NUANCE : newsletter of UbuntuNet Alliance; networks, collaboration, education, volume 2, issue 4, August 2009
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2009
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UbuntuNet Alliance, Lilongwe, MW
Abstract
A national policy dialogue meeting was held to discuss ways and means of establishing a National Research and Education Network (NREN). Participants from public universities, private universities, research institutes, the ministries in charge of education, scientific research and ICT, the Government ICT Agency, the Telecommunication Regulatory Agency and developing partners attended the meeting (2009). The participants decided to work together towards the establishment of a Senegalese Research and Education Network; a Steering Committee was established as well as 3 working groups on governance, technical issues and content. Other initiatives are also reviewed.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKS, COLLABORATION