous esperons que vous pourrez participer a cet important evenement et que vous pourrez rester pour participer a la conference WACREN 2017. Merci de me contacter directement si vous comptez participer a cet evenement final de TANDEM. Si votre calendrier vous permet de participer egalement a WACREN 2017, merci de vous inscrire a http://wacren.net/fr. Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice-Presidente, Cluster Agriculture, Developpement Humain et Social de la Banque Africaine de Developpement deliverra la conference inaugurale de WACREN 2017. Je mets en fichier attache les drafts du programme de l'evenement final de TANDEM ainsi que le programme general de WACREN 2017 (en englais pour l'instant). Cordialement. Boubakar --- Dear PODWAG Members, We are arriving at the end of our project and the last event will take place in Abidjan on March 29, 2017, on the eve of the annual conference of WACREN. The TANDEM and WACREN consortium would like to thank you again for your support and your contributions throughout the life of the project. The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Cote d�Ivoire will do us the honour of chairing this event. On this occasion, she has invited her peers from 5 countries of the subregion as well as other personalities. We hope that you will be able to participate in this important event and that you will be able to stay to participate in the WACREN 2017 conference. Please contact me directly if you intend to participate in this TANDEM final event. If your calendar also allows you to participate in WACREN 2017, please register at http://wacren.net/. Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development Cluster of the African Development Bank will be Keynote Speaker for WACREN 2017. I am attaching the drafts of the TANDEM final event and the general schedule of WACREN 2017. Best wishes, Boubakar -- CEO/Directeur G�n�ral, WACREN P.O. Box 5353 Dakar-Fann, Senegal Mob.: +221 776390393 / +233 246682059 Web: http://www.wacren.net ***Keep it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler. (A. Einstein)*** -- CEO/Directeur G�n�ral, WACREN P.O. Box 5353 Dakar-Fann, Senegal Mob.: +221 776390393 / +233 246682059 Web: http://www.wacren.net ***Keep it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler. (A. Einstein)***